Monday, April 28, 2014

Her Loving Husband’s Curse by Meredith Allard Guest Post and Review


Publisher Copperfield Press (April 25, 2012)
Series: Loving Husband, #2 (trilogy)
Category: Paranormal Romance, Fantasy, Some Historical
Tour Date: April, 2014
ISBN: 978-0615613680
Available in: Print & ebook,  300 Pages
And then, as if he could read her mind, he said, “We’ll be all right, Sarah. Just the two of us. I’ll never leave you ever.”
Finally, after many long and lonely years, James Wentworth’s life is falling into place. Together with his wife, Sarah, the only woman he has ever loved, he has found the meaning behind her nightmares about the Salem Witch Trials and now they are rebuilding the life they began together so long ago.
But the past is never far behind for the Wentworths. While Sarah is haunted by new visions, now about the baby she carried over three hundred years before, James is confronted with painful memories from his time with the Cherokee on the Trail of Tears.
Through it all, the persistent reporter Kenneth Hempel reappears, still determined to prove that the undead walk the earth. If  Hempel succeeds in his quest, James and Sarah will suffer. Will the curse of the vampire prevent James and Sarah from living their happily ever after?
Her Loving Husband’s Curse is Book Two of The Loving Husband Trilogy. Book One, Her Dear & Loving Husband, and Book Three, Her Loving Husband’s Return, are also available from Copperfield Press.
Praise for Her Loving Husband’s Curse:
“I really enjoyed the first book in this trilogy and have been looking forward to reading the second. I really didn’t want the first one to end.  So much happened in this story I was completely wrapped up in it. I found myself getting teary eyed more than once and this time not because I was happy like before but because what was happening to James and Sarah was pretty devastating.  Needless to say, I don’t want to give any more away but I will say this, I am anxiously awaiting the last book in the trilogy. I feel like I have become invested in James, Sarah, Jennifer, Olivia and the whole groups lives. I want to know what happens next and I want my happily ever after darn it!”-Kindlemom, My Healthy Obession
“Filled with research, real events and a plot that is so interesting you won’t stop reading it until you are finished once again author Meredith Allard pens a five star novel which brings to light the issues of friendship, loyalty, prejudice, hate, deceit, lies and true love. Which prevails? Read the book and decide for yourself.”- Fran Lewis, Gabina49′s Blog
“I must say I was absolutely blown away with the first two books in this amazing trilogy. It has everything I love to read about, vampires, witches, Salem, mystery, a great love story, magic, werewolves, and twists & turns like you would never see coming cause I didn’t.  It always impresses me when an author puts so much time and effort into their research and writes with accurate times, dates and the stories being told are accurate as well.   Leading into book two it wasn’t just another story about vampires, werewolves and witches. It was much more than that, yes it’s a Paranormal novel but it also tells of a story that can be very much related to today’s times, of what other cultures have to go through when their culture is not understood and people are scared of what they have heard through gossip or word of mouth, not by getting to know a person and understanding for themselves, seeing a person for who they really are not what they are.  I really did not want the story to end, I was bonding with the characters, with their situation, cheering on their love story and for the fairy tale ending, but of course it being the second book I was left with a cliffhanger that left my jaw hanging open. I couldn’t believe my eyes when I read the last chapter. I can’t wait for the third book to come out and hope it’s soon. This really is a must read and I know you will all enjoy it as much as I did!!!“-Natalie, Purple Jelly Bean Reviews
“First off, let me say that this book was phenomenal. It incorporates some of my favorite things: vampires, witches, and love.  Throughout the novel, there are snippets from letters James had written to his deceased wife, and mostly centered around the US government’s rounding up of Indians to be put on reservations and the “Trail of Tears.” I particularly loved this part, because it incorporated real, historical fact into this novel. Fact that sets up the remainder of the book, and facts that we were never taught in school.  The book moves pretty fast, and I couldn’t put it down. It was a testament to true love, and that love will find you wherever you are.  A very enjoyable book that everyone should read!“-Jennifer Irving, Mis-Adventures of a Twin Mommy
About Meredith Allard:
Meredith Allard has taught creative writing and writing historical fiction workshops at Learning Tree University, UNLV, and the Las Vegas Writers Conference. Her short fiction and articles have appeared in journals such as The Paumanok Review, Wild Mind, Moondance, Muse Apprentice Guild, The Maxwell Digest, CarbLite, Writer’s Weekly, and ViewsHound. She is the author of the Loving Husband Trilogy, Victory Garden, Woman of Stones, and My Brother’s Battle (Copperfield Press). She lives in Las Vegas, Nevada. Visit Meredith online at www.meredithallard.com.

Meredith Allard
Guest Post for Deal Sharing Aunt
The Curse in Her Loving Husband’s Curse

When I began writing the Loving Husband Trilogy in 2009, I knew the whole story from beginning to end, so that helped me shape the plot. I knew the first book, Her Dear & Loving Husband, would be about James and Sarah finding each other again after a 300 year separation. But I knew their love would be tested in Book Two, Her Loving Husband’s Curse. I knew that James didn’t like his vampire nature, and I knew he considered it to be a curse.
In a way, developing this plot was a matter of working backwards from what I already knew. Since I knew that James considered being a vampire a curse, I had to decide what exactly the curse was for James. Was immortal life a curse? Was living after his beloved human wife died a curse? I knew that James was worried about other finding out that he was a vampire. In fact, in Book One, Her Dear & Loving Husband, there is a newspaper reporter, Kenneth Hempel, who has caught onto the fact that James isn’t human. Hempel wants to prove to the world that vampires exist, and he plans to do just that by exposing James Wentworth. At the end of Her Dear & Loving Husband, Hempel is appeased, for that moment any way. But in Book Two, Her Loving Husband’s Curse, Hempel is back, more determined than ever to prove that vampires walk the earth. For James, worse than the curse of being a vampire is the curse of humans learning the truth about vampires—they’re real. The rest of the book was about imagining the reality for James and his wife Sarah if it were discovered that vampires were real. So the concept of a curse operates on several different levels here—the curse as you believe it to be and the curse as it really is.
It’s always hard to write about difficult times for your characters, especially when you’re characters that you love. Just like you don’t want your family members to suffer hardships, as an author, I don’t want my characters to suffer. But if your story is going to be realistic, then it has to show the ebb and flow of life. Sometimes things go well for us, and sometimes they don’t. Though James and Sarah are tested in Her Loving Husband’s Curse, their eternal love remains strong, and that helps them through the trials. I’ve had readers from all over the world say that Her Loving Husband’s Curse is one of the most emotional books they’ve ever read, but emotional in a good way. Emotional in a way that makes them root for James and Sarah with the hope that they’ll be able to overcome the madness surrounding them. Even if something seems like a curse, it can still be overcome, and that is what drives James and Sarah forward.
Though Her Loving Husband’s Curse was the most difficult of the Loving Husband stories to write, I do feel it’s the strongest of the three books. Luckily for me, readers agree. 
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My Review:
This is a great sequel. The secondary characters have more exposure and the couple is growing in love. Again the author did a great job bringing the past of the Salem to the present day. Now that we know James's secret I wanted to help him protect it. I enjoyed having a character to hate (Kenneth). Vampires and ghosts plus a helping of mystery and history make this a 5/5 for me. I was given a copy to review, however all opinions are my own.

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  1. Teddy RoseApril 28, 2014 at 4:46 PM

    Thanks again for hosting Meredith!

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  2. AnonymousApril 28, 2014 at 6:54 PM

    Thanks for posting the guest blog. I hope everyone enjoys reading it!

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