As I am sure you are aware (I’ve done a lot of shouting about it) The Purrfect Pet Sitter was released on April 24th and a wonderful week of celebrations ensued.
I am so grateful to everyone who helped to make the week special. Online, fellow writers were super supportive. My Ruby Fiction and Choc Lit family were great, and book bloggers were as fabulous as ever, as they shared early reviews and started giving my book mentions (there’s more to come on this when my book starts its official blog tour with Rachel’s Random Resources on May 15th).
Early reviews
Early reviews are in and I am overwhelmed by the lovely things people are saying about The Purrfect Pet Sitter:
“Packed with fun, humour, twists and depth. What a read!” MiniMaxi
“All I can say is that this ticked every single box. Choc Lit’s Ruby is for stories which tap into the reader’s emotions and The Purrfect Pet Sitter certainly did that for me.” Jo Osborne
“The Purrfect Pet Sitter is a good story that I was really entertained by on a wet and windy bank holiday weekend. It took me on a lovely journey of personal growth and even features a couple of gorgeous men too.” Rachel Gilbey
And if you haven’t downloaded it yet, the good news is it is still only 99p across all ebook retailers! Click to buy.
Thoroughly spoilt
In the week since publication I have been thoroughly spoilt by my family and friends with lovely cards, flowers, meals out, cake and more cake!
And just as in The Purrfect Pet Sitter, here are a couple of pictures to prove children and animals bring their own special element of chaos to the proceedings!
Author of the Week
To celebrate publication week, my fabulous fellow Chindi Authors also made me their Author of the Week. I went on a tour of their blogs, chatting about all things related to The Purrfect Pet Sitter in a variety of guest posts and interviews. If you missed the posts you can catch up on my Chindi blog tour here:
- Chindi Authors’ Blog: Carol Thomas, Author of the Week, celebrating the release of The Purrfect Pet Sitter.
- Angela Petch’s Blog: Talking about the settings in The Purrfect Pet Sitter.
- Helen Christmas’ Blog: A light-hearted guest post about leading men in fiction.
- Paw Prints in the Butter: An interview by Patricia Feinburg Stoner.
- Rosemary Noble’s Blog: An interview on the release of The Purrfect Pet Sitter and links to Littlehampton.
- Emily Williams’ Blog: A fun interview on the release of The Purrfect Pet Sitter.
A big thank you to all of the Chindi Authors who took part and allowed me to gatecrash their blogs! I really appreciate your support.
Thank you so much to everyone for making the publication of The Purrfect Pet Sitter so special, and if you have read it please leave a review on the site you purchased it from. Reviews, no matter what their length, make a huge difference to authors, and help them and their work get noticed.
Now to stop eating cake (sigh!) and to crack on with the next book! xx
Sounds like a wonderful whirlwind of a week, Carol. Many congratulations. I bought your book on my Kindle and it’s next in line on my books to be read. Can’t wait – and of course I’ll leave a review. Love Ange xx
Thank you! That is very kind of you, eek I hope you enjoy it. Thank you for your tweets, sharing and support too. I am looking forward to doing the same for yours. xx
Congratulations, Carol. We are very proud of you. Now where is my piece of cake?
Thank you and, hmmm, I’ll have to owe you a slice of cake!
Well done Carol a well deserved celebration, a fantastic feel good book which is what’s needed to cheer us up in this cold spring that we are experiencing. I love cake too!
Thank you for your lovely comments. Cake is a must for any celebration 😉 xx