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***NOTE TO READERS*** Gilding the Lily-pad is NOT a sequel to The Frog Prince; rather, it is a "companion novel." What does that mean? It means that Gilding the Lily-pad follows the same story as The Frog Prince--but it is told from Roman Lorraine von Habsburg's point-of-view (rather than Leigh Fromm's). Although Gilding the Lily-pad is a standalone novel, it is highly recommended that you read The Frog Prince first. BOOK DESCRIPTION: It was her quirkiness that did it. Five minutes after being assaulted with her shoe at the wake of a total stranger, Roman Habsburg von Lorraine decides it's worth crashing the funeral the next day to pursue the beautiful but odd Leigh Fromm. But when his passing interest very quickly turns into infatuation, Roman isn't sure how to court her--or if he even should. Despite the fact that his great-grandfather was Emperor Karl I of Austria and his grandfather and father Crown Princes, the family was forced into exile after Karl I abdicated in 1918--leaving his family in royal limbo. Born and raised in the U.S., his "almost royal" status makes him an oddity in the States, an object of media hysteria in Austria, and more than eligible to marry into any royal family in Europe who will have him. Despite knowing the difficulties that a relationship with a commoner would present, there's something about Leigh that makes Roman resolved to have her--the opinions of the public, his mother, and his ex-girlfriend, Princess Isabella of Denmark, be damned. But when a parliamentary motion in Austria throws him head-first into a role he never anticipated or asked for, he finds that his relationship with Leigh has suddenly become a matter of state. Worse, his desire to protect Leigh and his uncertainty about his new position leaves him turning more and more to Princess Isabella, who has taken up residence with them (along with his mother). Will Leigh and Roman's relationship survive what's quickly becoming a royal mess? A beautiful commoner, gut-busting laughs, love, cereal fetishes, fun funerals, oddities in the treetops, random hilarity-and scarcely a lily-pad anywhere. Because your princess is out there. (Or not.)
About the Author: Elle's first self-published romantic comedy- The Frog Prince-became an Amazon bestseller in December 2010, a distinction it kept through the summer of 2012 when it peaked at #2 on Amazon's Top 100 List for Humor. On Valentine's Day 2012 her second novel, Sleeping Beauty, catapulted to Amazon's Top 100 List for Romantic Suspense. In March of 2012, she published an alternate ending version called Sleeping Beauty Wakes Up in response to fan feedback. In December 2012, both versions were named to Kindles & Wine "Best Reads of 2012." In October of 2012, she wrote Alice in Wonderland in 35 days and e-published it seven days later. Elle's appearance on Digital Book World's (DBW) "Successful Self-Published Authors" panel in January 2012 was noted in Publisher's Weekly. In February 2012, she was named to Expert Messaging Group's "25 Self-Published Authors to Watch." She is considered a "reluctant expert" on the topic of self-publishing and is well-known for taking advantage of her full creative control by pushing the envelope-and advising other self-published authors to do the same. Elle has contributed to articles on self-publishing for both TIME Magazine and Writers Digest. She's been interviewed by USA Today's Happy Ever After with Joyce Lamb, GoodEReader.com with Mercy Pilkington, "The Trash Talk Show" with Barb Tobias and "Your Book Is Your Hook" with Jennifer Wilkov. In April 2012, Elle was invited to be a regular contributor to DBWs Expert Publishing Blog, an industry blog with 20,000 subscribers. She almost immediately created a firestorm of controversy by blogging that authors should respond to negative reader reviews-a blog that was later named one of the "Top 10 Digital Publishing Stories of 2012" for its "importance." She was one of 93 authors-including over 50 New York Times bestsellers-invited to blog for National Read-a-Romance Month in August 2013. In January, 2014, Elle and co-host Isobel Irons, launched a self-publishing consulting company, The Book Escorts, as well as "The S&M (Self-Publishing and Marketing) Podcast with Maven and Minx" on the Authors on the Air Global Radio Network. Beginning in 2014, this dynamic duo will present self-publishing workshops at conferences nationwide. Elle lives in Denver, Colorado and keeps a miniature dachshund named Bacon around the house to provide comic relief. Find out more by visiting her website at www.ElleLothlorien.com!


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781493568499
  • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Depth: 29
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 26 mm
  • Width: 133 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1493568493
  • Publisher Date: 30 Jan 2014
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 203 mm
  • No of Pages: 500
  • Series Title: English
  • Weight: 562 gr


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