tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6483268839895080552024-03-28T02:00:33.780-06:00Books and BenchesA fiction book blog. MK McClintockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15140830185509209100noreply@blogger.comBlogger716125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648326883989508055.post-28932897608589729372024-03-28T02:00:00.027-06:002024-03-28T02:00:00.132-06:00Escape into Suspense, Adventure, and Romance with the Kyndall Family<div class="MW5IWV" data-hook="bgLayers" data-motion-part="BG_LAYER" id="bgLayers_comp-lnhthgz11"><div class="LWbAav Kv1aVt" data-testid="colorUnderlay"></div><div class="VgO9Yg" data-motion-part="BG_MEDIA" id="bgMedia_comp-lnhthgz11"></div></div><div aria-label="Books" class="Vd6aQZ ignore-focus comp-ln1uiozr" id="comp-ln1uiozr" role="region" tabindex="-1"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">“Looking for a hard-to-figure-out mystery with a side order of nail-biting? Then look no further!” – <i>InD'tale Magazine</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>••• </i></span><br /></div><div><p class="_9HeWj _8tluJ" data-pm-slice="1 1 []" dir="auto" id="foo" style="text-align: initial;"><span>Meet the Kyndall’s: Alexa, Jordan, Donovan, and Owen. Four siblings connected by the unbreakable bonds of love, loyalty, and family—who will stand together, no matter the costs.</span></p><p class="_9HeWj _8tluJ" dir="auto" id="4203p" style="text-align: initial;"><span></span></p><p class="_9HeWj _8tluJ" dir="auto" id="52hb8" style="text-align: initial;"><span>Set against some of America’s most beautiful landscapes, from the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina and the Highlands of Maine to the sweeping peaks of Alaska, escape into suspense, adventure, and romance with the Kyndall Family.</span></p><p class="_9HeWj _8tluJ" dir="auto" id="66rle" style="text-align: initial;"><span></span></p><p class="_9HeWj _8tluJ" dir="auto" id="8fo25" style="text-align: initial;"><span></span></p><p class="_9HeWj _8tluJ" dir="auto" id="e8hg1" style="text-align: initial;"><span>Each book is a stand-alone novel in the series. </span></p><p class="_9HeWj _8tluJ" id="e8hg1" style="text-align: center;"><span> </span><a href="https://www.mkmcclintock.com/mckenna-grey"><img alt="The Dragon's Staircase_a romantic suspense thriller novel" src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5a3c63_15e60b6b09494aa58ea40ccd62b50eb3~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_453,h_453,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/5a3c63_15e60b6b09494aa58ea40ccd62b50eb3~mv2.jpg" /></a></p><p class="_9HeWj _8tluJ" dir="auto" id="aq7u0" style="text-align: initial;"><span></span></p><h2 class="rObS6 atKDY" dir="auto" id="fivst" style="text-align: initial;"><span><em style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Dragon's Staircase</span></em></span></h2><p class="_9HeWj _8tluJ" dir="auto" id="7npsd" style="text-align: initial;"><span></span></p><p class="_9HeWj _8tluJ" dir="auto" id="bbnhj" style="text-align: initial;"><span><strong style="font-weight: 700;">A woman haunted by her past. A man willing to do whatever it takes to save her. A killer closing in. </strong></span></p><p class="_9HeWj _8tluJ" dir="auto" id="10daj" style="text-align: initial;"><span></span></p><p class="_9HeWj _8tluJ" dir="auto" id="45n7c" style="text-align: initial;"><span>FBI Agent Alexa Kyndall devoted eight years of her life to the search for justice, showing no mercy to the guilty and depraved. When she joins a special task force to bring down a serial killer, Alexa encounters the most unexpected criminal of her career. </span></p><p class="_9HeWj _8tluJ" dir="auto" id="fbckl" style="text-align: initial;"><span></span></p><p class="_9HeWj _8tluJ" dir="auto" id="9052r" style="text-align: initial;"><span>When a child witnesses a brutal slaying, Alexa's life becomes intertwined with Craig Pierson's, a man with his own haunted past. They join forces, only to discover they must put everything on the line in a pulse-pounding struggle to protect and survive. </span></p><p class="_9HeWj _8tluJ" dir="auto" id="d4ubu" style="text-align: initial;"><span></span></p><p class="_9HeWj _8tluJ" dir="auto" id="3l7v6" style="text-align: initial;"><span>Nestled in a small town in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, The Dragon's Staircase is an intriguing, nonstop adventure that will keep readers enthralled from start to finish.</span></p><p class="_9HeWj _8tluJ" dir="auto" id="d60jl" style="text-align: initial;"><span></span></p><p class="_9HeWj _8tluJ" dir="auto" id="viou" style="text-align: initial;"><span>***</span></p><p class="_9HeWj _8tluJ" dir="auto" id="3jo2f" style="text-align: initial;"><span>"The well-defined characters combined with the suspenseful storyline make this a must read, and one that I will be recommending to all of my bookworm friends. I’m amazed at how smooth these two authors have combined their talents into one fabulous story." </span></p><p class="_9HeWj _8tluJ" dir="auto" id="3jo2f" style="text-align: initial;"><span>– <em style="font-style: italic;">Linda Thompson, Host of AuthorsShow.com </em></span></p><p class="_9HeWj _8tluJ" dir="auto" id="3jo2f" style="text-align: initial;"><span><em style="font-style: italic;"> </em></span></p><p class="_9HeWj _8tluJ" id="3jo2f" style="text-align: center;"><span><em style="font-style: italic;"> </em></span><a href="https://www.mkmcclintock.com/mckenna-grey"><img height="513" src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5a3c63_c978dad575db4a3bbd97627921b5597d~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_740,h_740,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/5a3c63_c978dad575db4a3bbd97627921b5597d~mv2.jpg" width="513" /></a></p><p class="_9HeWj _8tluJ" dir="auto" id="82fgo" style="text-align: initial;"><span></span></p><p class="_9HeWj _8tluJ" dir="auto" id="d3q74" style="text-align: initial;"><span></span></p><h2 class="rObS6 atKDY" dir="auto" id="b6chm" style="text-align: initial;"><span><em style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Shadow of the Forgotten</span></em></span></h2><p class="_9HeWj _8tluJ" dir="auto" id="c98qv" style="text-align: initial;"><span></span></p><p class="_9HeWj _8tluJ" dir="auto" id="m73g" style="text-align: initial;"><span><strong style="font-weight: 700;">A woman preyed upon by corruption. A man who won’t abandon her. An obsession that could destroy them both. </strong></span></p><p class="_9HeWj _8tluJ" dir="auto" id="33imr" style="text-align: initial;"><span></span></p><p class="_9HeWj _8tluJ" dir="auto" id="4jhev" style="text-align: initial;"><span>Heather York’s investigative career with the U.S. Marshals Service is neither glamorous nor dangerous, but when she’s thrust to the precipice of an unexpected threat, she has no choice but to wonder if she was meant to be collateral damage or the intended victim. </span></p><p class="_9HeWj _8tluJ" dir="auto" id="l3ig" style="text-align: initial;"><span></span></p><p class="_9HeWj _8tluJ" dir="auto" id="3n784" style="text-align: initial;"><span>At a luxury lakeside lodge in Maine, Jordan Kyndall’s plans to celebrate the wedding of his college roommate go awry before the happy couple has a chance to say “I do.” Jordan anticipated a good time with old friends. Instead, he stumbles upon a gruesome scene in the picturesque woods of the woman whose lifeless body unexpectedly stirs his protective nature. </span></p><p class="_9HeWj _8tluJ" dir="auto" id="2j8ia" style="text-align: initial;"><span></span></p><p class="_9HeWj _8tluJ" dir="auto" id="21jts" style="text-align: initial;"><span>As the threat against them grows and the questions multiply, they’ll have to trust each other—and their feelings—if they’re going to survive. </span></p><p class="_9HeWj _8tluJ" dir="auto" id="4j4cp" style="text-align: initial;"><span></span></p><p class="_9HeWj _8tluJ" dir="auto" id="23vqj" style="text-align: initial;"><span>***</span></p><p class="_9HeWj _8tluJ" dir="auto" id="1alcb" style="text-align: initial;"><span></span></p><p class="_9HeWj _8tluJ" dir="auto" id="f4ctn" style="text-align: initial;"><span>“That’s the way to do it - keep the reader hooked and reading and thinking they have it all figured out ... only to discover that they don’t. A nice bit of romance, a good deal of “whodunit” tension, and a satisfying conclusion make <em style="font-style: italic;">Shadow of the Forgotten</em> a great read on a weekend away. Enjoy!” </span></p><p class="_9HeWj _8tluJ" dir="auto" id="f4ctn" style="text-align: initial;"><span>— <em style="font-style: italic;">Readers' Favorite</em></span></p><p class="_9HeWj _8tluJ" dir="auto" id="f4ctn" style="text-align: initial;"><span><em style="font-style: italic;"> </em></span></p><p class="_9HeWj _8tluJ" id="f4ctn" style="text-align: center;"><span><em style="font-style: italic;"> </em></span><a href="https://www.mkmcclintock.com/mckenna-grey"><img height="548" src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5a3c63_00522f97ef1943039ed0243703ec0fc5~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_580,h_580,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/5a3c63_00522f97ef1943039ed0243703ec0fc5~mv2.jpg" width="548" /></a></p><p class="_9HeWj _8tluJ" dir="auto" id="5haqj" style="text-align: initial;"><span></span></p><p class="_9HeWj _8tluJ" dir="auto" id="n8ns" style="text-align: initial;"><span></span></p><h2 class="rObS6 atKDY" dir="auto" id="amt79" style="text-align: initial;"><span><em style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Wicked Cries Wolf</span></em></span></h2><p class="_9HeWj _8tluJ" dir="auto" id="7219c" style="text-align: initial;"><span></span></p><p class="_9HeWj _8tluJ" dir="auto" id="4j7u9" style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: initial;"><span><strong style="font-weight: 700;">In the shadow of Alaska’s Chugach Mountains, a darkness lurks and threatens a quiet coastal village in <em style="font-style: italic;">The Wicked Cries Wolf</em>, the third book in the Kyndall Family Thriller series. </strong></span></p><p class="_9HeWj _8tluJ" dir="auto" id="47qsc" style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: initial;"><span></span></p><p class="_9HeWj _8tluJ" dir="auto" id="dr8vn" style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: initial;"><span><em style="font-style: italic;">A woman desperate for solitude. A man with an enemy he can’t see. A dangerous game neither wants to play. </em></span></p><p class="_9HeWj _8tluJ" dir="auto" id="5ejk1" style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: initial;"><span></span></p><p class="_9HeWj _8tluJ" dir="auto" id="2aeqb" style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: initial;"><span>International bestselling author Meaghan Ryers has gained wealth, success, and fame . . . and all she wants is to be left alone. When her sister suggests she escape to someplace quiet where no one will find her, Meaghan picks a spot on the map and heads for Alaska. </span></p><p class="_9HeWj _8tluJ" dir="auto" id="4qe38" style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: initial;"><span></span></p><p class="_9HeWj _8tluJ" dir="auto" id="cd65l" style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: initial;"><span>Sheriff Donovan Kyndall of Stewart’s Crossing, Alaska, arrives at the scene of a car fire after receiving a mysterious call. He doesn’t expect a woman from out of town to be at the scene, begging him to believe someone was killed. As clues into the fire emerge, Donovan has to ask himself how she’s connected and how a caller knows details from his own tragic past. </span></p><p class="_9HeWj _8tluJ" dir="auto" id="1cq7" style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: initial;"><span></span></p><p class="_9HeWj _8tluJ" dir="auto" id="1nsaj" style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: initial;"><span>As the truth is revealed, Donovan and Meaghan are entangled in a puzzle of lies, treachery, and clues they must decode if they are to outlast their enemy.</span></p><p class="_9HeWj _8tluJ" dir="auto" id="cnrr4" style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: initial;"><span></span></p><p class="_9HeWj _8tluJ" dir="auto" id="9om8s" style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: initial;"><span>***</span></p><p class="_9HeWj _8tluJ" dir="auto" id="bguri" style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: initial;"><span></span></p><p class="_9HeWj _8tluJ" dir="auto" id="1c4a6" style="text-align: initial;"><span>"The author starts the story with a bang, literally, as Meaghan, our lead witnesses an accident. Or was it murder? The author paces the tale beautifully as Meaghan and Donovan try to figure who is targeting them. On a side note, I loved the beautiful naturistic landscape of Alaska where the story takes place. Also Skye is just adorable!" —Rajiv's Reviews</span></p><p class="_9HeWj _8tluJ" dir="auto" id="1c4a6" style="text-align: initial;"><span> </span></p><p class="_9HeWj _8tluJ" dir="auto" id="bhuhp" style="text-align: initial;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="370" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_mGuiRRTyXE" width="484" youtube-src-id="_mGuiRRTyXE"></iframe></div><br /><span><br /></span><p></p><div class="" data-mesh-id="comp-ljuk0b6z1inlineContent" data-testid="inline-content"><div data-mesh-id="comp-ljuk0b6z1inlineContent-gridContainer" data-testid="mesh-container-content"><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">About McKenna Grey</span></h2>McKenna Grey, a pseudonym, writes romantic suspense and thrillers, including the Kyndall Family series. Her works also include the small-town contemporary romance collection, <i>Christmas in the Rockies</i> (because she was in the mood to write something sweet).<br /><br />She lives wherever the next adventure takes her, which is usually somewhere with a lot of trees or exists only in her imagination. <br /><br />***<br /><br />McKenna is not active on social media. Find her books at <a href="https://www.mkmcclintock.com/mckenna-grey">mckennagrey.com</a>. </div><div data-mesh-id="comp-ljuk0b6z1inlineContent-gridContainer" data-testid="mesh-container-content"><br /></div><div data-mesh-id="comp-ljuk0b6z1inlineContent-gridContainer" data-testid="mesh-container-content"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/McKenna-Grey/e/B01GQI6X8C" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.bookbub.com/authors/mckenna-grey" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BookBub</a> | <a href="https://bookshop.org/lists/mckenna-grey-books" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bookshop</a><br /></div><div data-mesh-id="comp-ljuk0b6z1inlineContent-gridContainer" data-testid="mesh-container-content"><br /></div><div data-mesh-id="comp-ljuk0b6z1inlineContent-gridContainer" data-testid="mesh-container-content"><br /></div></div><p class="_9HeWj _8tluJ" dir="auto" id="9djrv" style="text-align: initial;"></p></div>MK McClintockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15140830185509209100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648326883989508055.post-16975097855615691652024-03-26T01:30:00.002-06:002024-03-26T01:30:00.127-06:00Two Healers, a Brighter Tomorrow - FIND ME IN THE STARS <p style="text-align: center;"> <i><span lang="EN-GB">“Larimore's ability to engulf a reader into a tale... is brilliantly
done</span></i><i><span lang="EN-GB">.”</span></i></p><p style="text-align: center;">5-star Highly Recommended
Award of Excellence ~ Historical Fiction Company</p><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://books2read.com/u/31B6PM" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Find Me in the Stars" border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1600" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXKCBeP88K98il9M9jQgMwMTNJO6a4JAaLseE0_ammUdhjYMB-km44AC3jDxKso2DTFjhs7KlGTwf2w7wca7s_y4qNdcPnzjlNeGH56Z8lVZJsMu8Le6ZVfuKvltvekRhbS2A8tM8zpiVJ5Y62UQczXR5C8lFP5TdW6if4kV8b5xy98iThG3nZy86BGGI/w326-h520/Find%20Me%20in%20the%20Stars%20cover.jpg" width="326" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><i><b>Separated by miles, connected by the stars, two healers forge their destinies in a quest for a brighter tomorrow.</b></i></p><p>Inspired by a true story, this refugee's tale of sacrifice, separation, and abiding love unfolds in the Cévennes Mountains of Languedoc, France, 1697. A sweeping adventure during the time of Louis XIV's oppressive rule and persecutions, this compelling narrative follows the intertwined destinies of two remarkable protagonists, Amelia Auvrey, a mystic holy-woman healer, and Jehan BonDurant, an apothecary from a noble Huguenot family, in a riveting tale of enduring love, faith, and the search for light in the darkest of times. </p><p>Amelia and Jehan are fierce champions of tolerance and compassion in their cherished Cévenole homeland, a region plagued by renewed persecution of Huguenots. The escalated danger forces their paths to diverge, each embarking on their own dangerous journey toward survival and freedom. The Knights Hospitaller provide protection and refuge for Amelia and her ailing sage-femme grandmother, even as they come under suspicion of practicing witchcraft. And, to avoid entanglement in a brewing rebellion, Jehan joins a troupe of refugees who flee to the Swiss Cantons seeking sanctuary—a journey that challenges his faith and perseverance. Jehan arrives to find things are not as he expected; the Swiss have their own form of intolerance, and soon immigrants are no longer welcome. The utopian Eden he seeks remains elusive until he learns of a resettlement project in the New World. </p><p>During their time apart, Amelia and Jehan rely on a network of booksellers to smuggle secret letters to each other—until the letters mysteriously cease, casting doubt on their future together. Jehan is unclear if Amelia will commit to joining him, or if she will hold fast to her vow of celibacy and remain in the Cévennes. Seemingly ill-fated from the start, their love is tested to its limits as they are forced to navigate a world where uncertainty and fear threaten to eclipse their unwavering bond. </p><p>As a stand-alone sequel to the award-winning The Muse of Freedom, a bestseller in Renaissance Fiction, Find Me in the Stars is based on true events in the life of Jean Pierre Bondurant dit Cougoussac--an unforgettable adventure where love and light endure against all odds.</p><p><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>This title will be available on
#KindleUnlimited. <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://books2read.com/u/31B6PM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Get the Book</span></b></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://books2read.com/u/31B6PM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img class="x-el x-el-img c2-1 c2-2 c2-6p c2-i c2-e c2-f c2-o c2-q c2-3u c2-6t c2-6o c2-6u c2-3 c2-4 c2-5 c2-6 c2-7 c2-8" data-aid="GALLERY_IMAGE2_RENDERED" data-ux="Image" height="397" src="https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/c65fa4a5-b2ed-460f-995f-a4fcc03bdb9d/Launch_Find%20Me%20in%20the%20Stars_p3.png/:/cr=t:0%25,l:0%25,w:100%25,h:100%25" width="397" /></a></p><h2 style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">•••</span></h2><h2 style="text-align: left;">Meet the Author</h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE_pNKyWfUtow8Gy4wZ5d6f-xxxM2SeRwiacIO-Rghe40kGHVuIEtPgeCiCMftpVtA8F8uzLtHGslKtPYxCy6OY_w_R-Bd5lBZKqQVDCZebbDC4AcyVERmSOnMKHHfab17r9ghpTFIIq2qk_pmDEo78TvtVPbY4-OPsFgyFejXech0pX0tmp3RGQg9_5M/s993/Jules%20Larimore%20at%20Pont%20du%20Gard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Author Jules Larimore" border="0" data-original-height="880" data-original-width="993" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE_pNKyWfUtow8Gy4wZ5d6f-xxxM2SeRwiacIO-Rghe40kGHVuIEtPgeCiCMftpVtA8F8uzLtHGslKtPYxCy6OY_w_R-Bd5lBZKqQVDCZebbDC4AcyVERmSOnMKHHfab17r9ghpTFIIq2qk_pmDEo78TvtVPbY4-OPsFgyFejXech0pX0tmp3RGQg9_5M/w175-h155/Jules%20Larimore%20at%20Pont%20du%20Gard.jpg" width="175" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Jules Larimore is the author of emotive, literary-leaning historical fiction with a dose of magic, myth, and romance to bring to life hopeful human stories and inspire positive change. She is a member of France’s Splendid Centuries authors’ collaborative, a board member of the Historical Novel Society of Southern California, and lives primarily in Ojai with time spent around the U.S. and Europe gathering a rich repository of historical research in a continued search for authenticity.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://juleslarimore.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> | <a href="https://www.bookbub.com/profile/70036407" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BookBub</a> | <a href="https://www.amazon.com/stores/Jules-Larimore/author/B0BBC13BR7" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/205843160-find-me-in-the-stars" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Goodreads</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://twitter.com/jules_larimore" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/juleslarimore/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/juleslarimore/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/juleslarimore/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pinterest </a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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</p>Book Title: <i>Find Me in the Stars</i><br />Series: a Cévenoles Sagas novel - Book Two in the Huguenot Trilogy<br />Author: Jules Larimore<br />Publication Date: March 20th, 2024<br />Publisher: Mystic Lore Books<br />Page Length: 328<br />Genre: Renaissance Historical Fiction / Women’s Fiction</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">•••</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><h2 style="text-align: center;">PRAISE FOR THE MUSE OF FREEDOM</h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Book One in the Huguenot Trilogy</span> <br /></h2><br />“AN ENGROSSING STORY about fiercely independent people... This ABSORBING TALE of religious strife creates a vivid world that will draw readers in... ” <br />~ Kirkus Review<br /><br />"BRILLIANTLY TOLD. A story that will stick with you long after you've turned the last page. FRESH AND COMPELLING. As relevant now as it was then." <br />~ Janet Wertman, author of the Seymour Saga trilogy<br /><br />"Larimore's LUSH, VIBRANT PROSE and SHARP EYE FOR HISTORICAL DETAIL at once transported me back to Occitan haunts and castles. A must-read for anyone who loves novels set in that alluring region of southern France." <br />~ Glen Craney, author of <i>The Fire and the Light</i><br /><br />"This story WILL CAPTURE YOU and not let go. History and DEFTLY-CRAFTED STORYTELLING rolled into one." <br />~ Rozsa Gaston, author of the Anne of Brittany Series<br /><br />“WONDROUS FIRST NOVEL. Jules is an alchemist, drawing on the poetic power of words, assembling a colorful combination of characters to authentically explore the landscape of the human heart; its yearnings, boundaries, expectations and limitations.” <br />~ Elijah Alexander, actor (Atticus Aemillius on The Chosen TV series)<br /><br />CHARACTERS ARE WELL-DEVELOPED AND LIKABLE, forming easy connections with the reader, and the structure... FLOWS BRILLIANTLY, providing a well-defined combination of history and escape... themes of love and acceptance stream through, along with a very enjoyable depiction of noble and rural life in 17th century France. VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. <br />~ Historical Fiction Company, five star award of excellence<br /><br />“COMPELLING CHARACTERS... thought-provoking themes of religious freedom, love and loyalty, incredible fortitude, and courage in the face of persecution.” <br />~ Reader’s Favorite five-star review<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="353" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XvbntT-DxNY" width="482" youtube-src-id="XvbntT-DxNY"></iframe></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>MK McClintockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15140830185509209100noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648326883989508055.post-88529800317455746542024-03-12T03:00:00.004-06:002024-03-12T03:00:00.124-06:00Château de Verzat Series: Resilient Women During the French Revolution<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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</p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">*<i>Her Own Legacy</i> will be only 0.99 in the UK, CA and AU stores from March 5th – 15th, 2024!*</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-size: medium;">"Breathtakingly complex and intriguing, the novel [<i>Her Own Revolution</i>] delivers in spades."<i> The Prairies Book Review</i></span></blockquote><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i></i></span><p></p><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large; font-weight: normal;">Enjoy an Excerpt</span></h2><p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Her Own Legacy 3D covers." class="stk-img wp-image-821" height="372" src="https://debraborchert.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/her-own-revolution-combo.png.webp" width="441" /><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b> <br /></b></i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>Her Own Revolution</b></i>, Paris, July 30, 1794<br /><br /><i>Geneviève attempts to escape arrest</i><br /><br />At dawn, I brushed the white dust from my skirts and peeked out from the cellar. I ran through alleys to the back entrance of the Châtelet, crept up the servants’ steps, crossed the hall to the clerk chamber, and stopped to gather my wits. Please, God, help me find the papers I copied. If I could present them to the Tribunal, they would be forced to release Papa.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />I edged myself around the doorway and stepped back to see the clerks already at work. Instead of copying, they were sorting documents into piles lining a table before the fireplace where Imberton stood, straight as a pike. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />Armand held up a paper. “Roland?” He lifted another. “And Delignon?”</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />Imberton indicated two piles. Armand deposited the papers and returned to his desk where a stack of documents teetered. I wished Armand had already sailed for America.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> <br />Denis, holding folders, called out, “Widow Capet.” Imberton pointed at the tallest pile.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> Denis deposited the folders and hurried to my father’s office. Denis’s twins were four now, and his wife with child. I hoped he would be safe.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />Imberton noticed me. His face reddened as he pointed and shouted, “Guards! Arrest her!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />My heartbeat thundered. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />“Guards!” Imberton shouted.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />I ran for the servants’ stairs. My legs shook so hard, I careened off the walls as I clambered down the steps. Where could I go that was safe? The château, but I’d be stopped at the city barrier. I could no longer use my father’s name—the day I’d dreaded since the first time I used it as protection had arrived. The only way past the barriers was through the tunnels. My skin felt too tight, like it was suffocating me. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />I stood panting at the side door. Once I opened it, I’d be exposed. But if I went through the side exit, I could make it to the square and blend in with the market people. I would have to walk past the morgue. The tunnel was dark, lit only by holes in the ceiling protected by metal grates embedded in the streets above, which I had stepped over a hundred times. I’d never traveled the passage, but I’d no better choice.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />I wrapped my shawl around my face, took a deep breath, and ran. The moans from prisoners in the dungeon echoed along the stone passage. The air was thick with the stench of blood and death. I shoved open the wooden door, not caring who was on the other side. Stopping in the alley scattered with rags stained with blood, I wrapped my shawl around my shoulders and forced myself to walk calmly. I peered around the corner.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />The square wasn’t much longer than the copying room. I inhaled, stood tall, and headed for the biggest knot in the crowd.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />Rioters swarmed the arched entrance, raising pikes and screaming. Men and women wearing red caps charged across the square. A woman pounded the closed main doors. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">“Give me back my husband!”</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />I tottered and pressed my feet to the cobbles.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />“Join your victims, you man-eater!” yelled a man, wielding a sword.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />A rotund man, his beard and hair wiry and disheveled, bellowed, “Send Tinville to hell! Let him wallow in the blood he has shed!”</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />I fell back. They were screaming revenge against my father. I bent over, nauseated and dizzy. Clutching the building, I forced myself to stand straight. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />A guard came out of the entryway and yelled, “He’s at la Conciergerie!”</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />The crowd of red-capped sans-culottes turned and flowed like a stream of blood across the square and over the bridge toward the prison. I could get Papa out, like LaGarde. I just needed men’s clothing, a place to hide, and a plan.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />I forced myself to breathe calmly, descend the steps, and intermingle with the crowd, while trying to remember the tunnel entrance nearest the prison. The flower seller stood at the edge of the market. I headed straight for her and hoped I could make it without anyone recognizing me.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />A powerful hand grabbed my arm, pulled me to the bulk of a man, his warmth penetrating my sleeve. I opened my mouth, but his other hand covered it. The square spun around me.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">End of Excerpt. © Debra Borchert.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> •••</span></p><div class="wp-block-stackable-heading stk-block-heading stk-block-heading--v2 stk-block stk-ebbd3da" data-block-id="ebbd3da" id="cursed-beauty-ya-fairy-tale-adaptation" style="text-align: center;"><h2 class="stk-block-heading__text has-text-align-left-mobile"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">Soups of Château de Verzat</span></i></span></h2></div>
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</p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUovE8cJVN1JOGItxHOM10uBIw7w4zoiUCAKqLMgofwXjSmE9yISzewymKsV4IZhASP9wpWMbxF65yLx5ywwjUYTMMHj9_z5czTj_o4XRWnvtRdeyAjFtYeWGWXuAlQfYIDq8huNVYkxLvtto_P1lkGGWEHaWbUY26xrsYwpzSmOVRYg6YfWgOQYDCZCo/s3872/Debra%20Borchert%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="3872" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUovE8cJVN1JOGItxHOM10uBIw7w4zoiUCAKqLMgofwXjSmE9yISzewymKsV4IZhASP9wpWMbxF65yLx5ywwjUYTMMHj9_z5czTj_o4XRWnvtRdeyAjFtYeWGWXuAlQfYIDq8huNVYkxLvtto_P1lkGGWEHaWbUY26xrsYwpzSmOVRYg6YfWgOQYDCZCo/s320/Debra%20Borchert%201.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />Debra’s the author of the Château de Verzat series that follows headstrong and independent women and the four-hundred loyal families who protect a Loire Valley château and vineyard, and its legacy of producing the finest wines in France during the French Revolution. <i>Her Own Legacy</i> published 2022, <i>Her Own Revolution</i> published 2023, and <i>Her Own War</i> will be published in 2024. A passionate cook, she also wrote a companion cookbook to the series: <i>Soups of Château de Verzat, A Culinary Tribute to the French Revolution</i>, 2023.<br /><br />A graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology, she weaves her knowledge of textiles and clothing design throughout her historical fiction. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her family and standard poodle, named after a fine French Champagne. <br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://debraborchert.com/ " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> | <a href="https://www.amazon.com/stores/Debra-Borchert/author/B00CSW9MH0 " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7787729.Debra_Borchert " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> | <a href="https://www.bookbub.com/authors/debra-borchert" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BookBub</a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://twitter.com/debraborchert " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>/X | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/DebraBorchertAuthor/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/debraborchertauthor/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/debraborchert/ " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pinterest </a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEg084k4jQYijc7fP40alUD6E2Dk0zq2VqVoxUbdkjJ5cTdLPRf3ZzWMec66BtFgbHP4LJWaLr-LKUhk3QwqhVoLWDtillVnTA-ksClhfxiacHgvYGWxwfOed6hVoGKF33BdYaBL0TWavqVqntezDi3h0z95rXRKyjDW-qzmo-Lqm9TiKaDVz99vSJ1K0/s640/Chateau%20de%20Verzat%20Series%20Banner.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="640" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEg084k4jQYijc7fP40alUD6E2Dk0zq2VqVoxUbdkjJ5cTdLPRf3ZzWMec66BtFgbHP4LJWaLr-LKUhk3QwqhVoLWDtillVnTA-ksClhfxiacHgvYGWxwfOed6hVoGKF33BdYaBL0TWavqVqntezDi3h0z95rXRKyjDW-qzmo-Lqm9TiKaDVz99vSJ1K0/w465-h262/Chateau%20de%20Verzat%20Series%20Banner.png" width="465" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>Her Own Legacy (Book 1)<br />Her Own Revolution (Book 2)<br /><br />Series: Château de Verzat<br />Author: Debra Borchert<br /><br />Publication Date: <br />HOL: 9/1/22<br />HOR: 7/14/23<br /><br />Publisher: Le Vin Press<br />Genre: Historical Fiction<br /><br /></p>MK McClintockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15140830185509209100noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648326883989508055.post-36674775507376625122024-03-01T02:00:00.003-07:002024-03-01T02:00:00.237-07:00LIGHTEN THE LOAD: A Pioneer Western Adventure<p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">After a devastating tragedy, Dorcas Moon faces brutal choices in the unforgiving wilderness.</span></b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimpIc_CvkNjxrtUdEbvYXVABMiCQRAVzXrxPKi7zEsQ3rX8ItbPl8BXxoyRi23oaDQ09IP7R8Hsx86U5DwNPlqFhQwNkRxURRWdz1TYviY7L3EvMrVi1kJL-_NOWbAX-XD2tTvDTFSxAKc1PKm_tuCWHhv-GzH7Sn4tv9x6NYlqRNff6h2ibm1If7WItg/s1296/Lighten%20The%20Load%20cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="864" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimpIc_CvkNjxrtUdEbvYXVABMiCQRAVzXrxPKi7zEsQ3rX8ItbPl8BXxoyRi23oaDQ09IP7R8Hsx86U5DwNPlqFhQwNkRxURRWdz1TYviY7L3EvMrVi1kJL-_NOWbAX-XD2tTvDTFSxAKc1PKm_tuCWHhv-GzH7Sn4tv9x6NYlqRNff6h2ibm1If7WItg/w266-h399/Lighten%20The%20Load%20cover.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><p>An unsolved hometown murder casts a foreboding shadow over the journey. Mounting responsibilities weigh heavy on Dorcas' shoulders while navigating the trail along the Platte River. Family, friends, and neighbors can't seem to get along without her help.</p><p>The gruesome trail exacts a heavy toll. A sweeping grass fire blazes across the prairie. A doomed wagon careens down a treacherous hill. A fellow traveler is gored to death while hunting buffalo. Each disaster pushes the pioneers to the brink. Amidst the chaos, Dorcas grapples with the realization that she must dump her precious cook stove and her husband's massive safe. The oxen can no longer haul the heavy weight of unnecessary cargo.</p><p>When her daughter mysteriously disappears while the wagons are at Fort Laramie, Dorcas Despairs. She is desperate to help her daughter when the troubled youth is found in the arms of a Brulé man in Spotted Tail's village.</p><p>Secure your copy of Lighten the Load and delve into an unforgettable saga of empowerment, sacrifice, and the haunting echoes of the American frontier. Rejoin Dorcas Moon on the adventure of a lifetime as she confronts the challenges that shape her destiny.</p><p style="text-align: center;">•••</p><p>This title is available to read on #KindleUnlimited.</p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Lighten-Load-Pioneer-Western-Adventure-ebook/dp/B0CPBG3W4S/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kindle</a> | <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CRRNHLSN" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Paperback</a></p><p style="text-align: center;">•••</p><p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="355" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sWvp6dtbXvA" width="486" youtube-src-id="sWvp6dtbXvA"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: center;">Discover the Rest of the Series</h2><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CPBG94SY?binding=paperback&searchxofy=true&ref_=dbs_s_bs_series_rwt_tpbk&qid=1709077962&sr=1-6" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Ghosts Along the Oregon Trail series" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="367" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjoCV7JE7FQUStwzwqlPAeGDUgc5ms9P-70yDpYJwNxYkm9vCaovsVRbf4HxKj2aVg6UYJf0ThWLF3lhlJMWMHZYlYgEoIYmeyXi2TnLTdEPTLwmxNZhPRJ8pldVu4qJ9hNyUZuqmD-S1hTNTBhZ4MDNCv-wo8BquONbfRWzsOGRXMNYm4OsDIfbSGGrWE=s16000" title="Ghosts Along the Oregon Trail series" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">•••</p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Meet the Author<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil1_JBQBOXcSKAhXdHBKfT4TscSta9_04JlMrHofrKzZE8e-qiWm87Zb_K29CM13zLlqFTmngJsCfprsbd3E49VjBaePPGe_ateBZV_ufVUWQ5APJVIQvfaxanMLsOgIIN1-xH-ms2gUrDdK-Jx8vMUIpY8q_4qqafdJXMcwVa5IYO8PptEt0jIRGR5Xk/s1080/David%20Fitz-Gerald.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Author David Fitz-Gerald" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil1_JBQBOXcSKAhXdHBKfT4TscSta9_04JlMrHofrKzZE8e-qiWm87Zb_K29CM13zLlqFTmngJsCfprsbd3E49VjBaePPGe_ateBZV_ufVUWQ5APJVIQvfaxanMLsOgIIN1-xH-ms2gUrDdK-Jx8vMUIpY8q_4qqafdJXMcwVa5IYO8PptEt0jIRGR5Xk/w232-h232/David%20Fitz-Gerald.jpg" title="Author David Fitz-Gerald" width="232" /></a></div></span></h2><p><b>David Fitz-Gerald</b> writes westerns and historical fiction. He is the author of twelve books, including the brand-new series, Ghosts Along the Oregon Trail set in 1850. Dave is a multiple Laramie Award, first place, best in category winner; a Blue Ribbon Chanticleerian; a member of Western Writers of America; and a member of the Historical Novel Society.</p><p>Alpine landscapes and flashy horses always catch Dave’s eye and turn his head. He is also an Adirondack 46-er, which means that he has hiked to the summit of the range’s highest peaks. As a mountaineer, he’s happiest at an elevation of over four thousand feet above sea level.</p><p>Dave is a lifelong fan of western fiction, landscapes, movies, and music. It should be no surprise that Dave delights in placing memorable characters on treacherous trails, mountain tops, and on the backs of wild horses.</p><p><a href="https://www.itsoag.com/GATOT " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> | <a href="https://www.bookbub.com/profile/david-fitz-gerald " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BookBub</a> | <a href="https://www.amazon.com/author/dfitzgerald " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17341792.David_Fitz_Gerald " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> </p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/AuthorDAVIDFG " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AuthorDaveFITZGERALD/ " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/authordavefitzgerald/ " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/AuthorDaveFITZGERALD/ " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pinterest</a> | <a href="https://linktr.ee/authordavidfitzgerald " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Linktree</a></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5t5yACbeeybEOpUN_67Nl749Hvc1rij3CbINcJTq8aIarlqviffbJblEj0vh7-5B2M3JuEsdaF0vFvD_21RZXgoeOIGYCY6LK5lStFn46IAF7B4mb_Dm8sLfPu9arQQ22UhNP2K9jOS8pbf_RT2C53eTY4ZmUrLPedvOemrQjztLI4FLiTB-Htbsp3Y8/s640/Lighten%20The%20Load%20Tour%20Banner.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="640" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5t5yACbeeybEOpUN_67Nl749Hvc1rij3CbINcJTq8aIarlqviffbJblEj0vh7-5B2M3JuEsdaF0vFvD_21RZXgoeOIGYCY6LK5lStFn46IAF7B4mb_Dm8sLfPu9arQQ22UhNP2K9jOS8pbf_RT2C53eTY4ZmUrLPedvOemrQjztLI4FLiTB-Htbsp3Y8/w503-h283/Lighten%20The%20Load%20Tour%20Banner.png" width="503" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Book Title: Lighten the Load</p><p>Series: Ghosts Along the Oregon Trail (Book 2)</p><p>Author: David Fitz-Gerald</p><p>Publication Date: January 31, 2024</p><p>Publisher: David Fitz-Gerald</p><p>Page Length: 203</p><p>Genre: Western, Historical Fiction</p><div><br /></div>MK McClintockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15140830185509209100noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648326883989508055.post-64580369119936736612024-02-20T09:24:00.004-07:002024-03-26T13:50:16.134-06:00New Release: THE TRAIL TO CROOKED CREEK<p><span color="var(--ricos-custom-p-color,unset)" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The Trail to Crooked Creek</span><span color="var(--ricos-custom-p-color,unset)" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">, a new romantic and adventurous novella in the Crooked Creek series is </span><span color="var(--ricos-custom-p-color,unset)" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">now here to fill your hours (and e-readers) with joy. It's also available in print for those who like to hold paper.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Join me, Leah Tennyson, and Wesley Davenport on a journey </span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); 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vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="tLgi0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">For devoted e-readers:</span></span><span class="tLgi0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><a class="z-E-z _1i-uR" href="https://amzn.to/3tSmoUd" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; font-family: var(--ricos-custom-link-font-family, unset); font-size: var(--ricos-custom-link-font-size, unset); font-style: var(--ricos-custom-link-font-style, unset); font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: var(--ricos-custom-link-font-weight, unset); line-height: var(--ricos-custom-link-line-height, unset); margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-link-min-height, unset); outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: initial; text-decoration: var(--ricos-custom-link-text-decoration, none); vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Amazon Kindle</span></span></a><span color="var(--ricos-custom-p-color,unset)" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span color="var(--ricos-custom-p-color,unset)" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: initial; vertical-align: baseline;">(in KU)</span></span></p></div><div data-breakout="normal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding-inline-end: var(--ricos-breakout-normal-padding-end,0); padding-inline-start: var(--ricos-breakout-normal-padding-start,0); padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div data-hook="rcv-block26" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" type="bulleted_list"></div><div data-breakout="normal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding-inline-end: var(--ricos-breakout-normal-padding-end,0); padding-inline-start: var(--ricos-breakout-normal-padding-start,0); padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="qLu9J fi-3d AaeHt _6-rbz nL1m6" id="viewer-mfv488207" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--ricos-custom-p-color,unset); direction: ltr; font-family: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-family,unset); font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-stretch: inherit; font-style: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-style,unset); font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-weight,unset); line-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-line-height,unset); margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: var(--ricos-custom-p-text-decoration,unset); vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="tLgi0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">For the paper people:</span></span></span></p></div><div data-hook="rcv-block27" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" type="paragraph"></div><p class="qLu9J fi-3d AaeHt _6-rbz nL1m6" id="viewer-e2uqr6074" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--ricos-custom-p-color,unset); font-family: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-family,unset); font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-stretch: inherit; font-style: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-style,unset); font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-weight,unset); line-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-line-height,unset); margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: var(--ricos-custom-p-text-decoration,unset); vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="tLgi0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><div data-breakout="normal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding-inline-end: var(--ricos-breakout-normal-padding-end,0); padding-inline-start: var(--ricos-breakout-normal-padding-start,0); padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><a class="z-E-z _1i-uR" href="https://amzn.to/42J61WI" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; font-family: var(--ricos-custom-link-font-family, unset); font-size: var(--ricos-custom-link-font-size, unset); font-style: var(--ricos-custom-link-font-style, unset); font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: var(--ricos-custom-link-font-weight, unset); line-height: var(--ricos-custom-link-line-height, unset); margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-link-min-height, unset); outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: initial; text-decoration: var(--ricos-custom-link-text-decoration, none); vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #8b5b54; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Paperback</span></span></span></a><span color="var(--ricos-custom-p-color,unset)" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></div><div data-breakout="normal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding-inline-end: var(--ricos-breakout-normal-padding-end,0); padding-inline-start: var(--ricos-breakout-normal-padding-start,0); padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><a class="z-E-z _1i-uR" href="https://amzn.to/4bLFk7S" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; font-family: var(--ricos-custom-link-font-family, unset); font-size: var(--ricos-custom-link-font-size, unset); font-style: var(--ricos-custom-link-font-style, unset); font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: var(--ricos-custom-link-font-weight, unset); line-height: var(--ricos-custom-link-line-height, unset); margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-link-min-height, unset); outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: initial; text-decoration: var(--ricos-custom-link-text-decoration, none); vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #8b5b54; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Large Print</span></span></span></a></div></div><p class="qLu9J fi-3d xFXGd _6-rbz nL1m6" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--ricos-custom-p-color,unset); font-family: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-family,unset); font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-stretch: inherit; font-style: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-style,unset); font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-weight,unset); line-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-line-height,unset); margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: var(--ricos-custom-p-text-decoration,unset); vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="tLgi0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span><span class="tLgi0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span><span class="tLgi0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span></p><div data-breakout="normal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #303030; font-family: georgia, palatino, "book antiqua", "palatino linotype", serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding-inline-end: var(--ricos-breakout-normal-padding-end,0); padding-inline-start: var(--ricos-breakout-normal-padding-start,0); padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><h3 class="d594K Ro32Z xFXGd _6-rbz nL1m6" id="viewer-3pzk238744" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--ricos-custom-h3-color,var(--ricos-text-color,#212121)); direction: ltr; font-family: var(--ricos-custom-h3-font-family,unset); font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-h3-font-size,24px); font-stretch: inherit; font-style: var(--ricos-custom-h3-font-style,unset); font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: var(--ricos-custom-h3-font-weight,unset); line-height: var(--ricos-custom-h3-line-height,30px); margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-h3-min-height,30px); outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: initial; text-decoration: var(--ricos-custom-h3-text-decoration,unset); vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="A5PCL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-h3-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: x-large; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">About </span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-h3-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: x-large; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Trail to Crooked Creek</span></span></span></h3></div><div data-hook="rcv-block30" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #303030; font-family: georgia, palatino, "book antiqua", "palatino linotype", serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;" type="heading"></div><div data-breakout="normal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #303030; font-family: georgia, palatino, "book antiqua", "palatino linotype", serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding-inline-end: var(--ricos-breakout-normal-padding-end,0); padding-inline-start: var(--ricos-breakout-normal-padding-start,0); padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="qLu9J fi-3d AaeHt nL1m6" id="viewer-fqlgj10227" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--ricos-custom-p-color,unset); font-family: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-family,unset); font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-style: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-style,unset); font-weight: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-weight,unset); line-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-line-height,unset); margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: var(--ricos-custom-p-text-decoration,unset); vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="tLgi0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; 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background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Everyday heroes who find the courage to believe in extraordinary love.</span></span></span></p></div><div data-hook="rcv-block32" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #303030; font-family: georgia, palatino, "book antiqua", "palatino linotype", serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;" type="paragraph"></div><div data-breakout="normal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #303030; font-family: georgia, palatino, "book antiqua", "palatino linotype", serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding-inline-end: var(--ricos-breakout-normal-padding-end,0); padding-inline-start: var(--ricos-breakout-normal-padding-start,0); 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background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Two years after the devastations of war left their mark on a country torn apart, Wesley Davenport, a former soldier haunted by his experiences on the battlefield crosses paths with Leah Tennyson, a teacher who helps him heal his emotional wounds—and discovers unexpected love in the most unlikely place.</span></span></p></div><div data-hook="rcv-block34" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; 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border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 30px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A note . . .</span></span></h5></div><div data-hook="rcv-block40" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #303030; font-family: georgia, palatino, "book antiqua", "palatino linotype", serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;" type="heading"></div><div data-breakout="normal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); 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font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-stretch: inherit; font-style: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-style,unset); font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-weight,unset); line-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-line-height,unset); margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: initial; text-decoration: var(--ricos-custom-p-text-decoration,unset); vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="tLgi0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I knew in my heart that I was not ready to say farewell to my people in Crooked Creek, and even now this won't be the final story in the series. Wesley and Leah became so much more than I anticipated, and their adventures ended quite differently than I had planned. They are both, in a word, beautiful. Beautiful souls and beautiful hearts, albeit a bit bruised and in need of direction to overcome their own tragic pasts. </span></span></p></div><div data-hook="rcv-block42" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #303030; font-family: georgia, palatino, "book antiqua", "palatino linotype", serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;" type="paragraph"></div><div data-breakout="normal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #303030; 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padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">May you always have a fire to warm your body, a book to warm your mind, hope to warm your soul, and love to warm your heart. I hope you enjoy the book. —</span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">MK McClintock</span></span><span class="tLgi0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span><span class="tLgi0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span></p></div></div>MK McClintockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15140830185509209100noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648326883989508055.post-89976562399161884402024-01-16T03:00:00.013-07:002024-01-16T03:00:00.135-07:00A Mystery-Suspense-Thriller Set in the Edwardian Era<p><span style="text-align: initial;">Books and Benches is pleased to welcome author Elizabeth Hutchison Bernard to the blog and to share an excerpt of her historical mystery suspense novel set in the Edwardian Era, </span><span style="font-weight: 700; text-align: initial;"><em>The Beauty Doctor</em></span><span style="text-align: initial;">. Scroll down for a look.</span></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="a1svh" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><div dir="auto"><blockquote class="_6qQKz" id="6k0q6" indentation="0" paragraphid="80278149" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"> “<em>The Beauty Doctor </em>is a compelling historical novel steeped in mystery with strong elements of a medical thriller.”—<em>Readers' Favorite Book Reviews, 5 stars</em></blockquote></div><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="8f12e" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><image-component data-node-attrs="{"id":"7h47v","containerData":{"alignment":"CENTER","width":{"custom":"361"},"textWrap":true},"image":{"src":{"id":"5a3c63_d4b2e374687343538461a5d028c70135~mv2.jpg"},"width":1547,"height":2500},"link":{"url":"https://amzn.to/41UW08H","rel":{"nofollow":true,"noreferrer":true},"target":"BLANK"},"disableExpand":true,"altText":"The Beauty Doctor by Elizabeth Hutchinson Bernard","caption":null,"disableDownload":true,"loading":false,"loadingPercentage":null,"tempData":null}"></image-component><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="ovde" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><h2 class="sFRnb CcbjV" dir="auto" id="hr0e" indentation="0" level="2" style="text-align: center;" textstyle="[object Object]"><image-component data-node-attrs="{"id":"7h47v","containerData":{"alignment":"CENTER","width":{"custom":"361"},"textWrap":true},"image":{"src":{"id":"5a3c63_d4b2e374687343538461a5d028c70135~mv2.jpg"},"width":1547,"height":2500},"link":{"url":"https://amzn.to/41UW08H","rel":{"nofollow":true,"noreferrer":true},"target":"BLANK"},"disableExpand":true,"altText":"The Beauty Doctor by Elizabeth Hutchinson Bernard","caption":null,"disableDownload":true,"loading":false,"loadingPercentage":null,"tempData":null}" data-pm-slice="0 0 []"></image-component><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC9J80LrVc1KVvKhwN5nsGit_RLf7dPt65YiO5-JtV7NsV3-mgs_vVXpXVVJ5zNd8-Ct9mJxH_VbQ-Iv3z74J7GV6ewzD9OifXb-kGlfVm8L3N1ZgGWJ-vdwIAIU9mxnvVE4C2tV6j2zU6j847ZKgHfG3ioMNNVkfnvVXmtYtOayjrbHOaAkbl8pckJpI/s2500/The%20Beauty%20Doctor%20cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2500" data-original-width="1547" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC9J80LrVc1KVvKhwN5nsGit_RLf7dPt65YiO5-JtV7NsV3-mgs_vVXpXVVJ5zNd8-Ct9mJxH_VbQ-Iv3z74J7GV6ewzD9OifXb-kGlfVm8L3N1ZgGWJ-vdwIAIU9mxnvVE4C2tV6j2zU6j847ZKgHfG3ioMNNVkfnvVXmtYtOayjrbHOaAkbl8pckJpI/w264-h426/The%20Beauty%20Doctor%20cover.jpg" width="264" /></a></div><em><div style="text-align: center;"><em><br /></em></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Beauty Doctor</span></em></h2><h2 class="sFRnb CcbjV" dir="auto" id="ez87c29554" indentation="0" level="2" style="text-align: center;" textstyle="[object Object]"><span style="font-size: large;">by Elizabeth Hutchison Bernard</span></h2><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="1avuu39128" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="z2wm243581" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"><em>A Bone-Chilling Mystery-Suspense-Thriller Set in the Edwardian Era</em></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="fhvza39756" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"><em>Finalist, Eric Hoffer Book Award</em></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="19gdi40254" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="r2pka39758" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">"Beauty is power," Dr. Rome told her. "And with enough power, one can achieve anything."</p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="zefcb52594" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="qnflu39760" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">Straightening noses, trimming eyelids, lifting jowls . . . In the year 1907, his revolutionary beauty surgery is considered daring, perhaps dangerous. Still, women want what Dr. Rome promises. Neither is his young assistant Abigail Platford immune to Dr. Rome's persuasive charm.</p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="9i32q41254" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="ff39x39762" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">Abigail once dreamed of becoming a doctor, though of a much different sort. That dream ended with her father's tragic death from a medical error for which she holds herself responsible. Dr. Rome, who proudly displays his medical degree from Johns Hopkins, seems to believe in her. If he were willing to act as her mentor, might there still be a chance to realize her dream of someday becoming a doctor serving New York City's poor?</p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="w39ea40753" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="xmggk39764" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">But something feels terribly wrong, as though an insidious evil is closing in. Broken promises, lies, and intrigues abound. The powerful are threatening to destroy the weak, and a doctor's sacred duty hangs in the balance. Abigail no longer knows who to believe; but with Dr. Rome now her mentor and her lover, she desperately wants to trust him.</p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="kaknx41764" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="nn24e39766" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">Even when she discovers that one of their patients has mysteriously disappeared.</p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="p8y2i42279" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="6iy3d39768" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">From bestselling author Elizabeth Hutchison Bernard, a suspenseful work of historical fiction grounded in the social and moral issues of the Edwardian era in America. Second Edition with Author's Preface.</p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="w0nwa56505" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="977gg56509" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">Genre: Historical Mystery Suspense</p><h4 class="aJc8X CcbjV" data-pm-slice="1 1 []" dir="auto" id="eg3tj" indentation="0" level="4" style="line-height: 1.5; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;" textstyle="[object Object]"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a class="UjWKl D81Ee" href="https://amzn.to/41UW08H" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><u>Amazon</u></a> | <a class="UjWKl D81Ee" href="https://bookshop.org/a/6293/9781685133504" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><u>BookShop</u></a> | <a class="UjWKl D81Ee" href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-beauty-doctor-elizabeth-hutchison-bernard/1126582467" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><u>Barnes & Noble</u></a></span></h4><div style="text-align: center;"><p class="CIFvi F607M" data-pm-slice="1 1 []" dir="auto" id="uqc1y257652" indentation="0" style="line-height: 1.5; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" textstyle="[object Object]">At the time of this posting, this title is available to read on <a class="UjWKl D81Ee" href="https://amzn.to/41UW08H" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><u>#KindleUnlimited</u></a>.</p><p class="CIFvi F607M" data-pm-slice="1 1 []" dir="auto" id="uqc1y257652" indentation="0" style="line-height: 1.5; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" textstyle="[object Object]"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="340" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7y74xau8gH8" width="509" youtube-src-id="7y74xau8gH8"></iframe></p></div><br /><div data-pm-slice="1 1 []" dir="auto"><blockquote class="_6qQKz" id="7hd4a103886" indentation="0" paragraphid="cqhit165" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">“It kept me reading and did not disappoint.” —<em>Historical Novel Society Book Reviews</em></blockquote></div><h3 class="q4Lmk CcbjV" data-pm-slice="1 1 []" dir="auto" id="4h1ol37239" indentation="0" level="3" style="text-align: center;" textstyle="[object Object]"><span style="font-size: xx-large;">An Excerpt from </span><em style="font-size: xx-large;">The Beauty Doctor</em></h3><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="52gl7169694" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="r0hz5167610" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">On the chance Dr. Rome was still attending to Mr. Kilroy, she lay in wait. He was clearly surprised to find her loitering in front of the Kilroys’ townhome. She explained that she was calling off her engagement and needed to find employment. He seemed interested. It wasn’t until they were sitting across from each other at Café Le Jour on Forty-sixth Street that Abigail began to think she’d made yet another terrible mistake.</p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="9r84u213078" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="bi2cw196973" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">“You are a very beautiful young woman,” he said, smiling at her over his coffee cup. “I suppose people tell you that all the time.” </p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="fj1uw212368" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="k89ej196975" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">“Not so often, actually.” That he had begun on such a personal note, and with the same overabundance of charm he’d displayed at the Hennessys’ banquet, had an unsettling effect on her. As did his gaze, which was direct and insistent. </p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="bqdf4211664" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="sluua196977" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">“I’m sure you’re only being modest, but you need not be around me. I appreciate beauty for what it is and for the entitlements it brings to those lucky enough to have it.” </p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="bb7yl210966" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="5vruf196979" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">\“I’ve never been one to think much about entitlements. I was taught that if you desire something, you work for it. Which is why I wanted to speak with you—” </p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="lo6b5210274" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="sb1gy196981" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">“There are lots of women who work very hard at being beautiful and still they can’t hold a candle to you. I’d even go so far as to say that you, Miss Platford, are the embodiment of everything I hope to achieve for my patients. That’s why you may actually be the perfect one to assist me with my new practice. You see, what I really need,” he said, the excitement in his voice building, “is a foil. A stunningly beautiful foil.” </p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="b6ddm209588" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="nxdj0196983" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">“A foil?” She wasn’t sure what the word meant, but didn’t like the way it sounded. </p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="7akow208908" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="tvs4i196985" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">“Yes. Someone to make the rounds with me at parties and events, anywhere we can meet women—the kind of women with both the desire and the means to avail themselves of my services.” This was not what she’d expected, nor was it a welcome development. Her purpose in approaching Dr. Rome was a far more serious one than his words implied. She had imagined herself working at his side, much as she had done with her father, helping to put patients at ease, assisting with their care. And though it was not her favorite duty, she would readily have consented to manage his schedule and fulfill the required paperwork if he were to ask her. But this business of attending parties and events—what did it have to do with doctoring?</p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="25wg6208136" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="39jme196987" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">“You speak of meeting women in need of your services, but surely you plan to take care of men as well. Mr. Kilroy is your patient, isn’t he?” </p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="ftyw3207371" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="zsrwv196989" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">“For the moment, yes—though that was only a favor. But let me explain.” He took a hasty gulp of his coffee and set down the cup. “I’m about to embark on a new facet of my career, a new field. Transformative surgery. Have you heard of it?” </p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="368y8206325" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="x7n9p196991" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">“I don’t believe I have.” </p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="9fy8m205669" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="ecns1196993" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">“Some call it beauty surgery.” </p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="s1ll2205019" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="j5fs8196995" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">She instantly recalled splashy advertisements she’d seen in the newspapers for practitioners who claimed to specialize in straightening noses, pinning back ears, and plumping up wrinkles with paraffin. At best, such solicitations had struck her as tasteless. At worst … might Dr. Rome be nothing more than a charlatan? </p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="gtig6204375" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="akoj9196997" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">“Oh—you’re a beauty doctor.” The inflection in her voice no doubt came across as somewhat disparaging. She dipped her head, hoping to obscure the visual evidence of her skepticism beneath the plethora of ostrich feathers on the brim of her blue velvet hat. </p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="8e3nb203737" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="t8pxc196999" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">“Just imagine it for a moment, Miss Platford,” he said, seeming not to have found anything disturbing in her reaction. “Your mere presence by my side would stimulate, in any average woman, an intense longing for beauty; then, arising quite naturally from that, a burning curiosity. With just a hint, she would be eager to learn what I offer in the way of beautifying procedures. That’s how one goes about building a thriving beauty practice. Stimulate the need, offer the solution. Or, if you prefer, think of it this way: You would be helping to enlighten women about advances that can greatly enhance their lives. No different from selling a product. A product that people would certainly buy if they only knew its benefits.” </p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="f5qgy203105" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="8rep5197001" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">So, he wanted her to help him sell the concept of beauty surgery to other women? That was not what a doctor does! To take part in such activities would compromise everything she believed in. “Your idea is to use me as a sort of walking advertisement?” </p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="kzt4w202479" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="fpoe9197003" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">“I wouldn’t put it like that.” </p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="kp3sm201859" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="gzdqz197005" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">“Forgive me for being blunt, but are you really a doctor?” </p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="tnogi201245" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="36l2h197007" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">He shoved aside his coffee cup, almost knocking it over. “Would I call myself a doctor if I wasn’t one?” </p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="twnjx200637" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="3q2r1197009" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">“I don’t mean to offend you. It’s just that I don’t know any other doctors who are engaged in your kind of work.” </p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="vqyrz200035" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="f573r197011" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">“Because no medical school in this country has the foresight to embrace transformative surgery. That’s why it was necessary for me to receive advanced training in Europe. I returned from Paris only recently.” </p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="4qlk1199439" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="m6a1i197013" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">“But you did train in medicine? Here in America?”</p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="h6jxc198849" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="q6pcd197015" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">“Certainly, but the typical doctor’s training only goes so far. The medical establishment is very set in its ways. It resists anything that might challenge the status quo. And that is exactly what transformative surgery does. The social implications are immense. It represents possibly the greatest force for the empowerment of women in all of human history.” </p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="rifhx198265" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="sajbm197017" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">“Empowerment of women?” Despite her disappointment, she had to smile. “I’m sorry, but I don’t see what your transformative surgery could have to do with the movement for women’s rights.” </p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="7sgrv197019" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">“Maybe you’ve never thought of it this way, but beauty is power,” Dr. Rome said, with the calm certainty of a man who knows he speaks the truth. “And with enough power, Miss Platford, a woman can achieve anything.”</p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="phwvj114304" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="1muvv138383" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">End of Snippet. Excerpt © Elizabeth Hutchison Bernard.</p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="1muvv138383" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"><br /></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="1muvv138383" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0CE43LnNPnkDFkyLc5SkeiyGVDRbl0JuWlro-72rF0fzbu2gD4l6Q0tOJhvVxLTlLgRhoE9xBSNZE_9_sFJuXerO6mAuf9E0UXfvR_N54l7mWd2VZR-rYJ0kYUCirfSDiRNTSuN6NZRTClKCZtzcONQsuMaMVr5JM8_AiQAFmTbth2sC70-TWSONMorg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="463" data-original-width="308" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0CE43LnNPnkDFkyLc5SkeiyGVDRbl0JuWlro-72rF0fzbu2gD4l6Q0tOJhvVxLTlLgRhoE9xBSNZE_9_sFJuXerO6mAuf9E0UXfvR_N54l7mWd2VZR-rYJ0kYUCirfSDiRNTSuN6NZRTClKCZtzcONQsuMaMVr5JM8_AiQAFmTbth2sC70-TWSONMorg=w253-h380" width="253" /></a></div><br /><p></p><h2 style="line-height: 1.5; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Meet Author Elizabeth Hutchison Bernard</span></h2><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="1muvv138383" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"><image-component data-node-attrs="{"id":"5ks2p","containerData":{"alignment":"LEFT","width":{"custom":"220"},"textWrap":true},"image":{"src":{"id":"5a3c63_3731954afb3342b69d6e879d08e24594~mv2.jpg"},"width":3396,"height":4755},"link":null,"disableExpand":true,"altText":"Author Elizabeth Hutchison Bernard","caption":null,"disableDownload":true,"loading":false,"loadingPercentage":null,"tempData":null}"></image-component></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="wvoop124992" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggZ_5mKXGIf1GouE3ZMG96byBoNCla9OA-qmM_q5GRsNCbtMzfLtyqNJ_vqppYauHToXIdFwonCDofYnT2yx0se9QoJbmSvonk9NK2WzTEx9P6aRzHx_db6wij34-gWATcT2hkzQ2uHGNudr1A_-W-1jB197jq1NqcfvB3GXi4kDHVNzklNf7Ab9Fsv3Y/s4755/Elizabeth%20Hutchison%20Bernard%20photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4755" data-original-width="3396" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggZ_5mKXGIf1GouE3ZMG96byBoNCla9OA-qmM_q5GRsNCbtMzfLtyqNJ_vqppYauHToXIdFwonCDofYnT2yx0se9QoJbmSvonk9NK2WzTEx9P6aRzHx_db6wij34-gWATcT2hkzQ2uHGNudr1A_-W-1jB197jq1NqcfvB3GXi4kDHVNzklNf7Ab9Fsv3Y/w179-h250/Elizabeth%20Hutchison%20Bernard%20photo.jpg" width="179" /></a></div>Elizabeth Hutchison Bernard is the author of bestselling historical novels. Her 2023 release, <em>Sisters of Castle Leod</em>, is an Amazon Kindle #1 Bestseller (Historical Biographical Fiction, Historical Literary Fiction), winner of the 2023 Maxy Award for Historical and Adventure Fiction, and an Editors’ Choice of the Historical Novel Society. Her biographical novel <em>Temptation Rag</em> (2018) was hailed by Publishers Weekly as a “resonant novel . . . about the birth and demise of ragtime . . . in which romance and creative passions abound.” Elizabeth’s 2017 historical mystery-suspense-thriller, <em>The Beauty Doctor</em>, was a finalist for the prestigious Eric Hoffer Book Award. The book’s re-release (Jan. 4, 2024) features a stunning new cover and an Author Preface with insights into social and moral issues of the Edwardian era that frame this shocking fictional story set in the early days of cosmetic surgery. Before becoming a full-time author, Elizabeth was executive editor of an international aesthetic surgery journal, and senior consultant to the National Cosmetic Network in conjunction with Johns Hopkins University’s plastic surgery educational program. 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Want others to experience the book magic? We hope you'll support this author by sharing with your friends. </p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="2p4mb" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p>MK McClintockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15140830185509209100noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648326883989508055.post-66190288725233804942023-12-20T02:30:00.005-07:002023-12-20T02:30:00.129-07:00Visit 1918 Montana in BEAUTIFUL GHOST by Milana Marsenich<p><span style="text-align: initial;">Books and Benches is pleased to welcome author Milana Marsenich to the blog and to share a snippet of her historical novel set in Butte, Montana, </span><span style="font-weight: 700; text-align: initial;"><em>Beautiful Ghost</em></span><span style="text-align: initial;">. The 1918 Pandemic left devastation worldwide in its wake, and in this book, the author brings to life the impact it had on a small Montana mining community. Scroll down for a look.</span></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" data-breakout="normal" dir="auto" id="a1svh" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><div data-breakout="normal" dir="auto"><blockquote class="_6qQKz" id="6k0q6" indentation="0" paragraphid="tzccz166" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"> “Marsenich doesn't just describe the place and times, she conjures it up like time travel.” ~<em>Amazon Review by Ellen Leahy Howell</em></blockquote><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9vnZY5iJlS63Z8GQqpEes8dcIMD4v-R8ystB0soIJsxagdAMKZQDyeqPR9DEhru4GBfyFzi3A1dgqeBG3jsEbP5PaUNKiurxtuy3RdrULoFlhZXMte7be1k7GZos5t3z4DRzboP4xrjpEsriTbAkCLF3plvXq58QFpN5SjT4LvLNRX-s-R961q-GakL8/s2400/Beautiful%20Ghost%20cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="1600" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9vnZY5iJlS63Z8GQqpEes8dcIMD4v-R8ystB0soIJsxagdAMKZQDyeqPR9DEhru4GBfyFzi3A1dgqeBG3jsEbP5PaUNKiurxtuy3RdrULoFlhZXMte7be1k7GZos5t3z4DRzboP4xrjpEsriTbAkCLF3plvXq58QFpN5SjT4LvLNRX-s-R961q-GakL8/w306-h460/Beautiful%20Ghost%20cover.jpg" width="306" /></a></div><h2 class="sFRnb CcbjV" data-breakout="normal" data-pm-slice="1 1 []" dir="auto" id="hr0e" indentation="0" level="2" style="text-align: center;" textstyle="[object Object]"><em>Beautiful Ghost</em> by Milana Marsenich</h2><p class="CIFvi F607M" data-breakout="normal" dir="auto" id="bkur6" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" data-breakout="normal" dir="auto" id="n2d0t109393" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"><span style="font-weight: 700;">During the fall of 1918, the influenza pandemic crosses the nation and reaches the mining town of Butte, Montana. </span></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" data-breakout="normal" dir="auto" id="xhium41030" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" data-breakout="normal" dir="auto" id="jfsmh40619" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">Marika Jovich, who wants to go to school to become a physician, works menial tasks for Dr. Fletcher. She feels useless as she tries to save friends and neighbors from the ravages of the flu. In the midst of the pandemic, she watches the town shut down, young and old perish, and her medical dreams all but evaporate.</p><p class="CIFvi F607M" data-breakout="normal" dir="auto" id="jvwjx41858" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" data-breakout="normal" dir="auto" id="oel6n40621" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">Kaly Monroe used to be a half-good woman of the night. She left that life to raise her daughter, Annie, and live and work with her long-lost mother, Tara McClane. Kaly waits for her husband, Tommy, to return from the war. Word from the east is that soldiers are dying of influenza and she prays that Tommy is not one of them.</p><p class="CIFvi F607M" data-breakout="normal" dir="auto" id="992u842279" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" data-breakout="normal" dir="auto" id="jv8e340623" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">When an out-of-town woman named Amelia suddenly dies in Dr. Fletcher's office, both women try to learn more about the mysterious woman and the circumstances regarding her death. Is she another casualty of the pandemic, or the victim of manmade foul play? Who is this stranger, and is her demise a portent of the fate that awaits the residents of Butte?</p><p class="CIFvi F607M" data-breakout="normal" dir="auto" id="w0nwa56505" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" data-breakout="normal" dir="auto" id="977gg56509" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">Genre: Historical Fiction</p><p class="CIFvi F607M" data-breakout="normal" dir="auto" id="2p4mb" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><h4 class="aJc8X CcbjV" data-breakout="normal" dir="auto" id="eg3tj" indentation="0" level="4" style="line-height: 1.5; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;" textstyle="[object Object]"><a class="UjWKl D81Ee" href="https://amzn.to/46XaqGe" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank"><u>Amazon</u></a> | <a class="UjWKl D81Ee" href="https://bookshop.org/a/6293/9781948598613" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank"><u>BookShop</u></a> | <a class="UjWKl D81Ee" href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/beautiful-ghost-milana-marsenich/1142641402" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank"><u>Barnes & Noble</u></a></h4><p class="CIFvi F607M" data-breakout="normal" dir="auto" id="kalof50325" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><image-component data-node-attrs="{"data-breakout":"normal","id":"dtt9x50324","containerData":{"alignment":"CENTER","width":{"size":"ORIGINAL"},"textWrap":true},"image":{"src":{"id":"5a3c63_3f710b81b91f4895821ad9439b3c3fc7~mv2.jpg"},"width":1200,"height":900},"link":null,"disableExpand":true,"altText":"Beautiful Ghost by Milana Marsenich","caption":null,"disableDownload":null,"loading":false,"loadingPercentage":null,"tempData":null}"></image-component><p class="CIFvi F607M" data-breakout="normal" dir="auto" id="flrre50326" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><div data-breakout="normal" dir="auto"><blockquote class="_6qQKz" id="7hd4a103886" indentation="0" paragraphid="dcf88189" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">“<em>Beautiful Ghost</em> is an exceptional depiction of life in Butte, Montana, during the flu pandemic of 1918. In this sequel to <em>Copper Sky</em>, Milana Marsenich captures the details of this unsettling time in history against the backdrop of a gritty western mining city. ” —<em>Lolo Peak, Amazon Review</em></blockquote><p> </p></div><p class="CIFvi F607M" data-breakout="normal" dir="auto" id="zdh4s105079" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixlvlI5sZpZqlaZFsQfiOBMT4QB2uu4_2snAN2C0_higRh8PEpjXsNBgSQR1I2kcivbiZlGGnrTijw9sW9UW4IHX0qhSbYvlwVny_y5VwRhMn_UPy18ISq-pC48BcpkrxYVmID4zjSX21fxmgM7B-i60JTd138uncNSCVuG_Yp-fXrp6bVdmapYuV6GRI/s1200/Beautiful%20Ghost_blog%20post%20graphic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixlvlI5sZpZqlaZFsQfiOBMT4QB2uu4_2snAN2C0_higRh8PEpjXsNBgSQR1I2kcivbiZlGGnrTijw9sW9UW4IHX0qhSbYvlwVny_y5VwRhMn_UPy18ISq-pC48BcpkrxYVmID4zjSX21fxmgM7B-i60JTd138uncNSCVuG_Yp-fXrp6bVdmapYuV6GRI/w640-h480/Beautiful%20Ghost_blog%20post%20graphic.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><h3 class="q4Lmk CcbjV" data-breakout="normal" dir="auto" id="4h1ol37239" indentation="0" level="3" style="text-align: center;" textstyle="[object Object]"><br /></h3><h3 class="q4Lmk CcbjV" data-breakout="normal" dir="auto" id="4h1ol37239" indentation="0" level="3" style="text-align: center;" textstyle="[object Object]"><span style="font-size: large;">A Snippet from <em>Beautiful Ghost</em></span></h3><p class="CIFvi F607M" data-breakout="normal" dir="auto" id="xqapk46975" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" data-breakout="normal" dir="auto" id="inpv045692" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Marika</span></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" data-breakout="normal" dir="auto" id="52gl7169694" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" data-breakout="normal" dir="auto" id="r0hz5167610" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">But today was a new day with Michael at her side, tall dark-haired Michael, with his wide flat nose and strong broad forehead. He took long easy strides and sent her heart a shiver. He was about as fine a man as any woman could want for a husband, if a woman wanted a husband, which Marika hadn’t. Nevertheless, here she was, married, and better for it. </p><p class="CIFvi F607M" data-breakout="normal" dir="auto" id="wfsf5163783" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" data-breakout="normal" dir="auto" id="4wl2b163297" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">He pulled her hand close to his chest. She swooned at the simple gesture, her desire growing with their closeness. If they weren’t careful, Mama would be getting those grandbabies, and Marika would be looking for sitting services so that she could still work at the clinic. But she was careful. They’d been careful, her passion overruled by logic most of the time. </p><p class="CIFvi F607M" data-breakout="normal" dir="auto" id="alj6p164215" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" data-breakout="normal" dir="auto" id="eeyex163299" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">Most was a terrible word. </p><p class="CIFvi F607M" data-breakout="normal" dir="auto" id="phwvj114304" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" data-breakout="normal" dir="auto" id="1muvv138383" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">End of Snippet. Excerpt © Milana Marsenich. <a class="UjWKl D81Ee" href="https://milanamarsenich.com/articles/september-1918-the-wolf-dog/" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank"><u>Read more great content </u></a>at the author's blog.</p><p class="CIFvi F607M" data-breakout="normal" dir="auto" id="1muvv138383" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"><br /></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" data-breakout="normal" dir="auto" id="gfgjy142568" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><div data-breakout="normal" dir="auto"><blockquote class="_6qQKz" id="25qgb" indentation="0" paragraphid="g8gc7200" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">“You might be wondering who the beautiful ghosts are? There are a few, but I’ll keep you in suspense. Find out as you read your copy! High praise for this beautiful novel!” —<em>Susan S., Amazon Vine Voice</em></blockquote></div><p class="CIFvi F607M" data-breakout="normal" dir="auto" id="24ogs" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" data-breakout="normal" dir="auto" id="8ht8b" indentation="0" style="line-height: 1.5; line-height: 1.5; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><h3 class="q4Lmk CcbjV" data-breakout="normal" dir="auto" id="fqlq1" indentation="0" level="3" style="line-height: 1.5; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"><br /></h3><h3 class="q4Lmk CcbjV" data-breakout="normal" dir="auto" id="fqlq1" indentation="0" level="3" style="line-height: 1.5; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"><span style="font-size: large;">Meet Author Milana Marsenich<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4j4iwIUwPy6I0mOrMjxtnvWejRZn7n9sTAgY7mngerw2f4cfQQ3BWqAq_M_yJZjO4z83UW0kNxKD5pdtMRQOwBxJWjFKxkg-_NLSrbGuUFnJxG-K2rr8QqENE6Zqr4qBITZ6bYbDdQaskzL8QflXNP8Ht7pOiyFkfjjEqiqTZnkKwDmmQzZmrZv1mPA0/s2500/Milana%20Marsenich.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2500" data-original-width="1667" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4j4iwIUwPy6I0mOrMjxtnvWejRZn7n9sTAgY7mngerw2f4cfQQ3BWqAq_M_yJZjO4z83UW0kNxKD5pdtMRQOwBxJWjFKxkg-_NLSrbGuUFnJxG-K2rr8QqENE6Zqr4qBITZ6bYbDdQaskzL8QflXNP8Ht7pOiyFkfjjEqiqTZnkKwDmmQzZmrZv1mPA0/s320/Milana%20Marsenich.jpg" width="213" /></a></div></span></h3><p class="CIFvi F607M" data-breakout="normal" dir="auto" id="dnl38" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">Award-winning author, Milana Marsenich lives in Northwest Montana near Flathead Lake at the base of the beautiful Mission Mountains. She enjoys quick access to the mountains and has spent many hours hiking the wilderness trails with friends and dogs. For the past 20 years she has worked as a mental health therapist in a variety of settings. As a natural listener and a therapist, she has witnessed amazing generosity and courage in others. She first witnessed this in her hometown of Butte, Montana, a mining town with a rich history and the setting for <em>Copper Sky</em>, her first novel. </p><p class="CIFvi F607M" data-breakout="normal" dir="auto" id="p84fp119886" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" data-breakout="normal" dir="auto" id="ghzd1119459" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"><em>Copper Sky</em> was chosen as a Spur Award finalist for Best Western Historical Novel in 2018. Her second novel, <em>The Swan Keeper</em>, was a Willa Award finalist in 2019. Her short story, "Wild Dogs", won the Laura Award for short fiction in 2020. </p><p class="CIFvi F607M" data-breakout="normal" dir="auto" id="7r3p5120479" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" data-breakout="normal" dir="auto" id="9fxyh119461" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">She has an M.Ed. in Mental Health Counseling from Montana State University and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Montana. She has previously published in Montana Quarterly, Big Sky Journal, The Polishing Stone, The Moronic Ox, BookGlow, and Feminist Studies. </p><p class="CIFvi F607M" data-breakout="normal" dir="auto" id="wvoop124992" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" data-breakout="normal" dir="auto" id="euhvp119463" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">She has three published novels, <em>Copper Sky, The Swan Keeper</em>, and <em>Beautiful Ghost</em>, and one popular history book, <em>Idaho Madams</em>. Her upcoming novel, <em>Shed Girl: A Juliet French Novel</em>, will be released January 2024. Her popular history book, <em>Mary MacLane: Butte’s Wild Woman and her Wooden Heart</em>, will be out sometime in 2025. </p><p class="CIFvi F607M" data-breakout="normal" dir="auto" id="g54d1131866" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" data-breakout="normal" dir="auto" id="t3c55119465" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">You can find her books and blog posts at <a class="UjWKl D81Ee" href="https://milanamarsenich.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank"><u>https://milanamarsenich.com</u></a>.</p><p class="CIFvi F607M" data-breakout="normal" dir="auto" id="59pcf" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" data-breakout="normal" dir="auto" id="1sfg3" indentation="0" style="line-height: 2; line-height: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"><a class="UjWKl D81Ee" href="https://milanamarsenich.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><u>WEBSITE</u></span></a><span style="font-weight: 700;"> | </span><a class="UjWKl D81Ee" href="https://www.bookbub.com/authors/milana-marsenich " rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><u>BOOKBUB</u></span></a><span style="font-weight: 700;"> | </span><a class="UjWKl D81Ee" href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/16544640.Milana_Marsenich " rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><u>GOODREADS</u></span></a><span style="font-weight: 700;"> | </span><a class="UjWKl D81Ee" href="https://www.amazon.com/stores/Milana-Marsenich/author/B07DTJRR2K/ " rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><u>AMAZON</u></span></a></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" data-breakout="normal" dir="auto" id="4vlhi" indentation="0" style="line-height: 2; line-height: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"><a class="UjWKl D81Ee" href="https://www.facebook.com/MilanaMarsenichAuthor " rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank"><u>FACEBOOK</u></a> | <a class="UjWKl D81Ee" href="https://twitter.com/milanamarsenich " rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank"><u>TWITTER</u></a> | <a class="UjWKl D81Ee" href="https://www.pinterest.com/milanamarsenich/ " rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank"><u>PINTEREST</u></a> | <a class="UjWKl D81Ee" href="https://www.instagram.com/milanammarsenich/" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank"><u>INSTAGRAM</u></a></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" data-breakout="normal" dir="auto" id="t1tin180188" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" data-breakout="normal" dir="auto" id="7aq6d183050" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><image-component data-node-attrs="{"data-breakout":"normal","id":"6xwn9180187","containerData":{"alignment":"CENTER","width":{"size":"ORIGINAL"},"textWrap":true},"image":{"src":{"id":"5a3c63_5fc3de9c90474ba0993ebca3d30be15b~mv2.png"},"width":640,"height":360},"link":{"target":"BLANK","url":"https://thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2023/11/blog-tour-beautiful-ghost-by-milana-marsenich.html ","rel":{"nofollow":true,"noreferrer":true}},"disableExpand":true,"altText":"Beautiful Ghost by Milana Marsenich - blog tour","caption":null,"disableDownload":null,"loading":false,"loadingPercentage":null,"tempData":null}"></image-component><p class="CIFvi F607M" data-breakout="normal" dir="auto" id="gtlzp180189" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><divider-component data-node-attrs="{"data-breakout":"normal","id":"cs077","lineStyle":"SINGLE","width":"MEDIUM","alignment":"CENTER","containerData":{"alignment":"CENTER","width":{"size":"CONTENT"},"textWrap":false}}"></divider-component><p class="CIFvi F607M" data-breakout="normal" dir="auto" id="2p5ui" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><h6 class="S2BCi CcbjV" data-breakout="normal" dir="auto" id="93aom" indentation="0" level="6" style="line-height: 1.5; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;" textstyle="[object Object]"><span data-font-size="30"><span style="font-size: large;">Thank you for visiting and reading!</span></span></h6><p class="CIFvi F607M" data-breakout="normal" dir="auto" id="8pdgn" indentation="0" style="line-height: 1.5; line-height: 1.5; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;" textstyle="[object Object]">Feel inspired? Want others to experience the book magic? We hope you'll support this author by sharing with your friends. </p><p class="CIFvi F607M" data-breakout="normal" dir="auto" id="q91sh158149" indentation="0" style="line-height: 1.5; line-height: 1.5; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p></div>MK McClintockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15140830185509209100noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648326883989508055.post-33865445666894210932023-12-18T02:00:00.003-07:002023-12-18T02:00:00.127-07:00Enjoy a Heartwarming Christmas with TWELFTH CAKE HOUSE by Heidi Eljarbo<p><span style="text-align: initial;">Ready for a warm and cozy Christmas? We are (always)! Books and Benches is pleased to welcome author Heidi Elbarjo to the blog as we spotlight </span><span style="font-weight: 700; text-align: initial;"><em>Twelfth Cake House</em></span><span style="text-align: initial;">. We want to know two things: Will there really be cake? And, are we invited?</span></p><p><span style="text-align: initial;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3RBNO8H" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Twelfth Cake House by Heidi Eljarbo" border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="1650" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLdHXmdzfg7qH3bOrmc2148vlZfISLAZwk3KbyVLnkWJP2kii1-RUlAEpRPn76ZjwvRKMA8slb_VIN2ltd_tQzBq5PTeagpV_VflnxIP_Jq22JNBJN2XWeaXYtsZWsXrZGUPTNAB-6Mx1J4da28QUOx0R0dJ6FkrmlO2wPnctcVGPrw3fzgTKrVPgvEGg/w414-h640/CAKE%20HOUSE%20Ebook.jpg" width="414" /></a></div><br /><span style="text-align: initial;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" data-pm-slice="1 1 []" dir="auto" id="8f12e" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="ovde" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><h2 class="sFRnb CcbjV" dir="auto" id="hr0e" indentation="0" level="2" style="text-align: center;" textstyle="[object Object]"><em>Twelfth Cake House </em>by Heidi Eljarbo</h2><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="w3vs214421" indentation="0" style="text-align: center;" textstyle="[object Object]">A Charming Holiday Novella</p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="n2d0t109393" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="2014r" indentation="0" style="line-height: 1.5; line-height: 1.5; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Even a clever matchmaker may need a push in the right direction if she’s to find true love. When she’s asked to find a match for herself, it proves to be the most difficult task she’s ever undertaken.</span></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="kadin104053" indentation="0" style="line-height: 1.5; line-height: 1.5; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="cpyqg103633" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">Mid-December 1796.</p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="k6b0v104476" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="mu149103635" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">Sixty-year-old spinster Miss Jemima Thurgood has three weeks to finish the preparations for her annual Twelfth Night party. In her position as a matchmaker, for over forty years she has assumed a grave responsibility. Luckily, she’s a shrewd observer of people, and many happy reunions have come about due to her exceptional talent for nudging kindred hearts in the right direction.</p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="5j4gj105339" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="38tqm103637" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">Every year, Jemima invites twelve carefully selected men and women to her festivity, and each guest is assigned a dinner partner. The days before the merrymaking are constantly disrupted by one unforeseen event after another. Jemima must work hard to be ready in time, and more importantly, to provide the kind of celebration her chosen guests deserve.</p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="kj130104906" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p><image-component data-node-attrs="{"id":"7h47v","containerData":{"alignment":"CENTER","width":{"size":"SMALL"},"textWrap":true},"image":{"src":{"id":"5a3c63_47afaa1257174cc8b31cd83414143998~mv2.jpg"},"width":1650,"height":2550},"link":{"target":"BLANK","url":"https://amzn.to/3Rzn4qs","rel":{"nofollow":true,"noreferrer":true}},"disableExpand":true,"altText":"Millie's Escape by Marcia Clayton","caption":null,"disableDownload":true,"loading":false,"loadingPercentage":null,"tempData":null}"></image-component></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="cl3ie103639" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">But this year, what Jemima doesn’t know is that her life is about to take a sudden change of course—one she could not have predicted or planned for. As the days pass, several gentlemen indicate they are interested in becoming better acquainted with her, but only a very special man can charm a matchmaker.</p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="cl3ie103639" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"><br /></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" data-pm-slice="1 1 []" dir="auto" id="dn6sh67358" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">Publication Date: December 15, 2023</p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="977gg56509" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">Genre: Historical Romance/Heartwarming Romance/Christmas</p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="2p4mb" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p style="line-height: 1.5; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a class="UjWKl D81Ee" href="https://amzn.to/3RBNO8H" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><u><span style="font-size: medium;">Available in eBook</span></u></a></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="7cnug82761" indentation="0" style="line-height: 1.5; line-height: 1.5; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;" textstyle="[object Object]">At this posting, this title is available to read with <a class="UjWKl D81Ee" href="https://amzn.to/3RBNO8H" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><u>#KindleUnlimited</u></a>.</p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="7cnug82761" indentation="0" style="line-height: 1.5; line-height: 1.5; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;" textstyle="[object Object]">•••</p><p style="line-height: 1.5; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">More of Heidi's Heartwarming Christmas Novellas</span></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3RAyv0V" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="356" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhEPdAOQUNGC9taDQr8RtGx8nr6p0k7_nq_BEAw4yorrkSXM3r1f7J_cg91OXNVnODPfusQSmjdB0JDziHDFtMlsWOO7X5oEP7TwFqpkTJ6KM1_RuL5sO3ZbgWU8PqSepQMJyQ_rAJDYwPm9BrYZiCaESQvDVEZjewdP-bhAgaw_M_O8vwwyov2DhasY24" width="285" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="3n1hs227011" indentation="0" style="line-height: 1.5; line-height: 1.5; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="dgfj0212017" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><div dir="auto"><blockquote class="_6qQKz UkFT4" id="7hd4a103886" indentation="0" paragraphid="kfghk1542" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">“The story of this friendship growing and changing is one of hope and love that can only come from open trust and sharing life. It is a beautiful story.” —<em>Lori H., Amazon Review on The Warmth of Snow</em></blockquote></div><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="gfgjy142568" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="8ht8b" indentation="0" style="line-height: 1.5; line-height: 1.5; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><h3 class="q4Lmk CcbjV" dir="auto" id="fqlq1" indentation="0" level="3" style="line-height: 1.5; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"><br /></h3><h3 class="q4Lmk CcbjV" dir="auto" id="fqlq1" indentation="0" level="3" style="line-height: 1.5; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"><span style="font-size: large;">Meet Author Heidi Elbarjo<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0IwyRU2mwPPcoKwpL7iNAStBdj0vImO3qvr2S4yHYZho8EOKAE6O1av0wjL6gChHvf8wNdxUiduUTvIiOj8UThbnYt_zuKCZ3FDGgbU1k6DY28JJCBgpW56arjkt3cr-6LnocJIyvWVFNkEVyQhq1f49tQStaYpyFCqcGu1sLW4PVxrjJV96w6oPagf0/s1187/Heidi%20Eljarbo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1187" data-original-width="1125" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0IwyRU2mwPPcoKwpL7iNAStBdj0vImO3qvr2S4yHYZho8EOKAE6O1av0wjL6gChHvf8wNdxUiduUTvIiOj8UThbnYt_zuKCZ3FDGgbU1k6DY28JJCBgpW56arjkt3cr-6LnocJIyvWVFNkEVyQhq1f49tQStaYpyFCqcGu1sLW4PVxrjJV96w6oPagf0/w189-h200/Heidi%20Eljarbo.jpg" width="189" /></a></div></span></h3><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="dnl38" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">Heidi Eljarbo is the award-winning author of dual-timeline historical fiction with heartwarming clean romance, wit, and adventurous mystery.</p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="u2459197663" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="dn7h2197243" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">Heidi grew up in a home filled with books and artwork and never imagined she would do anything other than write and paint. She studied art, languages, and history, danced on the BYU Ballroom Dance Team, and still sings in choirs.</p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="3h8p1208006" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="f2dx9197245" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">After living in Canada, six US states, Japan, Switzerland, and Austria, Heidi now calls Norway home. She and her husband have a total of nine children, and fifteen grandchildren—so far—in addition to a bouncy Wheaten Terrier.</p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="20wkl198034" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="grfa4197247" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">Their favorite retreat is a mountain cabin, where they hike in the summertime and ski the vast, white terrain during winter.</p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="8lffu198410" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="dlntm197249" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">Heidi’s favorites are family, God's beautiful nature, and the word whimsical.</p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="pq88z198792" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="7cnug82761" indentation="0" style="line-height: 1.5; padding-bottom: 0px; 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Want others to experience the book magic? I hope you'll support this author by sharing with your friends. </p>MK McClintockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15140830185509209100noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648326883989508055.post-30664080651239914592023-12-13T02:30:00.003-07:002023-12-13T02:30:00.130-07:00A Sneak Peek from MILLIE'S ESCAPE by Marcia Clayton<p><span style="text-align: initial;">Books and Benches is pleased to welcome author Marcia Clayton to the blog and to share a snippet of her historical novel set in North Devon, England, </span><span style="font-weight: 700; text-align: initial;"><em>Millie's Escape</em></span><span style="text-align: initial;">. Even the title invites intrigue and adventure! Scroll down for a look.</span></p><p><span style="text-align: initial;"><br /></span></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="a1svh" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><div dir="auto"><blockquote class="_6qQKz UkFT4" id="6k0q6" indentation="0" paragraphid="aq9ng273114" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"> “I’m a huge fan of the Hartford Manor Series and Millie’s Escape is a wonderful addition to the Victorian Saga. Just like the rest of the series, I thoroughly enjoyed Millie’s Escape and I’m looking forward to what comes next. Highly recommended!” —<em>Tracey G., Amazon Review</em></blockquote><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwmrVdlQdc0WOqAyA1EFE2PMTbfQMTfjIwr74mSPndAPIPz3gqmBUQmKDOgRO0HsV68k92y9zJK2qzE1RX9JIkzJH9iyVeULqJq9SBxA9kk87LGZXZofe6YFakf6eBzbvN0Y6qKh-QEpls4NmnoPp94tKrwBVgKya2K0h0H5wHTQgfmoGLPHvwWOC8Ias/s522/Millie's%20Escape%20cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Millie's Escape by Marcia Clayton" border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="362" height="465" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwmrVdlQdc0WOqAyA1EFE2PMTbfQMTfjIwr74mSPndAPIPz3gqmBUQmKDOgRO0HsV68k92y9zJK2qzE1RX9JIkzJH9iyVeULqJq9SBxA9kk87LGZXZofe6YFakf6eBzbvN0Y6qKh-QEpls4NmnoPp94tKrwBVgKya2K0h0H5wHTQgfmoGLPHvwWOC8Ias/w323-h465/Millie's%20Escape%20cover.jpg" width="323" /></a></div><br /><p></p></div><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="8f12e" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><image-component data-node-attrs="{"id":"7h47v","containerData":{"alignment":"CENTER","width":{"size":"SMALL"},"textWrap":true},"image":{"src":{"id":"b6431b_8896be5059f840ce8dfcdd840413caa1~mv2.jpg"},"width":362,"height":522},"link":{"target":"BLANK","url":"https://amzn.to/3Rzn4qs","rel":{"nofollow":true,"noreferrer":true}},"disableExpand":true,"altText":"Millie's Escape by Marcia Clayton","caption":null,"disableDownload":true,"loading":false,"loadingPercentage":null,"tempData":null}"></image-component><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="ovde" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><h2 class="sFRnb CcbjV" dir="auto" id="hr0e" indentation="0" level="2" style="text-align: center;" textstyle="[object Object]"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><em>Millie's Escape</em> by Marcia Clayton</span></h2><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="w3vs214421" indentation="0" style="text-align: center;" textstyle="[object Object]">Book Four of The Hartford Manor Series</p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="bkur6" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="n2d0t109393" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"><span style="font-weight: 700;">1885 North Devon, England</span></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="qn7ey110320" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="2014r" indentation="0" style="line-height: 1.5; line-height: 1.5; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">It is winter in the small Devon village of Brampford Speke, and a typhoid epidemic has claimed many victims. Millie, aged fifteen, is doing her best to nurse her mother and grandmother as well as look after Jonathan, her five-year-old brother. One morning, Millie is horrified to find that her mother, Rosemary, has passed away during the night and is terrified the same fate may befall her granny, Emily.</p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="3g36054033" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"> </p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="uaxq454035" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">When Emily’s neighbours inform her that Sir Edgar Grantley has also perished from the deadly disease, the old woman is distraught, for the kindly gentleman has been their benefactor for many years, much to the disgust of his wife, Lilliana. Emily is well aware that Sir Edgar’s generosity has long been a bone of contention between him and his spouse, and she is certain Lady Grantley will evict them from their cottage at the first opportunity.</p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="t7usc54037" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"> </p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="xavhe54039" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">As she racks her brain for a solution, Emily remembers her father came from Hartford, a seaside village in North Devon and had relatives there. Desperate and too weak to travel, she insists Millie and Jonathan leave home and make their way to Hartford before the embittered woman can cause trouble for them. There, she tells them, they must throw themselves on the mercy of their family and hope they will offer them a home.</p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="bsewr54041" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"> </p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="vgv2354043" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">With Emily promising to follow as soon as possible, the two youngsters reluctantly set off on their fifty-mile journey on foot and in the harshest of weather conditions. Emily warns them to be cautious, for she suspects Lady Grantley may well pursue them to seek revenge for a situation that has existed between the two families for many years.</p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="2ixkv54045" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="dn6sh67358" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">Publication Date: 2 November 2023</p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="w0nwa56505" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">Sunhillow Publishing</p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="977gg56509" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">Genre: Historical Fiction/Family Saga/Women’s Literary Fiction</p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="2p4mb" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p style="line-height: 1.5; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a class="UjWKl D81Ee" href="https://amzn.to/3Rzn4qs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><u>Available in eBook</u></a> and <a class="UjWKl D81Ee" href="https://amzn.to/3RLzbAZ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><u>Paperback</u></a> | <a class="UjWKl D81Ee" href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/book/1144313171?ean=9781838325985" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><u>Barnes & Noble</u></a></span></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="7cnug82761" indentation="0" style="line-height: 1.5; line-height: 1.5; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;" textstyle="[object Object]">At this posting, this title is available to read with <a class="UjWKl D81Ee" href="https://amzn.to/3Rzn4qs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><u>#KindleUnlimited</u></a>.</p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="qpdlv159076" indentation="0" style="line-height: 1.5; line-height: 1.5; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;" textstyle="[object Object]">All the books in The Hartford Manor Series can be ordered from any bookshop.</p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="qpdlv159076" indentation="0" style="line-height: 1.5; line-height: 1.5; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjyNsV2dN-TV0jasrn89o7j0-DsEKUwxAsZAv2K7QzvY8KuG3NJ_jzKan17qgbfnqbyQxHfacZTEKj4LNu0Sejq4bt0jL_1eFREzwGugcKlzLzViTwhw8P17o9KcWtANWhgVP_GUinEK0cauz0FbBdRpNoLgZz5Gaz9Sbp3-b-lmp8kTaXuXFfQsy9C2P4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Millie's Escape by Marcia Clayton" data-original-height="370" data-original-width="740" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjyNsV2dN-TV0jasrn89o7j0-DsEKUwxAsZAv2K7QzvY8KuG3NJ_jzKan17qgbfnqbyQxHfacZTEKj4LNu0Sejq4bt0jL_1eFREzwGugcKlzLzViTwhw8P17o9KcWtANWhgVP_GUinEK0cauz0FbBdRpNoLgZz5Gaz9Sbp3-b-lmp8kTaXuXFfQsy9C2P4=w640-h320" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="kalof50325" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><image-component data-node-attrs="{"id":"dtt9x50324","containerData":{"alignment":"CENTER","width":{"size":"ORIGINAL"},"textWrap":true},"image":{"src":{"id":"b6431b_3d14c5088ec24da0b7f330214cd93113~mv2.jpg"},"width":800,"height":400},"link":null,"disableExpand":true,"altText":"Millie's Escape by Marcia Clayton","caption":null,"disableDownload":null,"loading":false,"loadingPercentage":null,"tempData":null}"></image-component><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="flrre50326" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><div dir="auto"><blockquote class="_6qQKz UkFT4" id="7hd4a103886" indentation="0" paragraphid="2oddr273137" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">“I love the authors style of writing. Every book compels you to keep turning the page. As always,there are so many lovable characters and a heartbreaking tale to tell. Well done Marcia, another highly recommended read!” —<em>SE, Amazon Review</em></blockquote><p> </p></div><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="zdh4s105079" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><h3 class="q4Lmk CcbjV" dir="auto" id="4h1ol37239" indentation="0" level="3" style="text-align: center;" textstyle="[object Object]"><span style="font-size: large;">Enjoy a Snippet from <em>Millie's Escape</em></span></h3><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="xqapk46975" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="inpv045692" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">Living in Pengelly Court was quite an eye-opener for Millie and Jonathan, but they were well-treated, given enough to eat, and not harmed. The women tended to rise late in the mornings, for they knew there would be little trade early in the day, and they usually needed to sleep off the effects of the alcohol and drugs they relied on to cope with their sordid life. They would leave the house late in the morning and then come home around tea time for their main meal before going out again to work the night shift.</p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="mx9k046270" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="57b0s45924" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">Millie and Jonathan were fascinated by Fanny Prowse, the landlady of the house. No one knew how old Fanny was or how she had come to own the place, but she was quite a character. Her plump face was lined with wrinkles and fine red lines, and her large, slightly purple nose was a testament to her life of alcoholism. She had wispy white hair, thinning on the top and barely hiding her shiny scalp. She was seldom seen outside the house without her faded yellow bonnet tied with ribbons under her chin. A prostitute herself in her younger days, three of the girls were her daughters, and she did her best to keep them as safe as possible. Fanny knew enough muscle around the town to frighten off any men with ideas of becoming the girls’ pimp, and few would dare to cross her.</p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="fmgqk46621" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="qldoj45926" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">At first, Millie and Jonathan were frightened of this formidable lady, for her language was ripe, with every other word an obscenity, but one day when Jonnie was suffering from an earache, she mixed up a potion to ease the pain, then cuddled him on her lap until he fell asleep. She was the same with all the youngsters, and Millie thought the old lady loved them more than their mothers.</p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="36ogp" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="1muvv138383" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">End of Excerpt. Excerpt © Marcia Clayton</p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="1muvv138383" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"><br /></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="gfgjy142568" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><div dir="auto"><blockquote class="_6qQKz UkFT4" id="25qgb" indentation="0" paragraphid="07p4e273148" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">“<em>Millie's Escape</em> by Marcia Clayton is another hit in her Hartford Manor series. Marcia has a way of pulling all her characters together and giving each one a specific personality. Love and caring is a major theme in this story, but hatred and revenge play their part to add to the adventure.” —<em>Amazon Review</em></blockquote></div><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="24ogs" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="8ht8b" indentation="0" style="line-height: 1.5; line-height: 1.5; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><h3 class="q4Lmk CcbjV" dir="auto" id="fqlq1" indentation="0" level="3" style="line-height: 1.5; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"><br /></h3><h3 class="q4Lmk CcbjV" dir="auto" id="fqlq1" indentation="0" level="3" style="line-height: 1.5; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"><span style="font-size: large;">Meet Author Marcia Clayton<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM8nb8_3MH5At-bV-4h70QFpwHALTR_BtlI8WICE_jnOpXuLnkV36VvxNqvxxujsrlwxWN0mNgLrPJSdjtPlrdfQ9vtF_pc60ZGLGAVDFDi7HGbQwrcO3o3b7c2jgZKZ17eQ4DfRqQCRWVkEnr24lyl0nG6sdEArXgXQ3FoRSGL_S3IFNaKmHvONHasbE/s256/Marcia%20Clayton%20Photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Author Marcia Clayton" border="0" data-original-height="256" data-original-width="247" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM8nb8_3MH5At-bV-4h70QFpwHALTR_BtlI8WICE_jnOpXuLnkV36VvxNqvxxujsrlwxWN0mNgLrPJSdjtPlrdfQ9vtF_pc60ZGLGAVDFDi7HGbQwrcO3o3b7c2jgZKZ17eQ4DfRqQCRWVkEnr24lyl0nG6sdEArXgXQ3FoRSGL_S3IFNaKmHvONHasbE/w203-h210/Marcia%20Clayton%20Photo.jpg" width="203" /></a></div></span></h3><image-component data-node-attrs="{"id":"5ks2p","containerData":{"alignment":"LEFT","width":{"custom":"220"},"textWrap":true},"image":{"src":{"id":"b6431b_d2932268dfc94c6b8e472c1d3b6208a2~mv2.jpg"},"width":247,"height":256},"link":null,"disableExpand":true,"altText":"Author Marcia Clayton","caption":null,"disableDownload":true,"loading":false,"loadingPercentage":null,"tempData":null}"></image-component><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="dnl38" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">Marcia Clayton is the author of five books in The Hartford Manor Series, a heart-warming family saga stretching from the Regency period to Victorian times. A sixth book is to be released in 2024.</p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="gtfxu151098" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="i1lyx150630" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">Marcia was born in North Devon, a rural and picturesque area in the far South West of England. When she left school, Marcia worked in a bank for several years until she married her husband, Bryan, and then stayed at home for a few years to care for her three sons, Stuart, Paul and David. As the children grew older, Marcia worked as a Marie Curie nurse caring for the terminally ill and later for the local authority managing school transport.</p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="9h4xk151513" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="1dtp5150632" indentation="0" style="text-align: initial;" textstyle="[object Object]">Now a grandmother, Marcia enjoys spending time with her family and friends. She’s a keen researcher of family history, and this hobby inspired some of the characters in her books. A keen gardener, Marcia grows many of her own vegetables. 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Want others to experience the book magic? I hope you'll support this author by sharing with your friends. </p><p class="CIFvi F607M" dir="auto" id="q91sh158149" indentation="0" style="line-height: 1.5; line-height: 1.5; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;" textstyle="[object Object]"></p>MK McClintockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15140830185509209100noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648326883989508055.post-22017689400445667402023-11-07T03:00:00.003-07:002023-11-07T03:00:00.143-07:00Live and Love Free in TIMES OF TURMOIL by Anna Belfrage<p style="text-align: left;"><span data-offset-key="foo-0-0" style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Anna Belfrage is a wonderful storyteller, and I'm pleased to share a glimpse into her book, </span><span data-offset-key="foo-0-1" style="font-style: italic; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Times of Turmoil</span><span data-offset-key="foo-0-2" style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">, with you. For those who enjoy historical fiction with romance and danger wrapped up in time travel, then read on for an excerpt. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-style: italic; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Note: Anna doesn't shy away from realism in her books, which is one of the great things about her storytelling. For those who might be sensitive to it, the scene shared in this post contains elements of beating, though nothing graphic. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><div data-draftjs-conductor-fragment="{"blocks":[{"key":"5gpqs","text":"Anna Belfrage is a wonderful storyteller, and I'm pleased to share a glimpse into her book, Times of Turmoil, with you. For those who enjoy historical fiction with elements of romance, danger wrapped up in time travel, then read on for an excerpt. 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As a father, I am always on the lookout for books with characters my daughters can see themselves represented in, and Belfrage gives this to us, wrapped up in a supremely engrossing time travel epic. There is a line where Duncan says, “This is what a white man considers is his right to subject a coloured woman to.” It’s beautiful and disheartening all at once. The plot itself is dynamic and fast-paced, with unexpected twists and turns. The use of ruses and strategies amplifies this, and all of the characters are multi-dimensional, with their own motivations and flaws. Belfrage’s writing is able to evoke strong emotions of empathy, anger, and hope, and this follow-up in the Time Locket series is a solid, worthy read. 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Not her, not when Lettie was the strongest and fastest of all the Graham cousins, the best marksman—whether with musket or bow and arrow—the best rider, the best swimmer. No, that Lettie would never have allowed a man to terrorise her. That Lettie had dreamed of becoming an Amazon, one of those ancient female warriors her grandmother told stories about, brave women who defended the weak and fearlessly rode into battle. ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"4d7vt","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"7ui8","text":"But that was then, before Emrick, before days of being belittled and hurt, of being disciplined by her husband for any infraction. ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"7j0q4","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"340g6","text":"A wife must be dutiful. 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Or the reappearance of Nicholas Farrell in their lives, as much of a warped bully now as he was when he almost beat Duncan to death years ago. 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how little things have changed. As a father, I am always on the lookout for books with characters my daughters can see themselves represented in, and Belfrage gives this to us, wrapped up in a supremely engrossing time travel epic. There is a line where Duncan says, “This is what a white man considers is his right to subject a coloured woman to.” It’s beautiful and disheartening all at once. The plot itself is dynamic and fast-paced, with unexpected twists and turns. The use of ruses and strategies amplifies this, and all of the characters are multi-dimensional, with their own motivations and flaws. Belfrage’s writing is able to evoke strong emotions of empathy, anger, and hope, and this follow-up in the Time Locket series is a solid, worthy read. Very highly recommended.” (Anna sniffs happily) —</span><span data-offset-key="4k6n5-0-3" style="font-style: italic;">Reader’s Favorite</span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="4k6n5-0-0"><span data-offset-key="f8191-0-0" style="font-size: 36px;"><br /></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="4k6n5-0-0"><span data-offset-key="f8191-0-0" style="font-size: 36px;">Read an Excerpt from </span><span data-offset-key="f8191-0-1" style="font-size: 36px; font-style: italic;">Times of Turmoil</span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="dsdgm-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="dsdgm-0-0"><span data-offset-key="dsdgm-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="17n9c-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="17n9c-0-0"><span data-offset-key="17n9c-0-0">Had someone told the young Lettie Graham that one day she’d stand cowering before a man, she’d have laughed. Not her, not when Lettie was the strongest and fastest of all the Graham cousins, the best marksman—whether with musket or bow and arrow—the best rider, the best swimmer. No, that Lettie would never have allowed a man to terrorise her. That Lettie had dreamed of becoming an Amazon, one of those ancient female warriors her grandmother told stories about, brave women who defended the weak and fearlessly rode into battle. </span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="90eh8-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="90eh8-0-0"><span data-offset-key="90eh8-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="5fk7a-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="5fk7a-0-0"><span data-offset-key="5fk7a-0-0">But that was then, before Emrick, before days of being belittled and hurt, of being disciplined by her husband for any infraction. </span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="b975a-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="b975a-0-0"><span data-offset-key="b975a-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="m2n3-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="m2n3-0-0"><span data-offset-key="m2n3-0-0">A wife must be dutiful. </span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="9sevc-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="9sevc-0-0"><span data-offset-key="9sevc-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="7ph2r-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="7ph2r-0-0"><span data-offset-key="7ph2r-0-0">She must be obedient. </span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="ktcl-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="ktcl-0-0"><span data-offset-key="ktcl-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="7ntes-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="7ntes-0-0"><span data-offset-key="7ntes-0-0">She must hold her tongue.</span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="a05jl-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="a05jl-0-0"><span data-offset-key="a05jl-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="47f1v-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="47f1v-0-0"><span data-offset-key="47f1v-0-0">Emrick whipped that message into her back and thighs, leaving purple marks that never quite faded away. No Amazon, just a frightened woman who begged the man she’d promised to love, honour and obey not to hurt her anymore. But he did, and she tried to stop herself from crying out because it made Emrick angry if she didn’t take her punishment in silence. </span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="89vkm-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="89vkm-0-0"><span data-offset-key="89vkm-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="3i4kh-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="3i4kh-0-0"><span data-offset-key="3i4kh-0-0">He slapped her. “You are a useless wife, incapable of keeping a clean house, of cooking a good meal.”</span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="ccaf-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="ccaf-0-0"><span data-offset-key="ccaf-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="b9c33-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="b9c33-0-0"><span data-offset-key="b9c33-0-0">Not true. She kept their home spotless, and from the Dutch oven came the smell of the baking meat pie, but it didn’t matter that she scurried like a frightened mouse from the moment she woke to the moment she fell into exhausted sleep. Emrick always found fault with something.</span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="fpjae-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="fpjae-0-0"><span data-offset-key="fpjae-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="emh8r-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="emh8r-0-0"><span data-offset-key="emh8r-0-0">He hit her again.</span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="9rk8t-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="9rk8t-0-0"><span data-offset-key="9rk8t-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="36qi0-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="36qi0-0-0"><span data-offset-key="36qi0-0-0">“Please,” she begged, and shame clogged her throat. She shouldn’t beg, she should fight back. Her younger self would have done so, but these last few years with Emrick had eroded her courage, left her an insipid and weak woman who likely deserved his ire. After all, she disappointed him. She should do better: clean more, cook tastier meals, sew him nicer clothes. </span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="42haf-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="42haf-0-0"><span data-offset-key="42haf-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="8ra3j-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="8ra3j-0-0"><span data-offset-key="8ra3j-0-0">“Please?” He laughed nastily. “You are a barren shrew, Lettie Graham, and I’ll regret wedding you till the day I die.” He smiled, but his eyes were like jagged shards of glass. Once, she’d thought his green eyes beautiful. Now, they made her shiver with anticipated pain. “Or you die,” he added and swung again.</span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="33do9-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="33do9-0-0"><span data-offset-key="33do9-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="fj2ci-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="fj2ci-0-0"><span data-offset-key="fj2ci-0-0">His fist caught her full in the belly. He hit; she cried out. He hit and hit and hit, and only when she was lying on the floor did he stop. “Clean up the mess,” he ordered before making for the door. “If that floor isn’t as good as new when I get back, I’ll teach you another lesson.”</span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="diejs-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="diejs-0-0"><span data-offset-key="diejs-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="ap6dl-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="ap6dl-0-0"><span data-offset-key="ap6dl-0-0">It took her a long time to get off the floor. Tentatively, she stretched her limbs, wincing at the sudden spurts of pain. She rose to her feet and gasped when her entire midriff protested. Nothing to worry about, no bones broken, only bruises, she told herself before finding a bucket and a clean rag with which to scrub off the blood that dotted the floor. </span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="840ht-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="840ht-0-0"><span data-offset-key="840ht-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="8tinr-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="8tinr-0-0"><span data-offset-key="8tinr-0-0">Emrick did not return home that night. He rarely did when he’d punished her as thoroughly as he’d done today. No, instead he’d be at one of the nearby inns, laughing with his friends before accompanying a whore upstairs. She wondered bitterly if he ever hit them as he hit her. Likely not: the madam would demand payment for any damage done to one of her girls. </span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="b0daf-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="b0daf-0-0"><span data-offset-key="b0daf-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="8j7tj-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="8j7tj-0-0"><span data-offset-key="8j7tj-0-0">The morning after was always the worst. Every movement hurt, from crouching over the chamber pot to staggering out to the kitchen, there to start a bright new day. A tear landed on the worn wood of the table. Another, and she hid her face in her arms and wept. </span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="b00hp-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="b00hp-0-0"><span data-offset-key="b00hp-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="ffkvn-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="ffkvn-0-0"><span data-offset-key="ffkvn-0-0">That was how her neighbour found her. Not that it was the first time Mrs Vincent had seen her like this, but it shamed Lettie nonetheless. The older woman studied her bruised face with evident concern.</span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="b5hjt-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="b5hjt-0-0"><span data-offset-key="b5hjt-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="313d2-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="313d2-0-0"><span data-offset-key="313d2-0-0">“Not good,” she said bluntly. “Unless you leave him, he will kill you. Men like that, they do not stop.” She crossed herself, blushed vividly when she realised Lettie was watching her. Papists were barely tolerated in most of the colonies. Not that Lettie cared, what with one of her aunts having voluntarily embraced the beliefs of the Holy Church, this despite having been raised a good Presbyterian.</span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="e6qpq-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="e6qpq-0-0"><span data-offset-key="e6qpq-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="bor80-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="bor80-0-0"><span data-offset-key="bor80-0-0">Lettie sighed. They’d had this conversation before. “And where would I go?” She rubbed a finger over a stain on the wood. “I am his wife. As such, he can always demand I return to him.”</span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="4i2ec-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="4i2ec-0-0"><span data-offset-key="4i2ec-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="2oglj-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="2oglj-0-0"><span data-offset-key="2oglj-0-0">“Only if he finds you,” Mrs Vincent said. </span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="e9bgb-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="e9bgb-0-0"><span data-offset-key="e9bgb-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="3dpt1-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="3dpt1-0-0"><span data-offset-key="3dpt1-0-0">Unfortunately, Emrick knew there was only one place for her to run to: home. And while both her father and her uncles would do their best to protect her, they would risk serious fines should they attempt to keep her away from her husband. And Emrick had friends in high places, starting with that despicable Nicholas Farrell, as much of a bully and abuser as Emrick himself. Besides, to return home like a whipped cur—it had her innards twisting with shame.</span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="6tebp-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="6tebp-0-0"><span data-offset-key="6tebp-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="9icj8-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="9icj8-0-0"><span data-offset-key="9icj8-0-0">End of Excerpt. © Anna Belfrage</span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="abs2e-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="abs2e-0-0"><span data-offset-key="abs2e-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="1cf38-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="1cf38-0-0"><a class="TWoY9 itht3" data-hook="linkViewer" href="https://www.annabelfrage.com/2023/10/04/historical-note-times-of-turmoil/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"><span data-offset-key="1cf38-0-0">Read Historical Note</span></a><span data-offset-key="1cf38-1-0"> on Anna's site.</span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="9r8fm-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="9r8fm-0-0"><span data-offset-key="9r8fm-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="9r8fm-0-0"><span data-offset-key="9r8fm-0-0"><br /></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="9r8fm-0-0"><div data-draftjs-conductor-fragment="{"blocks":[{"key":"epa1o","text":"Meet Anna Belfrage","type":"header-three","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"aae6v","text":" ","type":"atomic","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":0,"length":1,"key":0}],"data":{}},{"key":"d7eqb","text":"Had Anna been allowed to choose, she’d have become a time-traveller. 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max-width: 100%; object-fit: cover; width: 204px;" /></wow-image></div><div></div><div></div></div><div class="_0COSB" data-hook="componentOverlay" draggable="true" role="none"></div></div></figure><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="a790e-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="a790e-0-0"><span data-offset-key="a790e-0-0">Had Anna been allowed to choose, she’d have become a time-traveller. As this was impossible, she became a financial professional with two absorbing interests: history and writing. Anna has authored the acclaimed time travelling series The Graham Saga, set in 17th century Scotland and Maryland, as well as the equally acclaimed medieval series The King’s Greatest Enemy which is set in 14th century England. </span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="2vq0m-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="2vq0m-0-0"><span data-offset-key="2vq0m-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="3tejp-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="3tejp-0-0"><span data-offset-key="3tejp-0-0">Anna has also published </span><span data-offset-key="3tejp-0-1" style="font-style: italic;">The Wanderer</span><span data-offset-key="3tejp-0-2">, a fast-paced contemporary romantic suspense trilogy with paranormal and time-slip ingredients. </span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="5edpc-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="5edpc-0-0"><span data-offset-key="5edpc-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="6ihdg-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="6ihdg-0-0"><span data-offset-key="6ihdg-0-0">Anna has recently released </span><span data-offset-key="6ihdg-0-1" style="font-style: italic;">Times of Turmoil,</span><span data-offset-key="6ihdg-0-2"> the sequel to her 2021 release, </span><span data-offset-key="6ihdg-0-3" style="font-style: italic;">The Whirlpools of Time</span><span data-offset-key="6ihdg-0-4">. Here she returns to the world of time travel. Where </span><span data-offset-key="6ihdg-0-5" style="font-style: italic;">The Whirlpools of Time</span><span data-offset-key="6ihdg-0-6"> had Duncan and the somewhat reluctant time-traveller Erin navigating the complexities of the first Jacobean rebellion in Scotland, in </span><span data-offset-key="6ihdg-0-7" style="font-style: italic;">Times of Turmoil</span><span data-offset-key="6ihdg-0-8"> our protagonists are in Colonial Pennsylvania, hoping for a peaceful existence. Not about to happen—not in one of Anna’s books! </span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="20bcv-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="20bcv-0-0"><span data-offset-key="20bcv-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="13s9k-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="13s9k-0-0"><span data-offset-key="13s9k-0-0">All of Anna’s books have been awarded the IndieBRAG Medallion, she has several Historical Novel Society Editor’s Choices, and one of her books won the HNS Indie Award in 2015. She is also the proud recipient of various Reader’s Favorite medals as well as having won various Gold, Silver and Bronze Coffee Pot Book Club awards.</span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="ev6qc-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="ev6qc-0-0"><span data-offset-key="ev6qc-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="3h5tc-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="3h5tc-0-0"><span data-offset-key="3h5tc-0-0">Find out more about Anna, her books and enjoy her eclectic historical blog on her website, </span><a class="TWoY9 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data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="at746-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="at746-0-0"><span data-offset-key="at746-0-0">Author: Anna Belfrage</span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="rviu-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="rviu-0-0"><span data-offset-key="rviu-0-0">Publication Date: September 29th, 2023</span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="fueas-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="fueas-0-0"><span data-offset-key="fueas-0-0">Publisher: Timelight Press</span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="68kpt-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="68kpt-0-0"><span data-offset-key="68kpt-0-0">Page Length: 382 pages</span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="85mem-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="85mem-0-0"><span data-offset-key="85mem-0-0">Genre: Historical Fiction / Time Travel Romance</span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="92om0-0-0"><div 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style="font-size: 36px; font-style: italic;">he Warmth of Snow</span></h2><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">There must be a way to thaw a heart long frozen. Can she help him, or does he have other plans?</span></p><figure class="Er4un WTxjYP" contenteditable="false" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="4p7ag-0-0"><div class="BCdCh _4cG0J crs1V eQXaeo CAVxJ bLtBhj f3bms4w UWgVD undefined W7t3M" data-focus="true" role="none" style="cursor: default; position: relative;" width="20"><div class="Q6a5A" data-hook="imageViewer" role="button" tabindex="0"><div aria-label="The Warmth of Snow by Heidi Eljarbo" class="vBPBf L9OMM f3bms4w" id="new-image9014" style="--dim-height: 1500; --dim-width: 971;"><wow-image class="FvQnEJ" data-bg-effect-name="" data-has-ssr-src="" data-image-info="{"containerId":"new-image9014","displayMode":"fill","isSEOBot":false,"imageData":{"width":971,"height":1500,"uri":"5a3c63_6769c160ddb4421696f5da62230ce050~mv2.jpg","name":"","displayMode":"fill"}}" data-src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5a3c63_6769c160ddb4421696f5da62230ce050~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_360,h_556,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/5a3c63_6769c160ddb4421696f5da62230ce050~mv2.jpg" id="5a3c63_6769c160ddb4421696f5da62230ce050~mv2.jpg"><img alt="The Warmth of Snow by Heidi Eljarbo" src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5a3c63_6769c160ddb4421696f5da62230ce050~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_360,h_556,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/5a3c63_6769c160ddb4421696f5da62230ce050~mv2.jpg" style="height: 556px; max-width: 100%; object-fit: cover; width: 360px;" /></wow-image></div><div></div><div></div></div><div class="_0COSB" data-hook="componentOverlay" draggable="true" role="none"></div></div></figure><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="bdrad-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="bdrad-0-0"><span data-offset-key="bdrad-0-0"><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="7k3iu-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="7k3iu-0-0"><span data-offset-key="7k3iu-0-0" style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="7k3iu-0-0"><span data-offset-key="7k3iu-0-0" style="font-style: italic;">Sweden 1810.</span></div></div><figure class="Er4un WTxjYP" contenteditable="false" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="4p7ag-0-0"><div class="BCdCh _4cG0J crs1V eQXaeo CAVxJ bLtBhj f3bms4w UWgVD undefined W7t3M" data-focus="true" role="none" style="cursor: default; position: relative;" width="20"><div class="Q6a5A" data-hook="imageViewer" role="button" tabindex="0"></div></div></figure></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="bdrad-0-0"><span data-offset-key="bdrad-0-0">August Brandell, the count of Linborg, has returned home after four years of war against the French Empire under the direction of Napoléon Bonaparte. Wounded and downtrodden, he is a meager shadow of the man he used to be.</span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="b7p5c-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="b7p5c-0-0"><span data-offset-key="b7p5c-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="5q7ne-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="5q7ne-0-0"><span data-offset-key="5q7ne-0-0">One day, a lovely young woman comes calling. She’s strong and bright and, unlike the rest, seems unaffected by his wealth and unfortunate disability. He soon discovers he wants more than a sweet friendship, but a life of caring for him would not be fair to such a beautiful soul. Oh, how dearly, deeply he loves her and secretly wants her to stay, but he cannot and will not ask such a sacrifice from her…especially not when it’s out of pity for him.</span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="c3dcp-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="c3dcp-0-0"><span data-offset-key="c3dcp-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="d29eq-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="d29eq-0-0"><span data-offset-key="d29eq-0-0">Erica Gustava Ebbesdotter has primarily been left to herself since she was orphaned at an early age. Although grateful to her aunt and uncle for taking her in, they pay her no attention and even keep her in the dark about her parents.</span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="791nh-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="791nh-0-0"><span data-offset-key="791nh-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="aoct1-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="aoct1-0-0"><span data-offset-key="aoct1-0-0">Hearing about Count Brandell’s unfortunate fate on the battlefield, she knocks on the door at Castle Linborg to leave him a card of encouragement.</span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="2i24b-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="2i24b-0-0"><span data-offset-key="2i24b-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="2pad8-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="2pad8-0-0"><span data-offset-key="2pad8-0-0">Meeting Count Brandell changes Erica’s entire world. Falling for him is utterly unexpected. Soon, he fills her heart, but he is far above her station. How can a man like him see beyond her less refined clothes and past? Worst of all, he is already betrothed.</span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="dvcas-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="dvcas-0-0"><span data-offset-key="dvcas-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="5kprn-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="5kprn-0-0"><span data-offset-key="5kprn-0-0" style="font-weight: bold;">This is a sweet and wholesome historical romance—a hauntingly beautiful tale of two hearts meant to be together.</span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="74vdu-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="74vdu-0-0"><span data-offset-key="74vdu-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><h6 class="_1JrEd rqyPc public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_H6" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="b5r4s-0-0"><p style="text-align: left;"><span data-offset-key="b5r4s-0-0" style="font-size: medium;">Buy the Book</span></p></h6><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_line-height-1_5 rich_content_padding-top-0px rich_content_padding-bottom-0px rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="8qm9c-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="8qm9c-0-0"><span data-offset-key="8qm9c-0-0">This title is available to read on Kindle Unlimited.</span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_line-height-1_5 rich_content_padding-top-0px rich_content_padding-bottom-0px rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="7jmgv-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="7jmgv-0-0"><a class="TWoY9 itht3" data-hook="linkViewer" href="https://amzn.to/3Mvi4Qu" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"><span data-offset-key="7jmgv-0-0">Amazon US</span></a><span data-offset-key="7jmgv-1-0"> • </span><a class="TWoY9 itht3" data-hook="linkViewer" href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CHJR4WKG" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"><span data-offset-key="7jmgv-2-0">Amazon UK</span></a><span data-offset-key="7jmgv-3-0"> • </span><a class="TWoY9 itht3" data-hook="linkViewer" href="https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0CHJR4WKG" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"><span data-offset-key="7jmgv-4-0">Amazon AU</span></a><span data-offset-key="7jmgv-5-0"> • </span><a class="TWoY9 itht3" data-hook="linkViewer" href="https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0CHJR4WKG" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"><span data-offset-key="7jmgv-6-0">Amazon CA</span></a></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="7jmgv-0-0"><br /></div></div><h2 class="jzrHD rqyPc public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_H2" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="itef-0-0"></h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span data-offset-key="itef-0-0" style="font-size: 36px;">A Snippet from </span><span data-offset-key="itef-0-1" style="font-size: 36px; font-style: italic;">The Warmth of Snow</span></h2><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="1vtk0-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="1vtk0-0-0">The count kept his gaze on her, his weary eyes full of empathy. “And how are those memories now? Do they still keep you awake at night? Do they make you angry? I’m only asking because that’s how I felt for a long time after my parents passed away from fever, leaving their fourteen-year-old son to learn from experience how to run this castle and estate.” He clasped his hands together. “So many people die during these times of war, but when a tragedy befalls those who are closest to us, it marks us for life, doesn’t it?”</div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="alev7-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="alev7-0-0"><span data-offset-key="alev7-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="eqqpd-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="eqqpd-0-0"><span data-offset-key="eqqpd-0-0">Erica offered a deep sigh and fumbled for a reply. How often had she imagined her parents’ fear and despair as they fought against the forces of nature, clinging to their only child, praying for help?</span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="5t848-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="5t848-0-0"><span data-offset-key="5t848-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="88btv-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="88btv-0-0"><span data-offset-key="88btv-0-0">“I’m sure your father taught you well,” she said. “But you must have had some help…a mentor perhaps…someone who guided you through how to take care of your inheritance.”</span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="enkmb-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="enkmb-0-0"><span data-offset-key="enkmb-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="fsppr-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="fsppr-0-0"><span data-offset-key="fsppr-0-0">© Heidi Eljarbo</span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="fsppr-0-0"><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Meet Heidi Eljarbo</h2></div><figure class="Er4un WTxjYP" contenteditable="false" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="9gu8i-0-0"><div class="BCdCh _4cG0J crs1V eQXaeo f3bms4w UWgVD undefined W7t3M" data-focus="true" role="none" style="cursor: default; position: relative; width: 271px;" width="271"><div class="Q6a5A" data-hook="imageViewer"><div aria-label="Author Heidi Eljarbo" class="vBPBf L9OMM f3bms4w" id="new-image9015" style="--dim-height: 320; --dim-width: 320;"><wow-image class="FvQnEJ" data-bg-effect-name="" data-has-ssr-src="" data-image-info="{"containerId":"new-image9015","displayMode":"fill","isSEOBot":false,"imageData":{"width":320,"height":320,"uri":"5a3c63_4c340e25532341eaa95928ec7322a196~mv2.jpg","name":"","displayMode":"fill"}}" data-src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5a3c63_4c340e25532341eaa95928ec7322a196~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_271,h_271,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/5a3c63_4c340e25532341eaa95928ec7322a196~mv2.jpg" id="5a3c63_4c340e25532341eaa95928ec7322a196~mv2.jpg"><img alt="Author Heidi Eljarbo" src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5a3c63_4c340e25532341eaa95928ec7322a196~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_271,h_271,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/5a3c63_4c340e25532341eaa95928ec7322a196~mv2.jpg" style="height: 271px; max-width: 100%; object-fit: cover; width: 271px;" /></wow-image></div><div></div><div></div></div><div class="_0COSB" data-hook="componentOverlay" draggable="true" role="none"></div></div></figure><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="1igl2-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="1igl2-0-0"><span data-offset-key="1igl2-0-0">Heidi Eljarbo is the bestselling author of historical fiction and mysteries filled with courageous and good characters that are easy to love and others you don't want to go near.</span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="6mo3n-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="6mo3n-0-0"><span data-offset-key="6mo3n-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="3kl3g-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="3kl3g-0-0"><span data-offset-key="3kl3g-0-0">Heidi grew up in a home filled with books and artwork and she never truly imagined she would do anything other than write and paint. She studied art, languages, and history, all of which have come in handy when working as an author, magazine journalist, and painter.</span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="7ab44-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="7ab44-0-0"><span data-offset-key="7ab44-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="ch8e1-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="ch8e1-0-0"><span data-offset-key="ch8e1-0-0">After living in Canada, six US states, Japan, Switzerland, and Austria, Heidi now calls Norway home. She and her husband have a total of nine children, thirteen grandchildren—so far—in addition to a bouncy Wheaten Terrier.</span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="bgjtm-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="bgjtm-0-0"><span data-offset-key="bgjtm-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="asaih-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="asaih-0-0"><span data-offset-key="asaih-0-0">Their favorite retreat is a mountain cabin, where they hike in the summertime and ski the vast, white terrain during 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class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="76svr-0-0"><span data-offset-key="76svr-0-0">Title: The Warmth of Snow</span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="7p13o-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="7p13o-0-0"><span data-offset-key="7p13o-0-0">Author: Heidi Eljarbo</span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="m2mh-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="m2mh-0-0"><span data-offset-key="m2mh-0-0">Publication Date: October 24th, 2023</span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="71bcu-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="71bcu-0-0"><span data-offset-key="71bcu-0-0">Pages: 210</span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="bv7jl-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="bv7jl-0-0"><span data-offset-key="bv7jl-0-0">Genre: Sweet Historical Romance / Scandinavian Fiction</span></div></div></div>MK McClintockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15140830185509209100noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648326883989508055.post-46675724305015983132023-10-27T03:00:00.003-06:002023-10-27T03:00:00.139-06:00THE WINDS OF CHANGE by Joan Fallon<p>The spotlight is on Joan Fallon and her historical fiction novel, <i>The Winds of Change,</i> a story of love, intrigue, and betrayal before the Spanish Civil War.</p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>The Winds of Change</i> by Joan Fallon</span></h2><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiuTL2Mf9pqXU0krEsXE9KVpUhlDsn2s8pXy2sFrxEFDdL5Hwq_gxVwUnExn-0g6Wc1javomG0FiVUnLSlxTGMI2G0e-DYDJ3Dtu-vMyJQ4Ihx9XZy-ee4uKfaMduJbedbikqlrYon3r7Sd4zifouL0gp2DShCDUQkf4-DOqVtLBrKLlirEDumrSmPMjco" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The Winds of Change by Joan Fallon" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="327" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiuTL2Mf9pqXU0krEsXE9KVpUhlDsn2s8pXy2sFrxEFDdL5Hwq_gxVwUnExn-0g6Wc1javomG0FiVUnLSlxTGMI2G0e-DYDJ3Dtu-vMyJQ4Ihx9XZy-ee4uKfaMduJbedbikqlrYon3r7Sd4zifouL0gp2DShCDUQkf4-DOqVtLBrKLlirEDumrSmPMjco=w258-h394" width="258" /></a></div><b><i>The Winds of Change</i>
is a story of love, loyalty and betrayal on the eve of the Spanish Civil War,
when the country is political turmoil with strikes and demonstrations,
unemployment is high and the people are starving.</b><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">In this complicated love triangle we meet Ramon, a member of the Repub</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">lican Left, who has accidentally killed a policeman and is on the run
from the Guardia Civil and Hugo, the son of the wealthy owner of a local sherry
bodega. Both men are in love with Clementina, the beautiful daughter of a
well-known gypsy horse trader bu</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">t there are
obstacles in both their paths.</span></p><p class="Default" style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Hugo finds that when he tries to see Clementina again, both his par</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">ents and hers do everything they can to stop him.</span></p><p class="Default" style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Meanwhile, Ramon's brother, Pedro, is arrested and imprisoned because he
will not reveal his brother's whereabouts to the Guardia Civil. Now Ramon has
to choose between his brother </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">and the woman he
loves.</span></p><p class="Default" style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">This fast-moving</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> historical novel is a story of love, politics, class prejudice,
intrigue, and betrayal in the year leading up to the Spanish Civil
War.</span></p><p class="Default" style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></p><h3 style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Buy <i>The Winds of Change</i></span></span></h3><p class="Body"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This title is available to read on
#KindleUnlimited</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. Available in paperback from most on-line bookstores. </span><a href="https://books2read.com/u/bzB2oL" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Universal Buy Link</b></a></p><p class="Body"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://joanfallon.co.uk/books/the-winds-of-change/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Read an extract from <i>The Winds of Change</i></a> at the author's website.</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Praise for <i>The Winds of Change</i></span></h3><p></p><blockquote><p>“<em>Ms Fallon has the talented ability to bring her fictional
characters to life; you are there with them, discretely observing what
they do and say – wishing you could join in with their conversations,
and become an integrated part of this vigorous story.</em>” —<a href="https://helenhollick.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Helen Hollick author</a></p></blockquote><p><a href="https://helenhollick.net/"></a></p><p class="Body">
</p><p></p><blockquote><p>“<em>Joan Fallon brings us a revealing portrayal of life in pre-civil
war Spain. This is an evocative tale of the hardships endured by the
very poorest and the injustices they suffered at the hands of those in
positions of power and influence</em>.” —<a href="https://susancarew.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Susan Carew author</a></p></blockquote><p><a href="https://susancarew.com/"></a></p><p class="Body"><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Meet the Author</span></h2><p class="Body"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjWotRNzWhz5hWwfuA9cr11Z3q9farSePvNq6lob9vnu3X7OCi_H90TvAMxsGs0CdmndB2oKH9R5E7GWl55kO9O7PckfRUOH4YgWkgWod9E9nCuBcc2TXi7khIHIylUqxaxOK-4tV89SORXrlkkusz67owK7kbiBrWsYfhKXYZr23v11BsbjAO5OwKaVvw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Author Joan Fallon" data-original-height="453" data-original-width="375" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjWotRNzWhz5hWwfuA9cr11Z3q9farSePvNq6lob9vnu3X7OCi_H90TvAMxsGs0CdmndB2oKH9R5E7GWl55kO9O7PckfRUOH4YgWkgWod9E9nCuBcc2TXi7khIHIylUqxaxOK-4tV89SORXrlkkusz67owK7kbiBrWsYfhKXYZr23v11BsbjAO5OwKaVvw" width="199" /></a></div>Teacher, management trainer and business woman, the Scottish-born novelist, <b>Joan Fallon</b> moved from the UK to Spain in 1998 and dedicated herself to full-time writing. She is now the self-published author of eighteen books, many of which are historical novels set in southern Spain, and focus on two distinct periods in the country’s history, the Spanish Civil War and Moorish Spain. <p></p><p class="Body">More recently she had turned her attention to writing contemporary crime fiction, with a series of novels entitled The Jacaranda Dunne Mysteries but her love of historical fiction has lured her back to writing about Spain in the 20th century in her latest novel <i>The Winds of Change</i>.</p><div><p class="Body"><b><a href="https://joanfallon.co.uk/"><span class="Hyperlink0"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">joanfallon.co.uk</span></span></a></b></p>
<p class="Body"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/joanfallonbooks/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/joan-fallon-3b097144/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/joanfallonbooks/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://www.amazon.com/stores/Joan-Fallon/author/B003B09VWY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon Author Page</a> | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6440514.Joan_Fallon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Goodreads </a></span></p><p class="Body"><br /></p><p class="Body"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiwjYb7N9LPLO5sYIoQ8IukHI9YwRBJ7m-NT_7-gawkjiYbaGaUdMdQ8ZCNMPl2mcqv8_QgyZ2nIBoLUx5vPOOP4GpZICqob0_xbjnWtd8N6we1gemC-vlbNO2p-ubhj2lNlh3XBYSS_HZhRYngTVp52APCSamncsuU9IGDscx9mqODD4qaadSLydBvKqA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="529" data-original-width="940" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiwjYb7N9LPLO5sYIoQ8IukHI9YwRBJ7m-NT_7-gawkjiYbaGaUdMdQ8ZCNMPl2mcqv8_QgyZ2nIBoLUx5vPOOP4GpZICqob0_xbjnWtd8N6we1gemC-vlbNO2p-ubhj2lNlh3XBYSS_HZhRYngTVp52APCSamncsuU9IGDscx9mqODD4qaadSLydBvKqA=w549-h309" width="549" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-GB">Book Title: </span><span lang="EN-GB"><i>The Winds of Change</i><br /></span><span lang="EN-GB">Author: </span><span lang="EN-GB">Joan Fallon<br /></span><span lang="EN-GB">Publication Date: </span><span lang="EN-GB">30th September 2023<br /></span><span lang="EN-GB">Publisher: </span><span lang="EN-GB">independently published<br /></span><span lang="EN-GB">Page Length:</span><span lang="EN-GB"> 322<br /></span><span lang="EN-GB">Genre: </span><span lang="EN-GB">historical fiction / 20th century</span></div><p class="Body">
</p></div>MK McClintockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15140830185509209100noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648326883989508055.post-19775681545915069752023-10-24T03:00:00.004-06:002023-10-24T03:00:00.138-06:00THE MERCHANT'S DILEMMA by Carolyn Hughes<p>Ready for a romantic medieval journey? Join Carolyn Hughes as she shares an excerpt from her historical fiction novel, <i>The Merchant's Dilemma</i>! </p><h2 style="text-align: left;"></h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Merchant's Dilemma</span></i></h2><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhRqyVgUrB17z_DofeTcSvWq5OFCXx7HX-lVZ9NdZdliMsfi66zjqiu-Dkdok1Ggf9372nUGpkf_sp42JbTsWLtxRgStCODB332NgvX01VPdCinYiNpYvkD683DCalrGMnFW3AEEc0FbDU3xsXbQCBj31xa8gOVjXaEdaa4Bob-I7M_Ekqq7sheywiS9wU" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1009" data-original-width="672" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhRqyVgUrB17z_DofeTcSvWq5OFCXx7HX-lVZ9NdZdliMsfi66zjqiu-Dkdok1Ggf9372nUGpkf_sp42JbTsWLtxRgStCODB332NgvX01VPdCinYiNpYvkD683DCalrGMnFW3AEEc0FbDU3xsXbQCBj31xa8gOVjXaEdaa4Bob-I7M_Ekqq7sheywiS9wU=w248-h372" width="248" /></a></div></div></i><p>1362. Winchester. Seven months ago, accused of bringing plague and death from Winchester, Bea Ward was hounded out of Meonbridge by her former friends and neighbours. Finding food and shelter where she could, she struggled to make her way back to Winchester again.</p><p>Yet, once she arrived, she wondered why she’d come.</p><p>For her former lover – the love of her life – Riccardo Marchaunt, had married a year ago. And she no longer had the strength to go back to her old life on the streets. Frail, destitute and homeless, she was reduced to begging. Then, in January, during a tumultuous and destructive storm, she found herself on Riccardo’s doorstep. She had no plan, beyond hoping he might help her, or at least provide a final resting place for her poor body.</p><p>When Bea awakes to find she’s lying in Riccardo’s bed once more, she’s thankful, thrilled, but mystified. But she soon learns that his wife died four months ago, along with their newborn son, and finds too that Riccardo loves her now as much as he ever did, and wants to make her his wife. But can he? And, even if he can, could she ever really be a proper merchant’s wife?</p><p>Riccardo could not have been more relieved to find Bea still alive, when he thought he had lost her forever. She had been close to death, but is now recovering her health. He adores her and wants her to be his wife. But how? His father would forbid such an “unfitting” match, on pain of denying him his inheritance. And what would his fellow merchants think of it? And their haughty wives?</p><p>Yet, Riccardo is determined that Bea will be his wife. He has to find a solution to his dilemma… With the help of his beloved mother, Emilia, and her close friend, Cecily, he hatches a plan to make it happen.</p><p>But even the best laid plans sometimes go awry. And the path of love never did run smooth…</p><p><i><b>The Merchant’s Dilemma</b></i> is a companion novel to the main series of MEONBRIDGE CHRONICLES, and continues the story of Bea and Riccardo after the end of the fourth Chronicle, Children’s Fate. It is a little more romantic and light-hearted than the other Chronicles but, if you’ve enjoyed reading about the lives of the characters of Meonbridge, you will almost certainly enjoy reading <i>The Merchant’s Dilemma</i> too!</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Get <i>The Merchant's Dilemma</i></h3><p><a href="https://books2read.com/u/3RY7Yj " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Universal Book Link</a> </p><p>(This title is available on Kindle Unlimited)</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHqj_quo5BaSx60-OzxF35MRVaD4DcIL85LVY4Y4VJRPKS58C8D6P-LKS-k5lU_sMMdIZngXJJeLtdnQhazl_XhxslF70dPLRqF05Zxa8S48Gkfv_ZjtLk3wHbChxf9OfjIIq1Fg8TPWTD2WhGzc3ZsBJw4dAHWatftog3H4JIG9ZLm_Giocvg0TriIM8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="940" data-original-width="940" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHqj_quo5BaSx60-OzxF35MRVaD4DcIL85LVY4Y4VJRPKS58C8D6P-LKS-k5lU_sMMdIZngXJJeLtdnQhazl_XhxslF70dPLRqF05Zxa8S48Gkfv_ZjtLk3wHbChxf9OfjIIq1Fg8TPWTD2WhGzc3ZsBJw4dAHWatftog3H4JIG9ZLm_Giocvg0TriIM8=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Enjoy an Excerpt from <i>The Merchant's Dilemma</i></span></h2><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB">From Chapter 1</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">Bea’s eyes flickered open and she peered
over the edge of the coverlet. She was warm and comfortable between the
mattress and the cover, but her mouth was dry. Tweaking the cover down, she lifted
her head up a little and glanced about her, taking in her surroundings.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Moments later, her anxiety was relieved.
Her head might still be dizzy but she knew exactly where she was. That large
window overlooked the long garden at the back of the house. The bright hangings
on the walls depicted scenes of hunting. The painted chest that stood behind
the door held shirts and braies.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Most familiar of all was this great bed,
with its deep mattress and heavy curtains, the soft pillows beneath her head
and the warm blanket and woven coverlet that topped smooth linen sheets. The
bed embraced her, comforting her weary, feeble limbs.</p><p class="MsoNormal">She tried to lift her head a little more,
but her vision swam and she fell back again. Yet, in that instant, she’d seen
she was not alone: an old woman was sitting on a chair to one side of the
window, dozing, a stump of candle on the small table at her side gone out. The
sunlight filtering through the shutter was weak, scarcely sufficient for
Mistress Collyton’s ancient eyes to be able to see across the room. But she was
there, Bea assumed, waiting for her to wake. And, then, she’d surely go to
fetch Riccardo.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Bea sighed, so softly Mistress Collyton
wouldn’t have heard, even if she’d not been sleeping. Her heart beat a little
faster, as she understood that what she’d hoped might happen – almost beyond
reason – had. Riccardo <i>had</i> found her, and had taken her in. She was
alive, and lying in his bed. The bed she knew so well but hadn’t imagined she’d
ever lie in again.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Her heart turned over. Why <i>was</i> she
lying in this bed? Where was Riccardo’s wife? Had she <i>agreed</i> to Riccardo
bringing her up here, usurping the place reserved for her and her husband?</p><p class="MsoNormal">Nervous and confused now by what she didn’t
know, Bea wriggled slightly further down the bed, pulling the sheet and
coverlet up over her eyes. She was more comfortable than she’d been for months.
She felt safe, but was she truly? Or was Riccardo’s wife downstairs, waiting
for her to wake, so she could be turned out of the house once more?</p><p class="MsoNormal">Bea closed her eyes again. The longer she
was asleep, the longer it would be before any such dismissal came. Or perhaps
it would be better if she never woke? Then she’d never have to face again the
life of vagrancy she’d lived since being abandoned by Riccardo and driven out
of Meonbridge.</p><p class="MsoNormal">She’d no idea how long she’d been here,
though the chamber’s chilly air told her it must still be winter. It was last
summer she’d run away from Meonbridge, after the villagers – once her friends
and neighbours – had attacked and threatened her, blaming her for bringing the
pestilence from Winchester. Fleeing for her life, she’d lived for months out in
the open, sleeping in barns, eating what she could find – or steal – eventually
finding her way to Winchester. She didn’t know what she expected: to ask
Riccardo for help, perhaps, or to return to her old life as a whore? Though, as
her health deteriorated, and her body weakened into the frailty of a child’s,
neither seemed a possibility.</p><p class="MsoNormal">When the storm hit – in the middle of
January she thought it was – she was living on the city streets, finding
shelter where she could. She was so thin, exhausted and perpetually cold, she
was sure she would soon die. That evening, finding herself close to where
Riccardo lived, she decided to throw herself upon his mercy: surely, he’d
either help her live, or give her a decent burial? But, when she arrived at his
house, he wasn’t there. Incapable of walking any further, she’d collapsed
outside his door.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Crumpled on the ground, she’d drifted in
and out of awareness, yet thought it wasn’t much longer before Riccardo did
return. At least she’d imagined it was him. She’d thought she heard the sound
of his voice, breathless with emotion, and the feel of his strong arms about
her as he lifted her up and carried her indoors. The last moment she could
recall was the touch of his lips upon her hand, before she slipped into
unconsciousness. </p><p class="MsoNormal">End of excerpt. © Carolyn Hughes</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Meet the Author</h2><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLA1wCLVwC6XtnkVvZA0n0HBRVJ0gvemfDh9_wR3w9tyxSTclPnGcqPpoZu44sOQNLyA59Qju_z64M322zPRXb1HPZAcJG97E2ovyMBnFAUcwG5n1AoyI2JZMOCfoZX62ehKslkw7CCkDUy1NBJ0y5i_YM25O-O0dgHUQZVIx4TXeB02wO-0TQDviFxVM" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="324" data-original-width="327" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLA1wCLVwC6XtnkVvZA0n0HBRVJ0gvemfDh9_wR3w9tyxSTclPnGcqPpoZu44sOQNLyA59Qju_z64M322zPRXb1HPZAcJG97E2ovyMBnFAUcwG5n1AoyI2JZMOCfoZX62ehKslkw7CCkDUy1NBJ0y5i_YM25O-O0dgHUQZVIx4TXeB02wO-0TQDviFxVM=w228-h226" width="228" /></a></div><br /><b>Carolyn Hughes</b> has lived much of her life
in Hampshire. With a first degree in Classics and English, she started working
life as a computer programmer, then a very new profession. But it was technical
authoring that later proved her vocation, word-smithing for many different
clients, including banks, an international hotel group and medical instruments
manufacturers.<p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Although she wrote creatively on and off
for most of her adult life, it was not until her children flew the nest that
writing historical fiction took centre stage. But why historical fiction?
Serendipity!</p><p class="MsoNormal">Seeking inspiration for what to write for
her Creative Writing Masters, she discovered the handwritten draft, begun in
her twenties, of a novel, set in 14th century rural England… Intrigued by the
period and setting, she realised that, by writing a novel set in the period,
she’d be able to both learn more about the medieval past <i>and</i> interpret
it, which seemed like a thrilling thing to do. A few days later, the first
Meonbridge Chronicle, <i>Fortune’s Wheel</i>, was under way.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Six published books later (with more to
come), Carolyn does now think of herself as an Historical Novelist. And she
wouldn’t have it any other way…</p><p class="MsoNormal">Carolyn has a Master’s in Creative Writing
from Portsmouth University and a PhD from the University of Southampton.</p><p class="MsoNormal">You can connect with Carolyn through her
website <u><b><a href="http://www.carolynhughesauthor.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.carolynhughesauthor.com</a></b></u> and social media.</p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Connect with Carolyn</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://twitter.com/writingcalliope" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CarolynHughesAuthor/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://www.bookbub.com/profile/carolyn-hughes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BookBub</a> | <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Carolyn-Hughes/e/B01MG5TWH1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon Author Page</a> | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/16048212.Carolyn_Hughes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Goodreads</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiTsNgUUGM__e1_9Lw98-8IPZBZ-tkzvqAWbKsm3U-jr6It8RGHsCh59izRlSu6WsC4GTHMcJL5WNuwnEH9amLoapLiJ9cU8g3NmACxa-ukCuJEWXllv2Jb8VbrrQ6J_xnU6DX4EwR_od5s088IPEYErisTLrFI40GyqZ4OJ0ZowjUQRWiqeAeES1OF2fs" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="529" data-original-width="940" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiTsNgUUGM__e1_9Lw98-8IPZBZ-tkzvqAWbKsm3U-jr6It8RGHsCh59izRlSu6WsC4GTHMcJL5WNuwnEH9amLoapLiJ9cU8g3NmACxa-ukCuJEWXllv2Jb8VbrrQ6J_xnU6DX4EwR_od5s088IPEYErisTLrFI40GyqZ4OJ0ZowjUQRWiqeAeES1OF2fs=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div><div>Book Title: <i>The Merchant’s Dilemma</i>, a Meonbridge Chronicles Companion Novel</div><div>Series: The Meonbridge Chronicles</div><div>Author: Carolyn Hughes</div><div>Publication Date: 20th September 2023</div><div>Publisher: Riverdown Books</div><div>Page Length: 232</div><div>Genre: Historical Fiction</div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>MK McClintockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15140830185509209100noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648326883989508055.post-70459669820217581412023-10-17T02:00:00.022-06:002023-10-17T02:00:00.130-06:00Adventure, Daring, and Redemption in BURNING SECRET by R.J. Lloyd<p style="text-align: left;">Please join us in welcoming author R.J. Lloyd as he generously shares an excerpt from <i>Burning Secret</i>, a tale of adventure, daring, and redemption.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><i>Burning Secret</i></h4><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Bgy25gLH629ePOqfzWBJx6WQYoOV8LdNdKtxYEomxK2eepM1D8NY8HiaqBxyFpjz3Ilk8aor3BJ3BqYp6iUp8G4_h6MTB3kJ1a6UzCm2GHKo8maLmUbYcZEngSz1a8d5-YemlrvTZeLGPHLLyqmSxXG69TpHF5EnJb4BbmhQuTcXYXMuJLzx9PS_yDo/s561/Burning%20Secret%20Cover.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="561" data-original-width="365" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Bgy25gLH629ePOqfzWBJx6WQYoOV8LdNdKtxYEomxK2eepM1D8NY8HiaqBxyFpjz3Ilk8aor3BJ3BqYp6iUp8G4_h6MTB3kJ1a6UzCm2GHKo8maLmUbYcZEngSz1a8d5-YemlrvTZeLGPHLLyqmSxXG69TpHF5EnJb4BbmhQuTcXYXMuJLzx9PS_yDo/w269-h414/Burning%20Secret%20Cover.png" width="269" /></a></div><p></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #2d3333;">Inspired
by actual events, <i>Burning Secret </i>is a dramatic and compelling tale of
ambition, lies and betrayal. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #2d3333;">Born in the
slums of Bristol in 1844, Enoch Price seems destined for a life of poverty and
hardship-but he’s determined not to accept his lot. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #2d3333;">Enoch
becomes a bare-knuckle fighter in London’s criminal underworld. But in a city
where there’s no place for honest dealing, a cruel loan shark cheats him,
leaving Enoch penniless and facing imprisonment. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #2d3333;">Undaunted,
he escapes to a new life in America and embarks on a series of audacious
exploits. But even as he helps shape history, Enoch is not content. Tormented
by his past and the life he left behind, Enoch soon becomes entangled in a web
of lies and secrets. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #2d3333;">Will he ever
break free and find the happiness he craves? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #2d3333;">Influenced
by real people and events, Enoch</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #2d3333; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">’</span><span style="color: #2d3333;">s remarkable story
is one of adventure, daring, political power, deceit and, in the end, the
search for redemption and forgiveness. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #2d3333;"><br /></span></p><h4 style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2d3333;">Get Your Copy:</span></h4><p>
</p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #2d3333;"><b><a href="https://amzn.to/3rKYKrm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Amazon</a> | <a href="https://books2read.com/u/brBBOZ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Universal Buy Link</a></b></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in;">Book Title: <i>Burning Secret</i></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in;">Author: R J Lloyd</p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in;">Publication Date: 24 May 2022</p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in;">Publisher: Matador</p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in;">Page Length: 384</p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in;">Genre: Historical Fiction </p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: center;">*****</p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><h4 style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: left;">Enjoy an Excerpt from <i>Burning Secret</i></h4><p style="background: white; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="Default" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">As
the Cathedral-Basilica of Notre-Dame de Québec rang out 2pm, Enoch made his way
through the station to the waiting train. Settling into his carriage, a lady of
middle age joined him. Enoch recognised from the quality and cut of her
fashionable clothes that she was of discerning taste and wealth. He watched as
she made herself comfortable. Turning to Enoch, she said, ‘Excuse me for being
so presumptuous, but may I introduce myself?’ She spoke with confidence in a
refined American accent. ‘My name’s Kitty Morgan. I’m from Albany, New York
State. It’s so nice to meet you. Are you travelling far today?’</span></p><p class="Default" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6cXSSI5A_y3_Z9mt-6ETHlEcLwK85obM1wwJMm6HkdaWn7ox-qr_CVeO0Z01E4X8oar7YaXpycT69aGKMxjW0sftSqZtVKwFxMZ4teCXUY-GqPpc69pvqQ3xNg8DG1FfEt5JROyWXpJpQcsaBHsVX3gN8SzvGjzJa6uPAUzhoGXAjAf_T4WJ8fsJgRCI/s561/Burning%20Secret%20Cover.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="561" data-original-width="365" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6cXSSI5A_y3_Z9mt-6ETHlEcLwK85obM1wwJMm6HkdaWn7ox-qr_CVeO0Z01E4X8oar7YaXpycT69aGKMxjW0sftSqZtVKwFxMZ4teCXUY-GqPpc69pvqQ3xNg8DG1FfEt5JROyWXpJpQcsaBHsVX3gN8SzvGjzJa6uPAUzhoGXAjAf_T4WJ8fsJgRCI/w244-h375/Burning%20Secret%20Cover.png" width="244" /></a></div><p></p><p class="Default" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">‘How
do you do?’ he replied. ‘I’m on my way to New York and then—’ </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">‘Well,
that’s so exciting. You must be English. Am I right?’ </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">‘Yes,
I arrived this morning and—’ </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">‘That’s
wonderful. I’ve never been to Europe. I’d love to see London and Paris. Have
you been to New York before? Do you have friends waiting for you?’ </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">‘I’ve
friends who settled there some years ago and—’ </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">‘Well,
that’s nice. At least you’ve someone to meet you. I’m sorry, I didn’t catch
your name.’ </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">‘Mr
Henry Mason and—’ </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">‘Henry.
Well, I expect everyone calls you Harry. I always think Henry is too... well,
you know, too formal. My name’s Kathryn, but I much prefer Kitty. It sounds...
well, less formal. Don’t you agree, Harry?’ </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Before
he could reply, Kitty continued. ‘Now, you must tell me, Harry, what line of
business are you in? We’re in glass, for windows, not tumblers or spectacles,
you understand. We make a lot of it; at least, that’s what my husband tells me.
He says we’ve glazed most of Manhattan; mind you, I’m not sure that’s strictly
true.’ She gave a charming laugh, which suited her petite frame. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">He
noticed she had beautiful blue eyes, and from under her fashionable bonnet, he
could see ample waves of pale straw-coloured hair. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">‘Tell
me, Harry, have you ever visited Paris?’</span></p><p class="Default" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">
‘Briefly, I was there on—’</span></p><p class="Default" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">
‘Is it like Montreal or Quebec? Do you speak French, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: ZH-TW; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW;">Harry?</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">’</span></p><p class="Default" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">
‘No. Unfortunately, I—’</span></p><p class="Default" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">
‘That’s a pity. My sister, Minnie, speaks French. I’m on </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">my
way to visit her; she lives in Montreal. She’s married the most handsome
French-Canadian gentleman. He does all kinds of things: property, banking and
something with trees. What did you say your line of business is, Harry?’</span></p><p class="Default" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Avoiding
any mention of timber, he said, ‘I manufacture ladies’ garments and—’ </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">‘Ladies’
garments! In heaven’s name! Which ladies’ garments, exactly?’ she said
extravagantly, teasing him. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">‘Bodices
and corsets of the highest quality. I use only the—’ </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">‘Oh,
my goodness. You do surprise me. I can’t wait to tell Minnie. She’ll be so
envious. Imagine that! I met a man on the train who makes undergarments for us
dear ladies. How exciting.’ </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">The
collector arrived, and Enoch passed him his ticket and yellow immigration form.
Studying it, he read aloud as if talking to himself, ‘Mr Henry Mason. The St
James Hotel, Broadway.’ </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">‘No!
Really! You’re staying at the St James on Broadway?’ exclaimed Kitty. ‘Ladies’
undergarments must be a profitable line.’ She again smiled and gave a gentle
laugh, then, turning to the ticket collector, said, ‘He’s called Harry, you
know. He’s from England.’ </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">The
man nodded. ‘Yes, ma’am.’ He didn’t ask to see Kitty’s ticket and moved on to
the next carriage. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Kitty
said, ‘Listen, Harry, there’s a great restaurant car on the D and H. Book a
late dinner and get a bottle of wine, then take your ease in their wonderful
dining chairs.’ She paused a moment to delicately tuck a lace handkerchief into
her cuff. ‘Now, tell me about Paris. I want to hear it all.’ </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Kitty
made herself comfortable, listening as Enoch spun a tale of Paris and the
exclusive materials used in the bodices manufactured by his London & Paris
Corset Company. Never having visited Paris, he imagined it to be like the best
parts of London and, with some assistance from Michael’s description and his
recently read novel by Victor Hugo, he impressed Kitty with his familiarity of
the city. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">‘Harry,
you make it sound so wonderful. No sooner I’m home, I’m having my husband book
a trip.’ </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Three
hours after departing from Quebec, they arrived in Montreal, and Kitty
alighted. ‘It’s been a real privilege meeting you, Mr Harry Mason. And it’s
been the most enjoyable journey. If ever you’re in Albany, you must visit. It
won’t be as grand as the St James, but we’ll make you welcome. And bring some
of your beautiful garments.’ Her captivating smile again crossed her lips, and
with that, she stepped away, giving a brief wave. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in;">
</p><p class="Default" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Collecting
his case and following other passengers, he changed platforms to the Delaware
and Hudson Railway. As he settled into his new carriage, he was still thinking
of Kitty Morgan. From now on, he would be Harry Mason. </span></p><p class="Default" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: center;">*****</p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><h4 style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: left;">Meet the Author</h4><p style="background: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #0c0f19;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvtjmEV1idikg82M8dAHyFdTBQFaqyK3qbsqJONxsjC76wFgwzKe8tRU4qPuIkUBFbqpwKBEmWr5CfszMbyggs0dyQigm5N8_C9_kUY4KAgKyvVtnkfTb5sg2Ld7tgj5a7fTI7t-Pwgbggdp6Rx7hjB1JVYaSnWuYIJxkTd3UDIkxsEv3XSurkY740O3Q/s302/R.J.%20Lloyd%20author.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Author R.J. Lloyd" border="0" data-original-height="241" data-original-width="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvtjmEV1idikg82M8dAHyFdTBQFaqyK3qbsqJONxsjC76wFgwzKe8tRU4qPuIkUBFbqpwKBEmWr5CfszMbyggs0dyQigm5N8_C9_kUY4KAgKyvVtnkfTb5sg2Ld7tgj5a7fTI7t-Pwgbggdp6Rx7hjB1JVYaSnWuYIJxkTd3UDIkxsEv3XSurkY740O3Q/s16000/R.J.%20Lloyd%20author.jpeg" /></a></div><br />After
retiring as a senior police officer, R J Lloyd turned my detective skills to
genealogy, tracing his family history to the 16th century. However, after 15
years of extensive research, he couldn<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #0c0f19; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">’</span><span style="color: #0c0f19;">t track
down his great-great-grandfather, Enoch Price, whose wife, Eliza, had, in
living memory, helped raise his mother.</span><div><span style="color: #0c0f19;"><br /></span><p style="background: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #0c0f19;">
It was his cousin Gillian who, after several more dead-ends, called one day to
say that she had found him through a fluke encounter. Susan Sperry from
California, who had recently retired, decided to explore the box of documents
given to her thirty years before by her mother, which she had never opened. In
the box, she found some references to her great-grandfather, Harry Mason, a
wealthy hotel owner from Florida who had died in 1919. It soon transpired that
Susan</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #0c0f19; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">’</span><span style="color: #0c0f19;">s great-grandfather, Harry Mason, was, in fact, Enoch
Price. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #0c0f19;"> </span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #0c0f19;">From this
single thread, the extraordinary story of Harry Mason began to unravel, leading
R J Lloyd to visit the States to meet his newly discovered American cousins,
and it was Susan Sperry and Kimberly Mason, direct descendants, who persuaded R
J Lloyd to write the extraordinary story of </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #0c0f19; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">their </span><span style="color: #0c0f19;">ancestor. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in;">
</p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #0c0f19;">R J Lloyd
graduated from the University of Warwick with a degree in Philosophy and
Psychology and a Masters in Marketing from UWE. Since leaving a thirty-year
career in policing, he’s been a non-executive director with the NHS, social
housing, and other charities. He lives with my wife in Bristol, spending his
time travelling, writing and producing delicious plum jam from the trees on his
award-winning allotment. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #0c0f19;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #0c0f19;"><br /></span></p><h4 style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0c0f19;">Find and Follow the Author</span></h4><p style="background: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #0c0f19;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in;">Website: <a href="http://www.lloydfamilyhistory.co.uk/">www.lloydfamilyhistory.co.uk</a></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in;"> <br /><a href="https://twitter.com/rjlwriteruk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/roger.lloyd.948" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/rjlwriteruk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/R-J-Lloyd/e/B0B4KHGHXZ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon Author Page</a> | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61333266-burning-secret " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Goodreads</a><br /><br /></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij3BzqUMutyQm2JYGAVjnztC81BthZJF3HF516YXSUJL62HT2ZzHmwCssoMuoFmkryLJZMZJtU8IVvv7htMw5jzX-f7CkJdEQsxJ4UMyafXQDlo_qT35DDZ-vQOIlCnU6lA5uX-YMWf0dFm1LuvCiGuN21mBchk3OgfeS2YpPzahsK_BxpMUMBcEvTwqw/s640/Burning%20Secret%20Tour%20Schedule.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij3BzqUMutyQm2JYGAVjnztC81BthZJF3HF516YXSUJL62HT2ZzHmwCssoMuoFmkryLJZMZJtU8IVvv7htMw5jzX-f7CkJdEQsxJ4UMyafXQDlo_qT35DDZ-vQOIlCnU6lA5uX-YMWf0dFm1LuvCiGuN21mBchk3OgfeS2YpPzahsK_BxpMUMBcEvTwqw/s16000/Burning%20Secret%20Tour%20Schedule.png" /></a></div><br /><p style="background: white; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #0c0f19;"><br /></span></p></div>MK McClintockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15140830185509209100noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648326883989508055.post-18799932875007827502023-10-03T08:37:00.002-06:002024-03-26T10:29:54.812-06:00New Release: THE GHOST OF GREYSON HALL<p><i style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #303030; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The Ghost of Greyson Hall</i><span style="color: #303030; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> is now here to fill your hours (and e-readers) with joy. It's also available in print for those who like to hold paper. Don't waste another minute! Join me and the dashing British Agents and their families as we welcome Lady Grace Canterbury and a heroic Highlander to Greyson Hall.</span></p><p><span style="color: #303030; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></p><p class="xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-foo" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); 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--tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #303030; font-family: georgia, palatino, "book antiqua", "palatino linotype", serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-size: large; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Inside the Story</span></span><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Romance</span></span><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mystery</span></span><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A Beautiful Ghost</span></span><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A Heroic Highlander</span></span><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Family, Love, Laughter, Adventure </span></span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block1" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); 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--tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #303030; font-family: georgia, palatino, "book antiqua", "palatino linotype", serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;" type="empty-line"></div><p class="xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-5pout" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #303030; direction: ltr; font-family: georgia, palatino, "book antiqua", "palatino linotype", serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Ghost of Greyson Hall </i>will be available in Kindle Unlimited on 08/07, so you have a few more days to get the book via your favorite retailer.</span></span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block4" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; 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border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">For devoted e-readers:</span></span></span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block6" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #303030; font-family: georgia, palatino, "book antiqua", "palatino linotype", serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;" type="paragraph"></div><ul class="public-DraftStyleDefault-ul" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; 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border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">For the paper people:</span></span></span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block10" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #303030; font-family: georgia, palatino, "book antiqua", "palatino linotype", serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;" type="paragraph"></div><ul class="public-DraftStyleDefault-ul" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; 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background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Once a year, an ancient secret walks the corridors of Greyson Hall, a place shrouded in mystery and whispered legend. </span>The agents and their families must now unravel a century-old mystery if they are to save a love that transcends time.</span></span><p></p><div data-hook="rcv-block15" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; 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border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Ghost of Greyson Hall</i> is a long novella set in Northumberland in December 1782 and 1892.</span></span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block17" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #303030; font-family: georgia, palatino, "book antiqua", "palatino linotype", serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;" type="paragraph"></div><div class="xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-5v3jj" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; 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--tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a class="TWoY9 itht3" data-hook="linkViewer" href="https://www.mkmcclintock.com/book/the-ghost-of-greyson-hall" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; font-family: var(--ricos-custom-link-font-family,unset); font-size: var(--ricos-custom-link-font-size,unset); font-style: var(--ricos-custom-link-font-style,unset); font-weight: var(--ricos-custom-link-font-weight,unset); line-height: var(--ricos-custom-link-line-height,unset); margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-link-min-height,unset); outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: var(--ricos-custom-link-text-decoration,none); vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Learn more about the book and read an excerpt →</a> </span></span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block19" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; 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--tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #303030; direction: ltr; font-family: georgia, palatino, "book antiqua", "palatino linotype", serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; 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background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Ghost of Greyson Hall </i>is not so much a ghost story, but rather a tale of love that happens to feature a ghost. You'll know what I mean when you meet Lady Grace Canterbury and the wonderful characters who made telling her story possible.</span></span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block24" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #303030; font-family: georgia, palatino, "book antiqua", "palatino linotype", serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;" type="paragraph"></div><div class="xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-5ur57" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; 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--tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #303030; direction: ltr; font-family: georgia, palatino, "book antiqua", "palatino linotype", serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; 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--tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">May you always have a fire to warm your body, a book to warm your mind, hope to warm your soul, and love to warm your heart. I hope you enjoy the book. —<i style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">MK McClintock</i></span></span><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </i></span></span></p>MK McClintockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15140830185509209100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648326883989508055.post-50743729644363612672023-08-21T11:23:00.012-06:002024-03-26T10:34:38.191-06:003 Reasons to Visit Northumberland in THE GHOST OF GREYSON HALL<p></p><div aria-label="Northumberland in winter_image from Unsplash" class="vBPBf L9OMM f3bms4w" id="new-image39" style="--dim-height: 4032; --dim-width: 3024; clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Northumberland in winter_image from Unsplash" src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_07e4d972e4114ef2871bdf092705b79b~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_273,h_364,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/nsplsh_07e4d972e4114ef2871bdf092705b79b~mv2.jpg" style="height: 364px; max-width: 100%; object-fit: cover; width: 273px;" /></div><span data-offset-key="foo-0-0" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-text="true">One of the most exciting prospects of reading a book is the anticipation of traveling to another time and place. The wild and beautiful estate of Greyson Hall first appeared in </span></span><span data-offset-key="foo-0-1" style="font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-text="true">Clayton's Honor</span></span><span data-offset-key="foo-0-2" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-text="true">, where it quickly became symbolic of home and family for Devon Clayton. It is to here I longed to return, for this grand stone ediface in Northumberland remained with me as a place that deserved further exploration.</span></span><p></p><div data-draftjs-conductor-fragment="{"blocks":[{"key":"bahsv","text":"One of the most exciting prospects of reading a book is the anticipation of traveling to another time and place. The wild and beautiful estate of Greyson Hall first appeared in Clayton's Honor, where it quickly became symbolic of home and family for Devon Clayton. It is to here I longed to return, for this grand stone ediface in Northumberland remained with me as a place that deserved further exploration.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[{"offset":177,"length":15,"style":"ITALIC"}],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"f4740","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"3nqe8","text":" ","type":"atomic","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":0,"length":1,"key":0}],"data":{}},{"key":"13vnb","text":"3 Reasons to Visit Northumberland in The Ghost of Greyson Hall (with mini teasers from the book)","type":"header-two","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[{"offset":0,"length":62,"style":"BOLD"},{"offset":37,"length":25,"style":"ITALIC"}],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"bsd69","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"dvqe0","text":"1. Breathtaking Scenery","type":"header-three","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"ab7of","text":"Winter has descended upon the inhabitants of Greyson Hall, with Christmas soon to come, and the landscape glistens with fresh snow beneath rays of sunshine when it dares to sneak through the clouds.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"733ge","text":"Snow-covered hills and open land rolled into woodland beyond the farms, and where the sun and wind contrived to clear away snow, patches of brown grass yearned for spring.","type":"blockquote","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"ft8m2","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"eijls","text":"2. Mystery and History","type":"header-three","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"b8ft9","text":"Historical facts serve as building blocks in the foundation of every historical work of fiction worth reading, and yet, history is often a tertiary character, appearing only when necessary to propel or anchor the story in the past. The mystery is sprinkled here and there to keep the characters wondering.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"5b72","text":"Descendants of the family attempted to unravel the mystery of the eighteenth-century puzzle, alas to no avail. 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position: relative; width: 273px;" width="20"><div class="Q6a5A" data-hook="imageViewer"><div></div><div></div></div><div class="_0COSB" data-hook="componentOverlay" draggable="true" role="none"></div></div></figure><h2 class="jzrHD rqyPc public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_H2" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="7n9o2-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="7n9o2-0-0" style="text-align: left;"><span data-offset-key="7n9o2-0-0" style="font-weight: bold;"><span data-text="true">3 Reasons to Visit Northumberland in </span></span><span data-offset-key="7n9o2-0-1" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><span data-text="true">The Ghost of Greyson Hall</span></span><span data-offset-key="7n9o2-0-2"><span data-text="true"> (with mini teasers from the book)</span></span></div></h2><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="4382h-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="4382h-0-0"><span data-offset-key="4382h-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><h3 class="ATPVV rqyPc public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_H3" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="8h2tq-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="8h2tq-0-0"><span data-offset-key="8h2tq-0-0"><span data-text="true">1. Breathtaking Scenery</span></span></div></h3><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="47be3-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="47be3-0-0"><span data-offset-key="47be3-0-0"><span data-text="true">Winter has descended upon the inhabitants of Greyson Hall, with Christmas soon to come, and the landscape glistens with fresh snow beneath rays of sunshine when it dares to sneak through the clouds.</span></span></div></div><blockquote class="DD4NR PuOU9 KQz55u public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="9lr89-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="9lr89-0-0"><span data-offset-key="9lr89-0-0"><span data-text="true"><blockquote><i>Snow-covered hills and open land rolled into woodland beyond the farms, and where the sun and wind contrived to clear away snow, patches of brown grass yearned for spring.</i></blockquote></span></span></div></blockquote><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="dnrfq-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="dnrfq-0-0"><span data-offset-key="dnrfq-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><h3 class="ATPVV rqyPc public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_H3" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="5764t-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="5764t-0-0"><span data-offset-key="5764t-0-0"><span data-text="true">2. Mystery and History</span></span></div></h3><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="6f7s2-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="6f7s2-0-0"><span data-offset-key="6f7s2-0-0"><span data-text="true">Historical facts serve as building blocks in the foundation of every historical work of fiction worth reading, and yet, history is often a tertiary character, appearing only when necessary to propel or anchor the story in the past. The mystery is sprinkled here and there to keep the characters wondering.</span></span></div></div><blockquote class="DD4NR PuOU9 KQz55u public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="2n4e3-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="2n4e3-0-0"><span data-offset-key="2n4e3-0-0"><span data-text="true"><blockquote><i>Descendants of the family attempted to unravel the mystery of the eighteenth-century puzzle, alas to no avail. Few took the matter seriously—after all, it was long before their time—and the image of a graceful beauty with hair as pale as the risen moon and eyes the color of waves on the sea faded into history.</i></blockquote></span></span></div></blockquote><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="2qq9f-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="2qq9f-0-0"><span data-offset-key="2qq9f-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><h3 class="ATPVV rqyPc public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_H3" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="e6lqh-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="e6lqh-0-0"><span data-offset-key="e6lqh-0-0"><span data-text="true">3. Romance</span></span></div></h3><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="eknvs-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="eknvs-0-0"><span data-offset-key="eknvs-0-0"><span data-text="true">Love is at the heart of this story, and the love comes in many forms: Romance between those destined to be together, but also love of family, friends, and even an untouchable yearning.</span></span></div></div><blockquote class="DD4NR PuOU9 KQz55u public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="j9m6-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="j9m6-0-0"><span data-offset-key="j9m6-0-0"><span data-text="true"><blockquote><i>He grazed her with his eyes until his penetrating stare touched every inch of visible flesh. It wasn’t enough, and she knew that when this man kissed her, when their bodies found a way to come together, no force would dare pull them apart. </i></blockquote></span></span></div></blockquote><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="abft-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="abft-0-0"><span data-offset-key="abft-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><h2 class="jzrHD rqyPc public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_H2" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="6a45e-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="6a45e-0-0" style="text-align: left;"><span data-offset-key="6a45e-0-0" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><span data-text="true"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJR8ubr-8yBR_mFbEbbTud4c4EsYkXzd8fumhzzLdi5WCwTwpPDRQ4zdbSy6M5soYVSonF2aFSZ3nZOe_kR8Aarxe19udou0qoGSnKLrLXmtZ9PzyJl8Wh6iJFO2vLw6cSwSEc4bnWsNyu6BfYsiFp2_ccZ4XBA9KtihLsTE06OAHXGoV_0UV0mAsYhWQ/s1080/The%20Ghost%20of%20Greyson%20Hall_review_MK%20McClintock.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="547" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJR8ubr-8yBR_mFbEbbTud4c4EsYkXzd8fumhzzLdi5WCwTwpPDRQ4zdbSy6M5soYVSonF2aFSZ3nZOe_kR8Aarxe19udou0qoGSnKLrLXmtZ9PzyJl8Wh6iJFO2vLw6cSwSEc4bnWsNyu6BfYsiFp2_ccZ4XBA9KtihLsTE06OAHXGoV_0UV0mAsYhWQ/w547-h547/The%20Ghost%20of%20Greyson%20Hall_review_MK%20McClintock.jpg" width="547" /></a></div><br /> The Ghost of Greyson Hall</span></span></div></h2><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="e3g2q-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="e3g2q-0-0"><span data-offset-key="e3g2q-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="4jms7-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="4jms7-0-0"><span data-offset-key="4jms7-0-0" style="font-weight: bold;"><span data-text="true">Once a year, an ancient secret walks the corridors of Greyson Hall, a place shrouded in mystery and whispered legend.</span></span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="91b0m-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="91b0m-0-0"><span data-offset-key="91b0m-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="7po4v-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="7po4v-0-0"><span data-offset-key="7po4v-0-0"><span data-text="true">When Devon Clayton inherited the stately mansion in England’s wild north from his uncle, he never imagined what secrets lurked within its walls, hidden for centuries. When his friends and brothers join him for the holiday, the British Agents and their families discover that their most unusual case will bring new meaning to Christmas spirit.</span></span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="evf1a-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="evf1a-0-0"><span data-offset-key="evf1a-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="fc5bo-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="fc5bo-0-0"><span data-offset-key="fc5bo-0-0"><span data-text="true">They must now unravel a century-old mystery if they are to break the curse and save a love that transcends time.</span></span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="ap0v9-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="ap0v9-0-0"><span data-offset-key="ap0v9-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="1b422-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="1b422-0-0"><span data-offset-key="1b422-0-0"><span data-text="true">A long novella set in Northumberland in December 1782 and 1892.</span></span></div></div><div class="JvlZN rqyPc p7Opnu public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Writing is exceptionally fun - even when it's mind-numbingly frustrating.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I can travel to anywhere my imagination wishes, anyplace I can conjure and meet anyone I desire.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I can pretend it's cold in the dead of winter when it's scorching hot in the summer.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Writing what I want, not what others tell me to write. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I have to work 24 hours a day but I get to choose which 24. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">When I find the exact right words to express myself, I feel like a genius, if but for a moment.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I enjoy the research.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I break laws without actually breaking laws. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">My characters exist outside any boundaries except those I choose.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Satisfaction in the finished work, and knowing someone else will enjoy it. </span></span></li>
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MK McClintockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15140830185509209100noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648326883989508055.post-43849823446344745672023-05-02T07:16:00.003-06:002023-05-02T08:56:41.300-06:00Travel through time in THE CASTLE KEEPERS by Aimie K. Runyan, J’nell Ciesielski, Rachel McMillan<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3NpMQeY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img alt="The Castle Keepers novel by Aimie K. Runyan, J'Nell Ciesielski, and Rachel McMillan" class="alignleft wp-image-23421" src="https://www.hfvirtualbooktours.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/The-Castle-Keepers_web.jpg" /></a></div>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>The Castle Keepers</i> </span></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;">by Aimie K. Runyan, J'nell Ciesielski, Rachel McMillan</h3><div style="text-align: center;">Publication Date: May 2, 2023</div><div style="text-align: center;">Harper Muse</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">Genre: Historical Fiction</div>
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</p><p></p><p></p><blockquote><br />'<i>The Castle Keepers</i> is a fascinating story of love's ability to overcome family curses, scandals and even war. Told in three parts, this multi-generational tale is wonderfully heartwarming!' -- Madeline Martin, New York Times bestselling author of <i>The Last Bookshop in London</i></blockquote><br /><br />
<b>Leedswick Castle has housed the Alnwick family in the English countryside for generations, despite a family curse determined to destroy their legacy and erase them from history.</b><br />
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1870. After a disastrous dinner at the Astor mansion forces her to flee New York in disgrace, socialite Beatrice Holbrook knows her performance in London must be a triumph. When she catches the eye of Charles Alnwick, one of the town’s most enviably-titled bachelors, she prepares to attempt a social coup and become the future Marchioness of Northridge. When tragedy and scandal strike the Alnwick family, Beatrice must assume the role of a lifetime: that of her true, brave self.<br />
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1917. Artist Elena Hamilton arrives in Northumberland determined to transform a soldier’s wounds into something beautiful. Tobias Alnwick’s parents have commissioned a lifelike mask to help their son return to his former self after battle wounds partially destroyed his face. But Elena doesn’t see a man who needs fixing—she sees a man who needn’t hide. Yet secrets from their past threaten to chase away the peace they’ve found in each other and destroy the future they’re creating.<br />
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1945. Alec Alnwick returns home from the war haunted but determined to leave death and destruction behind. With the help of Brigitta Mayr, the brilliant young psychoanalyst whose correspondence was a lifeline during his time on the Western Front, he reconstructs his family’s large estate into a rehabilitation center for similarly wounded soldiers. Now Alec’s efforts may be the only chance to redeem his family legacy—and break the curse on the Alnwick name—once and for all.<br />
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For this, Beatrice offered silent thanks. She didn’t need her father’s grumbling and her mother’s resultant henpecking to rile her nerves. Her sweet-natured father’s grousing was a way of flirting with Mama, but Beatrice found it exasperating when it happened at important moments.<br /><br />Tonight they would dine at the home of Caroline Astor. Mrs. William Backhouse Astor, the single most influential person in all of New York society. And Beatrice, if she ever wanted admittance to Mrs. Astor’s good graces, would have to be flawless. Her hope was that if she played the part well enough, she just might secure a proposal from Thomas Graham. <br /><br />Thomas, who actually watched plays when he went to the theater rather than attending purely so he could be seen by those who mattered. Thomas, who was the only company that felt superior to the company of her beloved journal, a pen, and a roaring fire in her bedroom. <br /><br />Thomas, whose piercing gaze made her stomach wobble and her breath stop in her throat with the merest glance. Thomas, who had spent a great deal of social capital to secure this all-important invitation in hopes of advancing Beatrice and her family in society. Beatrice hoped it was so his parents could have no objection to their forming an attachment beyond seeing each other at social events and in the gathering areas at the theater once or twice a week. <br /><br />Thomas, who would be the great compromise: a position to please her mother and the potential for the honest-to-goodness love match Beatrice longed for but had never hoped to aspire to. <br /><br />Until Thomas. <br /><br />Befitting the event, Beatrice and her mother dressed in fine silks and tasteful jewels. Their ruffled bustle skirts were like sugary confections—flowing masterpieces of fabric, rather than meringue— that seemed to defy the very laws of nature. Their restrictive bodices defied nature as well, molding the shape of the wearer into the feminine ideal. Their hair was just as elaborate—a massive tower of braids and curls that took the skill of a sculptor to achieve. Their money was so new, it was practically fresh from the printer’s, but Mama knew full well how to spend it.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>End of Excerpt. Shared with permission.</i><br />
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'Take one castle and the dramatic tales of three generations of fascinating characters who reside there, and you're in for a treat with The Castle Keepers by Aimie K. Runyan, J'nell Ciesielski, and Rachel McMillan. Every generation has its challenges, but for the owners of Leedswick Castle, their actions will affect their descendants over and over again. Filled with sweet romances, a little humor, and touches of intrigue, this novel written in three parts is sure to delight readers!' -- Eliza Knight, USA TODAY bestselling author of <i>Starring Adele Astaire</i></blockquote><br />
<h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Meet the Authors</span></h3><p>
<b>Aimie K. Runyan</b><br />
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Internationally bestselling author Aimie K. Runyan writes to celebrate unsung heroines. She has written six historical novels (and counting!) and is delving into the exciting world of contemporary women's fiction. She has been a finalist for the Colorado Book Award three times, a nominee for the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers' 'Writer of the Year,' and a Historical Novel Society's Editors' Choice selection. Aimie is active as a speaker and educator in the writing community in Colorado and beyond. She lives in the beautiful Rocky Mountains with her wonderful husband, two adorable (usually) children, two very sweet cats, and a pet dragon. Visit her online at aimiekrunyan.com; Instagram: @bookishaimie; Facebook: @aimiekrunyan; Twitter: @aimiekrunyan.<br />
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<b>J’nell Ciesielski</b><br />
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Bestselling author with a passion for heart-stopping adventure and sweeping love stories, J’nell Ciesielski weaves fresh takes into romances of times gone by. When not creating dashing heroes and daring heroines, she can be found dreaming of Scotland, indulging in chocolate of any kind, or watching old black-and-white movies. She is a Florida native who now lives in Virginia with her husband, daughter, and lazy beagle. Learn more at www.jnellciesielski.com. Instagram: @jnellciesielski; Facebook: @J’nellCiesielski.<br />
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<b>Rachel McMillan</b><br />
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Rachel McMillan is the author of The London Restoration, The Mozart Code, the Herringford and Watts mysteries, the Van Buren and DeLuca mysteries, and the Three Quarter Time series of contemporary Viennese romances. She is also the author of Dream, Plan, Go: A Travel Guide to Inspire Independent Adventure. Rachel lives in Toronto, Canada. 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padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Enter to win a copy of <i style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px none; box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Castle Keepers</i> by Aimie K. 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</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.hfvirtualbooktours.com/thecastlekeepersblogtour/" target="_blank"><b>Follow the Tour</b></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b> </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="The Castle Keepers book blog tour with Historical Fiction Virtual Book Tours" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-23669" src="https://www.hfvirtualbooktours.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/The-Castle-Keepers_Blog-Tour-Banner.png" /></div></div>MK McClintockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15140830185509209100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648326883989508055.post-24695564600183788972023-02-27T03:00:00.015-07:002023-02-27T15:12:59.408-07:00The Rose of Washington Square: A Novel of Rose O'Neill, Creator of the Kewpie Doll<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhylVX84szMBS5R0cnFBpZw-mcFxzSgEdRJJqB3NXnRqu-QcnK-vjg04QlT0g0eQlmHlWbCiSuNAOpQ2ysNp5dYG_7PprlXAwHhZVuEkUI1o_jukn_r8zf5MVMnZ6o7S7Aoc6NvQQY1oCDr3RdgqvSiIc6-NjsLvHCwwuBJ1mvEuCg7BQrbRKnWP3ey/s610/The%20Rose%20of%20Washington%20Square_web.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="610" data-original-width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhylVX84szMBS5R0cnFBpZw-mcFxzSgEdRJJqB3NXnRqu-QcnK-vjg04QlT0g0eQlmHlWbCiSuNAOpQ2ysNp5dYG_7PprlXAwHhZVuEkUI1o_jukn_r8zf5MVMnZ6o7S7Aoc6NvQQY1oCDr3RdgqvSiIc6-NjsLvHCwwuBJ1mvEuCg7BQrbRKnWP3ey/s16000/The%20Rose%20of%20Washington%20Square_web.jpg" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: center;">The Rose of Washington Square: A Novel of Rose O'Neill, Creator of the Kewpie Doll by Pat Wahler</h3>
<br /><div style="text-align: center;">Publication Date: January 20, 2023</div><div style="text-align: center;">Evergreen Press</div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Genre: Historical Fiction</div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/86203740-the-rose-of-washington-square" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img alt="" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-11498" height="41" src="https://www.hfvirtualbooktours.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Add-to-GR-Button.png" width="130" /></a></div><p> <b>She set out to make her way in a man's world, rising from obscurity into one of the most famous women of her era.</b><br />
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Self-taught artist Rose O'Neill leaves the Midwest for New York in 1893, determined to become an illustrator in a field dominated by males. Mindful of her duty to the impoverished family she left behind, Rose’s obligations require her to yield to the men who hold the reins of her career; as well as the men she grows to love.<br />
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Yet despite every obstacle facing her, she excels at her craft, eventually designing a new character, the Kewpie. Her creation explodes into a phenomenon, but Rose’s disenchantment with the status quo fosters new ambitions. She must decide whether to remain within the boundaries dictated for her, or risk everything she’s gained to pursue the creative and personal passions that ignite her soul.<br />
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With grit and tenacity, Rose O'Neill blazed an unforgettable path during the tumultuous times of the early 20th century.<br />
</p><h4 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://books2read.com/u/mZ0aN2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Available in eBook</span></a></h4>
<h3 style="text-align: left;"> </h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">Praise</h3>
“Rose O'Neill was a trailblazer of her time, and her life is a testament to the power of perseverance in the face of impossible odds.”<br />
—Kathleen Grissom, New York Times bestselling author of The Kitchen House<br />
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“A classic reinvention of the life of Rose O’Neill, the creator of the iconic Kewpie doll.”<br />
—Nina Romano, award-winning author of The Secret Language of Women<br />
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“From start to finish, this story honors the talent, devotion to family, and the success that was such a huge part of Rose O’Neill’s life.”<br />
—Readers’ Favorite<div><br />
<br /><h3 style="text-align: center;">About the Author</h3><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://www.hfvirtualbooktours.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/03_Pat-Wahler.jpg" /> </div><div><br /></div><div>Pat Wahler is a Missouri native and avid reader. She is winner of Western Fictioneers' Best First Novel of 2018, a Walter Williams Award winner, and the winner of Author Circle Awards 2019 Novel of Excellence in Historical Fiction for I am Mrs. Jesse James.<br />
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Pat has also authored a three-book contemporary romance series-the Becker Family Novels, and two holiday-themed books; all named Five-Star Readers’ Favorites. A frequent contributor to the Chicken Soup for the Soul anthologies, Pat is an avid reader with a special passion for historical fiction, women’s fiction, and stories with heart. She makes her home in Missouri with her husband and two rescue critters—one feisty Peek-a-poo pup and a tabby cat with plenty of attitude.</div><div><br />
<h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://patwahler.com/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Website</a> | <a href="https://patwahler.com/blog/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Blog</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/PatWahlerAuthor/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/PatWahlerAuthor" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/patwahler/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://www.bookbub.com/authors/pat-wahler" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BookBub</a> | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/13504530.Pat_Wahler" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Goodreads</a></span></h4>
<h3 style="text-align: left;"> </h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">Blog Tour Schedule</h3>
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Interview at <a href="http://www.passagestothepast.com/2023/02/patwahlerinterview.html" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Passages to the Past</a><br />
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>Friday, February 24</b></span><br />
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<h3 style="text-align: left;">Giveaway</h3>
Enter to win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!<br />
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The giveaway is open to the US only and ends on March 6th. You must be 18 or older to enter.<br />
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</div></div>MK McClintockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15140830185509209100noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648326883989508055.post-45690437659875728942023-02-23T04:00:00.001-07:002023-02-23T11:49:47.653-07:00Horses in Fiction - From Black Beauty to Prince<p><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="background: transparent; border: 0px none; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">From Black Beauty and Pegasus to Spirt and Seabiscuit, and horses from the beginning of books and movies, these magnificent animals have been featured as powerful allies, stubborn foes, and regrettably at times victim of evil or nature. </span></span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block1" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); 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border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-stretch: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Horses always serve a purpose in fiction, and each horse breed serves a different purpose. From the Irish Draught and Mongol to Thoroughbreds and Mustangs, they each have a time period, setting, and climate where they thrive. Friesians happen to be a favorite of Hollywood, and for good reason. They are stunning in beauty, strength, and gait. However, no matter how beautiful, you wouldn't give every cowboy a Friesian in a historical western romance or give a Mustang to a medieval knight. Some breeds, like the Thoroughbred, can be easily placed in different settings and periods.</span></span><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span><b><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="background: transparent; border: 0px none; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px none; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.mkmcclintock.com/post/horses-in-fiction" rel="nofollow">Read full post →</a></span></span></span></b><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span></p>MK McClintockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15140830185509209100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648326883989508055.post-4177581842030901632023-01-19T05:30:00.004-07:002023-01-19T05:30:00.212-07:00Reading Room: THE ROSE AND THE THISTLE by Laura Franz<p><span data-offset-key="foo-0-0" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-text="true">It's been far too long since I've added to the Reading Room, and I can't think of a better way to start 2023 than finishing a wonderful book. I'm talking about Laura Franz's </span></span><span data-offset-key="foo-0-1" style="font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-text="true">The Rose and the Thistle</span></span><span data-offset-key="foo-0-2" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-text="true">.</span></span></p><p><span data-offset-key="foo-0-2" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-text="true"> </span></span></p><div data-draftjs-conductor-fragment="{"blocks":[{"key":"ak955","text":"It's been far too long since I've added to the Reading Room, and I can't think of a better way to start 2023 than finishing a wonderful book. 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Secreted to the tower of Wedderburn Castle in Scotland, Lady Blythe awaits who will ultimately be crowned king. But in a house with seven sons and numerous servants, her presence soon becomes known.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"a2sea","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"dovqb","text":"No sooner has Everard Hume lost his father, Lord Wedderburn, than Lady Hedley arrives with the clothes on her back and her mistress in tow. He has his own problems--a volatile brother with dangerous political leanings, an estate to manage, and a very young brother in need of comfort and direction in the wake of losing his father. 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I don't rate books on my blog, but I do like to share books I've read and enjoyed (My mom recommends a few, too.). My tastes are eclectic, so expect to see everything from sweet, wholesome romance to edge-of-your-seat, sexy thrillers, and more in between. </span></span></div></div></div>MK McClintockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15140830185509209100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648326883989508055.post-37363010450596195892022-12-13T03:30:00.010-07:002023-01-10T21:26:10.057-07:00CHRISTMAS IN CROOKED CREEK has arrived!<p><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="background: transparent; border: 0px none; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The new Crooked Creek installment is here!</span></span></p><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-foo" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-stretch: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
</span></span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block1" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="paragraph"></div><div class="_2vd5k b6lcWf" id="viewer-5shtl" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; 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vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Christmas in Crooked Creek</em> is now here to fill your hours (and e-readers) with joy. It's also available in print for those who like to hold paper. Don't waste another minute! Join me and my friends for a snowy, adventure-filled Christmas in Montana (yep, we've been here before)!</span></span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block4" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="paragraph"></div><div class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-3en50" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); 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border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Christmas in Crooked Creek </em>is available in Kindle Unlimited.</span></span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block6" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="paragraph"></div><div class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-jll4" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br role="presentation" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: inherit;" /></span></span></div><div data-hook="rcv-block7" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="empty-line"></div><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-e71mr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-stretch: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">For devoted e-readers:</strong></span></span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="paragraph"></div><ul class="public-DraftStyleDefault-ul" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size, unset); font-stretch: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 15px 0px; orphans: 2; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><li class="roLFQS ULPWlI _3Kjjs public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-reset _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS" id="viewer-55uaa" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; counter-reset: ol0 0; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="_1j-51 _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--ricos-custom-p-color,unset); direction: ltr; font-family: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-family,unset); font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-stretch: inherit; font-style: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-style,unset); font-variant: inherit; font-weight: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-weight,unset); line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 8px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration: var(--ricos-custom-p-text-decoration,unset); vertical-align: baseline;"><a class="_3Bkfb _1lsz7" data-hook="linkViewer" href="https://amzn.to/3tXCo3x" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--ricos-custom-link-color,var(--ricos-action-color,#0261ff)); cursor: pointer; font-family: var(--ricos-custom-link-font-family,unset); font-size: var(--ricos-custom-link-font-size,unset); font-style: var(--ricos-custom-link-font-style,unset); font-weight: var(--ricos-custom-link-font-weight,unset); line-height: var(--ricos-custom-link-line-height,unset); margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-link-min-height,unset); outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Amazon Kindle</strong></a></p></li></ul><div class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-af68p" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br role="presentation" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: inherit;" /></span></span></div><div data-hook="rcv-block13" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="empty-line"></div><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-3r7hk" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-stretch: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">For the paper people:</strong></span></span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block14" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="paragraph"></div><ul class="public-DraftStyleDefault-ul" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size, unset); font-stretch: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 15px 0px; orphans: 2; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><li class="roLFQS ULPWlI _3Kjjs public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-reset _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS" id="viewer-eibvv" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; counter-reset: ol0 0; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="_1j-51 _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--ricos-custom-p-color,unset); direction: ltr; font-family: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-family,unset); font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-stretch: inherit; font-style: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-style,unset); font-variant: inherit; font-weight: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-weight,unset); line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 8px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration: var(--ricos-custom-p-text-decoration,unset); vertical-align: baseline;"><a class="_3Bkfb _1lsz7" data-hook="linkViewer" href="https://amzn.to/3BsmkuT" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--ricos-custom-link-color,var(--ricos-action-color,#0261ff)); cursor: pointer; font-family: var(--ricos-custom-link-font-family,unset); font-size: var(--ricos-custom-link-font-size,unset); font-style: var(--ricos-custom-link-font-style,unset); font-weight: var(--ricos-custom-link-font-weight,unset); line-height: var(--ricos-custom-link-line-height,unset); margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-link-min-height,unset); outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #8b5b54; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Paperback</span></strong></a><a href="https://amzn.to/3BsmkuT" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a></p></li><li class="roLFQS ULPWlI _3Kjjs public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr fixed-tab-size _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS" id="viewer-86ec1" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="_1j-51 _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--ricos-custom-p-color,unset); direction: ltr; font-family: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-family,unset); font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-stretch: inherit; font-style: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-style,unset); font-variant: inherit; font-weight: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-weight,unset); line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 8px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration: var(--ricos-custom-p-text-decoration,unset); 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border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-stretch: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #3a323a; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Will two hearts find a way to leave the sorrows of war behind and embrace a future in Crooked Creek? </strong></span>Join us in post-Civil War Montana Territory for an adventure filled with hope, faith, family, and a long-awaited romance.</span></span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block20" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); 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font-weight: var(--ricos-custom-link-font-weight,unset); line-height: var(--ricos-custom-link-line-height,unset); margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-link-min-height,unset); outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_top">Learn more about the book and read an excerpt →</a> </span></span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block22" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="paragraph"></div><div class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-9i53n" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><br /></div>MK McClintockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15140830185509209100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648326883989508055.post-80358543340178803922022-03-29T02:30:00.001-06:002023-01-10T21:50:11.144-07:00A MAN OF LEGEND by Linda Broday - Cover Spotlight<div style="text-align: center;"><b>Two young lovers ripped apart</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>A family feud turned deadly</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>A secret waiting to be unearthed</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>And a passion no one could ever deny</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEja6MnZQV6h26ZIZnwCphtc7tLr73-iZ4itnyIF_SFWChTwk614q73OyiTVtfQM-TqCoKcd_nCNItNrD8CZJwMfUcQM-EhiNUonwLLFZpFxt3tPnYFZfJSU5l3BAAwYwa1oHTIfoKmkt_fNu0w1uHv5OqNPuzIAZeIMTIDlbBNNO9SY1Hr8vEdKhe5M=s1470" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1470" data-original-width="998" height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEja6MnZQV6h26ZIZnwCphtc7tLr73-iZ4itnyIF_SFWChTwk614q73OyiTVtfQM-TqCoKcd_nCNItNrD8CZJwMfUcQM-EhiNUonwLLFZpFxt3tPnYFZfJSU5l3BAAwYwa1oHTIfoKmkt_fNu0w1uHv5OqNPuzIAZeIMTIDlbBNNO9SY1Hr8vEdKhe5M=w373-h550" width="373" /></a></div><br /><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Everything about this cover shouts, "Pick me up!" 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data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="8kag7-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="8kag7-0-0"><span data-offset-key="8kag7-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><h2 class="_2G1WZ _3qYRK _3GFvb public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_H2" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="eu30r-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="eu30r-0-0" style="text-align: center;"><span data-offset-key="eu30r-0-0" style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">A Man of Legend</span></span></div></h2><div class="_25Ehb _3qYRK Zn7O0 public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="80b8k-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="80b8k-0-0"><span data-offset-key="80b8k-0-0" style="font-weight: bold;">Bestselling author Linda Broday sweeps readers back to the wild and untamed West, where men became the stuff of legend.</span></div></div><div class="_25Ehb _3qYRK Zn7O0 public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="el3im-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="el3im-0-0"><span data-offset-key="el3im-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="_25Ehb _3qYRK Zn7O0 public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="doo31-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="doo31-0-0"><span data-offset-key="doo31-0-0">Crockett Legend has always loved Paisley Mahone, but a family feud sure can ruin a romance. When her father turned against the powerful Legend clan, she took her family's side and broke Crockett's heart into pieces. Now her father's dead and Paisley and her last remaining brother are convinced the Legends are to blame.</span></div></div><div class="_25Ehb _3qYRK Zn7O0 public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="8e1gv-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="8e1gv-0-0"><span data-offset-key="8e1gv-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="_25Ehb _3qYRK Zn7O0 public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="ahhvo-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="ahhvo-0-0"><span data-offset-key="ahhvo-0-0">If only he can find a way to prove his innocence...</span></div></div><div class="_25Ehb _3qYRK Zn7O0 public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="8qbfl-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="8qbfl-0-0"><span data-offset-key="8qbfl-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="_25Ehb _3qYRK Zn7O0 public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="8d15g-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="8d15g-0-0"><span data-offset-key="8d15g-0-0">A chance meeting throws the two warring hearts together, and when their train is held up by outlaws, Crockett and Paisley have to team up to save a young boy from dying. A tenuous truce is born. Together they may have a chance of bringing the truth to light...if they can get to the bottom of who's been trying to turn the two powerful families against each other. With so many secrets to unbury, it isn't long before Paisley finds herself in the crosshairs, but Crockett vows there'll be hell to pay if anyone hurts the woman he loves—or stands in the way of a Legend in the making.</span></div></div><div class="_25Ehb _3qYRK Zn7O0 public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="e9127-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="e9127-0-0"><br /></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="e9127-0-0"><a href="https://amzn.to/3Fychnd" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">GET THE BOOK >></span></a></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="e9127-0-0"><br /></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="e9127-0-0"><br /></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="e9127-0-0" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Meet the Author</b></span></div></div><div class="_25Ehb _3qYRK Zn7O0 _34Sk8 public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_line-height-1_5 rich_content_padding-top-0px rich_content_padding-bottom-0px rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="6aa4f-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="6aa4f-0-0"><span data-offset-key="6aa4f-0-0"> </span></div></div><div class="_25Ehb _3qYRK Zn7O0 public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="2skjb-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="2skjb-0-0"><span data-offset-key="2skjb-0-0">At a young age, </span><span data-offset-key="2skjb-0-1" style="font-weight: bold;">Linda Broday</span><span data-offset-key="2skjb-0-2"> discovered a love for storytelling, history, and anything pertaining to the Old West. After years of writing romance, it's still tall rugged cowboys that spark her imagination. A </span><span data-offset-key="2skjb-0-3" style="font-style: italic;">New York Times</span><span data-offset-key="2skjb-0-4"> and </span><span data-offset-key="2skjb-0-5" style="font-style: italic;">USA Today</span><span data-offset-key="2skjb-0-6"> bestselling author, Linda has won many awards, including the prestigious National Readers' Choice Award and the Texas Gold. She resides in the Texas Panhandle where she's inspired every day. </span></div></div><div class="_25Ehb _3qYRK Zn7O0 public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="b5c20-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="b5c20-0-0"><span data-offset-key="b5c20-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="_25Ehb _3qYRK Zn7O0 public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="3c93t-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="3c93t-0-0"><span data-offset-key="3c93t-0-0">Website: </span><a class="_3Bkfb _1lsz7" data-hook="linkViewer" href="https://lindabroday.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"><span data-offset-key="3c93t-1-0">lindabroday.com</span></a></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="3c93t-0-0"><br /></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="3c93t-0-0"><br /></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="3c93t-0-0">Genre: Historical Western Romance</div></div><div class="_25Ehb _3qYRK Zn7O0 public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_line-height-1_5 rich_content_padding-top-0px rich_content_padding-bottom-0px rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="77sd5-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="77sd5-0-0"><span data-offset-key="77sd5-0-0">Type: Novel</span></div></div><div class="_25Ehb _3qYRK Zn7O0 public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="8473o-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="8473o-0-0"><span data-offset-key="8473o-0-0">Publisher: </span><span data-offset-key="8473o-0-1">Sourcebooks Casablanca</span></div></div><div class="_25Ehb _3qYRK Zn7O0 public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_line-height-1_5 rich_content_padding-top-0px rich_content_padding-bottom-0px rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="a5eil-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="a5eil-0-0"><span data-offset-key="a5eil-0-0">Series: Lone Star Legends, book 3</span></div></div><div class="_25Ehb _3qYRK Zn7O0 public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="6u5fp-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="6u5fp-0-0"><span data-offset-key="6u5fp-0-0">Publication date: March 29, 2022</span></div></div><div class="_25Ehb _3qYRK Zn7O0 public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="nom9-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="nom9-0-0"><span data-offset-key="nom9-0-0">Content Rating: 4 Hearts</span></div></div><div class="_25Ehb _3qYRK Zn7O0 public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr fixed-tab-size rich_content_P" data-block="true" data-editor="editor" data-offset-key="10fs6-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="10fs6-0-0"><a class="_3Bkfb _1lsz7" data-hook="linkViewer" href="https://www.booksandbenches.com/rating-system" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"><span data-offset-key="10fs6-0-0">View rating system</span></a></div></div></div>MK McClintockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15140830185509209100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648326883989508055.post-53142028705797428922022-03-15T05:00:00.007-06:002023-01-11T09:49:35.620-07:00HER COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, A Timeless Romance Anthology<p><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="background: transparent; border: 0px none; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I'm pleased to welcome a trio of bookish guests to share a charming and romantic anthology featuring stories by Sian Ann Bessey, Sarah M. Eden, and Rebecca Connolly. I had the pleasure of reading this collection before its release and now I want to adopt a lamb (or ten). You will understand when you read the stories. This is a lovely collection that I'm happy to recommend.</span></span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block1" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="paragraph"></div><div class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-adaq7" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; 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background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br role="presentation" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: inherit;" /></span></span></div><div data-hook="rcv-block2" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="empty-line"></div><div class="_2vd5k b6lcWf" id="viewer-i48i" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 15px 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><a class="_3mt3E _3CWa- sxFoib sxFoib" href="https://amzn.to/3saEAo2" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; width: 341px;" target="_blank"><div class="_2kEVY" data-hook="imageViewer" role="button" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--ricos-custom-p-color,unset); display: block; font-family: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-family,unset); font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-style: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-style,unset); font-weight: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-weight,unset); line-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-line-height,unset); margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); outline: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: var(--ricos-custom-p-text-decoration,unset); vertical-align: baseline;" tabindex="0"><div aria-label="HER COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, A Timeless Romance Anthology" class="_3WJnn _2i-Gt" id="new-image97" style="--dim-height: 640; 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text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="image"></div><h3 class="_3qMKZ _1j-51 _1FoOD _1oG79 WJlzbz roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-62j14" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--ricos-custom-h3-color,var(--ricos-text-color,#212121)); direction: ltr; font-family: var(--ricos-custom-h3-font-family,unset); font-size: var(--ricos-custom-h3-font-size,24px); font-stretch: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: var(--ricos-custom-h3-font-weight,unset); letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-h3-min-height,30px); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-h3-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Her Country Gentleman</em></span></span></h3><div data-hook="rcv-block4" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="h3"></div><div class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-7bj8i" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br role="presentation" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: inherit;" /></span></span></div><div data-hook="rcv-block5" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="empty-line"></div><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-8kfv6" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-stretch: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Not all love is found in London . . .</span></span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block6" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="paragraph"></div><div class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-3gvdg" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br role="presentation" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: inherit;" /></span></span></div><div data-hook="rcv-block7" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="empty-line"></div><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-a8f5d" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-stretch: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"Spring at Tribbley Hall" by Sian Ann Bessey</strong></span></span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="paragraph"></div><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-3sauj" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-stretch: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">When Charlotte's grandmother invites her to accompany her to Norfolk, Charlotte jumps at the chance to visit the sea and escape the fuss surrounding her sister's wedding preparations in London. Lord William Cheston, on the other hand, is most unhappy when his mother informs him that her old friend and a granddaughter are coming to stay. Not only is it lambing season, but he's also dealing with the mysterious loss of several sheep. The last thing he needs is a child underfoot. When Charlotte and William first meet, he does not realize that the lovely young lady is the granddaughter in question, and she assumes that the man dressed in work clothes in the barn is a servant. Soon afterward, however, Charlotte stumbles upon a clue to William's sheep's disappearance, and when her life is placed in jeopardy, William is forced to choose between saving his unwanted houseguest and catching the thief.</span></span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block9" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="paragraph"></div><div class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-276f1" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); 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text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; 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Eden</strong></span></span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block11" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="paragraph"></div><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-9rik0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-stretch: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Cordelia Wakefield has never lived anywhere but London and is not overly happy when her family is forced to retrench to a small estate near Teviotbrae, Scotland. An ill-fated game of battledore and shuttlecock brings her face-to-racquet with Sebastian, who runs the home farm at nearby Teviot Castle. What begins as a clash of personalities, expectations, and preferences, soon leads to a friendship neither had expected. As the magic of Teviotbrae weaves its spell, the possibility of something more than friendship begins to blossom. But what future is there for a lowly farmer and a London lady?</span></span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block12" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="paragraph"></div><div class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-bv6sp" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; 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text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="empty-line"></div><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-fjmgj" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-stretch: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; 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She is highly sought after in Society for her beauty and status, but refuses to consider any suitor whose only claim is that his prospects meet with her mother's approval. Her widowed mother has had enough of Martha's romantic sensibilities, and is sending her to stay with unfortunate cousins in Wiltshire to show her that marrying for love is a risk that is too great. Benjamin Steele, Lord Hillier, is working on his new and dilapidated estate when he first catches sight of the striking Martha Smith. Becoming Lord Hillier has only brought him a house that needs significant repairs, tenant farms that had been abandoned, and only the money he'd already possessed. He wants meaning in his life, and he's more than willing to work for it. 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vertical-align: baseline;">The Timeless Georgian Collection is a new series featuring novellas set in England during the Georgian era (1714 – 1830). It is part of A Timeless Romance Anthology series published by Mirror Press — a curated collection of novellas and short stories featuring bestselling authors from the contemporary and historical romance genres. The collection has hit the USA TODAY bestselling list and charted at #1 at Amazon.com. 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letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-h3-min-height,30px); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-h3-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Excerpt</span></span></h3><div data-hook="rcv-block26" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="h3"></div><div class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-1efn3" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br role="presentation" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: inherit;" /></span></span></div><div data-hook="rcv-block27" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="empty-line"></div><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-7pdv6" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-stretch: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The authors are generously sharing an excerpt, so enjoy a few words from "Love of My Heart," a story by Sarah M. Eden in <em style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Her Country Gentleman. </em></span></span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block28" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="paragraph"></div><div class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-833n2" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br role="presentation" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: inherit;" /></span></span></div><div data-hook="rcv-block29" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="empty-line"></div><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-22gli" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-stretch: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Chapter One</strong></span></span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block30" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="paragraph"></div><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-5qeh7" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-stretch: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">London, 1790</strong></span></span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block31" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="paragraph"></div><div class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-40mtf" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br role="presentation" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: inherit;" /></span></span></div><div data-hook="rcv-block32" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="empty-line"></div><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-6gp7g" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-stretch: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Cordelia Wakefield knew no home other than London. She’d lived in the bustling metropolis for the entirety of her twenty years and could not imagine passing so much as a single day as a resident of any other part of the world.</span></span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block33" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="paragraph"></div><div class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-5gncv" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br role="presentation" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: inherit;" /></span></span></div><div data-hook="rcv-block34" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="empty-line"></div><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-1bo36" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-stretch: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In London, one had that world at one’s fingertips. Drapers, milliners, dressmakers, and booksellers of the highest stamp could be found in England’s foremost city. The very best of food and company, the perfect balance of imposing architecture and glorious green spaces filled it to bursting. She was not so naive as to think her beloved home city was devoid of suffering and struggle, or that the experiences of all who called it home were as pleasant as her own.</span></span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block35" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="paragraph"></div><div class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-fa9sn" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br role="presentation" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: inherit;" /></span></span></div><div data-hook="rcv-block36" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="empty-line"></div><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-89dbv" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-stretch: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">But with all its flaws, she loved it.</span></span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block37" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="paragraph"></div><div class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-5b3sv" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br role="presentation" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: inherit;" /></span></span></div><div data-hook="rcv-block38" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="empty-line"></div><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-936mc" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-stretch: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Her younger sister was equally enamored. In fact, on a late-March morning, the two young ladies were spending time as they often did, making a slow circuit of the gated green near their home. The day was a bit blustery, as was often the case in Town, yet they could not have been happier with their location and the diversions it offered. The very earliest bulb flowers were emerging from their winter slumber. Soon, London itself would awaken as well, with the return of those who divided their time between their country estates and their Town residences. Cordelia felt heartily sorry for them. One ought to never be required to quit such a glorious city.</span></span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block39" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="paragraph"></div><div class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-19qf1" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br role="presentation" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: inherit;" /></span></span></div><div data-hook="rcv-block40" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="empty-line"></div><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-4ugnq" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-stretch: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Do you suppose Mother and Father will allow me to finally have my Season this year?” Cordelia asked.</span></span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block41" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="paragraph"></div><div class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-8g518" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br role="presentation" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: inherit;" /></span></span></div><div data-hook="rcv-block42" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="empty-line"></div><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-a2efa" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-stretch: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“I do hope so. I’ll not ever have mine if they don’t allow you yours.” </span></span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block43" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="paragraph"></div><div class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-451vc" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br role="presentation" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: inherit;" /></span></span></div><div data-hook="rcv-block44" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="empty-line"></div><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-5505t" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-stretch: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Cordelia shook her head at Seraphina’s teasing declaration. Her sister did, in fact, wish to join Society herself in the next year or two, but she was too good a sister and too good a person to not wish Cordelia happy.</span></span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block45" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="paragraph"></div><div class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-bfdel" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br role="presentation" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: inherit;" /></span></span></div><div data-hook="rcv-block46" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="empty-line"></div><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-4kq23" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-stretch: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">They passed Mrs. Seaver—a widow of advancing years who lived nearby—and her companion on the path that circled the green. Both ladies offered greetings, which the sisters returned in kind. This was an established routine between them. Cordelia loved the familiarity and calm of her life in London. She knew the people, and they knew her. The only thing marring her adoration of Town was her longing to truly become part of Society.</span></span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block47" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="paragraph"></div><div class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-bd5ei" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br role="presentation" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: inherit;" /></span></span></div><div data-hook="rcv-block48" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="empty-line"></div><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-46cm" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-stretch: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">She would so enjoy attending dinner parties and balls, having full access to musicales and the theatre. She would, of course, still make ample time for painting, her true passion. Watercolors were deemed entirely acceptable for young ladies. Though Cordelia did enjoy the challenge of that particular medium, she was more enamored of oils, a less characteristic choice for a woman.</span></span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block49" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="paragraph"></div><div class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-ckmp2" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br role="presentation" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: inherit;" /></span></span></div><div data-hook="rcv-block50" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="empty-line"></div><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-e34ql" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-stretch: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Do you suppose Father and Mother have not allowed you your Season because they feel you ought to be older?” Seraphina asked once they’d fully passed Mrs. Seaver and Miss Greene.</span></span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block51" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="paragraph"></div><div class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-1nejb" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br role="presentation" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: inherit;" /></span></span></div><div data-hook="rcv-block52" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="empty-line"></div><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-a4bru" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-stretch: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Perhaps. Though, I hope not. Most young ladies making their first foray into Society have done so by my age. I’ll be ancient in comparison if made to wait too many more years. I nearly am already.”</span></span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block53" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="paragraph"></div><div class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-9f90v" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br role="presentation" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: inherit;" /></span></span></div><div data-hook="rcv-block54" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="empty-line"></div><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-64ng4" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-stretch: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“And that would mean I would, of necessity, be required to wait just as long.” Seraphina’s sigh was heavy with frustration. “I would very much like to dance the allemande with someone other than Monsieur Benoit.”</span></span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block55" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="paragraph"></div><div class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-5a7fd" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br role="presentation" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: inherit;" /></span></span></div><div data-hook="rcv-block56" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="empty-line"></div><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-dgot0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-stretch: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Their aging dancing tutor had provided them a more than adequate education in the various dances one was expected to execute, but he smelled very strongly of cloves mingled with a putrid sort of tobacco and powdered his hair so heavily and inexpertly that a cloud of wafting white followed him everywhere he went. They did not dislike the Frenchman, but he was sometimes a bit uncomfortable to spend time with. Surely, there were gentlemen at the balls they’d heard so much about who did not leave residue everywhere they went.</span></span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block57" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="paragraph"></div><div class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-3fhji" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br role="presentation" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: inherit;" /></span></span></div><div data-hook="rcv-block58" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="empty-line"></div><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-2t8lf" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-stretch: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Perhaps Father and Mother have denied you your Season because of the expense,” Seraphina said.</span></span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block59" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="paragraph"></div><div class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-bos0r" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br role="presentation" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: inherit;" /></span></span></div><div data-hook="rcv-block60" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="empty-line"></div><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-2qekh" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-stretch: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">There had been some tightening of the family purse strings the last couple of years, but nothing terribly severe.</span></span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block61" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="paragraph"></div><div class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-acqoe" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br role="presentation" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: inherit;" /></span></span></div><div data-hook="rcv-block62" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="empty-line"></div><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-5ph08" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-stretch: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Perhaps they fear I will spend all of my time amongst Society haranguing anyone and everyone on the topic of painting,” Cordelia suggested with a teasing smile.</span></span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block63" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="paragraph"></div><div class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-djead" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br role="presentation" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: inherit;" /></span></span></div><div data-hook="rcv-block64" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="empty-line"></div><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-3s9sa" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-stretch: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Which means they will never permit me a Season, as I am even more likely to make a nuisance of myself, though on the subject of music.”</span></span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block65" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="paragraph"></div><div class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-c6989" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br role="presentation" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: inherit;" /></span></span></div><div data-hook="rcv-block66" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="empty-line"></div><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-7auhn" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-stretch: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Excerpt Copyright © Sarah M. 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Shared with permission.</span></span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block67" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="paragraph"></div><div class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-ephs1" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); 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text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="empty-line"></div><div class="_2vd5k b6lcWf" id="viewer-9teui" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 15px 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="_3CWa- sxFoib sxFoib" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; 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text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="image"></div><div class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-9retq" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br role="presentation" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: inherit;" /></span></span></div><div data-hook="rcv-block70" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="empty-line"></div><h3 class="_3qMKZ _1j-51 _1FoOD _1oG79 WJlzbz roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-dq67o" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--ricos-custom-h3-color,var(--ricos-text-color,#212121)); direction: ltr; font-family: var(--ricos-custom-h3-font-family,unset); font-size: var(--ricos-custom-h3-font-size,24px); font-stretch: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: var(--ricos-custom-h3-font-weight,unset); letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-h3-min-height,30px); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-h3-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Meet the authors behind the stories!</span></span></h3><div data-hook="rcv-block71" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="h3"></div><div class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-b4v3o" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br role="presentation" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: inherit;" /></span></span></div><div data-hook="rcv-block72" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="empty-line"></div><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-c4mos" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-stretch: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sian Ann Bessey</strong></span></span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block73" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="paragraph"></div><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-2rj8h" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-stretch: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Born in Cambridge, England, but grew up on the island of Anglesey off the coast of North Wales, Sian left her homeland to attend university in the U.S. and earned a bachelor's degree in communications with a minor in English.</span></span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block74" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="paragraph"></div><div class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-4q5n6" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br role="presentation" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: inherit;" /></span></span></div><div data-hook="rcv-block75" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="empty-line"></div><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-4qvn0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-stretch: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">She began her writing career as a student, publishing several magazine articles while still in college. Since then, she has published historical romance and romantic suspense novels, along with a variety of children's books. She is a USA Today bestselling author, a Foreward Reviews Book of the Year finalist, and a Whitney Award finalist.</span></span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block76" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="paragraph"></div><div class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-deutp" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); 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font-stretch: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sarah M. Eden</strong></span></span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block82" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="paragraph"></div><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-7pq92" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-stretch: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sarah M. Eden is a USA Today bestselling author of multiple historical romances, including AML's "2013 Novel of the Year" and Foreword Review’s 2013 “IndieFab Book of the Year” gold medal winner for Best Romance, Longing for Home, and the Whitney Award's "2014 Novel of the Year," Longing for Home: Hope Springs. </span></span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block83" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="paragraph"></div><div class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-56aqm" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); 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text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="empty-line"></div><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-1dsv8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-stretch: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Combining her obsession with history and affinity for tender love stories, Sarah loves crafting witty characters and heartfelt romances set against rich historical backdrops. She holds a bachelor’s degree in research and happily spends hours perusing the reference shelves of her local library. Sarah lives with her husband, kids, and mischievous dog in the shadow of a snow-capped mountain she has never attempted to ski.</span></span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block85" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="paragraph"></div><div class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-e79j5" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); 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text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="empty-line"></div><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-27ufj" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-stretch: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Learn more at <a class="_3Bkfb _1lsz7" data-hook="linkViewer" href="https://www.sarahmeden.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); 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border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="paragraph"></div><div class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-coq5h" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br role="presentation" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: inherit;" /></span></span></div><div data-hook="rcv-block88" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="empty-line"></div><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-9i9gd" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-stretch: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Rebecca Connolly</strong></span></span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block89" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="paragraph"></div><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-43h6k" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-stretch: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Rebecca Connolly is the author of more than two dozen novels. She calls herself a Midwest girl, having lived in Ohio and Indiana. She's always been a bookworm, and her grandma would send her books almost every month so she would never run out. Book Fairs were her carnival, and libraries are her happy place. </span></span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block90" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="paragraph"></div><div class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-1pupd" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br role="presentation" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: inherit;" /></span></span></div><div data-hook="rcv-block91" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="empty-line"></div><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-epp5e" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-stretch: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">She has been creating stories since childhood, and there are home videos to prove it! She received a master's degree from West Virginia University, spends every spare moment away from her day job absorbed in her writing, and is a hot cocoa addict.</span></span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block92" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" type="paragraph"></div><div class="mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-484j1" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); 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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; direction: ltr; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-size,unset); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><br /></div>MK McClintockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15140830185509209100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648326883989508055.post-17741636318800572872022-01-28T12:32:00.008-07:002022-02-02T12:36:37.373-07:00DEAD MAN'S HAND by David Nix - A Reader's Opinion<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dead-Mans-Hand-Jake-Paynter-ebook/dp/B094X79WCJ?crid=1K3JBY2BGVX6J&keywords=dead+man%27s+hand+david+nix&qid=1643296859&sprefix=dead+man%27s+hand+david+ni,aps,610&sr=8-1&linkCode=sl1&tag=mkmc-20&linkId=e37905729bcaa74ab4877347030c58b5&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="235" height="443" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51TvR-nGKwL._SY346_.jpg" width="301" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2f2e2e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">A Reader's Opinion</span></span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block5" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #414141; font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" type="empty-line"></div><blockquote class="_3cMZT _3Dd1B _1yXpC _1FoOD _3M0Fe _2WrB- _1atvN public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-15rg9" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-inline-start-style: solid; border-inline-start-width: 2px; border-left-color: var(--ricos-custom-quote-border-color, var(--ricos-action-color, #0261ff)); border-right-color: var(--ricos-custom-quote-border-color, var(--ricos-action-color, #0261ff)); border-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--ricos-custom-quote-color, unset); direction: ltr; font-family: var(--ricos-custom-quote-font-family, unset); font-size: var(--ricos-custom-quote-font-size, 18px); font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 15px 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-quote-min-height, unset); outline: 0px; padding-inline: 18px 20px; padding: 10px 0px; quotes: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">David Nix has a writing style that draws a reader into the story so they become one with the landscape and characters. </span></p></blockquote><div data-hook="rcv-block7" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #414141; font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" type="empty-line"></div><p class="mm8Nw _1j-51 _1atvN _1FoOD _3M0Fe _2WrB- _1atvN public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-1i0pu" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; font-family: var(--ricos-custom-p-font-family, unset); font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height, unset); outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">DEAD MAN'S HAND, the first in a new progressive western series, and my first read by this author, takes the reader on a journey through inhospitable country, making way for a lot of adventure.</span></p><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #414141; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #414141; direction: ltr; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.booksandbenches.com/post/dead-mans-hand-david-nix-review"><b>FULL POST and REVIEW >></b></a></span></span><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #414141; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span><span class="_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #414141; direction: ltr; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span><p></p>MK McClintockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15140830185509209100noreply@blogger.com0