• A Girl Like You (Book 1 of the series) has received 11 indie book awards to date in multiple genres—historical fiction, mystery, and romance—including the IPPY Gold medal for mystery and 2016 Foreword Indies: Gold Mystery Winner.
• .It also received starred reviews from both Booklist and Library Journal.
• A Ring of Truth (Book 2 of the series) has also placed as a finalist in the Next Gen Indie Awards in both mystery and romance and was listed as a top spring read by Booklist, Redbook, Popsugar, Buzzfeed, Culturalist, Brit & Co., Bustle, Bookstr, Elle, and YahooNews.
• Romance novels accounted for $1.08 billion in sales in 2013.
• Mystery/Detective novels accounted for $442 million in sales in 2013.
• 46% of readers of romance/romantic suspense read one novel a week. In comparison, the typical American reads eight books a year.
Audience
• Fans of A Girl Like You and A Ring of Truth in the USA and the UK, who are eagerly awaiting the next installment
• Fans of historical fiction, romantic suspense, mystery, women’s lit
• Women aged 18-80
• Fans of Downton Abbey (10.2 million viewers) or Upstairs, Downstairs (8.18 million viewers)
• Fans of Michelle Cox: Facebook followers: +8,000, Twitter Followers: +5,000, Newsletter subscribers: +800