Another Book Bloggers Novel of the Year Award (BBNYA) 2024 semi-finalist and another spotlight tour. Today my potlight is for The Pretender by Katie Ward.

About BBNYA and the Spotlight Tours

The Book Bloggers’ Novel of the Year Award (BBNYA) is celebrating the books that made it to the semi-finals with a mini spotlight blitz tour for each title.

BBNYA is a yearly competition where book bloggers from all over the world read and score books written by indie authors, ending with 16 finalists and one overall winner.

If you want some more information about BBNYA, check out the BBNYA Website https://www.bbnya.com/ or take a peek over on Twitter @BBNYA_Official. BBNYA is brought to you in association with the @Foliosociety (if you love beautiful books, you NEED to check out their website!) and the book blogger support group @The_WriteReads.

The Pretender by Katie Ward is a 232 Page, Young Adult contemporary fiction, romance, whcih was published August 18th 2018.

Blurb

France, 2000: Two babies are born on the same day just two hours apart – but to very different lives. Isabella is a Princess and heir to the French throne, while Sophia is born into a life of poverty and abuse.

At the age of 18, Sophia runs away from home. That same night, Isabella is also fleeing from the burden of her royal life when she finds Sophia slumped at the Palace gates. Amazed by how alike they look, Isabella proposes a daring plot – to exchange their lives for one week.

The Pretender is an emotionally intense and compelling story of friendship, love and the strange power of destiny.

About the Author

Katie Ward always knew that she wanted to write for a living. After completing a degree in Journalism at the University for the Creative Arts, she moved to Dublin. While there, she had a short story published in an anthology titled ‘Do the Write Thing’ which was part of a competition being run by Irish TV show Seoige and O’Shea (the Irish equivalent of Richard and Judy!). The anthology reached the top 20 in the Irish Bestsellers List in 2007. Shortly after this, Katie was also shortlisted for a competition judged by Man Booker Prize-winning author Roddy Doyle with an excerpt of her second novel Red Roses.

Katie returned to Devon where she continued to focus on her writing and in 2015 she began writing her debut novel, The Pretender, which became a top 30 bestseller on the Amazon Young Adult chart and was also awarded a BRAG medallion. Katie lives in Devon and aside from writing, she also loves to sing, dance and travel.

If you wish to follow Katie on social media, you can via X @katiewwriter on Instagram @katiewwriter and TikTok @katiewwriter.

To read reviews of The Pretender by Katie Ward take a look at:

Amazon Link: https://a.co/d/2IkcYpq (Canada) https://a.co/d/ggF8Bqt (USA) https://amzn.eu/d/3coplm0 (UK)

Goodreads Link: goodreads.com/book/show/41728904-the-pretender

The Story Graph Link: https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/43e45675-3c26-43b0-8270-68c12fb0782e