A Personal Note from Ruth Cardello, March 2015

Published: Tue, 03/24/15

A personal note from Ruth Cardello
Normally I use this newsletter only to announce releases, but I wanted to share with you a very special development in my publishing journey. It has become a family affair!

In a recent interview I said:
"My books are bathtub reads. They’re fun. They’re sexy. But they won’t change the world. My family is my legacy. If my journey shows the next generation how we are always better when we work  together,  then I have changed the world. At least, my little Rhode Island corner of it."

Thank you for reading my books, for staying connected via this newsletter, and for loving alpha heroes and big, crazy families as much as I do.
My journey expands
As the youngest of 11 children, I grew up with the understanding that money comes and goes, but family is what matters. I live in an economically depressed area. When I hit the NYTs Best Seller my first priority was to make sure no one in my family lost their homes. People warned me in the beginning that if I helped my family they would only expect more of it. They don’t know my family.

We were born poor, but we survived and continue to thrive because we take care of each other. Two years ago, my niece sent me the most incredible story she had written and asked me if I would help her self-publish it. I gave her a list of about sixty things she would need to do first. She called me back the next day and said, “I’m done. What else should I do?” After that, Danielle Stewart had her auntie’s full support.  She has fourteen books and novellas up now and I couldn’t be prouder. The first book in each of her series is FREE.

http://www.amazon.com/Danielle-Stewart/e/B00CCOYB3O


Last year my sister, Jeannette Winters, who has a full-time job as an analyst, told me she dreamed of making enough money from her stories to pay for the new roof her home needs. I gave her the same list and told her to bring me a completed romance. If she did that, I promised to get her the best editors I could afford, help her choose covers that would fit her books and teach her the business side of self-publishing. She joined the same author group my brother and I did and finished not only one, but two billionaire romances. And they’re good. They’re so good I could cry.

Her first book is FREE
http://www.amazon.com/Billionaires-Secret-Betting-You-Book-ebook/dp/B00TOOJW2U



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What's coming from me in 2015?

Taken by a Trillionaire: May 12 Release (this is a bundle of 3 new stories about princes. It's big hair, so be warned. They are long novellas. I wrote the first one. JS Scott wrote the second. Melody Anne is the third novella in the bundle.) PRE-ORDER AVAILABLE ON AMAZON AND iBooks.

Somewhere Along the Way: Book 4 of the Andrades: May 26 release. Patrice finally meets her demise and Luke finds his HEA. PREORDER AVAILABLE ON ALL MAJOR BOOK SITES.

Drawn into Pleasure: Temptation Series: Tyler (Summer release) This is my spicy series.

Loving Gigi: Book 5 of the Andrades:  Fall release