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Sunday snippet 6.2.19 - The Haunting of Heatherhurst Hall

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From The Haunting of Heatherhurst Hall, a Gothic romance rife with horror and heartache, wherein an American heiress makes an ill-advised marriage to bring herself closer the woman who’s stolen her heart.

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Kit slammed bodily against the door, throwing her weight behind her shoulder as both hands fumbled for the knob. It turned freely once she had it in her grasp. The door itself budged an inch or two, then slammed shut again. As if someone were trying to hold it shut.

Some might suppose their mortal strength would prove futile against such supernatural forces, and give up.

Kit threw her shoulder into the door again.

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The Haunting of Heatherhurst Hall comes out July 1st, 2019! Pre-order today!

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Sunday snippet, 5.19.19

From The Haunting of Heatherhurst Hall, a Gothic romance rife with horror and heartache, wherein an American heiress makes an ill-advised marriage to bring herself closer the woman who’s stolen her heart.

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Love had made Alexandra stupid. Love had frayed her steely nerves to the point of snapping, had forced her to question her own behavior, had made her look within herself and realize she had grown as much a monster as any malevolent spirit lurking within the crumbling edifice of Heatherhurst Hall. Her own selfishness had made her unworthy of Kit.

And it only made her love Kit all the more.

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The Haunting of Heatherhurst Hall comes out July 1st, 2019! Pre-order today!

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Sunday snippet, 4.28.19 - The Haunting of Heatherhurst Hall

From The Haunting of Heatherhurst Hall, a Gothic romance rife with horror and heartache, wherein an American heiress makes an ill-advised marriage to bring herself closer the woman who’s stolen her heart.

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Alexandra smiled, her Cupid’s-bow lips spreading into a fond expression. “I do hope you’ll forgive my shocking familiarity. But as you’ve no doubt heard my Christian name on my brother’s lips, I wondered if I might ask you yours?”

Kit’s mouth went suddenly dry. “Catherine.”

Alexandra smiled. “I’ve had a wonderful evening with you, Catherine.”

“My friends call me Kit,” Kit blurted. If she’d had a hand free, she’d have clapped it over her own mouth in horror. Until now, the only people to call her Kit were her childhood nursemaid, her cousin Phoebe, and Lucy. It was absurd to think an aristocrat such as Miss Cranbrook would ever want to use such a childish nickname. Though nothing Kit said could take her presumptive comment back, she couldn’t stop herself from adding, as if it would help matters, “Close friends do.”

Alexandra’s smile widened. “Then I hope I may someday earn the privilege.”

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The Haunting of Heatherhurst Hall comes out July 1st, 2019! Pre-order today!

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The Haunting of Heatherhurst Hall (Gothic Lesbians update!)

1. Project codename Gothic Lesbians has a real title at last! Get ready for...

The Haunting of Heatherhurst Hall!

2. Speaking of which, The Haunting of Heatherhurst Hall is with the copyeditor as we speak and is on track for release this summer!

Throw His Heart Over available for pre-order!

Throw His Heart Over, the sequel to Mr Warren's Profession, is now available for pre-order from the following:

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Lindsey Althorp, the only son of a wealthy baronet, has never worked a day in his life. Aubrey Warren was born in a workhouse and hasn’t stopped working since.

When Lindsey wins a textile mill in a game of cards, he falls at first sight for the assistant clerk, Aubrey. Lindsey is certain that Aubrey is the Achilles to his Patroclus, the David to his Jonathan. Yet Aubrey, unaccustomed to affection, refuses to be a kept man—though he isn’t immune to Lindsey’s considerable charm.

Buoyed by Lindsey’s optimism and fuelled by Aubrey’s industry, the two men strive to overcome the class gulf between them. But a horrific accident reveals a betrayal that threatens to tear them apart forever.

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Morgan Turner, agent to the Winthrop estate, owes everything to his benefactor. When the late baronet’s will tasks him with finding the lost heir and making a gentleman of him, he is determined to succeed.

Thirteen years ago, Evelyn Winthrop ran away to sea. Now that his hated patriarch is dead, the ancestral home he returns to is more shadowed than what he left behind. Ungrateful relations and old friends alike tie a knot of scandal and depravity only a sailor could hope to unravel. And all the while, the siren song of the sea calls him to return at the first opportunity.

Neither anticipated forming more tender attachments.

To Evelyn, his unexpectedly handsome agent is the only thing anchoring him to shore. He sees a captain’s soul within Morgan, and his heart is caught upon the hook of command—if only Morgan would return his affections.

To Morgan, his new employer’s charms threaten to tear down the thorns that have grown around his heart—thorns he cultivated to restrain his unnatural instincts.

When the estate and all who live there are threatened by a maelstrom of bitter secrets and sinister plots, it is down to Morgan to take command, down to Evelyn to hold fast, and down to them both to navigate their own treacherous sea.

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Throw His Heart Over, draft 2 complete!

...at 55,000 words.

Throw His Heart Over is an equestrian upstairs-downstairs sequel to Mr Warren's Profession. God willing and the creek don't rise, it'll come out February 14th, 2019.

With the second draft off to the beta readers, it's time to dive back into The Dose Makes the Poison, a small town Gilded Age murder mystery with secret identities and enemies-to-friends-to-lovers.

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Check out SebastianNothwell.com for future excerpts and announcements!

Throw His Heart Over - first draft complete!

Delighted to announce that the first draft of Throw His Heart Over, the sequel to Mr Warren's Profession, is complete at 40k words.

Now, on to The Dose Makes the Poison, the small town murder mystery where a surgeon and a journalist team up to seek justice and find love. Fans of secret identities and enemies-to-friends-to-lovers stories will certainly enjoy!

Gothic Lesbians draft 1 complete!

…at 92,701 words.

Next up, Throw His Heart Over, an equestrian sequel to Mr Warren's Profession.