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Jane's Melody makes the New York Times

Hi Friends! I'm excited to announce that my latest novel, Jane's Melody, is now a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestseller. It would never have been possible without so many of you reading and reviewing and sharing about this book. Thank you! - Ryan.

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What boundaries would you cross for true love?

That's the question a grieving mother must answer when she takes in a young street musician to learn about her daughter's death and finds herself falling for him. A sexy but touching love story that will have you equally tantalized and in tears, Jane's Melody follows a forty-year-old woman on a romantic journey of rediscovery after years of struggling alone.

Sometimes our greatest gifts come from our greatest pain. And now Jane must decide if it’s too late for her to start over, or if true love really knows no age.

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Published on September 08, 2013 16:24 • Tags: jane-s-melody, new-york-times-bestseller, ryan-winfield

Ryan Winfield Announces three book deal with Atria Publishing Group

Big Announcement

Dear Friends,

You’ve all heard of the boy who was raised by wolves. Well, this boy was raised by books, and many of those books had the Simon & Schuster imprint on the title page as a welcome sign to the worlds of wonder that waited beyond. So, you can imagine it’s a huge day for me to be able to announce my new partnership with Atria Books, an imprint of Simon and Schuster. Atria is now the proud publisher of Jane’s Melody: A Novel, as well two other titles to be released in 2014.

I’m celebrating by giving away a Kindle Fire and signed books – ENTER HERE.

Now, I know many of you are wondering about my next book. All I can tell you right now is that I’m heading down to Austin for the entire month of December. You can probably guess who I hope to find there and I’ll be sure to keep you updated on my progress. In the meantime, if you read on Kindle and like surprises, please pre-order my untitled May release HERE.

And now the important part…

I need to thank my amazing agent, Allison Hunter with InkWell Management, as well as my new editor, Sarah Cantin with Atria Books, for working tirelessly to make this deal happen. But mostly, I need to thank you! The publishers saw in JANE’S MELODY what many of you had already seen, and without your continued support of my work and your passionate efforts to spread the news, none of this would have been possible.

There are just three more things I would like you to do:

1. Help me spread the news and enter to win a Kindle Fire by clicking HERE.
2. Share this blog post with your friends who enjoy reading.
3. Please purchase the newly edited Atria edition of JANE'S MELODY at one of the buy links below.

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Published on October 08, 2013 08:27 • Tags: atria-books, book-deal, jane-s-melody, ryan-winfield

New Book Announement

Jane’s Story . . .

Dear Friends,

I received messages from many of you after you had read JANE’S MELODY, saying that you were not ready yet to say goodbye to Jane and to Caleb in that little Austin apartment. The truth is I wasn’t either.

Writing is an immersive process for me. I had walked every step of Jane’s journey in this first book. I had smelled the grass in the cemetery, seen the Seattle skyline at sunset from a ferry deck, and found someone I was searching for on an old Pioneer Square bench. But I feared that Jane’s new life in Austin would remain a mystery to me as long as my experience there remained that of a visitor. So I packed a bag and rented an apartment and moved to Austin to find her. And even though I had to walk the soles off of two pairs of shoes to do it, find her I did.

My apartment was above a bar and the bar hosted live music until two in the morning every night of the week, making it nearly impossible to sleep anywhere except on the floor of a back closet with a pillow and blanket like some refugee from the streets. There were a few nights where I surrendered to the music’s calling, leading to an injurious episode with a mechanical bull and another with a runaway pedicab driver looking for his teeth. But I’ll save those to share with you another time. What’s important here is that each morning when I woke, Jane and Caleb were there waiting to tell me their story. A love story. I wrote it down as best I could, and if you read it when it’s released, I pray it brings you as much joy and as much peace as it has brought to them and to me.

I hope you enjoy the continuation of Jane's story with JANE’S HARMONY. There are pre-sale links from my publisher below.

Sincerely,
Ryan Winfield.

P.S. - If you would be so kind as to do me a small favor when you do read JANE'S HARMONY, please say hello to Jane and Caleb for me. I miss them again already.

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