Thursday, February 13, 2014

Forever by Karen Ann Hopkins Guest Post and Giveaway


About Forever:




All I want is my happily-ever-after.
That's all I've wanted since meeting Noah Miller.
From the day we met, the world has tried to keep Noah and me from being together, but now that I'm carrying his child, no one will be able to tear us apart. Or so I hope. But Noah and I have made some mistakes along the way, and the consequences are impacting the people we love. Worse, there's a storm on the horizon, and it's sure to cause serious devastation.
If we can get through this, we'll finally be Rose and Noah; a family, forever.
But first we have to survive the road ahead. And happily-ever-after is a long way off
Temptation and Belonging


Temptation - Book 1  on Goodreads | Facebook
Belonging - Book 2  on Goodreads
Get a copy of Temptation on: Amazon | B&N | Indiebound
Get a copy of Belonging : Amazon | B&N | Indiebound


About Karen Ann Hopkins


A native of New York State, Karen Ann Hopkins now lives with her family on a farm in northern Kentucky, where her neighbors in all directions are members of a strict Amish community. Her unique perspective became the inspiration for the story of star-crossed lovers Rose and Noah. When she’s not homeschooling her kids, giving riding lessons or tending to a menagerie of horses, goats, peacocks, chickens, ducks, rabbits, dogs and cats, she is dreaming up her next romantic novel.

FOREVER Blog Tour
Tour stop: Deal Sharing Aunt on February 13th
Guest Post

• Rose’s (or Karen’s) top 3 star-crossed couples (book, tv, or film)
*That’s a hard one, but I’d have to say my favorite star-crossed couples are Sookie Stackhouse and Eric Northman, True Blood; Daenerys Targaryen and Khal Drogo, Game of Thrones; Michelle Pfeiffer and Rutger Hauer in Lady Hawk.

• The unique challenges of writing the third and final book in a trilogy
*Forever was the most difficult book in the series to write.  There were expectations from readers for a certain kind of ending.  Some readers wanted a happily-ever-after finale, while others hoped that Rose would smarten up and run screaming from Noah and his anti-feminist world.  This was also the first book I’ve written while under a hard deadline.  I was a bit at a loss and intimidated at first, but soon the story took a life of its own.  Ultimately, I’m very pleased with Forever’s ending.   

• A selection of Karen’s favorite Noah and Rose moments throughout the series
*In Temptation, I really enjoyed writing the scenes of Rose and Noah sneaking off to go horse-back riding together.    They’re curiosity and infatuation easily jumped onto the pages.  Also, even though it was a difficult scene for me as a horsewoman, I liked the challenge of writing Noah’s buggy accident.  Along with the readers, I had tears in my eyes when Noah’s horse, Rumor took his last breath.  The scene in Belonging where Rose, Summer and the Amish girls have a girls-night-out, running wild through the woods, was a favorite of mine. In Forever, the most gripping scene I wrote takes place about halfway through the book when a tornado strikes the Meadowview Amish community.  All the characters are at risk and I jump between Rose, Noah, Sam and Sarah and their own harrowing experiences during the storm.  It’s quite intense and to be honest, I wasn’t sure how I’d end the scene until the wind stopped blowing.

I love to hear from my readers!  Please contact me on Facebook with your thoughts on the series or any questions about the Amish you may have.  Thanks!

Karen Ann Hopkins


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3 comments:

  1. Enjoyed reading your interview today.

    kareninnc at gmail dot com

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  2. Thank you for the great interview!! I have read a couple of times that Forever was hard to write and I can only imagine the pressure!! I am not sure I could handle all of the expectations so good on you Karen for rocking it because I have heard nothing but amazing things!

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  3. Thank you for the interview and giveaway!

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