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Saying I Do to the Scoundrel

12/7/2019

 
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Perhaps choosing a man who falls asleep in the tavern isn't the first choice for a business partner, but in Saying I Do to the Scoundrel, it was the right business partner.

Even though this story is mostly set in the London countryside in the early 1800's, I feel it has a touch of the American west in it.



Excerpt:

​He moved his head sideways, but his eyes remained on her. He stated, ‘You’re kidnapping yourself for the money?’

He saw the prim set of her shoulders. The clothing she wore, too much warmth for the weather, hadn’t been cobbled together by a person saving on expense. The ridiculous lace around the edge of her cloak and her ribbons didn’t come without a price.

‘Yes. It’s only a pittance of what I should have. My stepfather’s taken it all.’

‘You believe he’ll pay the ransom?’ He was more than curious. He was interested.

‘Yes. He wants me to marry his nephew, Fillmore.’ She leaned closer. ‘My stepfather does just as his nephew says. They are closer than a father and a son.’ She waved her gloved hand.

She shook her head. ‘Fillmore believes I should be his bride. I cannot take a step when he is in the house without watching for him and he is getting more and more determined every day. Rooms are being painted for him and furniture reupholstered. When that is finished next month, he is planning to move into the house—as my husband. I must be gone before then.’

He eyed the chit. ‘All I need to do is kidnap you—but you will be willingly kidnapped. Secure the ransom. Take my half and we part friends."
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Santa's Review: Saying I Do to the Scoundrel

12/22/2018

 
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Katherine's plan to hire the man who liked to spend the night in the tavern, and sometimes sweep up in the morning, probably wasn't the best of ideas. But it worked because she checked his references.

Brandt kidnapped her as she'd requested, but he didn't see any need to do anything illegal such as ask for a ransom.

After a few nights with her, he decided on marriage as a way of keeping her away from her evil stepfather. The ransom would have been easier.

Rodolph believes there should have been deer in the countryside which would have added a pastural moment when the couple was hiding away in the stable. He thought the emphasis was far too strong on the horses, and wanted to see two deer fall in love. He's such a romantic.

When Emotion is Too Much For Me

8/11/2018

 
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Emotion.

You must have emotion in your romance novel. The more the better.  Or so I though.

When writing Saying I Do to the Scoundrel, I put a bucket-full of emotion into one scene and added a sprinkle more just because I had tapped into something I could put a lot of heart into—the loss of someone in your family that you dearly loved.

Then one of the first readers of the manuscript responded with a request to take out the emotion. I wasn’t convinced, but I toned it down a bit.

I continued to go forward on the story, and after a break, I read it one last time. Then the emotion of the loss I’d written about hit me. I felt the pain. Delete. Delete. Delete.

Never again do I intend to write so intensely about the true loss of someone cared deeply about. Romance is about life, hope, love and happily ever afters…in my fictional world. I plan to keep it that way.

Eggs. Scrambled Only Please

7/22/2018

 
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The true romantic food is an omelette.

I’d discovered this by reading the early romance novels where I noticed the governess would whip up the most blissful omelette. Before long, the hero would be at her feet.

I’d never had a true reason to perfect the omelette, or even to decide on whether to spell the word with the French or English version, but when I married, I knew it was time to learn to cook this perfect dish. I just needed the right omelette recipe because mine were lacking. They tasted like scrambled eggs no matter how many additions I whipped into them.

Then I realized, the magical recipe for this perfectly enchanting food had been secreted away by the governesses.

As a nod to the wonderful books I’ve read about omelettes, I added a reference to those blissful dishes in Saying I Do To The Scoundrel, and sadly, Katherine never learned the governess' recipe either.

 
Excerpt:
     Inside, the smell of wood smoke mixed with the scent of food. Brandt stood with his back to her. He had hung a pot over the stove and was now putting dollops of dough on to the lid top to cook.
     ‘Would probably be too much for me to expect you to cook something even as simple as an omelette…’
     She raised her brows in question.
     ‘An omelette. My father travelled near Bessières once and when he returned he insisted we have omelettes. Eggs stirred about. Cheese in it. Very tasty. I discovered I had to show the women at the tavern how to make them if I wanted one to my taste.’
     ‘I like my eggs normally prepared.’
     ‘And how might that be?’
     ‘By Cook. And in biscuits and cakes and tarts and things like that.’
     ‘I very much want an omelette.’
     ‘That is probably beyond my experience.’
     He leaned forward, blinked slowly and met her eyes. ‘I thought so.’



Saying I Do To The Scoundrel

6/17/2018

 
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 I wanted to write a story about a man who truly loved his wife. Truly loved her, and missed her so terribly after she died that he couldn't consider courting anyone else.

And really, my hero Brandt never courts Katherine. He marries her. (After she hires him to kidnap her.)

Once someone asked me about my dating life with my husband.

I said, "We didn't really date. We just got married."

Of course we'd known each other for longer than most couples know each other. I don't remember meeting him, but I remember seeing him when I was in first grade, and how he made an effort to tell me goodbye right before he got off the school bus. So you could say we had a twelve year relationship before we were married, with ups and downs, and it took us awhile to finally commit.

I said I Do to my Sweetheart and am wishing him a very Happy Anniversary!



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