Author: sadieconall

I was born in Auckland, New Zealand but have also lived in Australia and London. I love travelling the world as much as I love writing and with the adventures I've had over the years travelling around the world, now I get to go on other adventures through my stories and their characters. I'll read anything, but it has to grab my attention from the first page and if I can achieve that in my own stories, where my readers have enjoyed the story so much they don't want it to end, then I think that’s when a little bit of magic happens. If you want to keep up to date with what I'm doing, read excerpts and get freebies, you can sign up for the newsletter here. Love Sadie x

Too many characters !!

August 6, 2024

I wonder if other authors feel like this … too many characters, too many story lines. I just sat back in my chair here in my little cabin/studio I built at the back of the house and looked at the screen and thought wow! what have I done. There’s too many characters in this book and so much happening I keep moving chapters around and its making my head spin. The book is already 445 pages long and still not finished, sorry for holding you all up but I’m doing my best.

This book (Book 7/Madeleine series) was meant to be done and published a month ago, but with too many characters I decided a year ago when I was working on these four books together that I would kill off one of the leading characters. It seemed the right thing to do at the time. I was sure she wouldn’t be missed at all as her part in the story was over. But her death actually became the story and I realized I didn’t like it … so she’s been brought back to life which means the book is going in another direction completely, which I think is so much better. But now I’m behind in all my deadlines because I’m having to change things in Book 8 as well. I did this in Ruby. I was almost finished the story but I didn’t like her love interest so I got rid of him and ended up with Sawyer, who suited her much better.

Do you want to know who I killed off? I don’t think it matters, because she’s now alive and well … but remember Lily? She married Bryn and went to America with Madeleine and Harry in When the Wolf Bites. Well, I killed her off, which created a bit of misery for a few people and I decided it wasn’t worth it. So she’s back and I’m very pleased about that x Better things are happening and I think you’ll like them too.

I’ve also bought the cover for Book 7 – I love it so I hope you do too. I’ll have a reveal in a few weeks when this story is a bit further along.

Big thank you!

May 11, 2024

I just want to thank all my faithful readers for supporting my new release, When the Leaving is Hard, the sixth book in the Madeleine series. It’s been a long time since you were with Madeleine and Ryder, yet you embraced them once again. I love these two, they fill my heart with their love, their strength and their ongoing adventures. I hope you enjoyed meeting little Harry again, along with Tillie.

I’m right into Book 7 now, so hopefully you won’t have to wait too much longer for that.

After that comes Book 8, then Book 9 which is the Collection of Short Stories.

I’m also halfway through a standalone western – and the second book in the Brides Bound for Oregon series is coming.

After all these books are published, I’ll get onto the Archard series where you’ll meet Tucker, Scarlett and Levi again, along with Marrok and Ella, and Sawyer and Ruby.

That should keep me busy and out of trouble for a while x

New cover reveal

April 19, 2024

I really love this new cover. It’s for the sixth book in the Madeleine series called When the Leaving is Hard. I’m just formatting and checking through things, so I hope to publish this within the week. I hope you love the cover as much as I do. Thanks to my American designer Charlene Raddon who has also done my Ella and Ruby covers, along with the Sera and Colette cover. Another great job, thanks Charlene!