Stephanie's November Blog
They tell me summer is around the corner…really?
We’ve had two warm spells, and in between, the temperatures drop back to early spring coolness. But at least all the irises are blooming, and the trees are now in full leaf, and my paulownia is flowering - it’s the “blue sapphire” version, so think of a huge tree with larger than hand-sized heart-shaped green leaves and upright heads of large blue snapdragon like flowers on the end of every branch. Pretty and unusual - I wonder how big it will grow.
In recent weeks, I’ve been away on a writer’s retreat with my favourite author friends, talking, laughing, watching elk graze, and also working - I’ve been fleshing out the last book in THE ADVENTURERS QUARTET, my latest swashbuckling adventure-romance series, this time combining high-seas excitement with adventures in deepest darkest Africa. Of course, romance abounds! The quartet - and yes, it’s a real quartet, so there’s a single major story that runs through all four romances, but each book contains one romance - will commence very soon - at the end of December - with the release of the first volume.
So - drum roll – on December 29, 2015 we’ll have the global release of The Lady's Command, the first volume of THE ADVENTURERS QUARTET. The adventures start when Lady Edwina (the sister of Neville Roscoe from The Lady Risks All) and her new husband, Declan Frobisher, sail to West Africa in search of answers for the Admiralty and our old friend, Royce, Duke of Wolverstone, and along the way, discover what it’s going to take to make their marriage work.
If you haven’t had a chance to arrange your pre-order copy, click HERE to find details of where to buy in print, e-book, and audiobook. The novel will be released globally on December 29, 2015 - UK and ANZ readers, your print editions should appear within a week or so.
For those on Goodreads, the Goodreads Giveaway for copies of this book – 10 copies, global access - is still open. Entries close November 12, 2015. Click HERE to enter.
And there’s a second extended excerpt for this book. If you haven’t yet read the first excerpt – all of Chapter 1 – it’s HERE. And the second excerpt – all of Chapter 2 – can be accessed HERE, or from the link at the end of the first excerpt.
The second volume in the quartet is A Buccaneer at Heart (to be released globally on April 26, 2016). In this instalment, Robert Frobisher, Declan’s brother, takes on the second leg of the mission and sails down to Freetown in Africa, expecting to go in, get the information he seeks, take it back to London, and then continue in his quest to find a wife. But in Freetown, his path crosses that of Aileen Hopkins, and his plans undergo a significant rearrangement. You can pre-order your copy now, and the cover, interior art, full description, and further details and links can be found HERE. An excerpt will be posted in December.
The manuscript for the third novel in the quartet, The Daredevil Snared (to be released on June 28, 2016) is in the final stages of preparation, and as mentioned above,I’m just starting to write the final volume, LORD OF THE PRIVATEERS, which will be released on December 27, 2016. So you’ll have a year’s-worth of adventure-romance to look forward to!
On a side note, the US-mass market paperback edition of BY WINTER’S LIGHT is now available. I saw it on shelves in grocery stores while I was away. I believe a similar edition should be out in the UK and ANZ by now.
To remind those who haven’t yet grabbed it, the digital image of the Cynster Family Tree Poster is now available to everyone globally. You can all access it easily – click HERE to download your copy.
As mentioned last month, looking into 2017 and onward, I’m planning on releasing at least one of each ongoing series – one Cynster Next Generation and one Barnaby Adair mystery – a year, plus one other book each year featuring one of those characters who you’ve all wanted to hear about for so long. So three books (at least) per year – I can’t promise not to write more!
So…What’s up next?
OUT NOW! – US-mass market paperback edition of BY WINTER’S LIGHT.
December 29, 2015 – THE LADY’S COMMAND, Volume 1 of THE ADVENTURERS QUARTET. Meet Captain Declan Frobisher and Lady Edwina nee Delbraith and follow them on their journey of discovery into love, marriage, and a secret mission that uncovers a dastardly scheme.
And then?
2016 will bring you the second, third and final installments of THE ADVENTURERS QUARTET.
2017 will bring the next Cynster novel, and after reading BY WINTER’S LIGHT, THE TEMPTING OF THOMAS CARRICK, and A MATCH FOR MARCUS CYNSTER, you should be able to guess which Cynster that will be. In addition, we will be releasing the next Casebook of Barnaby Adair story – you will have met the principal characters in previous books.
And there are many more stories on my TBW (to be written) List to follow after that. In short, there are lots more books coming your way.
If you want to keep abreast of details of what’s in the pipeline as well as being notified of my latest releases, joining my Email Newsletter List is the safest bet. It also carries links to exclusive sweepstakes and sneak peek excerpts.
Happy Reading,
Stephanie.
We’ve had two warm spells, and in between, the temperatures drop back to early spring coolness. But at least all the irises are blooming, and the trees are now in full leaf, and my paulownia is flowering - it’s the “blue sapphire” version, so think of a huge tree with larger than hand-sized heart-shaped green leaves and upright heads of large blue snapdragon like flowers on the end of every branch. Pretty and unusual - I wonder how big it will grow.
In recent weeks, I’ve been away on a writer’s retreat with my favourite author friends, talking, laughing, watching elk graze, and also working - I’ve been fleshing out the last book in THE ADVENTURERS QUARTET, my latest swashbuckling adventure-romance series, this time combining high-seas excitement with adventures in deepest darkest Africa. Of course, romance abounds! The quartet - and yes, it’s a real quartet, so there’s a single major story that runs through all four romances, but each book contains one romance - will commence very soon - at the end of December - with the release of the first volume.
So - drum roll – on December 29, 2015 we’ll have the global release of The Lady's Command, the first volume of THE ADVENTURERS QUARTET. The adventures start when Lady Edwina (the sister of Neville Roscoe from The Lady Risks All) and her new husband, Declan Frobisher, sail to West Africa in search of answers for the Admiralty and our old friend, Royce, Duke of Wolverstone, and along the way, discover what it’s going to take to make their marriage work.If you haven’t had a chance to arrange your pre-order copy, click HERE to find details of where to buy in print, e-book, and audiobook. The novel will be released globally on December 29, 2015 - UK and ANZ readers, your print editions should appear within a week or so.
For those on Goodreads, the Goodreads Giveaway for copies of this book – 10 copies, global access - is still open. Entries close November 12, 2015. Click HERE to enter.
And there’s a second extended excerpt for this book. If you haven’t yet read the first excerpt – all of Chapter 1 – it’s HERE. And the second excerpt – all of Chapter 2 – can be accessed HERE, or from the link at the end of the first excerpt.
The second volume in the quartet is A Buccaneer at Heart (to be released globally on April 26, 2016). In this instalment, Robert Frobisher, Declan’s brother, takes on the second leg of the mission and sails down to Freetown in Africa, expecting to go in, get the information he seeks, take it back to London, and then continue in his quest to find a wife. But in Freetown, his path crosses that of Aileen Hopkins, and his plans undergo a significant rearrangement. You can pre-order your copy now, and the cover, interior art, full description, and further details and links can be found HERE. An excerpt will be posted in December.The manuscript for the third novel in the quartet, The Daredevil Snared (to be released on June 28, 2016) is in the final stages of preparation, and as mentioned above,I’m just starting to write the final volume, LORD OF THE PRIVATEERS, which will be released on December 27, 2016. So you’ll have a year’s-worth of adventure-romance to look forward to!
On a side note, the US-mass market paperback edition of BY WINTER’S LIGHT is now available. I saw it on shelves in grocery stores while I was away. I believe a similar edition should be out in the UK and ANZ by now.
To remind those who haven’t yet grabbed it, the digital image of the Cynster Family Tree Poster is now available to everyone globally. You can all access it easily – click HERE to download your copy.
As mentioned last month, looking into 2017 and onward, I’m planning on releasing at least one of each ongoing series – one Cynster Next Generation and one Barnaby Adair mystery – a year, plus one other book each year featuring one of those characters who you’ve all wanted to hear about for so long. So three books (at least) per year – I can’t promise not to write more!
So…What’s up next?
OUT NOW! – US-mass market paperback edition of BY WINTER’S LIGHT.
December 29, 2015 – THE LADY’S COMMAND, Volume 1 of THE ADVENTURERS QUARTET. Meet Captain Declan Frobisher and Lady Edwina nee Delbraith and follow them on their journey of discovery into love, marriage, and a secret mission that uncovers a dastardly scheme.
And then?
2016 will bring you the second, third and final installments of THE ADVENTURERS QUARTET.
2017 will bring the next Cynster novel, and after reading BY WINTER’S LIGHT, THE TEMPTING OF THOMAS CARRICK, and A MATCH FOR MARCUS CYNSTER, you should be able to guess which Cynster that will be. In addition, we will be releasing the next Casebook of Barnaby Adair story – you will have met the principal characters in previous books.
And there are many more stories on my TBW (to be written) List to follow after that. In short, there are lots more books coming your way.
If you want to keep abreast of details of what’s in the pipeline as well as being notified of my latest releases, joining my Email Newsletter List is the safest bet. It also carries links to exclusive sweepstakes and sneak peek excerpts.
Happy Reading,
Stephanie.
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County in Britain in the early 19th century
1.Bedfordshire:
2.Berkshire: Gyles Rawlings 5th Earl of Chillingworth, Eldred Lord Gilmartin, Sir Henry Middlesham, Danvers Earl of Brunswick, husband Angela Mollison, John husband Margaret Michelmarsh, Honourable Archibald Lester, Major Holthorpe, Selbourne Marquess of Amberly.
3. Buckinghamshire: Dominic Ridgeley fifth Viscount Alton, James Hartley.
4.Cambridgeshire: Mrs. Wallace.
5.Cheshire: Lady Clara Cynster, Mr Roderick Clifford, Sir Augustus Cuthbert.
6.Cornwall: Mr Hedderwick, Lord Marcus Tregonning, Godfrey Marks, Mr Hedley Swayne, Jason Montgomery fifth Duke of Eversleigh, Charles St Austell 9th Earl of Lostwithiel, Selbourne Earl of Wallingham, George Lord Trescowthick, Lord Culver, Lady Essington, Mr. Cranfield, Lady Harbottle, Gervase Aubrey Simon Tregarth 6th Earl of Crowhurst, Harold Gascoigne Viscount Gascoigne, Malcolm Sinclair "Thomas Glendower", ...
7.Cumberland: Mr. Horatio Welham&Martha Welham, Marc Henry Marquis of Hazelmere, Dougal Douglas.
8.Derbyshire: Martin Fulbridge 5th Earl of Dexter, Buxton, Mr Gerrard Debbington, husband Augusta Mollison (Cunningham), Mr. Yarrow.
9.Devon: “Lucifer” Cynster, Sir Jasper Tallent, Mr Joshua Filing, Mr. Farthingale, Sir Cedric Fortemain, Sir Basil Smollet, Mr. Henry Grisby, Mr. Firman, Adrian Hawsley sixth Viscount Dere, Bryan Woolley, Mrs. Tolliver, Mr. Heskel, Sir Winston Smythe, Mrs. Woolcliffe, Mr. Kilby, Anthony Blake 6th Viscount Torrington, Geoffrey Manningham Lord Manningham, Jocelyn Deverell 7th Viscount Paignton.
10.Dorset: Harold Baron Glossup, George Quiggan, Lord Willoughby, Ester wife Bryan Woolley, Jason Montgomery fifth Duke of Eversleigh, Mr Edward Buchanan, Martin Willesden fifth Earl of Merton, Lord Newington.
11.County Durham:
12.Essex: Evangeline - Great Aunt Sophie Winterton,
13.Gloucestershire: Sir Ralph Keighly, Mr. William Ruskin, Julius Warnefleet Baron Warnefleet of Minchinbury.
14.Hampshire: Mr Geoffrey Anstruther-Wetherby, Mr Michael Anstruther-Wetherby, Mr Geoffrey Mollison, Mr George Sutcliffe, Mr Hedderwick, Sir Charles Rawlings, Squire Muckleridge, Dyan St. Laurent Dare 4 Duke of Darke , Henry Lord Brooke, Edmund Winton-Ryder, Lord Esher, Etta Lady Moreton, Miss Dorothea Darent, Melrose Gifford, Lord Elsbury,
15.Herefordshire:
16.Hertfordshire: Sir Thomas Twinning, Acheson-Smythes,
17.Huntingdonshire: “Devil” Cynster sixth Duke of St. Ives, Lord Claypole, Lord Draycott, Rev Ralph Postlethwaite
18.Kent: Mr Spencer Archibald “Vane” Cynster, Adrian Andrew Hawsley sixth Viscount Dere, Sir Humphrey Carling, Lord Farningham,
19.Lancashire: Alton Altwood Marquess of Melton
20.Leicestershire: Sylvester Sebastian Cynster sixth Duke of St. Ives, Mr Harold Gordon Potheridge, Gareth Heffernan, Lord Darcy Hamilton, Martin Cambden Willesden fifth Earl of Merton, Jason Montgomery fifth Duke of Eversleigh, Mr. Jack Lester, Horatio Webb, Edward Ascombe, Mr. Phillip Marston, Lady Asfordby, Henry Lord Entwhistle, Sister mother Miss Honoria Prudence Anstruther-Wetherby, Robert Gerrard fifth Viscount Gerrard, “Rogue”, Cousin Mrs. Eleanor Crawley (Makepeace of the Wiltshire),
21.Lincolnshire: Marquess of Catterly, Mr Philippe de Sèvres, Alec Lord Esher, Robert Percival Viscount Seddington, Sebastian Montgomery Trantor, Christian Michael Allardyce 6th Marquess of Dearne, Vaux Earl of Nunchance,
22.Middlesex: Rotherbridge Viscount of Delmere, Sir Percival Stratton,
23.Norfolk: Martin - husband Eliza Tallent, sister Lord Selbourne, Spencer Cranmer Baron Cranmer, Jonathon Hendon Lord Hendon, Mr. George Smeaton, Sir Harvey Gresham, Lord Marchmont, Lady Dersingham, Lady Lechfield, Mrs. Lucy Cartwright, Lady Falworth, Morgan, Henry Fairclough
24.Northamptonshire: Herbert Marquess of Huntly, parents Miss Emily Ensworth (Hamilton), Herbert Lord Darent, Martin Cambden Willesden fifth Earl of Merton, Mr Somercote, Sir Humphrey Winterton, Lord Abercrombie, Araminta Lady Bellamy, Hartley Penwick, Lord Catervale,
25.Northumberland: Jason Montgomery fifth Duke of Eversleigh, Royce Henry Varisey 10 Duke of Wolverstone Marquess of Winchelsea,
26.Nottinghamshire
27.Oxfordshire: husband Annabelle Michelmarsh, Carstairs-Jordan Viscount Henley, Lord Alfred Walford, Sir Alfred Caudel
28.Rutland: Lucien Michael Ashford 6th Viscount Calverton, Squire Gingold, Colonel Masterton, General Ffolliot, Marquis of Hazelmere,
29.Shropshire
30.Somerset: Mr Rupert Melrose “Gabriel” Cynster, Charles Morwellan 8 Earl of Meredith, Frederick Lord Conningham, Mr Simon Frederick Cynster, Carstairs of the Finchley-Carstairs, Martin Cambden Willesden fifth Earl of Merton, Henry Fortescue,
31.Staffordshire: Famingham (Farninghams), Henry Delbraith Duke of Ridgware, Babbacombes,
32.Suffolk: Mr Harold Henry “Demon” Cynster, General Sir Gordon Caxton, Lord Canterbury, Reginald Molesworth, Mrs. March, Mrs. Pemberton, Ermyntrude Lady Hallows, Lord Norwich, Mr Pelham Hurst, Sir Henry Dalrymple, Squire Moffat, Misses Pinkerton, Adair Earl of Sanford Earl of Cothelstone, Ferrar Earl of Shrewton,
33.Surrey: Marquis of Hazelmere, Earl of Eglemont, Lady Hightham, Carstairs (Swithin), Tristan Wemyss 4th Earl of Trentham, Georgina Vennacombe or Cynster, Caverlock Duke of Portsmouth.
34.Sussex: Adrian Andrew Hawsley sixth Viscount Dere, Carstairs family mother's Sophia Winterton, Philip Augustus Marlowe seventh Baron Ruthven, Lady Hammond, Lady Archibald, Sir Miles Castleton, Moresby, Mrs Mimms, Earl of Ticehurst,
35.Warwickshire: Alicia Pevensey,
36.Westmorland
37.Wiltshire: Mr James Glossup, Ryder Montgomery Sinclair Cavanaugh Marquess of Raventhorne, Cyril cousin Duke of Eversleigh, Mr Makepeace of the Wiltshire, Reverend Edward Matcham,
38.Worcestershire
39.Yorkshire: Reginald Beauregard Colyton, Colonel Derek Delborough, parents Miss Deliah Duncannon, Charles Babbacombe, Mr Ridley, Mr Ogleby, Geoffrey Mannering, Dalling, Great Aunt Agatha sisters Tregarth,
Channel Islands: Linnet Trevission (Monteith),
Counties of Scotland until 1890
Caithness
Sutherland
Ross
Cromarty
Inverness: Dominic Lachlan Guisachan 8 Earl of Glencrae Viscount Debenham, Hugh Baine laird of Clan Baine
Nairn
Elgin
Banff
Aberdeen: Fergus Frobisher,
Kincardine
Forfar
Perth: Seamus McEnery Laird of Keltyhead,
Argyll: Duncan Roderick Macintyre third earl of Strathyre,
Bute
Ayr: Manachan Carrick Laird Carrick the head of the Carrick Clan,
Renfrew
Dumbarton
Stirling
Clackmannan
Kinross
Fife
Linlithgow
Edinburgh
Haddington
Berwick
Roxburgh
Dumfries
Kirkcudbright: Miss Catriona Mary Hennessy Lady of the Vale of Casphairn (Cynster), Sir Olwyn Glean, Hennessey,
Wigtown: Major Logan Monteith, Monteith Earl of Kirkcowan,
Lanark
Selkirk
Peebles
Not shown:
Zetland (Shetland)
Orkney
Wales
Anglesey
Caernarfonshire
Denbighshire
Flintshire (4a is also part of Flintshire)
Merionethshire
Montgomeryshire
Cardiganshire
Radnorshire
Pembrokeshire
Carmarthenshire
Brecknockshire (Breconshire)
Glamorgan
Monmouthshire
Ireland: brother Lord Darcy Hamilton
County Kilkenny, Ireland: Denham Dalloway Earl of Kentland.