 New Book Release and Special, Limited-Time-Only Celebration Giveaway! EXILED HEARTS, Peaceful Pilgrims Series: Book 7 With three ex-wives, Avery Worchester has three kids he's only just started to get to know. Eight months ago, his best friend made him realize he needed to make changes. To start with, he broke up with the woman he'd been dating. Stella hated his kids, and the feeling was mutual. They had no idea she was pregnant at the time. Barely two weeks after the baby was born, Stella dumped Avery's newborn daughter on his doorstep, saying not to contact her. Ever. With nowhere to turn for help, Avery responds to an ad from a nanny looking for work. Jayne Eyre Huntington is strapped for cash, and Avery needs her help badly. Recently, Jayne learned she's the child of an asylum seeker from a country where Christianity is illegal. Her American parents adopted and raised her alongside their own daughter, who was jealous of any male attention Jayne was given. Like her fictional counterpart, Jayne always felt like second best and quickly learned to hide potential romantic relationships from her sabotaging, jealous sister. Soon, Jayne's existence is wrapped up in Avery and his precious baby girl along with his other, older children. Hiding her growing feelings for her employer--perhaps even from herself--seems the only course. Avery has proven himself to be anything but reliable and devoted to the women in his life, if his past is any indication. When a sensitive, passionate angel ventures into the miry wilds of love, what can her heart expect to meet beyond certain exile? Genre: Contemporary Inspirational Romance/Women’s Fiction ISBN: 978-1-922548-72-6 (ebook); 979-8294531843 (paperback) ASIN: B0FK5JYSDR Word Count: 88,259/336 pages Find out more and read an excerpt: https://www.writers-exchange.com/exiled-hearts/ https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/peaceful-pilgrims-series.html https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FKB739GS/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0 In celebration of EXILED HEARTS, Book 7, the final release in Karen Wiesner’s Peaceful Pilgrims Series, the first book, HOME, is free as a download for one week only (July 30-August 6 2025), exclusively from the publisher’s website. Check it out here: https://www.writers-exchange.com/home/ 
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 Karen Wiesner’s Karen’s Quill Newsletter
August 1, 2025 Website: https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/ Blog: https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/karens-quill-blog In addition to having been a popular writing reference instructor and writer, professional blurbologist and freelance editor, Karen Wiesner is the accomplished author of 156 titles published, which have been nominated/won for over a 130 awards. Karen’s books cover such genres as women’s fiction, romance, mystery/police procedural/cozy, suspense, thriller, paranormal, supernatural, futuristic, fantasy, science fiction, gothic, inspirational/Christian, horror, chick-lit, and action/adventure. She also writes children’s books, poetry, and writing reference titles which have been repackaged in the 3D Fiction Fundamentals Collection. WHAT'S NEW New Book Release and Special, Limited-Time-Only Celebration Giveaway! EXILED HEARTS, Peaceful Pilgrims Series: Book 7 With three ex-wives, Avery Worchester has three kids he's only just started to get to know. Eight months ago, his best friend made him realize he needed to make changes. To start with, he broke up with the woman he'd been dating. Stella hated his kids, and the feeling was mutual. They had no idea she was pregnant at the time. Barely two weeks after the baby was born, Stella dumped Avery's newborn daughter on his doorstep, saying not to contact her. Ever. With nowhere to turn for help, Avery responds to an ad from a nanny looking for work. Jayne Eyre Huntington is strapped for cash, and Avery needs her help badly. Recently, Jayne learned she's the child of an asylum seeker from a country where Christianity is illegal. Her American parents adopted and raised her alongside their own daughter, who was jealous of any male attention Jayne was given. Like her fictional counterpart, Jayne always felt like second best and quickly learned to hide potential romantic relationships from her sabotaging, jealous sister. Soon, Jayne's existence is wrapped up in Avery and his precious baby girl along with his other, older children. Hiding her growing feelings for her employer--perhaps even from herself--seems the only course. Avery has proven himself to be anything but reliable and devoted to the women in his life, if his past is any indication. When a sensitive, passionate angel ventures into the miry wilds of love, what can her heart expect to meet beyond certain exile? Genre: Contemporary Inspirational Romance/Women’s Fiction ISBN: 978-1-922548-72-6 (ebook); 979-8294531843 (paperback) ASIN: B0FK5JYSDR Word Count: 88,259/336 pages Find out more and read an excerpt: https://www.writers-exchange.com/exiled-hearts/ https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/peaceful-pilgrims-series.html https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FKB739GS/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0 In celebration of EXILED HEARTS, Book 7, the final release in Karen Wiesner’s Peaceful Pilgrims Series, the first book, HOME, is free as a download for one week only (July 30-August 6 2025), exclusively from the publisher’s website. Check it out here: https://www.writers-exchange.com/home/ ~*~ On the Alien Romances Blog, I'm reviewing books I love. Here are the latest: Wyman Ford Series by Douglas Preston: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2025/07/oldies-but-goodies-put-this-one-on-your_01822946730.html The Island of Dr. Moreau by H. G. Wells: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2025/07/oldies-but-goodies-put-this-one-on-your_0488951970.html The Time Machine by H. G. Wells: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2025/07/oldies-but-goodies-put-this-one-on-your_01701575216.html Riptide by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2025/07/oldies-but-goodies-put-this-one-on-your.html NEWEST & UPCOMING RELEASES EXILED HEARTS, Book 7: Peaceful Pilgrims Series Inspirational Romantic Fiction Available in paperback and electronic formats https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/peaceful-pilgrims-series.html https://www.writers-exchange.com/a-peaceful-pilgrim-novel-series/ REKINDLED, Book 6: Peaceful Pilgrims Series Women's Fiction Available in paperback and electronic formats https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/peaceful-pilgrims-series.html https://www.writers-exchange.com/a-peaceful-pilgrim-novel-series/ HELL HATH NO FURY, Book 10: Bloodmoon Cove Spirits Series Romantic Paranormal Horror Available now in paperback and electronic formats https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/bloodmoon-cove-spirits-series.html https://www.writers-exchange.com/bloodmoon-cove-spirits-series/ BAD BLOOD, Book 11: Bloodmoon Cove Spirits Series Romantic Paranormal Fantasy Coming soon in paperback and electronic formats https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/bloodmoon-cove-spirits-series.html https://www.writers-exchange.com/bloodmoon-cove-spirits-series/ NEW REVIEWS I received a new review for REKINDLED, Book 6: Peaceful Pilgrims Series: 4 Stars! “Author Karen Wiesner has added a wonderful new installment to the Peaceful Pilgrim Series. Each character is well developed and has an interesting background story. I could see and understand what each character was going through and why they reacted the way they did. This is a clean romance. No hot bedroom scenes. I also love the fact that no one in the story is perfect. Mistakes are made. Regrets happen. Several of the characters must work through the problems, sometimes helping others as they do so. This made the tale more realistic to me. Well done!” ~Huntress Reviews I received my first review for EXILED HEARTS, Book 7: Peaceful Pilgrims Series: "The 'secret baby' plot is one of my favorite romance tropes, and that situation is set up naturally and credibly in this novel. The hero and heroine are sympathetic yet humanly flawed characters with their hearts in the right place. The story admirably evolves to a believable but not blatantly inevitable warm, satisfying, hard-won conclusion. As a bonus, there's a very intelligent cat!" ~award-winning author Margaret L. Carter https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/peaceful-pilgrims-series.html https://www.writers-exchange.com/a-peaceful-pilgrim-novel-series/ AUTHOR PAGES Writers Exchange: http://www.writers-exchange.com/Karen-Wiesner/ Barnes and Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/Karen%20Wiesner Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/author/karenwiesner Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/karenwiesner BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/karen-wiesner WORKS IN PROGRESS MOMENTS https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/works-in-progress.html In 2025, I intend to work as if I'm already retired, except in the case of whenever my publisher is ready to work on editing my last nine books for publication/issue (not counting an OOP children's book I hope will be reissued). In that case alone, I will work on a schedule. Otherwise, I'll just follow whatever makes sense to work on at any given time: 2025 WIP Goals: https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/works-in-progress.html For the moment, my sporadic art practice (with the goal of illustrating children's books) is being displayed on my blog: https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/karens-quill-blog Get a free copy of Across the Genres: A Writers' Exchange Showcase (including 5 full-length novel downloads in one volume) by signing up to receive Writers Exchange's newsletter! https://dl.bookfunnel.com/cwmeub2oxo  Get a free copy of Across the Genres: A Writers' Exchange Showcase
(including 5 full-length novel downloads in one volume) by signing up to receive Writers Exchange's newsletter! https://dl.bookfunnel.com/cwmeub2oxo  In an off-shoot of my Put This One on Your TBR List review series, Oldies But Goodies, this week I review the Wyman Ford Series by Douglas Preston on the Alien Romances Blog. Check it out here: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2025/07/oldies-but-goodies-put-this-one-on-your_01822946730.html   In an off-shoot of my Put This One on Your TBR List review series, Oldies But Goodies, this week I review The Island of Dr. Moreau by H. G. Wells on the Alien Romances Blog.
Check it out here: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2025/07/oldies-but-goodies-put-this-one-on-your_0488951970.html  In an off-shoot of my Put This One on Your TBR List review series, Oldies But Goodies, this week I review The Time Machine by H. G. Wells on the Alien Romances Blog.
Check it out here: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2025/07/oldies-but-goodies-put-this-one-on-your_01701575216.html  In an off-shoot of my Put This One on Your TBR List review series, Oldies But Goodies, this week I review Riptide by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child on the Alien Romances Blog.
Check it out here: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2025/07/oldies-but-goodies-put-this-one-on-your.html  I received a new review for REKINDLED, Book 6: Peaceful Pilgrims Series:
4 Stars! “Author Karen Wiesner has added a wonderful new installment to the Peaceful Pilgrim Series. Each character is well developed and has an interesting background story. I could see and understand what each character was going through and why they reacted the way they did. This is a clean romance. No hot bedroom scenes. I also love the fact that no one in the story is perfect. Mistakes are made. Regrets happen. Several of the characters must work through the problems, sometimes helping others as they do so. This made the tale more realistic to me. Well done!” ~Huntress Reviews https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/peaceful-pilgrims-series.html https://www.writers-exchange.com/a-peaceful-pilgrim-novel-series/  Crooked Nature Photograph @ by Karen Wiesner We went to the UW-Madison Arboretum last weekend, and I took this photograph of a very crooked tree. I said to those I was with, “If this tree was sketched, no one would believe it was based on a real tree.” So I had to sketch it. I hope it looks real. I really like the texture. There’s no way to draw all those leaves, so this is what I think is a good way of suggesting leaves. I used an embossing tool in various sizes to “score” random shapes around branches and them draw a variety of interesting shapes over them. The branch boughs come out marvelously textured in this way. I made long, jagging, and uneven stripes along the tree to give it bark texture. When I filled in with pencil, I deliberately kept some of the areas white. I love doing trees and leaves like this.  Crooked Nature Art Sketch @ by Karen Wiesner Karen Wiesner’s Karen’s Quill Newsletter July 1, 2025 Website: https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/ Blog: https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/karens-quill-blog In addition to having been a popular writing reference instructor and writer, professional blurbologist and freelance editor, Karen Wiesner is the accomplished author of 156 titles published, which have been nominated/won for over a 130 awards. Karen’s books cover such genres as women’s fiction, romance, mystery/police procedural/cozy, suspense, thriller, paranormal, supernatural, futuristic, fantasy, science fiction, gothic, inspirational/Christian, horror, chick-lit, and action/adventure. She also writes children’s books, poetry, and writing reference titles which have been repackaged in the 3D Fiction Fundamentals Collection. WHAT'S NEW New Book Release! REKINDLED, Peaceful Pilgrims Series: Book 6 Landon Robinson and Nickira Cassidy met and fell hard. The only child of filthy rich parents, she’s an heiress with obligations to fulfill. Her father had picked out the son of a close business associate for her when she was just a teenager, and she was already engaged years in advance of the anticipated wedding of the century. Landon convinced her to give it all up for him. He’d never fallen for any woman before, but he lost his head completely over Nickira. Her family disowned her when she got pregnant. In the fallout, a princess realized she wasn’t cut out for squalor and a dirt-poor playboy didn’t have the skills to hold onto the heaven he never expected to capture. Forty years later, divorced, neither of them feel any older or wiser. Reconciling how badly they’d messed up the one thing in their lives they both wish they’d given themselves to unconditionally seems impossible. Can dying embers rekindle? Genre: Contemporary Inspirational Romance/Women’s Fiction ISBN: 978-1-922548-64-1 ISBN PRINT D2D: 9798231827060 ASIN: B0FBGT16L8 Word Count: 67, 965/276 pages Read an excerpt and find out more: https://www.writers-exchange.com/rekindled/ https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/peaceful-pilgrims-series.html https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0FBJWB755?ref_=dbs_m_mng_rwt_calw_tpbk_5&storeType=ebooks ~*~ On the Alien Romances Blog, I'm reviewing books I love. Here are the latest: Mount Dragon by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2025/06/oldies-but-goodies-put-this-one-on-your_0473619102.html Final Girls by Riley Sager: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2025/06/oldies-but-goodies-put-this-one-on-your.html The Genius of Leonardo Da Vinci by Barrington Barber: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2025/06/karen-s-wiesner-put-this-one-on-your.html “The Oblivion Bride” by Caitlyn Starling: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2025/06/put-this-one-on-your-tbr-list-book.html NEWEST & UPCOMING RELEASES REKINDLED, Book 6: Peaceful Pilgrims Series Women's Fiction Available in paperback and electronic formats https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/peaceful-pilgrims-series.html https://www.writers-exchange.com/a-peaceful-pilgrim-novel-series/ HELL HATH NO FURY, Book 10: Bloodmoon Cove Spirits Series Romantic Paranormal Horror Available now in paperback and electronic formats https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/bloodmoon-cove-spirits-series.html https://www.writers-exchange.com/bloodmoon-cove-spirits-series/ EXILED HEARTS, Book 7: Peaceful Pilgrims Series Inspirational Romantic Fiction Coming soon in paperback and electronic formats https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/peaceful-pilgrims-series.html https://www.writers-exchange.com/a-peaceful-pilgrim-novel-series/ NEW REVIEWS I received my first review for REKINDLED, Book 6: Peaceful Pilgrims Series: 4 Stars! “The motif of a couple reuniting after years apart is not uncommon in romance fiction, but making that couple middle-aged grandparents is seldom seen. I enjoyed reading a passionate love story between two people of mature years. Their youthful romance reminds me of Romeo and Juliet, falling in love at first meeting, in defiance of the furious opposition of the girl's father. Instead of a tragic double suicide, however, the whirlwind elopement of Landon and Nickira ends in a bitter breakup that would apparently justify an ‘I told you so’ reaction from Nickira's family. After sad misunderstandings, faults on both sides, and decades of estrangement, how can these two possibly reconcile with each other and rediscover a deeper, more solid incarnation of their first love? Although a happy ending seems impossible for them, the author leads us to accept it as not only possible but, finally, inevitable. I admire the intensity created by sticking to the classic ‘unities’ of time and place, with all the present-time action occurring over a couple of days dominated by preparation for a wedding--a situation ideal for forcing long-separated family members together with stressful emotions running high. At the same time, strategically constructed reminiscences and flashbacks lend depth to the story, as do the subplot threads involving Landon and Nickira's children. We root for the hero and heroine and believe in their hard-won emotional growth.” ~author Margaret L. Carter https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/peaceful-pilgrims-series.html https://www.writers-exchange.com/a-peaceful-pilgrim-novel-series/ AUTHOR PAGES Writers Exchange: http://www.writers-exchange.com/Karen-Wiesner/ Barnes and Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/Karen%20Wiesner Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/author/karenwiesner Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/karenwiesner BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/karen-wiesner WORKS IN PROGRESS MOMENTS https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/works-in-progress.html In 2025, I intend to work as if I'm already retired, except in the case of whenever my publisher is ready to work on editing my last nine books for publication/issue (not counting an OOP children's book I hope will be reissued). In that case alone, I will work on a schedule. Otherwise, I'll just follow whatever makes sense to work on at any given time: 2025 WIP Goals: https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/works-in-progress.html For the moment, my art practice (with the goal of illustrating children's books) is being displayed on my blog: https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/karens-quill-blog  |
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