{"id":1340,"date":"2022-07-13T23:00:56","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T23:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karenessex.com\/?p=1340"},"modified":"2022-07-13T23:00:56","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T23:00:56","slug":"rumors-of-my-death-are-greatly-exaggerated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karenessex.com\/?p=1340","title":{"rendered":"Rumors of my death are greatly exaggerated&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No, I\u2019m not dead and not even slacking! I\u2019ve been largely focused on developing projects for TV, exciting but invisible work until it comes to your screen. I can\u2019t make announcements just yet (contractual) but please stay tuned. Fans of female forward fiction and history will not be disappointed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MY BIG NEWS:<\/strong>\u00a0I\u2019ve reclaimed worldwide rights to my popular KLEOPATRA novel series and will reissue the books September 15, 2022. Based on my graduate studies and walking in the queen\u2019s footsteps through Egypt, Greece, Rome, &amp; Turkey\u2014not to mention my passion for writing about women of power\u2014these babies were ten years in the making.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1341\" src=\"http:\/\/karenessex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/KE-as-Kleopatra.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karenessex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/KE-as-Kleopatra.jpg 200w, https:\/\/karenessex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/KE-as-Kleopatra-192x300.jpg 192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>KLEOPATRA BOOK I: THE EARLY YEARS<\/strong>.\u00a0A murderous family. Blood in the streets. Betrayal. War. Exile. An untold story. Can a young princess survive? This is the story of how Kleopatra, against all odds, becomes, well, Kleopatra.<\/p>\n<p><strong>KLEOPATRA BOOK II: THE PHARAOH<\/strong>\u00a0explores her two partnerships with Rome\u2019s great warriors, restoring the queen\u2019s true legacy as a beloved leader and political strategist, pursued by these men not just for her allure but for her intelligence, wealth, and power.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve got a little freebie for you \u2013 a juicy excerpt from <em><strong>Kleopatra Book II &#8212; The Pharoah<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/view.flodesk.com\/pages\/62cf451336c72ca5b749eca8\">Click here to get your free download.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for the cover reveal, coming soon, and pre-order party fun!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No, I\u2019m not dead and not even slacking! I\u2019ve been largely focused on developing projects for TV, exciting but invisible work until it comes to your screen. I can\u2019t make announcements just yet (contractual) but please stay tuned. Fans of female forward fiction and history will not be disappointed. MY BIG NEWS:\u00a0I\u2019ve reclaimed worldwide rights [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[179,77],"class_list":["post-1340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-free-excerpt","tag-kleopatra-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/karenessex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/karenessex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/karenessex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karenessex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karenessex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1340"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/karenessex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1342,"href":"https:\/\/karenessex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1340\/revisions\/1342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/karenessex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karenessex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karenessex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}