Marie signed books from her Green Mountain and Butler, Vermont Series, including Can’t Buy Me Love and Here Comes the Sun. Readers came to meet Marie and see the inspiration for the Abbott family’s Green Mountain Country Store in Weston, VT at the Vermont Country Store.
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5 days ago
Thirteen years ago this week, I was preparing to release MAID FOR LOVE, the fifth book I published as an indie author. MFL, set on a fictional version of my beloved Block Island, RI, had been shopped all over the place, and was rejected by every editor who read it. I now see those rejections as among the greatest blessings in my life. Gansett Island has been the gift that keeps on giving. Yesterday, I released the preorder for the 27th book, and I still have big plans for Gansett!Thanks to all the readers who have embraced this series, this place and these characters. You've given me a dream career!If you haven't yet started this series, MAID FOR LOVE is free to celebrate the 13th anniversary! Marie's Store: geni.us/YOWK5 Kindle US: amzn.to/3msEpokKindle CA: amzn.to/3FsZfLr Kindle UK: amzn.to/3gObBmZ Kindle AU: amzn.to/3tZshue Apple Books: geni.us/mflibooks Nook: geni.us/mflnook Kobo: bit.ly/19QKLBw Google: geni.us/mflgoogle
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I wish to tell you how I have enjoyed your Gansett Island series. I read 20 books, and have ordered 21 and 22. Yhey helped me through a difficult endeavor. My mother died 5 years ago, and left me as executor of her estate. The biggest obstacle was my two bachelor brothers, who have not worked in 30 years, just lived with Mom and had her pay for everything. The house was a cluttered mess. I made 12 trips (26 weeks) over 4 years, making them get rid of stuff and fixing the house to sell. I sold last October. After a day of working, it was good to retreat and read your novels. I liked how the fictional McCarthy brothers spoke to each other, rather than how my real brothers speak to each other. I see you are writing a 23rd book.
With Gansett Island heavily dependent on tourism, I think you cannot overlook the impact of Covid 19 on vacationing. Wealthy people on yachts would be unaffected, but middle-class people would be unable to take summer rentals. The people of Gansett would help each other, but some tourists may act like “pandemic jerks”. Since your novels are set in the present, I think you should include the impact of this virus. 2020 is a unique year, and we cannot overlook that.–Sincerely, Maura O’Connell Knerr