Praise the Lord!
Dear Friend,
Praise the Lord! This is some really exciting news, but…I’ll admit, I’m slightly hesitant to share it all with you because I don’t want to come across as a braggart, and yet I feel I wouldn’t be giving enough glory to God for what He has enabled Book 2-The Heir to accomplish, if I didn’t!
What do you mean?
Because of your support of Finockt and her continuing story, The Heir topped the charts for Amazon’s Teen & Young Adult Christian Historical fiction category, their Teen & Young Adult Christian Fantasy category (briefly but it made it! Eeek!), and it also did super well in their Clean and Wholesome Romance category! It continued to maintain a rating in the top 100 for overall bestseller for more than a couple of weeks after the actual release date, too! Praise the Lord!
What do you mean by it did “well?”
Upon release day, it received an orange Top New Release banner for Amazon’s Teen and Young Adult Christian Historical Fiction category, and it placed #5 in this same category for overall bestseller! It was also listed as #17 for overall bestseller in the Teen & Young Adult Christian Fantasy category and #48 for overall bestseller in the Clean and Wholesome Romance category! I’m stoked!
Picture proof! : )
Know what else?!
While I was super thrilled to see the orange Top New Release banner floating across Book 2’s Amazon page for the Christian Historical category, I was even more delighted when the same orange banner briefly popped up for the Teen & Young Adult Christian Fantasy category! What?! Oh my! This is awesome!
This latter category is an extremely hard one to place in, so I was absolutely elated when The Heir surfaced there-no matter how brief that placement was!
How have things been since then?
The Heir consistently remains one of the Top 2 New Releases on Amazon for a little over 3 weeks now in the Christian Historical category! And it is within the top 20 in the Christian Fantasy category! EEEK! Praise the Lord! I seriously never dreamed Book 2 would receive such a warm welcome, and this is seriously thanks to all of you! Your support. Your enthusiasm. Your love for Finockt and her continuing story! I’m so grateful you’ve purchased a copy and wanted to personally extend my heartfelt thanks for your support of me as well! It means the world to me that you love Finockt as much as you do and want to discover what happens to her next!
Below you’ll find The Heir’s current listing in the Top New Release categories of Christian Historical Fiction (pic #1) and Christian Fantasy (pic #2)! You can see The Heir’s overall bestseller listing as of 5/28/24, too! So exciting!
what do you think of all this? Are you shocked?
What’s your response to all this news? Are you shocked? Elated? Thrilled? I’m still winding down from all the excitement of The Heir achieving such a high honor in each category! And I hope the enthusiasm for Book 2 continues well into the rest of this year!
Finally…Congratulations!
A strange thing to tell you, perhaps, but I feel like this victory is as much mine as it is yours! Without you, Finockt and her story would remain unseen by so many countless readers and would never have the impact on me that it has! Yet because of you, her story is reaching more adventure-seeking, fantasy readers like yourself and encouraging my soul that Finockt’s story is certainly worth telling! Your interest in and desire to read more about Finockt’s harrowing adventures pushed The Heir all the way to the top-literally! I can’t thank you enough for that!
Thank you for contacting me!
And for those of you who have read The Heir and have contacted me to let me know how much you enjoyed the sequel, even more than the first book, I just want to say a huge thank you for the time you took to share with me your thoughts and feelings! It’s so uplifting and encouraging to see your supportive reviews pop-up on Amazon and to receive emails from you sharing your honest opinion of The Heir. It was so touching to me to know how much you truly enjoyed every bit of Finockt’s story, and I’m ecstatic you’re looking forward to Book 3! I wish you could see the smile stretching out my face right now as I write this!
I still grow giddy each time I recall your genuine enthusiasm and kind, encouraging words! Please know your feedback and reviews always makes my day so much brighter, and I always treasure everything you share with me…to the point of printing it off and keeping it in a notebook! 🙂
That being said, I hope all readers find Book 2 as thrilling as you’ve found it to be, and that you’re inspired to share with others Finockt’s harrowing journey as much as you were inspired to share the first leg of her quest in The Lost King’s Daughter!
And if you’re an aspiring writer, I hope this news I’ve shared today encourages your heart as much as it has mine, and that from it you realize that with God all things are truly possible. He, and He alone, gives success, and to Him I thus give all glory and praise! He has lifted my heart; I pray He does the same for you! 🙂
Check out my books!
If you want to see why other readers love Book 1-The Lost King’s Daughter and Book 2-The Heir as much as they do, head over to Amazon and check out Book 1 here and Book 2 on this page! You can also purchase from my store, where you can find The Lost King’s Daughter. I’ll be listing The Heir soon!
Until next time, dear friend…I hope the news you heard today has you grinning from ear to ear as much as it has me! God bless and praise the Lord! xoxo
