Inconceivable!
By: Tegan Wren
Releasing November 16, 2015
Curiosity Quills Press
Blurb
A popular, young royal couple can't
produce an heir? INCONCEIVABLE!
When
Ozarks native Hatty goes “whole hog” during karaoke, she catches the eye of
Prince John. He isn’t what she expects the heir to a small European nation to
be: he's affable, witty, and isn’t put off by her tell-it-like-it-is demeanor.
Their flirtation should be short lived, but a force stronger than fate—Hatty’s
newspaper editor—assigns her to cover the royals. After spending time together,
she and John soon begin dating, and Hatty finds herself making headlines
instead of writing them.
But
challenges loom that are even more complicated than figuring out how to mesh
Hatty's journalism career with life at Belvoir Palace. Hatty and John soon find
themselves embroiled in an unusual sex scandal: they can't produce an heir.
Tabloids dub Hatty a “Barren-ess,” and the royals become irate. Hatty politely
tells them to shove it. But beneath her confident exterior, she struggles to
cope with a heartbreak that invades her most intimate moments with John.
Pressured to choose between invasive medical procedures and abandoning John’s
claim to the throne, the couple feels trapped until a trip to Ethiopia shows
them happy endings sometimes arrive long after saying “I do.”
Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24910975-inconceivable?from_search=true&search_version=service
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Author's Favorite Scene:
Thank you for having me on your blog, Katie! My favorite
scene is the last one (not the epilogue, though I really like it a lot). As
many readers have noted, Hatty and John get a happy ending that’s not exactly
what they expected nor what they had envisioned for themselves. I think these
are the best happy endings. I’m not a big fan of predictable stories.
So, tying together all the loose ends, having a couple of callbacks
to establish a bit of parallel structure with a scene earlier in the book, and
sending my characters off into a brilliant sunset was delightful. I definitely
shed a few tears as I saw how far Hatty and John had come and how perfectly at
peace they were with the place their journey had led them. Because of my own
experiences with infertility, I know it’s a medical challenge that changes you.
It breeds compassion, patience, and resilience. I wanted to show growth in my
characters, especially Hatty. I think we really see that in the final scene. Based
on early reviews, I believe the ending is also striking a powerful chord with
readers.
It’s not surprising that the last scene is my favorite. When
I worked as a radio journalist, writing the end of my stories was always my
favorite part. The opening of the story, the lede, always seemed to write
itself. Creating the body of the story was as easy as logically fitting the
pieces together so the listener can follow along. But the ending is where you
as the producer/writer have the chance to bring it all together in a powerful
way. That’s what I tried to do with the final scene of INCONCEIVABLE!
Author
Info
The best compliment Tegan Wren ever received came
from her sixth grade teacher: “You always have a book in your hand!”
Guided by her love of the creative process, Tegan grew up acting in theatre
productions and writing poetry, short stories, and plays. She turned her eye to
writing about real life when she worked as a journalist, producing reports for
various radio and television stations in medium and large markets in the
Midwest and also filing some stories for a major national news network. Wren
has both a Bachelor’s of Journalism and a Master of Arts in Communications.
After completing her graduate degree, Tegan had the opportunity to teach
journalism courses at a major state university. She absolutely loved training
the next generation of journalists.
Tegan’s thankful that she’s had the opportunity to travel overseas, and uses
those adventures to inform her writing. She also draws inspiration from her own
struggles, joys, and other life experiences. Tegan and her husband, Patrick,
experienced infertility for five years before becoming parents through
adoption. Because she understands the financial stress of the infertility
journey, Tegan is donating half the royalties from her book to Baby Quest
Foundation. This charity awards grants to people all over the U.S. for fertility
treatments. Tegan is thrilled to use her story to help other people find their
happily ever after.
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