Tonight (Tuesday), as I was looking up something of interest to share on social media, I thought “I should share these things on my blog as well.” So, I am. I can’t guarantee it will be a weekly thing, but sporadically, at least, I think I’ll share things like this on here as well as on my social media accounts. I hope you don’t mind. 🙂
Continue reading Henry Angelo, fencerTag: Dash of Darcy and Companions Cottage Collection 2
The October 2021 Saturday Broadsheet
The Saturday Broadsheet, with all my writing life updates, is now available at the link at the bottom of this short post. In this issue of the Broadsheet you will find:
- Info about what is posting on my blog — which you probably already know. 🙂
- My progress on my writing and publishing projects (both as Leenie and as Annilee). I have a newsletter for Annilee now! There’s a link to sign up in the email.
- The books that I have on sale this month.
- And a question about Thanksgiving traditions and when you celebrate it (if you do). We’re celebrating it this weekend in Canada, so Happy Thanksgiving to my Canadian readers!
Have a great weekend!
I hope you have time to read a book. I’ll be back on Thursday with two more chapters of No Other Choice.
The September 2021 Saturday Broadsheet
The Saturday Broadsheet, with all my writing life updates, is now available at the link at the bottom of this short post. In this issue of the Broadsheet you will find:
- A couple of pictures from places I visited in August.
- Info about what is posting on my blog — which you probably already know. 🙂
- My progress on my writing and publishing projects (both as Leenie and as Annilee).
- The books that I have on sale this month.
- And a little bit of Music Monday on a Saturday. 🙂 (I’ve got a music video and an excerpt from a book to go with it.)
Have a great weekend!
I hope you have time to read a book. I’ll be back on Tuesday with two more chapters of Tom: To Secure His Legacy.
The Wedding Dress (Carl Herpfer)
I have written three stories that feature Anne as a heroine (so far), and while I have enjoyed fleshing her out in each of those stories, this one just might be my all-time favourite Anne. She is niave, foolish, willful, and every inch her mother’s daughter. It makes for a deviously fun story. And then, there is Alistair who is sensible and stable and so very much in love with Anne and all that she is (even is she does drive him to distraction at times). I hope you enjoy the little bit of story I am sharing below but please be aware that this excerpt is from near the end of the book, so it might contain a spoiler or two. Therefore, if you’ve never read Becoming Entangled, read the rest of this post at your own risk. 😉
Two days later, as Anne stood before her mirror, she carefully positioned her sleeve and gloves so that her mother would not see the bruise on her arm. It was not a large bruise, but Anne knew that it was large enough to cause her mother to inquire after it. She had sworn her cousin and his friend Mr. Bingley, as well as Jack, to silence about the joust at Angelo’s, and she had been careful to keep the paper from her mother’s notice both yesterday and today. She knew that her appearance at Angelo’s would not go unmentioned, especially after the display she had put on following her defeat of Alistair. Her cheeks flushed. It was rather exhilarating to behave so brazenly, but it was not something she planned to repeat or publish any further than it had already been circulated.
“Anne Catherine de Bourgh!” Lady Catherine said as she threw open the door to her daughter’s room.
Anne cringed at the tone of her mother’s voice.
“Lady Metcalfe has just made me aware of a rather shocking story.”
Drat! She had forgotten that Alistair’s mother might see the paper and share the story with her mother.
“What were you thinking? Going to a gentleman’s club and behaving like a…” she waved the paper she held in the air as she sought for the right word, though none seemed to come to her.
As Anne stood before her mirror, a smile spread across her face. She could not remember a single time in her life when her mother had been at a loss for words until now. There was a strange feeling of satisfaction that accompanied the knowledge.
“It was inappropriate,” Anne offered. “And I shall not do it again. Now, if you will excuse me, I have a wedding to attend.”
[from Becoming Entangled]
Vauxhall on a Gala Night (Richard Phillips c.1804)
Elizabeth placed her hand on Darcy’s arm and allowed him to escort her from their supper box and toward one of the numerous paths in Vauxhall Gardens. The vast number of people that filled the supper boxes and paths was astonishing, and then when the torches were lit, and the orchestra was playing while waiters scurried back and forth making certain that all in attendance were happy, it was nearly overwhelming. She had heard stories of this place, but until now, she had never truly imagined its grandeur.
Darcy drew Elizabeth closer to his side as they strolled. “Are you enjoying yourself?”
“Immensely.”
[from Unravelling Mr. Darcy]
