My latest story, Sarah's Summer Surprise, will be published on July 23, while I am cavorting at The Beau Monde's Conference in New York City, part of the Romance Writer's of America's annual meeting.
It's part of an anthology entitled Regency Summer Escape combined with stories by Arietta Richmond and Regina Jeffers, all of us Amazon best-selling authors.
That is the cover for my individual story, featuring a portion of a fashion print from June 1813 La Belle Assemblee. Full details were in last week's blog.
This is how I visualize my hero, Captain Ben Lockhart, recovering fro wounds suffered at the Battle of Waterloo, on half-pay, and thrown into a task for which he feels unqualified: the restoration of a dilapidated estate in Sussex. This portrait, identified by keen-eyed fellow author Regina Jeffers as a picture of Andrew Copland painted by George Watson before 1807. I will have to see what else I can find about the handsome Mr Copland. Thanks again Regina.
If you want to learn more about how this grotto figures into the story, please go to Kindle and order it! Is that cheeky enough? I took this picture of an old and abandoned grotto at Calke Abbey in Derbyshire in 2018. It actually inspired the story.
More about the story next week!
More about the story next week!
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