Tag: excerpts
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Read the First Chapter of Lady Griffith’s Second Chance!
My next book, the historical romance Lady Griffith’s Second Chance, releases in less than three weeks! I’m offering up the first few chapters for everyone’s perusal, and this week brings us Chapter One. So read ahead for a glimpse into Regan and Thomas’s story… Pre-Order Here! Chapter One Regan stood beside her son’s bed, the…
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An Unpracticed Heart: My Favorite Scene
So, I love my books. Even the parts of them that made me tear out my hair in frustration. And in each one, there is a scene, or a few scenes, that I love more than the rest. Of course, that doesn’t mean it was the easiest scene to write. In fact, it’s often the…
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Strength and Weakness: Some Characters Are a Bit of Both
The heroine of my latest release, An Unpracticed Heart, is Charlotte Claridge. If I were to describe her in a few words (e.g. “smart, plucky woman who won’t take ‘no’ for an answer,” or “quiet, milquetoast kind of person who has a personality the same shade as the page”) I’m not sure I could pull…
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An Excerpt from An Unpracticed Heart
The week, the entire month is slipping away all too quickly. The release date for An Unpracticed Heart is only ten days away (*hyperventilates*) and here I am, twiddling my thumbs like a regular thumb-twiddler. Today, I bring you an excerpt from the very first chapter, in fact the very first scene, introducing us to…
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Friday Fights: An excerpt from An Unpracticed Heart
In my next release An Unpracticed Heart, Lord Cowden’s story begins with a fight… A fight in which he accidentally kills a man. This event speeds up an already downward spiral in his existence, and takes him up to Scotland where he’ll meet up with our lovely heroine and… Well, I’m getting ahead of myself.…
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The Firstborn – The First Chapter
We’re down to… *looks at calendar*… three days until The Firstborn is released. I’ve teased you with excerpts. I’ve given you a cover. Today? I’m just going to give you the entire first chapter. Now excuse me, I have a quiche in the oven and I don’t want it to burn. The Firstborn Chapter One…
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Characters of The Firstborn: Sophia (Penrose) Brixton
In my next book, The Firstborn, I stumble into the lives of two sisters. The older of the two, Sophia, has had to pick up the slack of caring for her younger sibling, Lucy, after the death of their parents. They’ve now lost everything of their former life. Their home, income, and all while dealing…