TITLE: The Stories She Tells
AUTHOR: LK Chapman
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SYNOPSIS:
When Michael decides to track down ex-girlfriend Rae who disappeared ten years ago while pregnant with his baby, he knows it could change his life forever. His search for her takes unexpected turns as he unearths multiple changes of identity and a childhood she tried to pretend never happened, but nothing could prepare him for what awaits when he finally finds her.
Appearing to be happily married with a brand-new baby daughter, Rae is cagey about what happened to Michael's child and starts to say alarming things- that her husband is trying to force her to give up her new baby for adoption, that he's attempting to undermine the bond between her and her child, and deliberately making her doubt her own sanity.
As Michael is drawn in deeper to her disturbing claims he begins to doubt the truth of what she is saying. But is she really making it all up, or is there a shocking and heartbreaking secret at the root of the stories she tells?
GUEST BLOG POST ~ Publication Day!
So far, I have had two publication days and I’m in the process of preparing for my third, which will be when The Stories She Tells comes out on the 12 October. My first two publication days have been very different to each other, and I think my next one will be very different again!
When my first novel Networked came out in 2014 my friends and family were very excited, but it wasn’t a big launch because the book was self-published and nobody else really knew about it. It’s all a bit of a blur, but I remember that either on the day itself or very close to it I went on a spa day, and then just checked my sales when I got home!
For my second novel, Anything for Him, publication day was even more low key. I had a newborn baby less than a month old, and all I did on the day was put online social media posts that I’d prepared in advance. I think I only had one or two sales!
Now I’m onto my third book things are quite different. I’ve got a little bit of a following now from people who enjoyed reading Anything for Him, and it’s a wonderful feeling that people are excited for the launch of The Stories She Tells. I’m going to prepare some of my social media posts and website updates in advance like I did for Anything for Him, and try to relax as much as possible in the run up to the day, because I know it’s going to feel quite frantic! My husband will take the day off work, and in the morning my one-year old son will be with us before he goes off to nursery, so I’m hoping my husband will be able to keep my stress levels down! I think the day will mainly be spent in front of the computer. As my e-books are self-published directly with Amazon I can see the sales almost straight away on a graph, so there is quite a bit of sales-graph-checking, plus keeping an eye on my bestseller ranking on Amazon. Hopefully at some point we’ll manage to fit in a celebration dinner and glass of bubbly, but I think by the evening I’ll be exhausted! In a way, I find the lead up to publication day and the day itself a bit overwhelming. It’s exciting but I think I’m happier when I’m quietly and calmly working away on my next book! However, I do have plans to get a cake with the book cover printed on it ready for a celebration with friends later on in October. When publication day preparations overwhelm me, I think about how good it will be to eat that cake!
SYNOPSIS:
When Michael decides to track down ex-girlfriend Rae who disappeared ten years ago while pregnant with his baby, he knows it could change his life forever. His search for her takes unexpected turns as he unearths multiple changes of identity and a childhood she tried to pretend never happened, but nothing could prepare him for what awaits when he finally finds her.
Appearing to be happily married with a brand-new baby daughter, Rae is cagey about what happened to Michael's child and starts to say alarming things- that her husband is trying to force her to give up her new baby for adoption, that he's attempting to undermine the bond between her and her child, and deliberately making her doubt her own sanity.
As Michael is drawn in deeper to her disturbing claims he begins to doubt the truth of what she is saying. But is she really making it all up, or is there a shocking and heartbreaking secret at the root of the stories she tells?
GUEST BLOG POST ~ Publication Day!
So far, I have had two publication days and I’m in the process of preparing for my third, which will be when The Stories She Tells comes out on the 12 October. My first two publication days have been very different to each other, and I think my next one will be very different again!
When my first novel Networked came out in 2014 my friends and family were very excited, but it wasn’t a big launch because the book was self-published and nobody else really knew about it. It’s all a bit of a blur, but I remember that either on the day itself or very close to it I went on a spa day, and then just checked my sales when I got home!
For my second novel, Anything for Him, publication day was even more low key. I had a newborn baby less than a month old, and all I did on the day was put online social media posts that I’d prepared in advance. I think I only had one or two sales!
Now I’m onto my third book things are quite different. I’ve got a little bit of a following now from people who enjoyed reading Anything for Him, and it’s a wonderful feeling that people are excited for the launch of The Stories She Tells. I’m going to prepare some of my social media posts and website updates in advance like I did for Anything for Him, and try to relax as much as possible in the run up to the day, because I know it’s going to feel quite frantic! My husband will take the day off work, and in the morning my one-year old son will be with us before he goes off to nursery, so I’m hoping my husband will be able to keep my stress levels down! I think the day will mainly be spent in front of the computer. As my e-books are self-published directly with Amazon I can see the sales almost straight away on a graph, so there is quite a bit of sales-graph-checking, plus keeping an eye on my bestseller ranking on Amazon. Hopefully at some point we’ll manage to fit in a celebration dinner and glass of bubbly, but I think by the evening I’ll be exhausted! In a way, I find the lead up to publication day and the day itself a bit overwhelming. It’s exciting but I think I’m happier when I’m quietly and calmly working away on my next book! However, I do have plans to get a cake with the book cover printed on it ready for a celebration with friends later on in October. When publication day preparations overwhelm me, I think about how good it will be to eat that cake!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Louise Katherine Chapman was born in Somerset, UK, in 1986. She studied psychology at
the University of Southampton and has worked as a psychologist creating personality questionnaires for a consultancy company. She has also spent some time volunteering for mental health charity Mind.
Chapman loves to write because she loves learning about people and she loves stories. A major turning point in her life was the day she realised that no matter how strange, cruel or unfathomable the actions of other people can sometimes be, there is always a reason for it, some sequence of events to be unravelled. Since then she is always asking “why” and “what if” and she is fascinated by real life stories capturing the strength, peculiarities or extremes of human nature.
LK Chapman’s first novel, Networked, was a sci-fi thriller but now she’s turned her attention to writing psychological suspense. She lives in Hampshire with her husband and young family, and enjoys walks in the woods, video games, and spending time with family and friends.
Louise Katherine Chapman was born in Somerset, UK, in 1986. She studied psychology at
Chapman loves to write because she loves learning about people and she loves stories. A major turning point in her life was the day she realised that no matter how strange, cruel or unfathomable the actions of other people can sometimes be, there is always a reason for it, some sequence of events to be unravelled. Since then she is always asking “why” and “what if” and she is fascinated by real life stories capturing the strength, peculiarities or extremes of human nature.
LK Chapman’s first novel, Networked, was a sci-fi thriller but now she’s turned her attention to writing psychological suspense. She lives in Hampshire with her husband and young family, and enjoys walks in the woods, video games, and spending time with family and friends.
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