The Saturday Broadsheet (September 5, 2020)

Summer has come to an end for us at Brown Cottage because my husband has gone back to work and school will be starting. (In addition to having his own cleaning company, he works for the school board as a custodian.)

Last Friday, we took a day trip to Victoria Park in Truro, NS. On the way, we stopped at Mastodon Ridge to play a round of mini-golf. I came close to beating my husband but, as always, he won. 🙂

They have a Flinstone’s style car in front of a Flinstone style house. We’re sitting in that car for the selfie picture. My husband is holding my hair since it was WINDY on the hill and my hair kept blowing into my face and his. 

We’ve had a very dry summer, so the falls at Victoria Park were no more than a trickle. However, the walk to get to them was lovely. It was a sunny and warm but not hot day — perfect weather actually. 

And now, we are settling into the school year work hour routine. This means I will be starting to do a few more posts on my blog than I was over the summer. However, I learned to love the less intense schedule, and plan to do my best to keep from becoming overly intense again. I’ll tell you more about that below. 

Let’s get on to all the writing and publishing news. 

Writing News

August was a productive month writing-wise.

• I finished getting Protecting Miss Darcy read for publication.
• I finished writing Her Convenient Forever. 
• I started writing the second Sweet Possibilities book, Christmas in Gracechurch Street, though this story has been bumped to the back burner until I get one more story crossed off my to-write list. 
• That story is Moonlight, Mistletoe, and Mary. This Sweet Extra, told from Colonel Fitzwilliam’s point of view, will be a four-chapter novelette that follows Matching Mr. Darcy. I am very close to done with that story. In fact, if I get some writing time tonight and my brain cooperates, I hope to finish it. 

I hope to have Her Convenient Forever sent off to my sister by the middle of this coming week. I also hope to be back into writing Christmas in Gracechurch Street on Monday. And then, I need to do some brainstorming and planning for the next Sweet Tuesday story. 

Whew! That’s a lot when listed all together like that. However, if I just focus on each day’s tasks, it’s not overwhelming and is actually fairly manageable. 

Publishing News

Protecting Miss Darcy is now available everywhere! 
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Two years ago at Ramsgate, Georgiana Darcy nearly made the biggest mistake of her life, and now, she’s living with a secret that haunts her and threatens her future happiness. The chains of self-doubt and trepidation, which that secret have placed on her, have already led to heartache for her friend and, since Mr. Alfred Langley refuses to be part of Georgiana’s plan to right a wrong and face her first season with a beau at her side, that secret also threatens to keep her always in its power.

Though Alfred Langley refuses to be part of a deceptive scheme — even one proposed with the best of intentions — the story Georgiana shares with him about a scoundrel who toyed with her heart spurs him to act on her behalf. As her friend, he is determined to stand by her side, so often as he is able, to help ease her way into society and ensure that her heart is protected.

However, as Alfred discovers, protecting Miss Darcy is no simple task for it comes with the perils of a scowling and skeptical brother, the unfortunate reality of injury to his person, and the very real potential of either rewriting his plans for his future or leaving him with a broken heart.

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Just click the image above to find all the places where you can find this book. 
Or go directly to one of the retailers below. 

Nook     |     Kindle     |     Apple     |     Kobo

Book Promotion

Actually, With the Colonel’s Help is on sale until September 8. 🙂  

Here’s a little bit about the book: 

Colonel Fitzwilliam only meant to help Darcy improve in the eyes of Miss Elizabeth. However, he ended up doing just the opposite, and now, it’s up to him to fix the situation he caused and help his cousin find his happily ever after. It seems a straightforward enough task until a tragic situation changes the odds of success. Not only is the colonel going to have to help Darcy work out his misunderstanding with Miss Elizabeth; he is also going to have to convince her father that Darcy is a worthy choice.

Remember,
Finally Mrs. Darcy  and And Then Love
are currently free everywhere.

Book Review

Of course, I had to go with the first review for my new release. 🙂 Thank you, Susan (Vesper), for reading and reviewing Protecting Miss Darcy. I’m so glad you enjoyed it. 

You can find this review on Bookbub at this link. 

Something Extra

Letters show up in many of my stories. In Protecting Miss Darcy, she writes entries in a letter to her aunt that she will send once she has completed her journey to Netherfield. I have a novelette in my First Blooms and Second Chances anthology called A Lily for Midwinter where a misdirected letter is the catalyst of a relationship between the hero and heroine. There is a letter containing some bragging that sets Alistair off on a quest to rescue Anne in Becoming Entangled, and Anne wrote a letter prompting Darcy to marry quickly in Unravelling Mr. Darcy (which is the book right before Becoming Entangled). These are but a few of the examples of where letters have shown up in a few of my stories. 

Below is an interesting video about folding, sealing, and posting letters in the 18th century. I hope you will enjoy it. 

And below the video, I’ve added a very short snippet of With the Colonel’s Help, because a letter plays an important role in that story. 

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Have a good weekend! Be safe and well. (And maybe read a book 🙂 )

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The next Saturday Broadsheet that you will receive will be on October 3, 2020. I will have news about ARCs for and the release date of Her Convenient Forever, as well as information about upcoming Kindle Unlimited changes. 

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