Music Monday: Period Drama Couples – Sunday Afternoon

“I would choose you before I would choose myself.” He placed a hand, which had been made rough from working with his men in the militia and the wood he loved, on her cheek. “I do not have the means just yet to support a family,” he began.

“But you will.” She squeezed his hand tightly.

He smiled and nodded. He would gladly face whatever trials might come as he established himself as a tradesman just to have her continue to look at him as she did now with such confidence in his abilities. “Yes, I will, and when I do, I would very much like to create that family with you. Will you marry me when I am established?”

A smile lit her face and eyes as she nodded. “I would like nothing better.”

“It will not be a life of ease,” he cautioned. For a moment, despite his desire to have her as his wife, he doubted whether he was doing the right thing in asking her to share such a life. His thumb caressed her cheek. “You deserve so much more.”

“I love you,” she said, pressing her cheek more firmly against his hand. “I will be happy nowhere else save at your side.”

He knew that he felt the same. It was why he was prepared to defy his father. No matter the money and property he may be losing by choosing her, he knew his life would never be so pleasant with those things as it would be with her at his side. Still, he could not resist asking, “You are certain?”

“Yes.”

“Then, may I ─ ”

“Yes. You must kiss me.”

[From His Inconvenient Choice]

Published on YouTube by MimaShar on Jul 25, 2014

Sigh. That’s a favourite scene from that book. I do love those moments when one or the other of the main characters finds that their place in life is next to the man or woman they love. 🙂

Trivia Question: Do you know who the he and she are in the above excerpt?

I’m not to that point in any of my current works in progress, however. I’m still either in the very beginning or somewhere in the middle. I am no further along in Mary’s story, but I am making progress in both the short story I am writing and Assessing Mr. Darcy. And other than to tell you that, I really have no writing news to share. School has started. We are getting our routines established and schedule refined, and writing continues as best it can while that happens.

While I have very little by way of writing news to share, I do have a story excerpt. This chapter from Assessing Mr. Darcy will be posted in its entirety on Patreon today. I am currently about two chapters ahead of this spot, but I thought I would share a little taste of what a family dinner at Longbourn might be like.

AN EXCERPT FROM Assessing Mr. Darcy:  Continue reading Music Monday: Period Drama Couples – Sunday Afternoon


Wordless Wednesday: Drawing Room, St James’s

By Thomas Rowlandson (1756–1827) and Augustus Charles Pugin (1762–1832) (after) John Bluck (fl. 1791–1819), Joseph Constantine Stadler (fl. 1780–1812), Thomas Sutherland (1785–1838), J. Hill, and Harraden (aquatint engravers)[1] [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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Which character in one of my books has ties to St. James’s? Anne is about to find out.  [The book title is listed below the excerpt.]

 

Anne snorted again.  “Have you dismissed your mistress?”

He (Blackmoore) gave one sharp nod.  “For now, at least.  Whether it stays that way or not has yet to be seen.”

Anne shook her head and rolled her eyes.  At least, he would not be her problem.  “How considerate of you,” she said dryly.

He shrugged. “I did say that I might not be reformed.”

“In case you were wondering, I will not marry a man with a mistress, nor will I become one.”

Blackmoore laughed.  “I would not attempt to suggest such.  I felt the way Madoch protected you the last time we met, and I have endured his glares all evening.” He shook his head as he continued to chuckle. “No, no, he is not someone with whom I wish to tangle.  I fear I would not win.”

The comment surprised Anne. “I beg your pardon, but I do not understand your meaning.  What exactly makes a man who cares for horses someone who must be feared?”  Alex was not a small or retiring man, but he was not a brute either.  How he could inspire such a reaction in a gentleman who was his superior in rank was beyond her comprehension.

Blackmoore laughed once again.  “His connections, my dear, his connections.  It is not that he cares for horses but for whose horses he cares.”

[from Her Heart’s Choice]

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Music Monday: The Choices Series

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Today, I am resharing this video that I made for my series of Pride and Prejudice Novellas called Choices.  This series is now available on Kindle, iBooks, and Nook as a bundle at a very good price.  It will be available on Kobo as soon as I hear back on a technical issue I had during the publishing process.

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