Christmas At The Palace in on tour of some awesome book blogs this week.
It’s already been to:
A Cat, A Book and a cup of tea who gave it 4 cats!
and Jera’s Jamboree
You can click on the links to read the reviews. (I’ve read them both – over and over… )
Tune in for the rest of the tour.
Did I mention that Christmas At The Palace is available in ebook, paperback AND Audio now? Did I? Oh, okay. As you were.
Christmas At The Palace is out in paperback! If you see it a shop (Hopefully, you’ll spot it in Asda…) please take a photo! I’d love to see the book out in the wild.
In case you were wondering what it’s about (it’s not like I’ve been going on about it for months, right?) -A British- SriLankan doctor falls in love with a Prince, which is brilliant, until she realises that she has to give up the job that she loves. Oh, and everyone isn’t keen on someone non-white joining the royal family. The book follows their romance (which first came out as A Royal Wedding), up to their first Christmas as Sandringham.
It’s the first book that has come out under my real name – and it’s SO STRANGE seeing my actual name on a book cover.
I shall head out in a minute to go buy the traditional book release day treat of a pot of ice cream and some Lego.
I’m so excited!
[If you bought A Royal Wedding in ebook and are having trouble updating it to get Christmas At The Palace – I know there are some issues. The publisher (Bonnier) are working on it!]
A ROYAL WEDDING by m’alter ego Jeevani Charika is zipping up the charts at the moment. It’s #1079 in the overall Kindle chart in the US (which, given how many bazillions of books are on Amazon US, is pretty cool).
AND it’s still a #1 bestseller in Weddings in Amazon UK!
I’m a very happy author!
If you read the book (thank you, thank you, thank you), please leave a review. It makes a huge difference to know what you thought (even if it’s a one-liner).
If you haven’t read it here are the links to find it. It’s 99p/99c on most sites this week.
USA Amazon site link.
And for everywhere else: books2read.com/u/38g8aa
In A Royal Wedding, each chapter starts with a newspaper clipping. Here’s the start of chapter 3. I did a ton of research for this book, so this is actually genuine advice, y’know, in case you should meet a senior royal.
http://www.glamorous.co.uk
Rules to observe when you meet a member of the Royal family
Don’t be like Kumari Senavaka. Know your royal etiquette
Rule 1. Don’t touch them. Don’t initiate a handshake. If they indicate they want to shake your hand, do so, but then let go!
Rule 2: No selfies. The royals are not allowed to take selfies. You may ask someone else to take a photo, but no standing up close.
Rule 3: Show respect. Gentlemen bow and ladies curtsey to the Queen. Although the younger royals don’t insist on bows and curtseys, you may still want to, especially if you’re meeting Princess Helena because she is the future Queen.
Rule 4: Use proper forms of address. No first names please. The Queen should always be addressed as ‘Your Majesty’ at first and then ma’am. The Princes and princesses should be addressed as ‘Your Highness’ in the first instance and then ‘sir’ or ‘ma’am’ as appropriate.
Rule 5: When the Queen arrives, stand up.
Some people have been having trouble with the US Amazon link to A Royal Wedding – with it coming up as unavailable. I’m not sure why this is, but if you did have trouble, here are the direct links to all the big Amazon and Kobo stores.
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Royal-Wedding-heartwarming-feel-good-summer-ebook/dp/B07CCGWJRQ
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Royal-Wedding-heartwarming-feel-good-summer-ebook/dp/B07CCGWJRQ
Amazon CA: https://www.amazon.ca/Royal-Wedding-Jeevani-Charika-ebook/dp/B07C55FQ2C
Amazon AU: https://www.amazon.com.au/Royal-Wedding-heartwarming-feel-good-summer-ebook/dp/B07CCGWJRQ
Kobo UK: https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/a-royal-wedding-4
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/a-royal-wedding-3
Kobo CA: https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/a-royal-wedding-4
Kobo AU: https://www.kobo.com/au/en/ebook/a-royal-wedding-3
And here are the lovely covers, ’cause you wanted to see them again, right?
Rhoda Baxter 