Today is release day for Kakadu Sunset by Annie Seaton.
There’s a paperback giveaway too!
(Giveaway open until midnight AEST Monday 28th Dec 2015. Giveaway open to Australian postal addressees only.
Winner chosen randomly and notified Tuesday 29th Dec 2015.
Paperback will be mailed after 6th Jan 2016 by Annie’s publisher’s MacMillan Australia.)
GIVEAWAY NOW ENDED
Over to Annie…
Kakadu Sunset is the first book of a three book series, the Porter Sisters, and the series follows the lives of three sisters: Ellie, Emma and Drusilla Porter. These sisters from rural Australia overcome adversity in different circumstances—political, environmental and corporate worlds and follow different paths in their lives and fall in love, each finding their ‘happily ever after’ in different situations with three very different men. Each book is set in a suspenseful context of eco-adventure romance in different parts of Australia: Kakadu National Park, the Daintree Rainforest and the East Kimberleys.
In Book 1, Kakadu Sunset, which is being released on 22 December, Ellie is a helicopter pilot in Kakadu National Park and her life is threatened by political corruption and greed. Whilst the story is action packed and suspenseful, the emotions evoked in the story derive from the loss of Ellie’s father and the family farm as a result of his death. Kane, the new helicopter pilot at the eco-lodge where Ellie works, also has his own demons to overcome and Kane and Ellie must each work thorough their own problems, as together they face a danger that may result in the destruction of the national park, and the lives of anyone who stands in the way.
As a reader, I love reading books in a series where I can touch on the lives of the characters after I finish their story. That prompted me to write the Porter Sister books as an ongoing series.
I have been an avid reader my whole life and one of the indicators of the quality of the book I am reading, is the reluctance to leave the characters and their world when I finish the book. How many times have you finished a book with a warm glow in your chest, and think about the characters and their experiences for a few days after you put the book down? How often do you wonder where they are and how their lives turned out? Ellie makes a reappearance in Books 2 and 3 but the stories all stand alone.
As I wrote Kakadu Sunset I kept the emotional responses of the characters at the forefront of my mind. Creating true and believable emotion is peculiar to an author’s natural voice; writing true emotion is a technique that comes from the author’s heart. Empathy can be refined as an author reads and grows as both a reader and an author. For me it not something that can be learned from a craft book or a writing course. An author must first, and foremost, be a reader and understand how to successfully convey emotion so that the reader is absorbed into the characters’ lives and emotional responses.
In the ancient lands of Kakadu, it’s not just the crocodiles you should be afraid of...
Helicopter pilot Ellie Porter loves her job. Soaring above the glorious Kakadu National Park, she feels freed from the heavy losses of her beloved family farm and the questions around her father’s suicide. But when a search-and-rescue mission on the boundary of the older property reveals unusual excavation works, Ellie vows to investigate.
The last thing she needs is her bad-tempered co-pilot, Kane McLaren, interfering. The son of the current owners of the farm, her attraction to him is a distraction she can’t afford, especially when someone threatens to put a stop to her inquiries – by any means necessary.
Ellie will have to trust Kane if she is to have any hope of uncovering the truth of what is really going on.
Between Ellie’s damage and Kane’s secrets, can they find a way to open up to each other before the shadowy forces shut her up…for good?
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Annie has written many romance books. Read more about Annie on MEET ANNIE SEATON
To go in the draw for a print copy of Kakadu Sunset, comment below about a book that has stayed with you after you read it; a book that tugged at your emotions and had you feeling the emotions of the characters. It might be happy; it might be sad…what book has stayed with you long after you turned the first page?
Good luck!
(Giveaway open until midnight AEST Monday 28th Dec 2015. Giveaway open to Australian postal addressees only.
Winner chosen randomly and notified Tuesday 29th Dec 2015.
Paperback will be mailed after 6th Jan 2016 by Annie’s publisher’s MacMillan Australia.)
GIVEAWAY NOW ENDED
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Having so much enjoyment during my retirement reading every rural romance I can get my hands on keep them coming please
Reading is one of the great pleasures in life, Julia.
Congratulations fellow Pan Mac Australia author! So been waiting for this one, Annie, may it fly off the shelves! xx
Thanks, Trish fellow Panner! I am anxiously awaiting its arrival on the shelves!
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaay! See you on the shelves, Annie.
Thanks Jenn!
“Gallipoli Street” 2015 is a great read with lots of interesting details regarding the conditions on the field for soldiers and also nurses and their very diverse roles. Fills in a lot of atmosphere for that time period. I know that I would enjoy your book too!
Sounds like an interesting read, Margaret.
Palace of Tears by Julian Leatherdale. The setting - Blue Mountains and the hotel was painted so evocatively. The place or the characaters have never left my side since I read it earlier this year. A hauntingly beautiful piece of Australian historical ficition.
I’ll be looking out for that one, Amanda!
I have quite a few but just recently was Jillaroo by Rachael Treasure. I felt so deeply for Rebecca and Charlie I could hardly put it down
Sarah, I love Rachel’s books too!
Hi! Annie,
Congratulations! Annie. Sounds like this going to be a great series with lots of secrets to unravel.The book that stayed with me long after being read was “Colours of Gold “by Kaye Dobbie. A very emotional Journey of two girls with a mystery to be solved and how the Author told the story in alternating periods of the time was Awesome .It certainly tugged at my emotions.
Thanks, Jessy… I am picking up so many reading ideas here!
Congrats
Thanks, Jane.
This book sounds awesome!
I read The Bay by Di Morrissey and it inspired me to travel to Byron Bay.
Kerry, Coincidentally, I read The Bay last week. Really enjoyed it too
I loved “Hello from the Gillespies” by Monica McInerney. It has the right combination of fun, entertainment, sweetness. There are very different characters, fighting their own battles. There is love, family ties, regret, despair… When I started it I was curious to go on. When I arrived at the last chapter of the book.. I just didn’t want it to end! 🙂
I’ve never been to Kakadu. I’d love to get to know it through this book! 🙂
HI Angela… I hope you enjoy your ‘visit’ to Kakadu 🙂
I’m sure it would be a great start! 🙂
Congrats on new release and look forward to all the books. I guess the one set of books that always stayed with me from childhood were the St.Claire girls books by Enid Blyton. All the fun, mischief and mayhem that really got me into reading at a very young age. I love book that make me laugh, cry and must always have a happy ending. Reading is a pleasure and a joy taken away to different places, to be someone else for awhile. I do become involved with the characters. Probably too much. lol All the best on the new books Annie 🙂
Thanks Jan…and I adored Enid Blyton too. I always wanted to go to boarding school!
Congrats and I can’t wait to get my hands on this book. There are to many to name these days as I love all Australian Authors and some books I just have trouble putting down.
Thank, Desiree. I hope you enjoy it!
Thanks for the opportunity, and good luck with your book. One of my favourite recent reads was This Red Earth, by Kim Kelly. It had just the right mix of Australian history, family, love, loss, action and adventure.
Thanks Jay. It sounds like my sort of read!
I enjoyed. The girl in the yellow vest by loretta hill set in the Pilbara I went there to port Samson Karratha and Dampier and saw red dog set in the mans world of mining
Thanks for entering Donna…the book I am writing at the moment is set in a mine.
CONGRATULATIONS DONNA you won the giveaway! Annie will be in touch.
Congratulations! You told me a bit about the story at the RWA signing, and it sounds great, with some important themes as well …
I did, Jennifer. LOL.. I have recently been called a writer of ‘activist romance’ by a radio interviewer!
I love reading books in a series, you get to know the characters a little bit more and can relate each book in the series to the others. Also the Kakadu region has always fascinated me so reading a book based in that area would be awesome! Congratulations on your release of what I’m sure will be another great read by another great Aussie author.
Thank you, Aileen.You are right, Kakadu is awesome!
I’m so in love with reading rural romance, especially after growing up in a small outback Aussie town, the stories often have elements I can relate to. Even better that Kakadu sunset is the start of a series!
I love a series too Sarahmary!