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Book Feature and Giveaway – Cross the Ocean by Holly Bush

By Barb Drozdowich 8 Comments

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Today we are welcoming Holly Bush to the blog. She is touring her book, Cross the Ocean,  with Goddessfish Promotions and is here to share about her book as well as give away a $50.00 Amazon/B&N Gift Card. To be entered into the draw, please use the Rafflecopter below:

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CROSS THE OCEAN

By

Holly Bush

 

MEDIA KIT Cross the Ocean LargeBLURB:

 

1871 . . . Worlds collide when American Suffragette, Gertrude Finch, and titled Brit Blake Sanders meet in an explosive encounter that may forever bind them together. Gertrude Finch escorts a young relative to London and encounters the stuffy Duke of Wexford at his worst. Cross the Ocean is the story of an undesired, yet undeniable attraction that takes Blake and Gertrude across an ocean and into each other’s arms.

 

Excerpt:

 

London 1871

 

“Pardon me?”

 

The starch in Mrs. Wickham’s black dress seemed to wilt as she quivered. The soft folds of her jowls shook. “The Duchess is not coming down, Your Grace,” she repeated.

 

The Duke of Wexford stood stock-still. The guests were to descend on his ancestral home in a matter of moments. The candles lit, the buffet laid, the flowers had bloomed on cue. The last remaining detail was the receiving line.

 

“Mrs. Wickham. There is a small matter of greeting two hundred and fifty guests arriving momentarily. The Duchess needs to attend them,” Blake Sanders, the Eighth Duke of Wexford, said sternly to his housekeeper.

 

When the woman had announced his wife would not be joining him, Sanders was certain he had not heard correctly. The Duchess knew her duties, as did he.  He turned abruptly to the staircase and stopped as a shiver trailed down his arms. He turned back. The rotund woman had not moved other than the flitting of small hairs peeking out of her mobcap.  After twenty-five years of service to his family, he supposed she stood rooted for good reason.

 

The Duke spoke quietly. “Is there a problem conveying this message, Mrs. Wickham?”

 

The woman swallowed. “Yes, Your Grace. There is.”

 

“What is it, Mrs. Wickham?” he asked.

 

It was then he noticed a folded piece of paper in the woman’s hand. As with most lifetime retainers, he had seen worry, seen anger and joy in her face. But never fear. And it was fear indeed that hung in the air, widened her eyes and had the missive shaking in pudgy fingers.

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MEDIA KIT Author photoAUTHOR INFORMATION:

 

Holly Bush was born in western Pennsylvania to two avid readers. There was not a room in her home that did not hold a full bookcase. She worked in the hospitality industry, owning a restaurant for twenty years and recently worked as the sales and marketing director in the hospitality/tourism industry and is credited with building traffic to capacity for a local farm tour, bringing guests from twenty-two states, booked two years out.  Holly has been a marketing consultant to start-up businesses and has done public speaking on the subject.

 

Holly has been writing all of her life and is a voracious reader of a wide variety of fiction and non-fiction, particularly political and historical works. She has written four romance novels, all set in the U.S. West in the mid 1800’s. She frequently attends writing conferences, and has always been a member of a writer’s group.

 

Holly is a gardener, a news junkie, has been an active member of her local library board and loves to spend time near the ocean. She is the proud mother of two daughters and the wife of a man more than a few years her junior.

 

Holly can be found:

Website   *   Twitter    *   Facebook 

Cross the Ocean can be purchased: 

Amazon   *   Itunes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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About Barb Drozdowich

Social Media and Wordpress Consultant Barb Drozdowich has taught at University, trained technical personnel in the banking industry and, most recently, used her expertise to help dozens of authors develop the social media platform needed to succeed in today’s fast evolving publishing world. She owns Bakerview Consulting and is the only reviewer on this blog.

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  1. Goddess Fish Promotions

    September 18, 2013 at 3:16 am

    Thank you for hosting

    Reply
  2. Holly Bush

    September 18, 2013 at 3:58 am

    Good morning Barb! Thanks for having me and I hope your followers enjoy the excerpt!

    Reply
  3. Debbie Carney

    September 18, 2013 at 4:15 am

    Sounds like a wonderful book. Look forward to reading it

    Reply
  4. momjane

    September 18, 2013 at 5:34 am

    What a great excerpt. This really sounds like an awesome story.

    Reply
  5. Rita Wray

    September 18, 2013 at 7:28 am

    Sounds like a great story, I can’t wait to read it.

    Reply
  6. Trix

    September 18, 2013 at 9:07 am

    This looks like an intriguing story!

    Reply
  7. Lieder Madchen

    September 22, 2013 at 12:30 am

    This is a very intriguing snippet; I would love to read the rest of the novel. 🙂

    Reply
  8. Aline Tobing

    September 23, 2013 at 1:22 am

    Hi, thanks for the awesome giveaway. I’d like to have Amazon gift card 🙂 Blurb sounds great. I always love a story between an American and a Brit, especially Dukes! I seemed can’t resist those snobbish and stuffy dukes LOL

    Reply

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