Ruth Kaufman - Award-Winning Author and Romance Writer

Ruth Kaufman is the author of My Life as a Star, My Life as an Extra, My Once & Future Love, The Bride Tournament, Follow Your Heart, At His Command and other books.

Enchanting Knights! New Boxed Set with

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I’m excited to announce that My Once & Future Love, which RT Book Reviews calls a “fantastic blend of romance and Arthurian legend,” will be part of the boxed set Enchanting Knights: Medieval Romances of Legend and Lore with books by Allie Mackay (aka Sue-Ellen Welfonder), April Holthaus and Elizabeth Rose! The set releases 6/20 and is on preorder now! Available on Amazon for just .99 and free in Kindle Unlimited.

We love the cover! Do you? Here’s a bit more information about the books in the set:

SOME LIKE IT KILTED: Allie Mackay
If the roguish Bran doesn’t change Mindy’s mind about him and his bonnie homeland, neither will find peace. But unexpected passion can be the most powerful….
 
MY ONCE AND FUTURE LOVE: Ruth Kaufman
A lady on the run from her scheming uncle aids an imperiled knight. Desire and respect spark as he helps her in return, but secrets, danger and destiny thwart the power of love.
 
LEGEND OF THE FAE: April Holthaus
Returning home from battle, he stumbles upon a lass who can’t speak. While trying to solve the mystery behind who she is, Galen finds himself falling in love with a lass he knows nothing about.
 

THE DRAGON AND THE DREAMWALKER: Elizabeth Rose
She’s the Lady of Fire villagers call a witch. He’s the infamous Dragon’s Son. Can they work together to destroy the dragon, or their haunting pasts stop them as they realize they really fear themselves?


What makes an international bestselling historical romance?

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As of this writing, Highlanders, Lords and Lovers, the new boxed set with my second medieval FOLLOW YOUR HEART, has these Amazon rankings:

In the UK, HLL is

And  I’m currently ranked #63 out of Amazon’s Top 100 Historical Romance Authors, up from #68 this morning! (You have to grab screen shots, because rankings are updated every hour.)

I’m honored to have my second book be part of a set that includes books by the multi-published Cathy MacRae, currently #2 in Top 100 Historical Romance Authors, Elizabeth Rose, who’s #6, and April Holthaus at #38. I’m sure their high ranks attract more readers to our set. We’ve all done some social media, held a fun Facebook party, and took out some ads to help get the word out.

It’s not always clear why some new releases languish while others rise to the top. Readers’ interest in the combination of the writing, setting, plot, the mix of authors and/or books in a boxed set, the title, cover, and/or alchemy of advertising, marketing and promotion for one book or set can’t easily be duplicated in another. Some new releases catch the tide of Amazon’s algorithms, which then propels them even higher. There’s no way to predict how long success will last.

I hope readers are enjoying my first two books as I get ready to release #3.