Help me be creative!

Hope you had a great week! Sorry we didn’t touch base last week, I was in Florida at a marketing conference learning way too much, and now my brain is exploding. But I’m working on advertising material for Creed, the finale book in the Minnesota Marshalls series!

I learned a few tricks last week and I’m experimenting with some cool new headlines and some images. And I thought hey, maybe you would be willing to help me figure out what images and plot hooks you like the best.

Here is the plot for CREED…

Wrongfully accused of kidnapping Princess Imani, champion runner Creed Marshall returns home to Minnesota after being banished from Lauchtenland. Despite their undeniable chemistry and whirlwind romance while on the run across Europe, duty requires Imani to keep her relationship with the commoner under wraps. But when Creed learns that Imani’s bodyguard has been shot and the princess is missing, he risks everything to find the headstrong woman he’s fallen for, even if it means infiltrating the country that wants him arrested.

Below are three hooks for Creed. And three images for Creed. I’ll be using them in some advertisements on Facebook and other places but I want to use the right one so I thought I would ask you—which ones do you like?

Hook 1: When a killer targets the woman he loves, a fugitive races across Europe to protect the princess who stole his heart.

Hook 2: When terror strikes at the heart of the kingdom, a fugitive and a princess fight for survival and true love against all odds.

Hook 3: Falsely accused and exiled, an American returns to the European kingdom to protect the strong-willed princess from assassination and uncover the conspiracy determined to tear them apart.

Image 1: Creed overlooking trouble

Image 2: Creed and Imani – Prison

Image 3: Creed and Imani – Motorcycle

Click here to pick your favorites. I’m super grateful for your help! And, for everyone who votes, I’ll add your name to a drawing for a $20 Amazon gift card!

In the meantime, here’s a picture of my daughter and me at the conference. And the group of my marketing friends. Writing is such a solitary event that it’s so fun to get out and hang out with other writers.

Oh, and if you haven’t gotten your hands on CREED yet, it’s available now on the Susan May Warren Fiction Store and at your favorite retailer (not Amazon). And you can still preorder it at Amazon!

Thank you for helping me market this fun bad-boy-turned-hero, princess-on-the-run, the-kingdom-is-at risk, epic family adventure series!

Oh, and no charcuterie board tonight…I’m babysitting my grandson and reading a novel. Two of my favorite things!

Warmly,

P.S. In case you’re wondering what I’m reading—it’s a brand new Ronie Kendig release! I love me some military thrillers—especially when they include K-9s!

Check out the blurb and cover for Havoc…it’s available at the Sunrise Publishing shop!

A soldier, a Malinois, and a stuntwoman walk onto a TV set . . .

Former Special Forces operator Sergeant Crew Gatlin takes everything in stride, even the career-ending incident that separated him from the Army, half a leg, and his beloved working dog, Havoc K027. Putting his life back together and lying low, he takes a job with A Breed Apart and is unexpectedly reunited with Havoc. It’s too good to be true—and the proof is in their first assignment: to work as a K-9 team for a television drama in Los Angeles. Miffed at being relegated to TV fodder, he’s willing to pay the price when he sees the stuntwoman.

Being a stunt double allows Vienna Foxcroft to fulfill her acting dream—with a side of MMA—and stay out of the limelight. The same one that plagued her childhood and put her through a nightmare scenario. Now, her tight-knit stunt team are the only ones she trusts. Then in walks Mr. Mountain-of-Muscle and his tough-as-nails dog, and Vienna has a bad feeling her life is about to turn upside down.

Ticked as they head overseas for a location shoot in Turkey, Crew guts it up—after all, he has Havoc again. Okay, and yeah—Vienna is going, too. When an attack sends the cast fleeing into the streets of Turkey, Vienna must face the demons of her past or be devoured by them. And Crew and Havoc are tested like never before.

Experience the high-octane thrill ride that is the first book in the A Breed Apart: Legacy series.