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Happy New Year

Well, here we are, friends and readers. Another year under the belt. Another batch of wonderful romance novels to read. More days to do the things you love and be with the people who mean the most to you.

For me, 2024 will be the time to get serious about writing again. I've been through almost two years of upheaval: a move, changes in my job, a sick mother, a cancelled writing project. Yikes! While I haven't stopped writing and don't intend to, I've definitely been derailed. I want to get back to my three books a year pace, which was a pretty good clip. A few novels and maybe an anthology will satisfy me!

Another goal is to wrap up a couple of my series, including the final Wicked Affairs book, the final Birds of Paradise book and I've been playing with the idea of writing a companion novel to my Imogene series, about her three brothers.

Alas, many books are started by few are completed.

The most current project is my next novella for a Christmas anthology due next year for publication. Since I have group responsibilities here, it will be the first thing I finish.

I'm ready for the new year!!!!

Giving Thanks

Wow! I am dizzy with the speed of this year's passing! You? 

Well, what's new? I already told you that an anthology I was to be part of was cancelled. But, good news, I am part of a new one for Christmas 2024, probably available sometime in Sept/Oct of next year. That's just the fun of being part of a group project! 

This will be a Regency setting - my story is set in the winter of 1816, during one of the worst weather events of the 19th Century. But honestly, isn't that one of the best tropes in romance writing, forced proximity? Bad weather, especially snow, can make for some romantic, sexy times!! Add Christmas and a few mistletoe kisses... What can I say, it will be hot. I know you expect no less.

So, Thanksgiving is coming up. I will have a week off as family will be visiting and my sister has all kinds of things planned. Come December, I am traveling by train to the coast for a few days in the sun. I know these next few weeks will fly by.

MANY THANKS to all of you who've purchased my books and even better read them and left reviews. It means so much! 

A few pictures from a trip to London (a few years ago)

Hang with me

Hi readers! 

Some sad news. My anthology has been canceled! I was really excited for this...the story premise was very interesting.  I'll need to rewrite this, of course. That is always a pain but when the story line itself is interesting, it is doable.

The real problem is that I am just behind! Moving, a couple work trips, sick parents, my focus has just been missing.

So, hang with me please! I will get some new stories out soon.

Keep on reading! E.

New Anthology coming

          

 Just a quick update:

Still writing, but at a little slower pace due to my very, very hectic last nine months. I feel like things have settle down quite a bit, so onward!!

The main project right now is the anthology I am working on. The book is due in October with a publication date around January 2024. Of course, delays can happen when you are working with several authors, but I am hopeful. These stories will be all new works, including author Sandra Sookoo! I really like the binding premise of the stories. Let's just say there are many interesting characters visiting the curiosity shop.

You know I mostly write Regency-era romance. This will be in the Victorian era, much like my Imogene Farrell series, (which you should read - it is consistently my high-rated books/series). There are just so many changes happening in England during the Victorian era: telephones, expansive train routes, suffragette movements, Jack the Ripper, the building of Tower Bridge and so much more. It's going to be a fun, and magical, anthology.

Happy Holidays, Readers and Friends

 Here we are! It's almost Christmas.

For me, the gift this year is that I've gotten through a very difficult six months involving COVID, my mother, my job, packing and moving (for the last time, I swear!) and moving into a new place. There were also some emotional stressors that I usually don't experience. I almost feel like writing one of those 'stressors' as the villain in my next manuscript!!!

So, I am ready for the new year with plans to write like CRAZY. I've got an actual writing commitment for an anthology that is coming along nicely though I have changed my hero from one obvious choice to a secondary character that just popped into the second scene in my book. Love when that happens!!!

To all my readers, I hope you have a joyful, blessed and meaningful Christmas. And my gift to you... I'll try to keep my motivation up to continue to write interesting romances.

Greetings and updates

 Sometimes I am just shocked by how much time passes between blog posts. Even commitments to post "once a week" get lost in the shuffle.

So, what am I working on:

Book 4, Infamous Forresters, about brother Oliver and the mysterious Lavina. I still don't have a name for this work.

Book 5, Infamous Forresters, titled Miss Sinclair Dares It All, about Virginia Sinclair and brother Nicolas. Oliver and Nicolas are twins, so I am lightly coordinating their stories. Not as easy as I thought it might be.

A new book titled The Thomas Browne Affair as part of the Love and Other Curiosities Boxed Set due out late next year. This has been a fun story to write and is currently getting all my time.

Wicked Affairs

Wicked Affairs.Marriages to die for.Or cheat, steal and lie for.



 

Available for review at Booksprout

 Hi Readers -

If any of you are interested, I still have a few copies of Wicked Scoundrel left for review over at Booksprout. Below is the connection. It's a FREE read but there is an expectation of a review, both from me and Booksprout (to maintain integrity of their review program offerings.)

https://booksprout.co/reviewer/review...

Thank you! E.

WICKED SCOUNDREL book cover reveal

If writing is baking, then book covers are the cream cheese frosting on top of my sexy cinnamon roll. I love getting my covers back from the visionary Dar Albert at Wicked Smart Designs. What makes Dar so great is she gets my idea for the cover without having to write a 5,000-word essay!
So, here is the long-awaited cover for Book Seven in the Wicked Affairs series - titled WICKED SCOUNDREL. And don't worry, there are more books planned.
Excerpt:

Rose Elliston, the Duchess of Sandhurst, kept her arm firmly wound with Anne VanLandingham’s, Pelham's eccentric duchess, though the two weren’t fast friends. In public, Anne never shied from her reputation, which somehow protected the person she was with, which was just what Rose needed—to be unnoticed.

“I received a letter from the abbess this morning. She wants me to visit again,” Rose said in a low voice.

“That was rather timely,” Anne replied. “Perhaps there are more nobles in debt than I had imagined.”

Rose took a deep breath. There were no right decisions, only expedient ones.

“You are not having second thoughts are you, dear?” Anne asked.

“Do I really want to tie myself to a man who is incapable of managing his own finances?” Rose asked. Oh, if that were really her only problem!

“The pool of suitors is limited. You haven’t told me the particulars of your urgent situation, though I’ve always prided myself on my intuition. In this case, time is more important than money, hence my suggestion for a man indebted. Reverse the tables for once. When your marriage contract is prepared, demand that you provide him a quarterly allowance and let it be known that you will not cover any of his new gaming debts. Then avoid him for the duration of your marriage, except for the childbearing.”

Rose laughed. She had to - the situation was so ridiculous and desperate.

“I will attend her as soon as possible. I only wanted to tell you that your idea had born fruit. Hopefully there is more than one to choose from,” Rose said.

“What? One bad and one worse?” the duchess said and laughed. “Oh, that was rude of me, but then I’m not known for precise etiquette.” If Rose remembered rightly, Anne was a coalminer's daughter from Wales, who happened to be extraordinarily beautiful. They stopped beneath a large oak. “Do you want me to escort you back to Madame DuPuis’? I would be happy to do so."

“Thank you, but this is about my future. You didn’t need to offer advice, you know. I would have figured out a solution eventually.”

“When one of my peers’ cries at one of my splendid balls, it is my highest duty to help resolve the situation. We duchesses must stand firm together, you know. But do come to Grosvenor Square afterward and we can gossip about the lords in debt to the abbess.” Anne patted Rose’s hand. “And you are not to worry. After you choose your new spouse, Rand and I will host you at our home and set you firmly on the path to social acceptance, duchess or not. When I am done with the two of you, it will be as if everyone fully expected the two of you to marry all along!”

COMING SOON!

 

Wicked Scoundrel coming soon

You are about to meet them! Rose Elliston, the Duchess of Sandhurst and Matthew Hardy, Lord of Nothing. 

Wicked Scoundrel edits are finishing up now and I just got the cover back yesterday. I know you've all been waiting patiently for a new edition to the Wicked Affairs series. Book Seven is full of marital angst along with all the hotness you've come to expect from this series. Stayed Tuned!