Posted on March 17, 2014
I just realized which other books my publisher in Portugal, Editorial Presença, promoted in this photo. They placed my book, Sand Dollar: A Story of Undying Love (Uma História de Amor Eterno) in the same shot as The Vow (Prometo Amar-te) and Silver Linings Playbook (Guia Para um Final Feliz)! I am so honored. Thank you, Editorial Presença! I love my publisher!

March 17, 2014 | Categories: Announcements | Tags: Books, Editorial Presença, fiction, love, Portugal, Portuguese books, Portuguese Romance, romance, Romance Books, Romantic books, Sebastian Cole | 2 Comments
Posted on March 08, 2014
Congratulations to all of the winners of my Goodreads book giveaway for Uma História de Amor Eterno. Thanks to everyone in Portugal and Brazil who participated!
Rita Lemos
João Marcos Batista Fonseca
Joana Moreira
Jovana Ranito
— Sebastian Cole 🙂
March 8, 2014 | Categories: Announcements | Tags: Amor Eterno, Book giveaway winners, Books, Editorial Presença, fiction, Goodreads, Goodreads winners, love, Love stories, romance, Romance Books, Sebastian Cole | 2 Comments
Posted on March 04, 2014


March 4, 2014 | Categories: Announcements | Tags: Books, fiction, kobo, love, Love stories, romance, Romance Novels, romantic, Romantic Fiction, Romantic novels, sand dollar, Sebastian Cole | Leave a comment
Posted on February 26, 2014
Just for my fans in Portugal and Brazil, I am giving away 4 autographed copies of my novel, Uma História de Amor Eterno, on Goodreads. The contest ends March 8th. Click here to enter. Good luck!
— Sebastian 🙂

February 26, 2014 | Categories: Announcements | Tags: Book Giveaways, Books, Brasil, Brazil, Enter to win, fiction, Goodreads, love, Portugal, Portuguese books, Portuguese Romance, romance, Sebastian Cole | Leave a comment
Posted on February 20, 2014
I was very proud to read the first review of Uma História de Amor Eterno on Mil Estrelas No Colo. Click here to read the review in Portuguese, or click here for the English translation. I am blessed to receive such rave reviews. I’d like to thank everyone who has read my book, and for the warmth and hospitality I have received from my friends in Portugal. 🙂

February 20, 2014 | Categories: Announcements | Tags: Amor, Amor Eterno, book reviews, Books, Editorial Presença, fiction, love, Love stories, Portuguese book reviews, Portuguese books, Portuguese Romance, romance, Romance Books | Leave a comment
Posted on February 16, 2014
My publisher in Portugal, Editorial Presença, published a press release announcing the release of Uma História de Amor Eterno (the Portuguese version of Sand Dollar) at the same time it announced their rerelease of P.S. I Love You. It is such an honor for me to be mentioned in the same sentence as Cecelia Ahern. Thank you Editorial Presença!

February 16, 2014 | Categories: Announcements | Tags: Books, Cecilia Ahern, Editorial Presença, fiction, love, Love stories, Portuguese books, Portuguese love stories, Portuguese romance books, Portuguese Romantic Books, romance, Sebastian Cole | Leave a comment
Posted on February 16, 2014
Congratulations to the 10 winners of the Valentine’s Day SAND DOLLAR Book Giveaway:
Desiree Connolly
Nissie Lambert
Donna Fosbrink
Crystal Sparks Herman
Holly DeBenedetto Carullo
Michelle Lynch
Rose Lennart
Rhonda Gayle Nash-Hall
Maria Petrillo
Willie Scott
I hope your day was filled with love!
— Sebastian ♥
February 16, 2014 | Categories: Announcements | Tags: Book giveaway winners, Book Giveaways, Books, fiction, love, Love stories, romance, Valentine, Valentine's Day, Winners | Leave a comment
Posted on February 14 2014


♥ Valentine’s Day Book Giveaway ♥
The first 10 people to wish me
a Happy Valentine’s Day on Facebook
will receive an autographed copy of my debut novel,
Sand Dollar: A Story of Undying Love.
Good luck and Happy Valentine’s Day!
Disclaimer: Wives, ex-wives, girlfriends, ex-girlfriends, and relatives of Sebastian Cole are ineligible [shrugging]. The remainder of the population, however, is good to go!
February 14, 2014 | Categories: Announcements | Tags: Book Giveaways, Books, fiction, love, Love stories, romance, Romance Books, romantic, Romantic books, Valentine, Valentine's Day | 7 Comments
Posted on February 12, 2012


February 12, 2014 | Categories: Announcements | Tags: Books, eBooks, fiction, iTunes, iTunes books, iTunes Romance, love, romance, Romance Books, Romantic books | Leave a comment
Posted on February 04, 2014
Sand Dollar: A Story of Undying Love is now available for the Nook.

February 4, 2014 | Categories: Announcements | Tags: Books, fiction, love, Love stories, Nook books, Nook eBooks, romance, Romance Books, Romance books for the Nook, Romance eBooks, romantic, Romantic books | 3 Comments
Posted on February 01, 2014



February 1, 2014 | Categories: Announcements | Tags: Book Awards, Books, Feathered Quill, Feathered Quill Book Awards, fiction, love, Love stories, romance, Romance Books, Romantic books | Leave a comment
Posted on January 31, 2014
Uma História de Amor Eterno, the Portuguese version of Sand Dollar: A Story of Undying Love, will be available for sale in Portugal starting on February 4th at Editorial Presença, just in time for Valentine’s Day.

January 31, 2014 | Categories: Announcements | Tags: Amor, Amor Eterno, Books, Editorial Presença, fiction, love, Portuguese books, Portuguese Romance, Portuguese romance books, Portuguese Romantic Books, romance, Romance Books, Romantic books | Leave a comment
Posted on January 29, 2014

Uma História de Amor Eterno, the Portuguese version of Sand Dollar: A Story of Undying Love, will be available at WOOK in Portugal starting on February 4th, just in time for Valentine’s Day. Pre-order your Portuguese copy today!

January 29, 2014 | Categories: Announcements | Tags: Books, Editorial Presença, fiction, love, Love stories, Portugal, Portuguese, Portuguese books, Portuguese romance books, romance, Romance Books, Valentine's Day | Leave a comment
Posted on January 27, 2014
‘So is it destiny…’ I ask, turning around in the elevator, ‘the way our lives turn out in the end… or is it chance?’
Josh looks directly into my eyes. ‘What do you think?’
‘I’m not sure… but something tells me we just might make our own destiny in life.’
Josh smiles approvingly as the doors begin to shut in front of me.
‘Hey Noah…’
I press a button, and the doors open again.
‘I’ll be here if you need me,’ he states reassuringly.
‘Yeah. Somehow I always knew,’ I say, nodding my head with a subtle smile, feeling as if I’ve known him my whole life. ‘I just never admitted it… until now.’
January 27, 2014 | Categories: Quotes from Sebastian Cole | Tags: Books, Chance, destiny, Destiny quotes, fate, fiction, God, love, Quotes, romance, Romance Books, Romantic books, Sebastian Cole | 1 Comment
Posted on January 27, 2014
“Oh, and one more thing: If I try something that I’ve never done before, something that’s particularly difficult for me, and it doesn’t work out, that doesn’t make it a failure. The fact that I actually succeeded in finishing it makes it a huge success. Think of all the people who never even try…”
January 27, 2014 | Categories: Quotes from Sebastian Cole | Tags: Books, Failure, fiction, living your life, love, mistakes, Perception, Quotes, Quotes about failure, Quotes about success, romance, Sebastian Cole, Success, Try | 1 Comment
Posted on January 24, 2014

Valentine’s Day is only a few heartbeats away. We can’t think of a better way to celebrate this special day than to cuddle up with your loved one…and a good book, of course! Book Reporter is giving readers the chance to win one of their five Bookreporter.com Valentine’s Day prize packages, which includes one copy of each of our featured books and some delicious Ghirardelli chocolate. Enter between now and Tuesday, February 11th at noon ET for your opportunity to be a lucky (and beloved!) winner. If you’re feeling frisky, share with us your all-time book character crush. Don’t be shy, we all got ’em! We’ll post your literary loves and lusts, along with the five winners, on Valentine’s Day, so be on the lookout!

Book Reporter’s featured Valentine’s Day titles are:
CIDER BROOK: A Swift River Valley Novel by Carla Neggers
I SHALL BE NEAR TO YOU by Erin Lindsay McCabe
LOVE IS A CANOE by Ben Schrank
LOVE ON MIMOSA LANE: A Seasons of the Heart Novel by Anna DeStefano
LOVING CARA: A Love Under the Big Sky Novel by Kristen Proby
ME BEFORE YOU by Jojo Moyes
SAND DOLLAR: A Story of Undying Love by Sebastian Cole
SEX AFTER…: Women Share How Intimacy Changes as Life Changes by Iris Krasnow
THE SWISS AFFAIR by Emylia Hall
UNLIKELY LOVES: 43 Heartwarming True Stories from the Animal Kingdom by Jennifer S. Holland
A WELL-TEMPERED HEART by Jan-Philipp Sendker
WHAT NORA KNEW by Linda Yellin
Click here to go to Bookreporter.com’s entry form

January 24, 2014 | Categories: Announcements | Tags: Book Reporter, Books, Books to fall in love with, fiction, love, Love stories, romance, Romance Books, Romantic books, sand dollar, Valentine's Day, Valentine's Day books | 2 Comments
Posted on January 15, 2014
I was very excited to see the Portuguese cover of my debut novel, Sand Dollar: A Story of Undying Love. Uma História de Amor Eterno will be published in Portugal by Editorial Presença starting on February 4th, just in time for Valentine’s Day!



January 15, 2014 | Categories: Announcements | Tags: Books, Editorial Presença, fiction, love, Love stories, Portugal, Portuguese books, romance, Romance Books, Romantic books | 2 Comments
Posted on December 26, 2013

2013 was a thrilling year for me. I sold about 9,000 SAND DOLLAR: A Story of Undying Love eBooks this year (which was about 8,999 more than I sold the year before, ha), gave away over 107,000 eBooks in a week, and received over 300 reviews on Amazon!
I’m excited for bigger and better things to come in 2014. I’m finally starting to write my second book. Yay! (Better late than never, right?) The Portuguese version of SAND DOLLAR is due out in Portugal in February. (I can’t wait to see it!) And I look forward to spending the upcoming year with all of the online friends I’ve made.
May the new year be a good year for us, filled with health, happiness, perhaps a dream or two coming true, and most of all, may it be filled with love.
– Sebastian 🙂
December 26, 2013 | Categories: Announcements | Tags: Books, fiction, Kindle eBooks, love, Love stories, Rhode Island Authors, romance, Romance Books, Romantic books, sand dollar, Sebastian Cole | 2 Comments
Posted on December 15, 2013
Congratulations to Brenda for winning the Sand Dollar photo contest with a picture of her and her dogs! First prize is a Kindle Paperwhite. Second place was a tie between Renee Stewart being incognito and Beth on the Love train. Renee and Beth will each receive a $25 Kindle gift card. Thanks to everyone who participated in the contest! Great photos!



December 15, 2013 | Categories: Announcements | Tags: Books, fiction, love, Love stories, Photo contest, photo contest winner, Photos, romance, Romance Books, Romantic books, sand dollar | 2 Comments
Posted on 11/18/13
Thanks, GoodKindles.net for mentioning that my debut novel, Sand Dollar: A Story of Undying Love, is on sale for just 99 cents on Amazon now through Sunday. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!


November 28, 2013 | Categories: Announcements | Tags: Books, fiction, Goodkindles, Kindle Bargains, Kindle deals, love, romance, Romance Books, Romantic books | 1 Comment
Posted on 11/28/2013

I’d like to wish everyone a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday. I hope you get to spend the day with those you cherish most. And if, for whatever reason, you’re apart, may they always know the place they hold within your heart.
And if you’re looking for a heart-wrenching love story to read on your Kindle over the holidays, Sand Dollar: A Story of Undying Love is on sale for just 99 cents on Amazon now through Sunday. Enjoy!
Happy Thanksgiving,
— Sebastian Cole 🙂
November 28, 2013 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Bargain eBooks, Books, fantasy, fiction, Great Love Stories, Kindle, love, Love stories, romance, Romance Books, romantic, Romantic books, Sebastian Cole | 4 Comments
November 24, 2013
Just a reminder — there are just 3 more weeks to enter the Sand Dollar Photo Contest. One lucky winner will receive a touchscreen Kindle Paperwhite eReader with built-in light, and two runner-ups will receive a $25 Kindle gift card! Just take a picture of you and my debut novel, Sand Dollar: A Story of Undying Love, and email the file to sebastian@sebastiancoleauthor. Winners will be announced on 12/15/13. For contest rules, click here. To see all of the entries, click here. Good luck and happy modeling!
— Sebastian Cole 🙂



November 24, 2013 | Categories: Announcements | Tags: Books, Enter to win, fiction, Kindle, Kindle Paperwhite, love, Photo contests, romance, Romance Books, Romance Novels, romantic, win | Leave a comment
Posted on 11/14/13


I am excited to announce that my debut novel, Sand Dollar: A Story of Undying Love, has been chosen as an award-winning finalist in the Best New Fiction category and also the Romance category of The 2013 USA Best Book Awards, sponsored by USA Book News.
November 14, 2013 | Categories: Announcements | Tags: A Story of Undying Love, Best New Fiction, Book Awards, Books, fiction, love, New Fiction, romance, Romance Books, sand dollar, Sebastian Cole, USA Best Book Awards, USA Book News | 4 Comments
Posted on 11/14/13


Characteristics: Emotionally complex narrative that straddles the line between romance and women’s fiction. Friendship, dreams, and personal histories are woven together to create a truly wonderful tale.
If your recipient loved A HUNDRED SUMMERS, chances are they’ll surely enjoy SAND DOLLAR, a story of life altering true love.
November 14, 2013 | Categories: Announcements | Tags: A Hundred Summers, Beatriz Williams, Book Gift Guide, Books, fiction, Great Love Stories, love, Nicholas Sparks, romance, Romance Books, Romantic books, sand dollar, Sand Dollar: A Story of Undying Love, undying love | Leave a comment