Hello, lovelies! It gives me great pleasure today to host Katie
Mettner and her new book, “The Secrets Between Us”! For other stops on her Goddess Fish
Promotions Book Tour, please click on the banner above or any of the images in
this post.
Be sure to make it to the
end of this post to enter to win a $10 Amazon or Barnes and Noble Gift Card!! Also, come back daily to interact with Katie
and to increase your chances of winning!
This book is on SALE
during the book tour for ONLY $0.99!!!
See below for more details.
Thanks for stopping
by! Wishing you lots of luck in this
fabulous giveaway!
The Secrets Between Us
by Katie Mettner
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GENRE: Contemporary Romance
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BLURB:
Of
three things I was certain...
The first?
Mercy
was exquisite in the most devastatingly broken way.
The second?
I
didn’t know how to love, but for the first time in my life, I wanted to try.
The third?
The
secrets between us could tear us apart forever.
I wouldn’t let that happen.
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EXCERPT ONE:
“I
came by to apologize,” he said, relaxing back in the chair like he owned the
place.
“For?”
I asked, sitting across from him in the other club chair.
“For
being rude the other night,” he answered. “I’ve found myself in a bit of a
surly mood lately and I apologize if I took it out on you.”
I
bit my lower lip and tipped my head to the right. “Same, actually. Truce?” I
asked, sticking out my left hand.
He
leaned forward and shook it, somewhat awkwardly. “Truce.”
“Great,
how about a drink then?” I asked before I thought too hard about it.
“I
could definitely use one,” he agreed. “What do you have?”
“Jack
Daniels, Jim Beam, or Captain Morgan,” I answered instantly.
His
brow went up. “Clearly, you like the boys. I guess I don’t have to worry about
you being a lesbian.”
A
smirk lifted one side of my lips. “I’m strictly dickly.” I stood and walked to
the kitchen door. “Now, who will it be?”
“Jack
and Coke?” he ordered, and I walked off to the kitchen nodding.
“Be
right back,” I said over my shoulder.
Once
alone in the kitchen I blew out a long, slow, unsteady breath. The fact that I
had a man in my living room was unnerving. The fact that it was him was
terrifying. And, strictly dickly? Did I say that?
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GUEST POST:
Where Do You Find Inspiration?
Hello,
thank you for hosting me and The Secrets Between Us on your blog today! My name
is Katie Mettner and I live in Northern Wisconsin where I write from a little
space overlooking the lake. Some might think I find inspiration there, and the
truth is, most of my books involve a body of water to some degree. In fact, The
Secrets Between Us takes place in a fishing camp in North Dakota where the lake
plays a big part in the romance. But, while the water is a big part of my
books, it is not where I find my inspiration. I find my inspiration at the
grocery store, the movie theater, the mall, the hospital, the park, and online.
I’m sure you’re wondering what I mean, so let me explain. My romances are
always about everyday people who have disabilities that make finding love in an
abled world that much harder; The Secrets Between Us is no different. My chosen
subgenre of romance started when I wrote my first novel, Sugar’s Dance. I was a
new amputee and the MC in that book is also one. When I hit publish on Sugar’s
story … Interject! When I published Sugar’s Dance I just wanted copies for my
family! I was so new to the self-publishing thing I didn’t even know other
people could buy it if I published it on Amazon … Back to inspiration. It
wasn’t until I had reader interaction after publishing Sugar’s Dance that I
really grasped how desperate disabled people were to read realistic and
touching romantic stories about ‘themselves.’ They wanted representation in a
genre that often only highlighted the ‘pretty’ people. They wanted romances
that didn’t feature JUST the rich, famous, and buff. They wanted romances with
meat. Romances with pain, fear, elation, and learning to trust. That was nine
years ago and I just finished my 42nd book!
My
inspiration comes from talking to readers online who contact me and say, “Wow,
that was the first book I’ve read about someone with spina bifida like mine.”
Or “Would you write a romance about XYZ because I have it and I just want to
read how you would tell my story.” I find my inspiration when I’m in the
grocery store and see someone in a new prototype wheelchair, at the library
talking to a little one who wears braces on both legs, or in a room full of
other amputees who are talking about their day-to-day struggles. It is always
in one of those places where inspiration will strike and a new story will play
out in my mind. While the inspiration is there, these stories often require
massive research and discussion with people who have that specific disability,
in order to do the character justice. Like all writers, we have to do our
homework once we get the idea!
I
don’t want to confuse readers. My stories aren’t ‘inspirational’ in anyway,
unless you choose to see them that way. All of my romances follow the same
troupes as abled romances do, they just have the added facet of the fear and
stigma that comes along with dating as a disabled person. For instance, in The
Secrets Between Us, Mercy is afraid of what Hayes will do to her routine at the
camp if she lowers her guard around him. He’s rich and powerful in the city and
she runs a fishing camp in the middle of nowhere as a disabled woman. So while
you have your billionaire CEO and everything that comes with a character who is
sex on a stick, what you don’t see on the cover is the added layer of emotional
turmoil. I try to make the reader wonder if this couple is going to be able to
adapt and overcome in order for their love to survive.
What
I hope is that along the way, readers will get an insight into the life of
disabled people. I hope that when they finish one of my novels they understand
that we’re just like them. We have the same hopes and dreams of finding love
and happiness, even if our bodies don’t work the same way theirs do. I hope
reading my novels reminds them to have a little bit more patience with the
inconveniences that come with living in a world with disabled people, whether
it’s waiting for them to cross the parking lot safely in their chair, their
determination to do their own shopping or any other interaction that may impact
the abled’s daily life. I also hope, at the end of a Katie Mettner novel, that
they have fallen so in love with the characters that they no longer see the
disability. I write for the moment when the reader feels that character’s heart
quiet their fears, so they can take a chance on the love that was waiting for
them all along.
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AUTHOR BIO:
Katie Mettner writes
small-town romantic tales filled with epic love stories and
happily-ever-afters. She proudly wears the title of, 'only person to lose
her leg after falling down the bunny hill,' and loves decorating her
prosthetic with the latest fashion trends. She lives in Northern Wisconsin with
her own happily-ever-after and three mini-me’s. Katie has a massive addiction
to coffee and Twitter, and a lessening aversion to Pinterest— now that she’s
quit trying to make the things she pins.
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BOOK BUY LINKS
& BOOK SALE INFO:
**Secrets Between Us is on SALE during the book tour for ONLY
$0.99!!!**
Amazon Kindle eBook:
Amazon Paperback:
The Book Depository Paperback:
BAM! Books-A-Million Paperback:
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GIVEAWAY INFO:
Katie will be awarding a $10 Amazon or B/N GC to
a randomly drawn winner via Rafflecopter during the tour.
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This contest is sponsored
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Katie ~ Good morning! Welcome back! It is so great to have you here again! Congrats on your new book and good luck on the book tour! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you! I appreciate the lovely post!
DeleteThank you for hosting The Secrets Between Us! Readers, feel free to ask questions, I'll be in and out all day!
ReplyDeleteYour book sounds like a great read and thank you for sharing it with us.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by, James!
DeleteSounds like a good book.
ReplyDeleteSounds great.
ReplyDeleteThe book looks like alot of fun. I hope that its a success.
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteWhat a great cover! I am so excited to read this book!
ReplyDeleteIf you get a chance to, I hope you enjoy it!
DeleteAre you a full-time writer? If not, do the people you work with know you're a writer?
ReplyDeleteHi Kim,
DeleteI'm disabled so I don't work outside the home now, but when I did, my co-workers knew. They actually loved being part of the process and I miss that!
I hope everyone is having a great week!
ReplyDeleteHope you have an amazing weekend, Katie!
ReplyDeleteThank you! Going to see my daughter at college which will be fun. Enjoy yours too!
DeleteAwesome post.Thanks for sharing.This is so nice.
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