Heritage View, #1
by Annie Stiles
Releasing
May 4th 2016
Soul Mate Publishing
Soul Mate Publishing
From
The Book Junkie Reads . . . A Match Made in Heritage View (Heritage View, #1) .
. .
Fun, lite, and engaging. I had a blast with Gen and her attempts to make her hectic high socially committed life work in Heritage View. She reinvents her self into Jane a sweet, simple girl next door, but that was not such a simple persona to pull off and maintain.
No matter who your mother is or was. You should be held accountable for yourself. Gen finds that with all that her mother has put before her with multiple step-fathers and the very social and public eye of Manhattan. She was just a simple girl that still believe in romance and the premise of happily-ever-after. After life hits hard and the work season has been even harder she makes a decision to get away from it all but still stay connected.
A found Heritage View to be a quaint, sweet, and cozy. The romance was in the air. This was the perfect place for Gen to go and find herself and purpose for her life. Gen as Jane discovered more possibilities for her life and a connection with Michael. Michael and Gen/Jane have many encounters and become closely connected with each other. With romance in the air will Gen's true identity be more than Michael can accept.
For a debut novel, Annie Stiles has made her mark on the quaint town American in a big way. Welcome to the 'Family'.
No matter who your mother is or was. You should be held accountable for yourself. Gen finds that with all that her mother has put before her with multiple step-fathers and the very social and public eye of Manhattan. She was just a simple girl that still believe in romance and the premise of happily-ever-after. After life hits hard and the work season has been even harder she makes a decision to get away from it all but still stay connected.
A found Heritage View to be a quaint, sweet, and cozy. The romance was in the air. This was the perfect place for Gen to go and find herself and purpose for her life. Gen as Jane discovered more possibilities for her life and a connection with Michael. Michael and Gen/Jane have many encounters and become closely connected with each other. With romance in the air will Gen's true identity be more than Michael can accept.
For a debut novel, Annie Stiles has made her mark on the quaint town American in a big way. Welcome to the 'Family'.
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Blurb
A socialite by chance not by choice, Gen runs away to a charming small town to reinvent herself as the girl-next-door and falls in love under false pretenses.
A socialite by chance not by choice, Gen runs away to a charming small town to reinvent herself as the girl-next-door and falls in love under false pretenses.
Despite
having been raised by a man-eating, social-climbing mother, Genevieve Garnier
is a hopeless romantic. She has successfully parlayed her sentimental nature
into a prestigious Manhattan wedding planning business, but cannot make it down
the aisle herself.
As
another hectic wedding season winds down, Gen finds herself burned out and at a
crossroads in life. She retreats to the charming Hudson Valley town of Heritage
View to reinvent herself as girl-next-door “Jane”, complete with a charming
cottage and apple pies baking in the oven. Gen is determined to simplify her
life in Heritage View and keep her wedding business humming, without letting
the two worlds collide. Michael Carlisle waltzes in and turns her plans upside
down.
Michael
is smart and successful, with enough guarded-heart intensity and magnetism to
curl any woman’s toes. He stays out of the social fray in Manhattan, so he
doesn’t recognize Jane as socialite wedding planner Genevieve. It’s a good
thing, because he hates pampered socialites and avoids them nearly as much as
he avoids girl-next-door types. That leaves our heroine 0-for-2. To make
matters worse, it turns out that Michael is dear friends with the Hunter
family, “Jane’s” new best friends. He has relationship baggage of his own to
battle, but Michael can’t seem to stay away from Jane.
Will
they repeat the mistakes of the past?
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“The way you’re
wielding that wooden spoon, I can see that I’ve startled you.” He held his
hands up in mock surrender, the twinkle in his eyes making way for a smile that
completely spoiled his attempt at appearing contrite. “I mean no harm. You have
no cause to spoon me to death.” He was teasing her openly now, and Jane stifled
the unwelcome romantic image that he’d just unwittingly conjured.
“Oh, I’m so sorry.”
With a nervous chuckle, she lowered the spoon she was still unconsciously
grasping. “Force of habit, I’m afraid. I’m from the city.” Why had she told him
that? Wasn’t incognito her goal? Clearly, the FBI wouldn’t be soliciting her
for undercover work anytime soon. She smoothed her disheveled apron moaning
internally at the cheesy move in light of his obvious sophistication. Buck up, camper, you are acting like a
freshman in high school.
“Ah, yes. I should
have recognized the paranoia and aggression. Comes with the territory, huh?
Whereabouts?”
At her blank
expression, he prompted, “Where are you from?”
“Where? Err, New
York.” So much for witty repartee. Good grief. Really, Gen?
His smile was
openly curious and more than a hint amused, the effect so potent as to be more
than a bit butterfly inducing. Her brain sounded an alarm of recognition. Her
heart began to sink. Not particularly original, but clichéd or not, butterflies
in her stomach were her own early-warning system. Butterflies in the stomach
were not technologically advanced and rather akin to plucking petals from a
daisy in sophistication but nevertheless, flawlessly accurate at predicting
trouble of the masculine variety. Did women still swoon nowadays? Swooning was
like fainting, right? She’d have to remember to look it up. Gen had read about
swooning women a million times, but this was the first time in her life she had
understood the impulse.
“Yeah, the city.”
He winked at her. “I think we’ve established that.”
“I—”
“Let’s start over.” He moved forward a step and held
out his hand to her. “Hi, Jane. I’m Michael.”
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Q&A with Annie Stiles
Annie, congrats on your debut sweet, contemporary romance, A MATCH
MADE IN HERITAGE VIEW. You’ve said that Heritage View is a
fictitious town, loosely based on the area where you grew up. Can you tell us a
little bit about how that came to be?
I grew up in the picturesque Hudson Valley of New York State. It’s
an area that is near and dear to my heart. The region is rich with history and
boasts lots of interesting, quirky towns that have great heritage and
character. The tone can be quite varied, I think due to the influence of New
York City blending with the flavors of New England and Upstate New York. They
all come together in a really special way. That eclectic quality made it
perfect for the creation of a fictitious town that I’ve begun to populate with
wonderful characters. The setting has become one of the characters and I’m
looking forward to sharing and exploring more of Heritage View as the series
progresses.
Did you always want to write romance?
Yes and no. I’d say it was more of a daydream because I had a
whimsical, fantasy idea of what that meant. I somehow saw it as separate from
real life and college, jobs, getting married, and buying a house. It was a
charming wish or a secret that I carried around in a little pocket in my heart
labeled “maybe someday”. I joined RWA several years ago, not really
understanding what it was all about. I started a book that was a version of
what this one would later become. I got about ten minutes into it and then we
started our family and that was that...or so I thought. I can’t explain it, but
I wasn’t ready. After our youngest child started school, something changed and
I suddenly felt ready. I sat down and wrote the book fairly quickly from
scratch. It felt like a switch had been flipped and my heart was ready. I
took the dream out of my pocket, dusted it off, and I’m on my way. It’s been a
pleasure, and I’m very fortunate that my first novel has been published.
When you are not writing, and you have a free moment to read, what
do you like to pick up?
Hmm. I am pretty devoted to the romance genre, though I also enjoy
more book-club type fiction and historical fiction, as long as it isn’t too
angsty. I don’t do scary movies or scary books. At this stage of life with
young kids and hectic days, I tend to read right before bed. I’m usually
half-asleep and I want to relax and be entertained. I love historical romance.
Right now, Eloisa James and Lisa Kleypas are auto-buys for me. They are
deliciously escapist and entertaining reads, but the writing is really sharp,
intelligent, and crisp. I have a huge TBR pile, but don’t we all? I’m the only
person I know who hasn’t read any J.D. Robb books and I’m looking forward to
starting them soon. For comforting, atmospheric books, Rosamund Pilcher and
Marcia Willett are fantastic. I go through phases and I’m prone to glomming.
I’m trying to organize my “read/to-read” list on Goodreads now. So much better
than little scraps of paper all over the house.
What type of audience is best for A MATCH MADE IN HERITAGE VIEW?
Can I say mushy people? No? How
about sentimental people? The optimistic dreamers, looking for a bit
of a cozy, relaxing way to spend an afternoon. It isn’t real life per se, it’s
life the way you might wish it could be. The houses are bit quainter, the
characters are a bit more charming, the problems are a bit easier to solve than
in real life. It is your favorite squishy chair, or a chat with that old friend
who knows you so well. It is an ideal story for the beach or lazing by the pool
this summer.
What are you working on next?
I’ve finished Book 2 in the series and I’m polishing it now to
submit to my editor. I’ll start Book 3 this summer.
Thank you for sitting down with us!
Author Info
When not on her laptop, she likes to putter in her
garden. Annie lives in the beautiful Capital-Saratoga region of New York State
with her college sweetheart husband and their two children. They are all owned
by two cats.
Annie writes satisfying, character-driven contemporary romance.
Annie writes satisfying, character-driven contemporary romance.
Rose-colored glasses are standard issue.
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