An Unveiling...

The best thing about having other writers for friends is that you get to share in the excitement when something they've worked hard on comes to fruition. My dear friend Isabelle Santiago had been writing for several years when I first met her and has been acting as a sounding board for me for almost four years now, so when I heard that she had won a Freya's Bower Anniversary Submissions Call back in March of this year, I was thrilled beyond compare for her.

Then, last night, she received her very first glimpse of the cover of her new book! It looks a little something like this:



This is the blurb from Isabelle's webpage:

Bridget Phillips is trouble. As Hollywood's hottest leading lady, rumors and bad press follow her wherever she goes. Charles Witmore thinks he knows exactly what she's all about when she steps foot into his hotel. With each new encounter, he finds himself falling in love with the real person he uncovers hidden beneath her layers of perfection. Determined to win her heart, he and his best friends, Betty, Eleanor, and his assistant Tessa, concoct a scheme to give Bridget Phillips a true life fairy tale. But things don't go as smoothly as they hoped. With an overprotective agent and a secret hidden for the sake of her career, Bridget keeps herself closed off, until she realizes that opening up to Charles is inevitable.

I've had the extreme pleasure of reading Cinematic Royalty in a few different stages of its development, and it's just a delight to read. Bridget Phillips is fiesty, and more than a little endearing, and Charles Witmore swept me off my feet. Anybody who has found themselves sighing over an old, black and white movie will adore this book.

I'm just SO proud of you, Isabelle. I can't tell you. You've come so far and done so well.

Now I just need to get my butt in gear, right? ;)