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Mark Gilroy June 29, 2015

The Return of Kristen Conner

Available August 1!

Available August 1, 2015!

The return of Kristen Conner … she’s back and she’s (still a little) mad!

First item of business, the only way to purchase either of the first two Kristen Conner murder mysteries is as a used paperback online – yes – it’s true – Cuts Like a Knife and Every Breath You Take are officially out of  print.

I take that back. The large-print library editions published by Center Point and the audio editions published by Oasis Audio are still available. All eBook editions are down and gone!

But that’s not a bad thing – it’s by design. Worthy Publishing bought rights to the first two novels and did a fabulous job. Both books hit #1 on Barnes & Noble. The covers, trailers, and publicity were great. I was very fortunate to get reviews from some of the major national media outlets that cover books – Publishers Weekly, USA Today, Romance Times, and many others.

Revised Edition

Revised Edition – available August 1, 2015!

But Worthy’s sweet spot is nonfiction and we agreed that it was the right time for the series to move. Note: With the percentage of fiction sold in the eBook format, many publishers are contracting their fiction lists – this is standard operating procedure in today’s publishing universe.

Enter Sydney Lane Press – a fiction company founded by yours truly and one of my colleagues from when I was publisher at Thomas Nelson – Brian Henson. Brian and I have complimentary (and wildly different) gifts and talents. (For example, Brian can do math.) Our business model will be to bring proven fiction authors back to market.

But back to Kristen Conner.

Cold As Ice will be available August 1, 2015. Yay! To all who have asked “when is the next one coming?” … THANK YOU for your patience.

Revised Edition

Revised Edition – available August 1, 2015!

New editions of Cuts Like a Knife and Every Breath You Take will be available on August 1, 2015. In particular, Every Breath You Take has undergone a major new edit – not quite a rewrite, but close!

Jeane and Tyson Wynn of Wynn-Wynn Media will be handling publicity.

For fans of the Kristen Conner series I would appreciate it very much if you could …

  • make sure you have hit “like” on my author Facebook page so you are up-to-date on announcements.
  • purchase the new book in your preferred format – paperback, eBook or audio.
  • when the books are back up on Amazon, B&N, iStore, GoogleBooks, etc. – please post a review if you haven’t already done so.
  • share your review with friends!

More news to come!

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Mark Gilroy April 9, 2012

Cuts Like a Knife – Here Come the Reviews!

Cuts Like a Knife, the first Kristen Conner murder mystery is now in the market – and the reviews by the press and readers have been marvelous!

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Mark Gilroy March 3, 2012

Top 10 Reasons to Try (and Buy) Cuts Like a Novel

There are thousands and millions of books to choose from. Here are 10 reasons to select Cuts Like a Knife.

 

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Mark is a publisher, author, consultant, blogger, positive thinker, believer, encourager, and family guy. A resident of Brentwood, Tennessee, he has six kids, with one in college and five out in the "real world." Read More…

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