Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Read the First Chapter of Shadow in the Sea!

Want a sneak peak at Shadow in the Sea? A preview of the first chapter is now available to read on Goodreads. Click the link below. In the upper left hand corner of the Goodreads page (just under the cover photo) is a dark green button labeled "Read Book". Click it and enjoy.

 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25318717-shadow-in-the-sea?from_search=true&search_version=service

Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Shadow in the Sea Now Available to Purchase

Happy Release Day! 

Have you purchased you copy of Shadow in the Sea yet? It is now available in paperback on Amazon (click here to order.) and as an eBook for the Nook at Barnes and Noble. (click here to order.)


Monday, July 13, 2015

Thursday, July 9, 2015

Shadow in the Sea Gets a Release Date





 The official release date for Shadow in the Sea is July 15th! It will be available in paperback and as an eBook. It is already available for preorder for the Nook at the link below.

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/shadow-in-the-sea-sheila-a-nielson/1122255079?ean=9780996262521

It will also be available on Amazon so check their website on the 15th.

Monday, July 6, 2015

The Story of How Shadow in the Sea Came to Be

Shadow in the Sea is probably going to come out within the next month, so I can finally share some things about it.

I never planned to write a sequel to Forbidden Sea. I originally wrote it to be a stand alone book which I felt ended perfectly. But as my writer's group finished reading the last chapter of Forbidden Sea they asked me a question.

"Who does the Sea Prince marry?"

At first, I just laughed the question off. What difference did it make, who the Sea Prince married? Denn was the only real choice for Adrianne. But that night, I found that couldn't stop thinking about that simple question. I kept rolling it over and over in my mind. Who DID the Sea Prince marry after Adrianne refused him?  After all, without Adrianne, Jendayi was now going to have to start all over again and find him someone completely new. But who would that be? Would it be someone like Adrianne? Or some other kind of personality all together? If you will remember from the first book, the Sea Prince was just a teensy bit of a rebel. He wouldn't allow himself to be forced into a marriage with just anyone--no matter what Jendayi and his mother might have to say about the matter. What kind of girl would the Sea Prince like? The more I thought about it--the more I could see Sadelynn Hanson in my mind. I could hear her voice speaking to me--telling me her story. And before I even knew what had happened, a whole new novel had begun to write itself inside my head . The story of Shadow in the Sea.

The thing I love most about Shadow in the Sea is that it also gave me a chance to finish up Adrianne's story the way I really wanted to.  Originally, I had included a final prologue chapter in Forbidden Sea that told exactly what had happened to Adrianne afterward. But eventually, over time, that chapter was edited out and didn't end up in the final version of the story.

Now readers will get to see what happened after Adrianne returned home from her adventures. Did things work out between her and Denn? Did they ever get to share a first kiss? Did Adrianne get to use her skills with horses? Did she get out from underneath the thumb of Auntie Minnah? Read Shadow in the Sea to find out all this and more!

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