Inside the Sun

Publicist: Leslie Barrett, PR By the Book, (Office) 512-481-7681, (Cell)325-370-1465, [email protected] • Book trailer: Utilizing author’s skills as an artist and filmmaker. • Promotional graphics: Creation of related artwork and sharable graphics for social media marketing and publicity. • Goodreads Giveaways: strategically timed giveaways of 400 books. • Book tour: North American tour coinciding with the author’s already rigorous speaking engagements, conference appearances, and community events (approximately ten cities) • Library Targeting: North American mailout. • School Library & English Teacher Targeting: North American mailout. • ARC Distribution: Mailout of 100 ARCs to targeted print and online publications, blogs, review sites, celebrities, and podcasts for review and media coverage. • Press Package Creation: Press release, book release, author Q&A, interview release, and graphic author media package, with distribution to North American TV, radio, print and online publications. • Blog and Podcast Tour: Book promo tour to launch three weeks pre-publication date to continue until two weeks post-publication date. Including interviews, excerpts, Q&A’s, contests, giveaways, etc. to encourage coverage. • Book Club Targeting: With incentive goodie box for the group, plus reading guide and questions. • Spring Reading List: Pitching for fall inclusion on reading lists. • Strategic Partnerships: Partnerships with organizations, educational bodies, and influencers. • BookBub: Apply for BookBub feature deals. • Six-month NetGalley listing. • Content Pitching: Pitching content created by author for publication in print and online outlets leading up to and following publication of the book. • Pre-Sale Campaign: Calculated pre-sale campaign in the month leading up to publication. • Book Awards: Submitting the book for all relevant recognized awards. • Staying Relevant: Continual research and incorporation of pitches related to breaking news stories, current events, editorial calendars, seasonal events, awareness months, etc. that tie into the book, its themes, and author’s professional expertise. • Pre-Release Momentum Building: Creating excitement about the final installment of the trilogy, which will be released six months after the second book.

All worlds are dying, and it’s up to one broken and dysfunctional family to save the day. Each overcoming personal secrets, illness, and trauma, the members of the Wellsley family discover their bravery in the face of all they must face: an enchanted maze, terrifying sea creatures, a fading sun, evil creatures, and a galaxy turned on its head.All worlds are dying, and it’s up to one broken and dysfunctional family from Earth—the Wellsleys—to save the day.

Cancer-ridden Ella celebrates her fifteenth birthday beneath an enchanted mountain, but it is what lies even farther below—the mysterious Star in the sea—that demands she grow up quickly. While Ella grapples with the sacrifice she must make and the lies she is forced to tell, her mother, Tessa, is hell-bent on protecting her.

Through bizarre encounters, love-sick Tessa realizes that she is not the lonely orphan she believes. Her husband, Arden, and father-in-law, Archie, are not the only ones with magical bloodlines. This revelation changes everything.

As Archie chooses to embody his unexpected ancestry, he learns that leading the charge in the ultimate battle against evil won’t be as easy as he thought. He’ll need his family—and the strange allies he has gained—by his side to give Ella enough time to set things right.

Can they defeat the unstoppable Millia sands—and another unexpected foe—before everything they hold dear is destroyed? Or will their adventure tear them apart for good? The finale to The 8th Island Trilogy will hold you spellbound until the final page, and long after.