{"id":811,"date":"2014-05-26T21:17:59","date_gmt":"2014-05-26T21:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jenfrederick.com\/?p=811"},"modified":"2014-05-26T21:17:59","modified_gmt":"2014-05-26T21:17:59","slug":"the-launch-of-losing-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jenfrederick.com\/test\/the-launch-of-losing-control\/","title":{"rendered":"The Launch of Losing Control"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last October, I started writing the Charlotte Chronicles, a weekly webseries featuring\u00a0the son of one of my couples and the daughter of another. It&#8217;s been a fan favorite.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align:center;\">Starting <span style=\"color:#ff6600;\">May 27 2014<\/span>, Losing Control\u00a0will be released in serial format via a newsletter.<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jenfrederick.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/losingcontrol-med.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-808\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jenfrederick.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/losingcontrol-med.jpg\" alt=\"losingcontrol-med\" width=\"400\" height=\"592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jenfrederick.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/losingcontrol-med.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.jenfrederick.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/losingcontrol-med-202x300.jpg 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In January, I started writing Losing Control, a story featuring a bike courier and a wealthy man who ensnares her. I wrote this book by emailing each chapter to a couple of friends. It occurred to me when I was half way through that it would be fun to share the story in the same fashion with the rest of the readers. Each day you&#8217;ll get one or two chapters until June 16, 2014, when the book goes on sale.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>If you haven&#8217;t signed up for the newsletter, there is still time. <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/TCLAaA\" target=\"_blank\">Here is the link!<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>My hope is that when you&#8217;re done with the free read and it goes on sale that you&#8217;ll like it enough to share your recommendation with a friend or a family member.<\/p>\n<p>I love Tiny Corielli and Ian Kerr. They came alive to me in a way I hadn&#8217;t experienced as a writer. They felt\u00a0<em>real<\/em>. Tiny&#8217;s struggle with her mother&#8217;s illness is one that many of us have suffered in some form. Ian&#8217;s desire to help shoulder Tiny&#8217;s burden is met with suspicion and a tiny kernel of hope. Overtime, they can&#8217;t resist each other but why they fall in love made sense to me. Ian&#8217;s never let anyone close to him but he knows what it&#8217;s like to lose a mother. Moreover, Tiny&#8217;s loyalty and love for her own parent resonate in the deep recesses of Ian&#8217;s soul.<\/p>\n<p>Ian is one of those special heroes that I&#8217;ll remember for a long time. He&#8217;s bigger than life, hotter than the noon day sun at the equator and fiercer than a lion protecting a pride. I can&#8217;t wait for you to meet him.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"color:#ff6600;\">Enjoy the journey!<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;\u00a0\u2022 &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;\u00a0\u2022 &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"color:#339966;\">\u2665\u00a0Win a Kindle Fire\u00a0\u2665<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">I want to give some shoutouts to bloggers who have shared the newsletter launch and Kindle Fire Giveaway. \u00a0\u00a0Check them out and have a chance to win the Kindle.<\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;padding-left:60px;\"><a style=\"color:#0000cc;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Flbookbliss.com%2F2014%2F05%2F25%2Fbook-blast-and-giveaway-announcement-losing-control-by-jen-frederick%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNH0fqIbxlkPv4w04sk6AXODW_5z3g\" target=\"_blank\">Book Bliss<\/a><\/div>\n<div 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