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Annabelle can’t hide forever from the wealthy Hartley family, but can she give up the baby she loves? #historicalfiction #historicalsaga #YorkUK #Yorkshire #saga #Victorian #familydrama
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Spies, romance, the French Revolution and its effects on England, all mix together in intrigue in my recently released novella.
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When I traveled in Cornwall a few years ago, in a cozy bookshop I found a book and map of eighteenth century Truro. I set a previous novel in this town but knew I wanted to place another one there, this one a spy story.
I planned a visit to Truro, but family medical conditions prevented it and I never got the chance to return to Cornwall.
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| Truro street with St. Mary's Cathedral in the background |
Here is my novel's blurb:
Widowed Countess Eseld Trehearne seeks revenge for the brutal death of her female companion during a Paris riot. On her return to England, Eseld delves into espionage to defeat the French rebels.
Baron Robert Penhale, Eseld’s childhood love, rejoins the Secret Services after his wife’s death. He’s determined to protect England from the revolution terrorizing France.
Pierre, a ruthless French spy, fights for the common man while disguised as an English aristocrat. He’s intent on revenge against those who oppose him.
With the spy stalking them and Robert in fear for Eseld's life, the fate of the couple verges on disaster.
Real life spymaster, William Wickham, makes a brief appearance in my novel. Wickham was a British civil servant and politician. He founded the British foreign secret service during the French Revolution. I have my hero Robert working with Wickham.
Can Eseld and Robert rekindle their love, or will rules of 'protocol' (he a mere baron and she a countess) keep them apart? Each must find their own way through heartbreak and the risk of murder that hangs over them. Is Pierre right in his demand for equal rights? Or is he just out to kill aristocrats, and seduce Eseld in the process?
Will love be enough to mend the differences between Robert and Eseld? She wants no man to command her.
Review from Novels Alive: "The dastardly villain ramps up the suspense and is exposed during a thrilling conclusion. This sweet Regency (Georgian, actually) romance ties up all the loose ends effectively. To Entice a Spy is a delightful light romance with a dose of suspense to keep it interesting."
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Diane lives in Western Pennsylvania with her husband and one naughty dachshund.
I'm a former Navy Radioman (person) from California, married to a retired Navy chief. I've always loved to write and discover the past. I have two sons and two granddaughters.
“Never Dance With a Marquess”
takes the reader on a journey
through the psyches of both
Nicholas and Carrie. The
characters of Carrie’s teenaged
brother and sister are endearing
although their antics could easily
prove to be fateful to them or
others. Some scenes are slow, but
picks up the pace deeper into the
story. One gets emotionally
involved as Simon Leeming tries
to usurp Nicholas’ authority, and
Simon shows his true character.
All the characters are three
dimensional and easily relatable.
The world building is excellently
executed, and one finds
themselves immersed in the
1800s, living with the mores of
the times. A truly outstanding tale
of romance between an unlikely
hero and heroine! Ms. Andersen
delivers a beautifully orchestrated
story destined for the ages!
Belinda Wilson
I write sensual historical romance where heroes meet their match in feisty heroines. Add a dash of adventure, a murder or two, a mystery or intrigue. What better time to set them than the Georgian, Regency and the late Victorian period on the brink of the 20th Century.
The Regency was a time of both opulence and abject poverty. Of economic and social change: the Napoleonic wars, the power struggle for the Americas, and the Industrial revolution when people began to desert the country for the cities.
Celebrity Lord Byron wrote dark romantic poetry, and Beau Brummell defined and shaped fashion into a period of simplistic elegance. Men abandoned brocades and lace for linen trousers, overcoats with breeches and boots, and women abandoned corsets for high wasted, thin gauzy dresses.
A spend-thrift aesthete known for his scandalous affairs, George IV, the Prince of Wales was made Regent in 1811 after his father was declared too mad to rein. Prinny presided over the elegant society of the ton, the Upper Ten Thousand, who defined themselves by an incredibly formal etiquette code which set them apart from the rising middle class.
So happy that The Market Stall Girl won a silver medal at the USA Readers' Favorite Book Reviews and Award Contest!!
Sale alert! My historical saga, Aurora’s Pride is only 99p/c - 12-19th August!
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Will Beth and Noah find the happiness they wish for or will overwhelming events break them apart?
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The Market Stall Girl has been nominated for a Rone Award by Ind'Tale Magazine.
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Isabelle’s Choice
Will the choices
she’s made ruin her? Will she find the happiness she’s searching for?
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