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Thursday, 8 September 2022

Magic Thursday: Writing Backward with Helen Walton with Giveaway!




Do you ever wonder why authors write a book or series and then write a prequel book afterward?

I know I did until the day I did this myself. Why go backward? I created this intricate backstory for a couple. She’s a Fae Princess trapped in the Summer Court and escapes to Earth where she finds her fated mate. The reason why she was trapped kept circling in my head. There was a great tragedy that threatened the existence of the Fae, which led to the Fae King sealing them in to keep them safe. I wanted to write that story too.

Fae’s Song became that story and book one in my Summer Court series. A family saga of love and loss, finding hope and battling old hurts, and as with all romance finding the one to love and who loves you in return for all time—the Fae Royals and their fated mates.

While it was hard writing backward and I said I’d never do it again, guess what I have, and that story is for another time, and another prequel.


The fate of the Fae begins…

Songstress, Niamh, has an unusual Fae power—an influence in her voice. Singing at the prince’s two hundredth birthday celebrations should be a grand moment, but not luring the prince into believing she’s his mate is all she’s concerned about. For every man succumbs to the magic of her voice and the prince is the one man she wants but can never have. For what can a lowly earth-living Fae offer the prince of the Summer Court?

When the King and Queen of the Fae insist Prince Fintan select a mate on his birthday, he’sreluctant to settle for a chosen mate, but then he stumbles upon his fated mate. He never thought he’d need to woo her, but if that’s what it takes to convince Niamh they’re fated mates, then he’ll do anything in his considerable power to make her his.

But as the secret in Niamh’s power is revealed, will Fintan still believe they are fated mates? Or will her secret be their undoing? And those of the Fae?


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2 lucky winners will win my novel Fae’s Song, plus books from 50+ fantastic authors, and the Grand Prize winner gets a BRAND NEW eReader.

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Helen Walton

Helen Walton is a tea drinking, chocoholic, romance writer. Stories are her obsession, and she

adores creating sweet and sensual romances containing a sprinkling of humor and the all-important happy ending. She lives in Australia with her family, and menagerie of quirky animals where they all take her away from her book world and demand to be fed. Lucky for them, she

enjoys cooking but prefers baking.


Visit Helen at her website





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