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MORE ABOUT MY NEW STORY...

7/20/2019

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The Anthology is free with your Amazon Kindle Unlimited membership...or $.99 on regular Kindle.  Enjoy!
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Here is synopsis of the story:
​      Miss Sarah Kinnard is the youngest of ten children, and when her father’s death and her mother’s grief delayed her London Season, she found herself with no options but to accompany a friend to the countryside, or to play nursemaid to her sisters’ children.
      The countryside seemed an excellent choice – until she met the man responsible for the renovations of the manor house at which they were staying. The man who, just by his presence, made her feel things that she had never felt before. Captain Benjamin Lockhart took on the role of renovation manager to give himself something to do, as he healed after the war. It was a new life that he found comfort in, until the arrival of Miss Kinnard, when he found himself desiring more from life than he had ever considered before.
      Can the restoration of a long abandoned manor house also restore the joy of life and love for two souls somewhat abandoned by their families?

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I mounted a long search to find the perfect 'portrait' of my heroine, Miss Sarah Kinnard and eventually I found this lovely miniature of Georgiana Russell, Duchess of Bedford, by a artist identified only as Walker. So snow I have another search to mount--who was Walker and what else did (s)he create?  I anticipate hours and hours on websites such as the marvelous miniature collection at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.  Hours of pure contentment?? Definitely for me!
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      So to me that is Sarah, and I love her pensive pose with tousled hair and simple gown. Delicious. 
      Below, a few of the images from the un-stately home, Calke Abbey, that served as inspirations for my story. Thanks, National Trust.
      Next week, I'll start relating some of the tidbits I found while preparing my talk on London Mansions for The Beau Monde in NYC.  
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    Here I will share some of my articles on favorite topics, such as English Country Houses, the Regency Royals, Jane Austen, and the like. Some of these articles have been published elsewhere, probably on the blog I share with Kristine Hughes and Louisa
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