Ruth Ann Nordin's Monthly Newsletter

I’m sorry it took so long to get this one.  I started it at the end of January and (in the middle of getting all my tax papers together for my accountant) forgot I never finished it.  So I’m doing it today and getting this out. 😀

The Convenient Mail Order Bride will be out February 13!

(This is Book 1 in the Chance at Love Series)

I was able to bump it up a week.  Originally, it was supposed to be out on the 21st, but since my editing team got done earlier than expected, it’ll be out sooner.  I did put it up for pre-order on Amazon.  It’s already been on iBooks, Kobo, Barnes & Noble, and Smashwords for a while not, but I just added it to Amazon.

You can click here if you want to pre-order it.

Since this is coming out in the middle of the month, I’ll also make a post when it’s available.  At that time, I’ll give the description. 🙂

*I do plan to put other books up on Amazon for pre-order once they are all finished through the editing process.  It’s easier to upload the final version of the book when I do a pre-order over there.  

I’ll have Bonus Materials from the Nebraska Series out early, too!

These are a series of blog posts I did on my author blog back in 2011-2012.   It consisted of character interviews I did while writing Shotgun Groom, Isaac’s Decision, To Have and To Hold, and Her Heart’s Desire.  I also had a contest with all the heroes from the Nebraska Series, and I ran into some issues when Dave Larson didn’t like what I was doing.  These were all just done for humor, and I thought someone might like to have the book on hand instead of going through my old blog posts to find them.

I currently have the release date set at April 3, but I’m going to move it up to sometime in March.  What I might do, if all goes according to plan, is have it up around March 1st so I can announce it while doing my newsletter post.  I’ll give more information in the next post.

This book is currently with my editor.  I will have it out some time in March.

I’m halfway through Her Devilish Marquess!

(This is book 2 in the Marriage by Arrangement Series)

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I’m hoping I can get this out earlier than May 8, which is my current release date.  If all goes well, I can finish the first draft by the end of this month.  Then I can go through the initial edits and send it to my awesome editing team.  I’d love to have this one out in early April.  *fingers crossed*

Release date is currently set at May 8, but I’m hoping to have it out in April.

I’m making good progress in The Mistaken Mail Order Bride

(This is Book 2 in the Chance at Love Series)

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This one is at the 12,000-word mark, which is nearing the end of chapter 4.  So I still have a ways to go.  In this one, I’m going to feature a plain looking heroine.  Someone made a comment on my Facebook page about how there aren’t enough books featuring this type of heroine, and I figured I can easily make this heroine one since the plot doesn’t require her to be pretty.

Some of my plots require a beautiful heroine, such as the Book 3 (The Accidental Mail Order Bride) in this series.  Book 3 in the series will feature an unattractive hero, so it’ll be a “Beauty and the Beast” type of story.  I haven’t started writing Book 3 yet, but I do have a pre-order page up if you want to check it out.

The Mistaken Mail Order Bride is set for a June 5 release date.  The Accidental Mail Order Bride is set for a September 4 release date.

The Marriage Agreement is slowly coming along

(This is book 2 in the Pioneer Series)

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I’m at the end of chapter 2 in this one.  I don’t know if this is one of those series that is hard to write, but the beginning of this book was a huge struggle.  I had to figure out a way to get the hero (Jesse Palmer) and heroine (Laura Rufus) to agree to a marriage of convenience.  I brainstormed and wrote out an original beginning I end up tossing.  Then it was back the drawing board.

Because of the difficulty I’m having with this series, I have pushed the expected release date of Book 3 (Groom for Hire, which is Joe Otto’s story) to either the spring or summer of next year.

Fortunately, I have until August 7 on The Marriage Agreement, so I see no reason why it won’t go out on that day, but the chance of me getting this one out sooner is about zero.  The other books are possible for an earlier release because they are coming along nicely.

So we’ll keep the expected release date of August 7 on this one firm.

Hope everyone has a great February!

As promised, I’m doing a special blog post to let everyone know His Wicked Lady is available. 😀

Here’s a quick description, and I’ll post links below if you’re interested in getting a copy.

Helena, Melissa, and Chloe have started arranging marriages, but not all will go smoothly on the way to a happily ever after…

Mr. Malcolm Jasper prides himself on his immaculate reputation, and he’s decided it’s time to get married so he can start having children to leave a legacy to. Unfortunately for him, he happens to be paired with Lady Cantrell, a lady who thinks the rules of the Ton are made to be broken.

(Malcolm Jasper is the brother of the heroine in Ruined by the Earl.)

Amazon

iBooks

Kobo

Barnes & Noble

Smashwords

I decided to put off doing this post until the 3rd so that I could link up to two books that I have out. 

A Groom’s Promise is Now Available!

This one features two novels in one book.

“The Bride’s Choice” by Ruth Ann Nordin: Shy and clumsy Jack Warren has finally found the woman of his dreams, but her father wants her to marry his brother instead.

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“When the Whistle Blows” by Janet Syas Nitsick: Hugh Warren makes a deal to marry someone’s daughter as part of a land agreement. But when he meets the perfect lady, he must find a way out of the agreement, even if it means a little matchmaking.

If you’re interested, it’s available at these sites:

Amazon | iBooks | Barnes & Noble | Kobo | Smashwords

Wagon Trail Bride is Also Available!

For those of you who’ve been waiting for Richard Larson’s book, it’s finally here!

In a nutshell, here’s the description:  Richard’s loved Amanda for a long time, but he’s never had the courage to tell her.  When a situation arises that allows him to marry her in order to protect her, he jumps at the chance to propose.  But, in order to avoid possible rejection, he lets her believe theirs is only a marriage of convenience.

Here are the links if interested:

Amazon | iBooks | Barnes & Noble | Kobo | Smashwords

His Wicked Lady will be out January 9!

I was going to wait until February’s post to announce it, but I’ll make a post on this blog when it’s out since it comes out before the 15th.

The second draft of Convenient Mail Order Bride is now done!

I was two weeks behind scheduled on this one, but I got it done and now it’s off to my editing team.    It’s due out February 21.

 Bonus Material from the Nebraska Series

COVER COMING SOON

This is an “extra” to the books I write.  I don’t expect many people to be interested in it since it’s not an actual book, but for those who’ve ever read and enjoyed the blog posts I’ve done with my characters, I thought this one would be a nice treat.  Dave Larson comes up quite a bit, and he’s one of my favorites–a favorite for a lot of you, too, from what you’ve told me. 🙂  So I thought I’d offer this for anyone who’s interested.  I’ll give more information about it as it gets closer to April 3.  April 3rd is when I’ll have it out.  I still need to do some tweaking after it comes back from the editor.

With the turn of the year, I’m getting started on these books:

I’m on chapter 2 in Her Devilish Marquess

Due out May 8

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This is the book that follows His Wicked Lady.  I still have a long way to go.  Actually, I have a long way to go on all of my current works in progress. 😉

I’m going to start The Mistaken Mail Order Bride this week

Due out June 5

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This book follows The Convenient Mail Order Bride and features a very sweet and lovable but clumsy heroine.  She’s also plain in appearance.  Worse, she didn’t realize she went on the wrong stagecoach and ended up in the Colorado Territory.  The hero was expecting another mail-order bride, but since she didn’t show up, and the heroine had a young child to care for, he marries her even though he’s not attracted to her.  As we know, though, since this is a romance, he grows to be attracted to her in the end.

I’m on chapter one in The Marriage Agreement

Due out August 7

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This one follows Wagon Trail Bride.  I still need to figure out how to begin this one, but it should come to me soon enough.

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I’ll leave that there for now. 😀 I’ll let you know when His Wicked Lady is available.

Hope everyone has been having a great New Year!

Last month is a blur.  I went to Nebraska for two weeks to visit an author friend, Janet Syas Nitsick.  During my stay, we went to Kansas City to attend a writer’s conference.  In case you ever wondered what I look like, here’s a picture:

I did this pose because Janet was all dressed up, but I wasn’t. 😉

And, in case anyone wants to see Janet, here she is:

Janet who is all dressed up. (Note: She ALWAYS dresses up no matter where she goes. LOL)

Now for the updates on what I’ve done and will be doing.  Things are about to get busy. 🙂

The Enchanted Galaxy Series

I had meant to get these out early last month, but since I was finishing up the first draft to Wagon Trail Bride and getting A Groom’s Promise ready for the editors.  Since it’s already November, I’ll let the release dates stay at they are.  Royal Hearts is due out on the 20th, The Royal Pursuit is due out on the 21st, and Royal Heiress is due out on the 22nd.

If you are on my email list, please wait until you get the email announcing these are available before doing anything.  

I will post links on where to buy these books and their descriptions in the next post.

A Groom’s Promise is now on Pre-order

The release date is December 20!

The editing team is mostly done with this anthology.  My story in this one is called “The Bride’s Choice” and it is a full-length novel.  Janet’s story “When the Whistle Blows” is almost a full-length novel.  I have included more of a description and links where you can pre-order this at (if you’re interested) at this link.   (I’m testing our pre-orders on Amazon with this book, but most of the time, I only do pre-orders in iBooks, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo.)

Wagon Trail Bride is also on Pre-Order

(Pioneer Series: Book 1)

This is due out January 3!

I’m thrilled to say this is with my editing team.  At long last, Richard Larson has his story!!  Better yet, since I am now done with the second draft and have sent it off to my wonderful editing team, it’s close to being ready to publish.  I know this has been a long time in coming.  I’m so happy I can say I finally finished it, and I love how it turned out!

You can find the pre-order links, along with fun tidbits from what the characters think of this book, at this link.  (Like A Groom’s Promise, I’m testing the pre-order on Amazon with this one.  In addition, it’s on iBooks, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo.)

His Wicked Lady is also up on Pre-Order

(Marriage by Arrangement Series: Book 1)

This is due out January 9!

I am now done with the first draft and should be finished with the second draft by the end of this weekend.  It’s due to go out to my editing team next week.  This was another fun one to write, and it went off in a direction I didn’t plan on when I started it.  Sometimes books are like that.  I go in thinking it’ll play out one way, and something happens where the characters decide to go in the other direction.  In this case, the heroine changed her mind on how to proceed halfway into the book, and everything went off tangent.  But…it was for the best.  I’m glad it turned out the way it did!

I also made a pre-order page for this one with characters chiming in on what they think of this book.  (This is just on iBooks, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo.)

I’m almost halfway through The Convenient Mail Order Bride

(Chance at Love Series: Book 1)

This is due out February 21!

I’m hoping to finish the first draft this month, but we’ll see if that happens.  If not, then it should be done mid-December for sure.

I’ve started Her Devilish Marquess

(Marriage by Arrangement Series: Book 2)

This is due out May 8!

I’m still on chapter 1, so I have a long way to go.  But, at least I started it!

I just started The Marriage Agreement, too

(Pioneer Series: Book 2)

I’m also on chapter 1 of this one.  It’s currently due out August 7.

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I have another project I’m working on, but I want the cover ready before I mention it.

Hope everyone has a great November!

Done with the Enchanted Galaxy Series!

I just uploaded the final book in the series to Smashwords.  I have never tried to release a book early when it’s been in pre-order, but I’m going to try it with this one.  So sometime in the middle of October, I’ll try to get these three books out.  In case I can’t get the books out before November 20, 21, and 22 (the current release dates), I’ll hold off on announcing they are available.  Remember, this a romantic fantasy series, not full-fledged romances.  I’m not sure if that’s everyone’s cup of tea, so I wanted to make that clear.  The last thing I want to do is mislead anyone. 🙂

A Groom’s Promise will be released on December 20!

This book follows Bride by Arrangement.

It’s finished and with the editor as we speak.  My publisher is in the process of getting it up on pre-order.  At the moment, it’s only on Amazon, but it should be going up on other sites soon.

Janet and I made a book launch page to go with it.  So if you want to see what the characters are saying, more information on what the two stories in this book are about, and/or a picture of me and Janet together, that will be over there.

Wagon Trail Bride’s First Draft will be done by October 10!

Wagon Trail Bride (Pioneer Series: Book 1)

This puts me right on schedule for the book’s upcoming release on January 3.  I have to get the book edited before it’s ready for publication.  Richard Larson’s story has turned out way better than I hoped.  It took me three years to finally get this one right.  I had started it several times, and none of those “took”, so I had to go back and restart the entire thing from scratch.

Today I got to chapter 22.  Now, it’s a matter of giving him his happy ending.

I have created a book launch page to give an overview of the book.   I linked it to where it’s currently on pre-order (which is only iBooks at this time).  I’m still waiting for my publisher to get it up on other sites.  But, what is really fun about the page are the characters’ thoughts about the book.  I really enjoy bringing in characters.  That is my favorite part in doing those book launch pages.

I’m over halfway through His Wicked Lady!

His Wicked Lady (Marriage by Arrangement: Book 1)

If you’ll recall, Malcolm Jasper (the hero in this book) was Melissa Jasper’s brother in Ruined by the Earl.  Anyway, in this book, he gets to have his romance, and as luck would have it, he and Logan (aka Lord Toplyn who is also Melissa’s husband) still don’t get along.  This makes the perfect set up for this book because Logan and Regan (the heroine in His Wicked Lady) do get along.  Logan is even giving her advice on how to get Malcolm to think of her in more favorable terms.  Because…Malcolm wasn’t all that happy to learn he was matched up with her for the marriage.

For fun, I made a post the other day on my author blog where I give a sample scene showing how Malcolm and Logan are taking jabs at each other.

But to be fair to the heroine of this book, Regan did try to let Malcolm know she was the one who was to marry him.  I made a post about that, too.  So really, Malcolm only has himself to blame.

If you want to see the book launch page for this book (along with pre-order links, character endorsements/or non-endorsements), here’s the link.  

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I think I’ll stop there since I just dumped a lot of information in this post.  I’ll have more to share next month.

I hope everyone has a great October!

The Rest of the Enchanted Galaxy Series is With the Editor! (A Royal Engagement is Book 1 and is already out.)

I’m officially done with my part of working on these books, and they are off to the editor.  I told her no rush.  My publishing goal for all of these books is November.  I plan to publish them at the same time.

If fantasy is not your thing, you probably want to skip them.  While romance is there, the fantasy is pretty dominant.  I couldn’t get around it with the way the plots were set up.  To make them less fantasy-ish, I’d have to change the stories, and honestly, I’d rather focus on my current works in progress.

Wagon Trail Bride (Pioneer Series: Book 1)

I think I finally worked out the kinks in this one.  (I really hope I did, anyway.) This has been one of the hardest books I’ve ever written.  Trying to figure out how I got Amanda and Richard Larson to marry has been the biggest challenge in this whole thing.  I know there’s a lot of expectations on this story, and I want to make sure it lives up to its expectations.

I’m in chapter six now (which is 14,000 words in), so I still have a ways to go.  My estimate is to have this out in December or January.  We’ll see.  But this will be going to my publisher, Parchment & Plume.

His Wicked Lady (Marriage by Arrangement: Book 1)

I’ve officially started my next Regency series.  This picks right up where the last series (Marriage by Deceit) ended.  Helena, Chloe, and Melissa are going to be arranging some marriages, and their first couple will involve Melissa’s very own brother, Malcolm Jasper (from Ruined by the Earl).  And, as you might have guessed, I’ve decided to pair him up with a lady who can teach him it’s okay to stop stressing over silly things like the Ton’s rules.  I expect this one to be a lot of fun.

I’d like to get this out in January 2016.

The Convenient Mail Order Bride

(standalone in the Mail Order Brides Collection)

This is a standalone book.  It doesn’t come as a part of a series.  It is, however, a book I am writing that features a mail-order bride.  That being the case, I am putting it in with the Mail Order Brides Collection.  Each book in this collection is a standalone, so there aren’t any order they have to be read.

I do so many series that I like to take a break and do standalone romances from time to time.  It helps me to stay creative if I can do a variety of stories.  In this case, the hero wasn’t told someone placed an ad on his behalf, so when his mail-order bride shows up, he’s not too happy.  Don’t worry.  He doesn’t take it out on her.  The man who wrote the ad didn’t tell her he wasn’t really the hero.  I’ll have to see where things go.  At the moment, I’m only at chapter 2 when she finds out she’s been lied to.  (The hero won’t find out until a little later.)

I’d like to have this out in January.  *fingers crossed*

That’s about it for now.  I hope everyone has a fun August!

The Earl’s Stolen Bride is now Available!

I wanted to wait until this was out before I made this blog post.

Here’s the description:

Orlando Emmett, the Earl of Reddington, has one regret in his life: letting the lady of his dreams go. Before he could make his feelings known to Miss Chloe Boyle, he found out she married Lord Hawkins. Night after night, he’d think of all the things he should have told her when he had the chance, and all he could do was watch her, secretly admiring her from afar.

A year later, fate intervenes. News of Lord Hawkins’ death has just given him a second chance, an opportunity to make his dreams come true, but he’ll have to risk a scandal to take it.

Chloe was relieved when news came of her husband’s death. The two had hardly spoken more than a few words to each other before he left for India on their wedding day. And a full year passed with only polite correspondence between them. While some envied her marriage, the aching loneliness in her life only reminded her that money couldn’t buy happiness.

Fate intervenes when a friend takes her just outside of London to meet Orlando, a handsome stranger she only barely remembers. During her entire marriage to Lord Hawkins, all she’d wanted was a husband who’d love her so much he’d give up anything to be with her. And now she just might get her wish, if only she’s strong enough to take it.

Amazon US

Amazon UK

Barnes & Noble US

Barnes & Noble UK

Kobo

Smashwords

It should be up on iBooks and other channels soon.

Finished with A Groom’s Promise

Both Janet Syas Nitsick and I completed our stories in the anthology, A Groom’s Promise.  Right now we’re on edits.  I think we’re going to wait until January for this one.  Long story short, the edits are intense and so will be the formatting.  With co-authored projects, it’s just hard to get things together, so it takes longer to get a book ready.  (Plus, I’m moving to another state, which means less time being able to work on this with her.)

I’ll Write in Wagon Trial Bride When I Have Time

Since I am in the process of moving, things are going to be hectic.  It’ll be easier for me to polish up books for the Enchanted Galaxy Series than try to work on a new one.  I will do what I can in Wagon Trail Bride.  I’d love to have it out in September, but that is a very tentative release month.  It’s likely it’ll be later.

Putting This On Hold

I love this story idea, but I have to put it on hold because of the move.  At this point, this one will have to wait for 2016.  I had to decide between this one and Wagon Trail Bride, and since people have been waiting patiently (and for a long time) for Wagon Trail Bride, I’m going to put my efforts in Wagon Trail Bride.

My Focus Will Be On Finishing Up The Enchanted Galaxy Series

(This is a fantasy romance series set in a contemporary time period.)

Since this is a light rewrite, progress is fast in this one.  This is Book 2.  I should be halfway done by Monday.

This one should also be a light rewrite.  This is Book 3.

I wasn’t going to do Book 4, but as I was thinking of how Book 3 played out, I realized I need Book 4 to complete the series.  Books 1-3 feature Ann and Hathor as the main couple.  Book 4 is about their daughter when she assumes the throne.  In order to dismiss Book 4, I’d have to do serious changes to Book 3, and I like Book 3 the way it is.  So I am adding this, and I would like to get this out by the end of the year with the other books.

But there is something about Book 4 that is unlike the other books I usually do: this one will have no sex in it.  It’s not set up for it, so sex would add nothing to the story.  I don’t believe in adding sex for the sake for sex.  It has to serve a purpose to the plot, and in this case, it doesn’t.  So the heat level is squeaky clean.  This is one of my PG books.  All that happens in a kiss.  (As you know, I rarely write PG.)  Books 1-3 do have sex in them.

I want to publish all three out in the same time frame, which will be this fall.  So I’m going to try to get it all done this summer.

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That’s all I got for this month.  I hope everyone has a great June!