Mrs. PG decided she needed a break from the Regency era and has just released a romantic suspense novel, Breaking News. No horses or dukes were harmed during the making of this book.
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You might respond, “But I thought the news was already broken.”
PG would re-respond, “Some news has been broken, but there’s still more to be broken, including the news about Breaking News!”
So, what is the book about?
Your first clue would be the words, “Romantic Suspense” which are right there on the cover.
You might ask whether “Suspenseful Romance” would be a better category description. After all, you can see the silhouettes of a man and a woman on the cover.
They’re not looking at each other, so maybe they’re not in love yet.
They’re looking at a fire, but PG cannot discern any marshmallows being toasted, so there’s no suspense about whether the marshmallow will end up toasted to a nice brown or covered in nasty black marshmallow cinders. Besides, that would fall into the “Marshmallow Suspense” category on Amazon.
(As a diversion, PG must acknowledge the always-useful assistance of Grammarly, which kept him from typing “marshmellow” and not correcting it afterwards.)
But back to the book.
There’s already a lot of suspense going on with the couple who are watching the big fire that appears to be burning down a house, which probably contains all the marshmallows the couple owns along with all the long skinny marshmallow-toasting forks, which is probably a dangling participle that will be resolved in the sequel. (Grammarly said I did just fine with “participle “)
If you examine the cover picture carefully, you will note a disembodied hand. The hand does not appear to belong to either the man or the woman on the cover, which might be a clue. If you look carefully, you won’t see any marshmallow stickums on the disembodied hand, so we’re still in the dark about the fate of the marshmallows.
(Yes, PG admits you can only see the back of the hand, so the palm could contain marshmallows or almost anything else you might imagine. PG isn’t allowed to tell you what the hand contains, because that might diminish the Suspense which would then be out of balance with the Romance which is probably a violation of at least one of the balance regulations promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration which has almost certainly been hacked by Russians by now and will start issuing vodka regulations one day soon. (For some reason, Grammarly let PG get by with that last sentence. Maybe it’s been hacked by Russians, too.) )
But PG digresses.
Breaking News is a perfectly lovely book that will whip you back and forth between Romance and Suspense so fast you will say, “I didn’t know that a book could do that!”
The PG’s would appreciate it if you would consider buying the book. In addition to having a cover with several levels of meaning, it doesn’t cost very much.
PG, it’s obvious the hand is now holding nothing, but HAD handled marshmallows (note the white areas — marshmallow stains — on the hand). Love the cover.
Somebody needs to get that man some smores, stat!
It’s in my kindle. No problem ordering.
Dan
And may the algos be ever in your favor.
+1
Congratulations to Mrs. PG, and wishing her many sales!
It’ll have to wait. The Zon doesn’t answer the call just now. Hopefully the price won’t go up tonight.
I’ve often wondered if PG would deadpan the book-and-cover analyses he does do well for other authors…