tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16478979064774087752024-03-05T00:48:22.861-05:00Anne GallagherAnne Gallagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299643638346680038noreply@blogger.comBlogger205125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1647897906477408775.post-52291753841138800682021-08-08T10:00:00.013-04:002021-08-08T10:00:00.239-04:00Pride, Prejudice, and Prudence <div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNKjJiFoUbNPtjqFF3OIMw-CXSjlxxv-yulNzl6DCnnA9uH21cPjYbnnzbA-3-JIQQbUJA8Jm0yWClkbj1jWIa_3NonAitA3JNN8RUIGXpQ1c3z79UpbiOkNQIt41K9N-wM0JB6KQjqw9w/s1200/ePP+Prudence+900+x+1200+-.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNKjJiFoUbNPtjqFF3OIMw-CXSjlxxv-yulNzl6DCnnA9uH21cPjYbnnzbA-3-JIQQbUJA8Jm0yWClkbj1jWIa_3NonAitA3JNN8RUIGXpQ1c3z79UpbiOkNQIt41K9N-wM0JB6KQjqw9w/w240-h320/ePP+Prudence+900+x+1200+-.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p> **As a reader, we all know what happens when you open a book and hate the main character -- you throw the book across the room and stop reading. But what do you do as a writer?</p>After Henry Wade made his appearance in <i>The Reluctant Grooms </i>series, and I met his nieces, I thought they were all very lovely, and it would be a breeze to share their stories.<br /><br />My mother's illness aside, (finding time to write was another thing altogether) I wrote the first three stories (Henry REGRETS AND RESPONSIBILITIES Faith DUNBURY PARK and Hope WHEN HOPE AND PASSION COLLIDE) and follwing the series arc, began formulating the idea for Prudence. I knew from the beginning she would be a hard character to write because -- I didn't like her.<br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5lIveRGzgyPARM-iJbxw-5PzZX0Wb0skqCsBaSGlvPiI31BV19ElV9cWm-4PLEXF1X4fAcq1LqbrR349wst8Mm_YQhKveMBhmhrqMlr-8pLGn-hjFfSc_y0aYN8herPANTfD03AwlLNnj/s1600/Prudence.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="222" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5lIveRGzgyPARM-iJbxw-5PzZX0Wb0skqCsBaSGlvPiI31BV19ElV9cWm-4PLEXF1X4fAcq1LqbrR349wst8Mm_YQhKveMBhmhrqMlr-8pLGn-hjFfSc_y0aYN8herPANTfD03AwlLNnj/s200/Prudence.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Prudence Shaffer</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Prudence is a spoiled rotten brat with no compassion or empathy for anyone other than herself. She is cruel and contemptible and even her cousins are afraid of her wicked tongue. Hence the title, JUDGING PRUDENCE. I thought it apt because <i>everyone </i>judged her, including me.<br /><br />I knew she had to have some redeeming qualities, however, I couldn't see them. She was a mean little witch and just wanted everything her way.<div><br /></div><div> Writing her story every day was like pulling teeth. I despised her and just didn't think she deserved a happy ending.<br /><br />However, as part of Henry Wade's family, how could I do that? As a writer of romance, how could I not let her find her HEA? As a reader, if I left her out of the series, that would mean I would have to rewrite all the other books, and that was <i>not </i>going to happen.<br /><br />Characters, like people, generally have a secret they try to hide from the world. It may be <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_-kDDOPljWx6Q41g6O5fnyanY0yjOUSaFftIXIUPGsiotaSPbo1YCsqUVnhuYBICF7KNVQiMo-uRFm9nnzcGrCp5oTb4DCG9Xjo9secLKekkyNm7lAsoe7_kasIlxW42lw9wZxc5FxEms/s457/prudence+viscount+abernathy.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="457" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_-kDDOPljWx6Q41g6O5fnyanY0yjOUSaFftIXIUPGsiotaSPbo1YCsqUVnhuYBICF7KNVQiMo-uRFm9nnzcGrCp5oTb4DCG9Xjo9secLKekkyNm7lAsoe7_kasIlxW42lw9wZxc5FxEms/w200-h187/prudence+viscount+abernathy.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alexander Lowell, <br />Viscount Abernathy</td></tr></tbody></table><br />big or small, but most often, they don't want anyone to know about it. Well, I finally found Prudence's and it's a whopper. It explains why she is the way she is.<br /><br />Once I realized what she was hiding, the story seemed to improve, the flow seemed much better, the intrigue and plot line worked, and I was a happy little writer once more.<br /><br />Does Prudence get her Happily Ever After? I'm not sure. I'm not finished writing yet, but what I do know is that she will have to change her ways if she wants to get what she deserves. And this will be the fun part of writing her story -- her comeuppance.<br /><br />I'm hoping to have the story finished by Thanksgiving, but I said that last year too. Let's hope things work out a little bit better this time around.<div><br /></div><div>**The previous was a post I wrote in September 2018.</div><div><br /></div><div>I have finally finished Prudence's story. I did not work on that book again until February 2021.Two and a half years. I finished it in April of this year. Then I had to let it sit for another month so I could edit it again. But now it is out and published. </div><div>I also changed the title from JUDGING PRUDENCE to PRIDE, PREJUDICE, and PRUDENCE. I thought it was a better title after watching the original on TV one night.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDnRpRKwkEQz_vkQs8tJ6bTW4GFZyxEsEvt_FRX1YTs_hJlU65ZB6kTbLazeVq0MXZVYu0qEVy_VgpAB5AZB0kjPBqX6jGBDTAivS7V5kSjlWMcT19nbJytFW2vv5lsD5FAqld2U2yFrhf/s400/Charity+300+x+400.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="300" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDnRpRKwkEQz_vkQs8tJ6bTW4GFZyxEsEvt_FRX1YTs_hJlU65ZB6kTbLazeVq0MXZVYu0qEVy_VgpAB5AZB0kjPBqX6jGBDTAivS7V5kSjlWMcT19nbJytFW2vv5lsD5FAqld2U2yFrhf/s320/Charity+300+x+400.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>For those of you who still follow this blog or my writing, I'm pleased to announce that the next book in the series CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME is also ready to be released. I need to do a final edit, but that shouldn't take long. Promise.</div><div><br /></div><div>On a personal note, the last few years have been a struggle, dealing with my parents' health issues, and having a sports fanatic for a child. Unfortunately, within the limited amount of time per day I was given, something else had to go and that was my writing. </div><div><br /></div><div>I believe now that I am in a somewhat better state of mind, and the child is in high school, the writing has become easier, and I would like to think I can finish the Dunbury series in a timely manner.</div><div><br /></div><div>With Patience, Mercy, and Lady Catherine to go, I woud like to say by the end of 2022. Then again, perhaps I shouldn't give myself time limits.</div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks for reading!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Anne Gallagher (c) 2021 </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div>Anne Gallagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299643638346680038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1647897906477408775.post-18780524997091728002019-03-18T15:40:00.000-04:002019-06-28T06:34:25.429-04:00Dunbury Park #MarchMadnessSale<span style="font-size: large;">Dunbury Park</span><br />
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Lady Faith Curtiss, daughter of the late Duke of
Trowbridge, understands the responsibility of a title. However, it doesn’t seem
to matter much anymore. Impoverished since her mother’s death, she and her
sisters have come to live with their other cousins, all of them orphans and
dependent upon their uncle, Henry Wade, the Marquess of Dunbury, whose only aim
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When Faith meets the new curate of the parish, her
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<span style="font-size: large;">Dunbury Park</span> is the second book in the Ladies of Dunbury Series. Faith is the second eldest to be married first. (Mercy is waiting for James Stone, Henry's <i>aide de camp</i>, to return from the Peninsula. However long it takes.) However, there's a long road ahead for Faith before she can get married.</div>
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I liked Faith. She was a<br />
"good" character. No hidden agenda. She pretty much spilled it right from the get-go. Since the day she met Peter Williams, curate of the parish, she wanted to marry him. Unfortunately, since the first day she had met the Earl of Helmsway, <i>he </i>has wanted to marry her. Although rebuffed, Helmsway convinces Henry Wade to give him another chance. Perhaps he could change her mind.<br />
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Peter has waited nearly a year to speak with Lady Gantry about Faith. Unfortunately for Peter, Henry Wade, Faith's formidable uncle has come home from the wars. When Peter finally speaks with her uncle about Faith, Henry will give his blessing to whichever man Faith decides to choose at the end of the summer.<br />
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Faith has to take a good long hard look at both men, where she fits into their future, and what kind of future she envisions for herself--to be part of Society, or be part of the other side of Society.<br />
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Rules are broken, hearts are broken. But then Faith thwarts a kidnapping and evil is discovered in the Park's woods. When Rebecca Taylor, (housekeeper for the parsonage and the Bishop's choice for Peter's wife), is mistaken for a Dunbury Lady and found brutally beaten and left for dead, Faith finally realizes what love truly means.<br />
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I realize this is another triangle trope, but I like them. And this isn't so much a triangle as it is an inner struggle to discover what one TRULY wants--WHO one truly wants to spend the rest of their lives with. It's a big "idea" for the daughter of a duke. Can she really <i>choose</i>? What makes one man more <i>worthy </i>than another? Is it really all about the money and social standing? It's a tough question to answer.<br />
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I've also carried Henry's political intrigue and problematic illness through this book as well. It seems Henry is much like Lady Olivia in this series--always meddling where he shouldn't. He does have six nieces to marry off.<br />
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Anne Gallagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299643638346680038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1647897906477408775.post-18771036904698421202019-03-16T10:47:00.000-04:002019-03-16T10:47:48.627-04:00Regrets and Responsibilities #MarchMadnessSale<span style="font-size: large;">Regrets and Responsibilities</span><br />
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After nearly forty years in the Army, Henry Wade, the Marquess of Dunbury, finally returns to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">London</st1:city></st1:place> to officially claim his father’s title, hopefully to reunite with his long lost love, and to exact revenge on the man who ruined his life. Add six orphaned nieces into the mix, and suddenly, Henry’s life is upside down. Marrying them off seems like a fine plan, but finding <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">suita</st1:place></st1:city>ble husbands for them is an impossible task. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Regrets and Responsibilities </span>is the first book in the Ladies of Dunbury series. I found Henry Wade when I was beginning to write LADY OLIVIA'S UNDOING. I needed another love interest and lo and behold, Henry Wade popped into my head.</div>
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When Henry returns home from the wars, he is saddled with the responisibility of marrying off six nieces and has no idea what to do. </div>
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Upon his arrival to his old home, he is greeted by a shrew of a woman who just so happens to be the girls' governess. He's thrown completely off guard because the woman looks exactly like the woman he left behind thirty-five years ago. That Catherine Gantry happens to be Olivia's cousin is another blow. Henry doesn't know what to do about his feelings for any of them, and to top it all off, he suffers from PTSD. (Only they didn't call it that then, but they did call it Soldier's Nerves.)</div>
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I knew when I started writing the Ladies of Dunbury series, it was going to be a long road. Research, research, research. Thankfully, I had a slew of folders on my dashboard. And when I decided to add in characters from The Reluctant Grooms series, and give more backstory to questions about such things as Davingdale's past and Stephen Carlton's death, I had to dig back into my own stories, which has been a delightful surprise. They say write what you want to read. And well, I'm liking what I'm reading.</div>
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I also knew that "wrapping in" other characters from a previous series would be somewhat difficult. I had to get timelines right, and characters' names, not to mention horses (sometimes--yes, I named all the animals too.) But I wanted to write another layer, another dimension of family stories that made all these people who they were when I wrote them. Does that make sense? I figured I had to create a world, past-present-future, to give both of the series dimensionality. Especially if the readers had already read The Reluctant Grooms. They would be able to click with characters they already knew, and discover the new ones as well. </div>
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Anyway, Henry is a complex man. He's been a soldier for all of his adult life, used to giving orders, bossing people around. Catherine is appalled at his manner and sets about softening him up. Unfortunately, she falls head over heels in love with a man, who is only looking at <i>her </i>because she looks like his lost love. Catherine is stoic, Catherine is serene, Catherine is screaming inside. She wants to love Henry, and he won't accept it. Not until the girls are married. It's killing her.</div>
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Henry, on the other hand, is fighting within himself as he falls in love with Catherine. She nurses him, gives him comfort, puts up with his fits and moods. The woman is perfect in almost every way--save the fact she looks <i>exactly </i>like the Olivia he thought he remembered. His mind understands Catherine is not Olivia. However, his heart cannot undo the memories of the past. </div>
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Henry and Catherine are fun characters. They're easy to write because they bicker a lot. Writing this series has also given me the idea to write side-stories with only Catherine and Henry as characters, vignettes perhaps, of how they feel, what they're doing in their relationship as each of the girls find beaus, as their lives move forward. And how Henry must deal with his feelings about Olivia. (However, as much as I would love to tackle that project, I can't do it now. Time is not on my side as I'm struggling with other writing-publishing goals, as well as spring projects in the house. But someday. And don't worry, I've been taking notes.)</div>
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Confession: As I continued writing the girls' stories, when I came to Prudence, I became stuck. Life had thrown three fastballs I didn't see coming, and I had to put down the computer and step away. For a long time. Eighteen months. I'm back to it now, finally, but I had to make some tough decisions about my writing. One of them was that I couldn't write a full-lenth novel about a character I hated. Uranus entered Taurus on March 6 this year and believe it or not, I came up with a great idea of how to write the story without losing my mind. Took awhile, but I'm back on track.</div>
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bereft—she’s lost the man she loved, her home of nearly forty years, and her
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John Quiggins, if we remember, is an enigmatic character who was raised by Missionaries in the Far East. John can speak several languages, and worked for a General in the Army, before becoming a spy for the Foreign Ministry. Unfortunately, his cover was blown and he had to return to England, where he was hidden away as a "butler" at Wakefield-by-the-Sea, the Duke of Cantin's summer home. Everything was fine until he met Lady Olivia Leighton, Duchess of Caymore, the most powerful woman in England.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lady Olivia Leighton,<br />Duchess of Caymore</td></tr>
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When Lady Olivia meets John Quiggins, it's love at first sight for the old bird. Olivia understands her romance with John is particular, and temporary, but when they return to London, Olivia realizes she needs John more than she wanted to.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lt. Col. Henry Wade,<br />Marquess of Dunbury</td></tr>
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When Henry (Olivia's old flame) returns from the wars, Olivia wants him back, but he's in love with her cousin Catherine, (who, coincidentally, looks exactly like a younger version of Olivia.)<br />
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With the war still raging, John is suddenly called back to duty, and Henry is going with him, and theoretically, Olivia could lose both of the men she loves.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lady Catherine Gantry</td></tr>
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Talk about a love quadrangle.<br />
I wanted everyone to have a happily-ever-after, but I also wanted enough tension to last through the next series.<br />
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I also found some great pics of what I think Seaford could be. I loved this place, I loved writing this part of the story.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seaford rear garden</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seaford</td></tr>
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I cannot remember where this is, other than England. I loved this place.<br />
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I wanted Olivia to have peace and quiet to grieve her losses. I can't tell you how many people said I made them cry. I wanted people to see her vulnerability. I mean, my God, the poor woman lost <i>everything</i>. Her name, status, title, money, reputation, home, and both of the loves of her life. It's no wonder she went a little cray-cray in the end.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The river where Olivia wanted<br />to bury the dog</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John<br /></td></tr>
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However, I can't write a book and not have a happy ending, but I won't spoil it for you. In the end let's just say Lady Olivia gets what she deserves.<br />
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I like Olivia at Seaford because she was free--finally of the lies and the pretense of being someone she truly wasn't. I also liked I got to (subtly) push Societal boundaries in this book. It's not everyday a Duchess wants to marry a commoner.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John Quiggins (after)</td></tr>
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**Spoiler Alert**<br />
When John returns, we find a very different man. A man shaped by the love of a child and horrified by what he must do for the family he must now protect. But John's a staid sort of fellow. We know he will do the right thing. <br />
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And that's the story. This is my second favorite book from the series. The Lady's Fate scoring #1 in my heart. However, this book meant a lot when I wrote it, so I hope it shows up on the pages.<br />
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Anne Gallagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299643638346680038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1647897906477408775.post-29903613693298936282019-03-12T07:38:00.000-04:002019-03-12T07:38:06.103-04:00The Seduction of Mr. Summerville #MarchMadnessSale<span style="font-size: large;">THE SEDUCTION OF MR. SUMMERVILLE </span><br />
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American shipbuilder, Stephen
Summerville has a bit of a dilemma when he meets two very beautiful English
sisters. Arabella is all that is gay and lighthearted. Arianna is quiet and
reserved.</div>
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However, when confronted with the
ghost of an aristocratic father he never knew, deciding on a wife seems like a
small task in comparison to what he must decide for his future. His father’s
legacy includes a stepmother who despises him, a title he does not want, and a
cousin who used him for his own political gain.</div>
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As Stephen battles for his place
in Society, he realizes he’s in love with the wrong woman. Pressure mounts from
all sides and Stephen has no idea what to do. Should he cut his losses and
return to <st1:country-region w:st="on">America</st1:country-region>
or stay and fight for what he wants?</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Seduction of Mr. Summerville</span><br />
You would think with this cover, the book is about something else entirely. And it is, but not. That's why I chose it.<br />
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Stephen Summerville is a pawn in the Duke of Hargrave's scheme, but doesn't know it. Stephen is unabashedly in love with the Duke's daughter, Arabella and doesn't see himself as anything other than a prospective groom.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stephen Summerville</td></tr>
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Unfortunately, Arabella's sister, Arianna, is unabashedly in love with Stephen Summerville. She doesn't think her sister deserves such an uncommon man. Arabella is wholly spoiled and Stephen does not deserve such a wench.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lady Arianna Leighton</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arabella </td></tr>
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However, in the background, the girl's father has devised a scheme to unlock Lady Olivia's secret--the one she has been hiding for nearly forty years. And Stephen Summerville holds the key.<br />
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Diabolical political manuevering, a little espionage, a little subterfuge, and Stephen Summerville's mere presence in London has caused quite a scandal. Just what the Duke of Hargrave wanted--his uncle's name restored, another Caymore to hold the Seat, and one of his daughter's married off--he didn't care which one.<br />
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However, Arabella and Arianna have minds of their own and will marry whom they choose. And almost the conclusion of The Reluctant Grooms.<br />
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Anne Gallagher (c) 2019Anne Gallagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299643638346680038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1647897906477408775.post-17945645254623351212019-03-11T07:58:00.000-04:002019-03-11T07:58:01.544-04:00The Hesitant Husbands -- An Author's ConfessionThis is not part of the official #MarchMadnessSale because these next books are only $.99. However, I wanted to include them on the blog for future reference.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOZBSTHpYBX-pU9Gtv5PpxTkMeBNGjtUc6hfzBiIYxYVg3rux3MRQlTPcnq9aCoEHIbh5kVu8LyKEhpMyP75kC2SSEGEJOGjS7lD9qZiMIBQXjsiNZufXDNlk5zqs3nVuqdcZSVyCR2qa-/s1600/for+bundle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOZBSTHpYBX-pU9Gtv5PpxTkMeBNGjtUc6hfzBiIYxYVg3rux3MRQlTPcnq9aCoEHIbh5kVu8LyKEhpMyP75kC2SSEGEJOGjS7lD9qZiMIBQXjsiNZufXDNlk5zqs3nVuqdcZSVyCR2qa-/s320/for+bundle.jpg" width="213" /></a>As I was writing the first three novels for The Reluctant Grooms series, I had all these peripheral players-- Davingdale, Greenleigh, Perrington, and Winsbarren. They were all so lonely, what could I do but find them wives. Problem is, nearly every single review ends, sometimes begins with, "I wish it were longer."</div>
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I know, everyone wants longer love stories. But at the time I was writing two of these, I was on vacation in Rhode Island. I wrote ROMANCING LADY RYDER, LADY CADORET'S LONGING, and was trying to finish a romantic women's fiction novel I was writing under another name. I wish I could have turned them all into novels, believe me, I really do. I had so many great ideas, but time constraints and writing obligations left me with four short stories.</div>
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However, whilst writing my new series Ladies of Dunbury, you will find the Hesitant Husbands as well as the Reluctant Grooms within their pages. I want to make sure all loose ends are totally tied.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Davingdale</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ophelia</td></tr>
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Summoned from his castle in Caithness, Gregory Scott, the
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Seeking out an old acquaintance, he discovers Lord Briden
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The beautiful Lady Rosamund is part hoyden, part
bluestocking, part servant. Wanting nothing to do with Society, her uncommon
way of life spurs Rory into offering assistance, but Rosamund adamantly
refuses. When Rory learns the lecherous lord next door is blackmailing
Rosamund, he devises a scheme to help her whether she wants it or not. </div>
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The idea to find Rosamund a husband goes slightly awry, as
Rory doesn’t bargain for falling in love with the enigmatic Lady Rosamund. And
when his plan turns up another beau for Rosamund, can Rory let her go?</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Earl's Engagement</span> is the fifth story in the original set of novels. I found another Reluctant Groom and had an extra lady hanging around, so I decided to see if they would go well together.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gregory Scott,<br />
Earl of Bailey</td></tr>
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Gregory Scott, the Earl of Bailey, is a long-lost nephew of Lady Olivia. He's fond of his castle in Caithness and rarely ever leaves it, until Olivia sends him a missive requesting his presence. He thinks she's dying. When Rory arrives and finds out that Olivia only wants him as a fake groom for a hapless waif, he is livid. Until he meets the girl (At the end of THE LADY'S FATE) and decides she might make a handsome wife after all. However, when the girl's beau finally steps up an marries her, Rory is left in London with nothing to do. He decides to look up an old Professor.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lady Rosamund</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oona</td></tr>
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Lady Rosamund Briden, daughter of the Earl and Countess of Warwicke, has literally kept the house from falling down through her father's failing illness. Her mother was raised to be a Countess not a housekeeper, and Oona, the maid, and Gibbs the butler are well into their pensions. Rosamund has no time for fivolity, fun, or friends. If she's not taking care of the house, she is helping her father with his final tome on Ancient Greece. His mind is slipping faster into nothingness and she has spared his feelings by writing his book. If found out, this would ruin his name in Society and with his colleagues at the University.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lady Warwicke</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">George Briden, Earl of Warwicke</td></tr>
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When Rory shows up at Rosamund's house, pretty much all hell breaks loose. Rosamund's life is turned completely upside down--he wants to help her fix the place up. However, when a spat turns ugly and Rory falls from the roof, Rosamund realizes how much she truly cares for him. But when her secret concerning her father's book bubbles closer to the surface, Rosamund does everything she can to push him away.<br />
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Love triumphs in the end. I always cry when I read this book. I think I cried when I wrote it. I feel so bad for Rosamund. Talk about a sympathetic character.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gibbs</td></tr>
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A simple trip to the Scottish Highlands turns into a
nightmare for Robert Carlton, the Duke of Cantin. A misunderstood act of
kindness results in his wedding, at gunpoint, to Fiona, the Laird Stewart’s
daughter. Both Robert and Fiona are distraught by the forced marriage, until
Robert comes up with a plan – they will remain married for six months, after
which, the marriage will be annulled and Fiona will receive a generous
settlement.</div>
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Robert’s
restrictive contract for his new duchess causes Fiona to rebel. Her impeccable beauty, fiery disposition, and her
penchant for finding scandal wherever she goes, take Society by storm, and
living with the oppressive duke has her wanting out of their marriage sooner
than the proposed six months.</div>
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To his
astonishment, Robert becomes enamored with the many charms of his unorthodox
bride. However, remaining chaste was part of their agreement, though desire and
jealousy prove a powerful aphrodisiac.</div>
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Convincing
Fiona of his love is the hardest thing Robert has ever had to do. But when he
thinks he’s won her heart, a devastating secret from his past surfaces. Will
the promise of an uncertain future with Robert be enough to keep Fiona from
filing divorce papers of her own?</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Duke's Divorce </span>is the fourth book in the Reluctant Grooms Series and the second one I finished. I have as my personal tagline, "Timeless Romance... modern day dilemmas." With this story, I wanted to see what happens when modern hits historical.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Robert Carlton, <br />
Duke of Cantin</td></tr>
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Robert is a matchmaking mama's dream come true. He's handsome, intelligent, has a duchy with several estates, is popular, has many friends, and loves his mother. Robert also has a drinking problem, a secret he's trying to keep hidden, and no clue when it comes to women. Especially unbiddable women.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lady Fiona Stewart</td></tr>
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Fiona has lived a sheltered life in the Scottish Highlands under her father's watchful eye. Longing to escape, she knows there's only one way out--to find someone who will marry her. When Robert appears, her hopes are dashed for a happy marriage. He's an ogre and she refuses his suit, but her father has other plans and they are forced into an unhappy union.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Robert's Father, the late<br />
Duke of Cantin</td></tr>
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However, Robert cannot stand the thought of remaining married to someone he does not love and on their way back to London, Robert stops at his attorney's office to see about a divorce. Unfortunately, Robert and Fiona must stay married for six months. Through trial and error, Robert and Fiona navigate rough nuptial waters until Fiona, in a fit of desperation, leaves him. Robert is then faced with the reality of love. The question is--what is he going to do with it?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Robert's Mother,<br />
Lady Joanna</td></tr>
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Decorated war hero, Captain Richard Gaines has given up his
commission in the Royal Navy. He stalks the docks seeking relief from the
nightmares of Trafalgar. One night, he happens upon a woman who captures his
attention, and his heart. In a series of random coincidences, Richard is
compelled toward Mrs. Wood, just as circumstantial evidence suggests that Mr.
Wood may be a seditionist.</div>
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Returning to <st1:country-region w:st="on">England</st1:country-region>
after a decade away, Amanda Wood is on a mission to save herself and her
daughter from the prison of her marriage. Meeting the Captain seems heaven sent
when he reveals an acquaintance with her only friend and brings an invitation
for a visit – and a chance to escape. Her joy is short-lived when her husband
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The situation takes a grievous turn when Amanda’s husband
kidnaps their daughter. Richard must save her, but to do that he must engage
the enemy at sea. And it appears Amanda’s husband may be a nefarious pirate.
With limited armaments and a damaged vessel, Richard knows he has only one
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When the battle is over, to the victor, go the spoils. Yet,
Richard must overcome his tormented past, in order to begin a future with the
woman he loves. However, Amanda holds a secret that could destroy that very
same future.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Captain's Coincidence </span>is the Third Book in the Reluctant Grooms Series. However, this was the first one I <u>finished</u> in the original trilogy. (I published this fourth even though it's technically third.)<br />
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I love the story of Richard and Amanda. You can't choose who you love, whether they're married or not. It's fate, kismet, whatever you want to call it, but sometimes when two people meet, it's like BAM! Soulmate!<br />
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Now, I could empathize with Amanda's situation in 1810, and a man like Richard doesn't come around everyday to rescue damsels in distress. But, Amanda was married to a man she had come to despise. A man who might be a spy! But how could she escape?<br />
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I did a lot of research for this book. A LOT. A boat load, but I think it was totally worth it in the end. I had a couple of male friends read it, and they said the battle scenes were wicked cool. They didn't know I had it in me.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Captain Viscount Richard Gaines</td></tr>
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Captain Viscount Richard Gaines was a hero at Trafalgar, in sick bay with Lord Nelson when he died. Richard finds he can no longer command, and is placed as Captain of the Marine Police for the docks in Wapping. However, Robert Carlton, the new Duke of Cantin needs Richard's help and will pay him handsomely. Even though Richard is fighting the fear of sailing that plagues him, he agrees to captain Robert's vessel, if only to drive away the memory of the woman who pierced the cold armor of his heart.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amanda Wood</td></tr>
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Serendipity takes a hand and tosses the star-crossed lovers together and apart, with enough twists and turns for a roller-coaster thrill ride. Richard will do anything to keep Amanda and her daughter safe. Amanda cannot leave her husband.<br />
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High seas battles between pirates and His Majesty's Royal Navy, intrigue, espionage, and spies from America, kidnapping...as Providence brings Richard and Amanda together one last time, can they finally put away the past and look toward the future? Or will Amanda's last secret keep them apart forever?<br />
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Amanda's husband</td></tr>
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Admiral of the White,<br />
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Lady Violet Flowers has only one Season to find a husband.
Raised in the Queen’s household, Violet is elevated in rank, yet with no dowry,
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The widowed Marquess of Haverlane needs the perfect nanny
for his beloved daughter, Jane. Fortunately for Haverlane, when the plump, but
very pretty Lady Violet rescues Jane from almost drowning, the solution to his
problem stands before him. After negotiating with her mother, Violet is ensconced
at his country estate with Jane, and Haverlane and Violet communicate through
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Though unwilling to think of Violet as more than a nanny, a
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As the Season begins, an old flame emerges from Haverlane’s
past and attempts to rekindle that fire. Bereft, Violet accepts an offer for
her hand. By the time Haverlane comes to his senses, he must do what Violet has
dreaded most – bring scandal to her mother’s house to try to win her back.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Lady's Fate </span>is the second book in the Reluctant Grooms series. Hands down it is my favorite book in all the series. I fell in love with Ellis Smith the first moment I began to write him down. And Violet as well.<br />
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Ellis lost his wife Anne several years earlier. He has been trying to raise his daughter, Jane, by himself, but now that she's out of nappies, he needs more than a wet-nurse. With the coaching of his mother, he finds a girl who seems capable enough to watch a four-year-old child.<br />
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Violet Flowers has a termagant for a mother and father who was lost at sea during a botany expidition. Violet and her four sisters have been living under the Queen's household ever since. With no prospects or dowries, the girls depend on the kindness of strangers. Before Haverlane can even decide on the matter, Violet is dispatched to handle the care of Jane.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Haverlane Hall</td></tr>
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Over the course of many months, Violet and Haverlane share correspondence about Jane. His visit at Christmas leads Haverlane down a dark road, when he kisses Violet. Thinking only of his late wife, Haverlane flees to London, leaving Violet in turmoil.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jane Smith,<br />
daughter of Haverlane</td></tr>
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However, when Violet catches the fever, which raged through the village, Haverlane races to her side, only to find her ill and despondent. He nurses her back to health, before he leaves her again to return to London.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lady Georgianna </td></tr>
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Whilst in the country recovering, Violet hears about the match between Lady Georgianna Baxter and Haverlane and her heart breaks into a thousand little pieces. When she hears vicious rumors about she and Haverlane, Violet is disowned by her mother, and left to the vultures in Society. Lady Olivia takes her in and with a wave of her magic wand, the rumors disappear, she is engaged to be married (albeit to the wrong man) and her name has regained good-standing.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Duke of Chesnick,<br />
Haverlane's father</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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When the Duke of Chesnick makes a formal announcement about Haverlane's engagement to Lady Georgianna, Ellis makes his own announcement, much to her dismay. But now, Haverlane must find Violet before she marries to save her name.<br />
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As I said, my favorite book out of the entire series.<br />
(WHEN ALL HOPE IS LOST is #2.)<br />
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Some minor characters.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mrs. Jeffers,<br />
housekeeper at<br />
Fairlane</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Manning,<br />
Haverlane's butler</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Duchess of Chesnick,<br />
Haverlane's mother</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lady Flowers,<br />
Violet's mother</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Camelia Flowers</td></tr>
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Anne Gallagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299643638346680038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1647897906477408775.post-90447469793515679812019-03-03T09:45:00.000-05:002019-03-06T07:44:27.465-05:00The Lady's Masquerade #MarchMadnessSale<span style="font-size: large;">The Lady's Masquerade</span><br />
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Someone is trying to kill Lady
Penelope Leighton’s father, and now the fiend has turned his sights on her.
Frightened, she flees <st1:city w:st="on">London</st1:city>
masquerading as a traveling companion for her elderly aunt.</div>
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When William Smith, the Earl of
Westerly, arrives in <st1:city w:st="on">London</st1:city>
to a hero’s welcome he does not want, he takes the stewardship at his cousin’s
manor in Wakefield-by-the-Sea to escape. He is more than surprised when he
meets the mysterious Miss Penny Higgins residing there with a persnickety
duchess.</div>
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Miss Higgins’ unfathomable beauty
and stunning intellect are in direct contrast to her dowdy clothes and
recurring stutter. William discerns the ladies are in trouble, it’s obvious
they are in hiding, and William means to find out why, but no one is talking.</div>
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Before either of them realizes
it, they’ve lost their hearts – Penny to a man who she thinks is a steward, and
William to a woman destined for a duke.</div>
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After Penny’s true identity and
reason for hiding are revealed to William, he immediately engages his friends
in a campaign to help catch the blackguard who threatens her. However, upon
their return to <st1:city w:st="on">London</st1:city>,
a confounding chain of events leads them right into the villain’s trap. Can
William save her before it’s too late?</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Lady's Masquerade </span>is the first book in The Reluctant Grooms Series. This story came to me in a dream. I thought about it for a long time before I decided to tackle the actual process of writing it down. However, when I did start, I wrote with pen and paper. I still have all the notes somewhere.<br />
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I like the two characters, Penny and Will, but as I was writing their story, I was simultaneously also writing the next three stories in the series. As a matter of fact, for those of you who did not know, I actually published this novel third in the line. Originally, I was only supposed to have three novels and four accompanying-novellas for the whole series. But then I kept writing and well, you can see what happened next.<br />
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I have these pictures on my Pinterest board, but they've been written over so many times you can't see what my thoughts were. I've found it invaluable to have pictures of my characters and their settings as part of my writing process. I should have done this sort of blog post years ago.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lady Olivia Leighton,<br />
Duchess of Caymore</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lady Penelope Leighton, <br />
Daughter of the Duke of Olmstead</td></tr>
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Penny is the great-niece to Lady Olivia. Penny's father was nephew to the Duke of Caymore.<br />
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Lady Olivia is a busy-body of the first water in Society, in Parliament, and within her own family.<br />
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When someone tries to assassinate Penny's father, Olivia takes matters into her own hands and brings Penny on a life and death adventure. The both find love, albeit in different ways. Lies abound, intrigue and political posturing within Parliament and the Monarchy immerse us within the British aristocracy in 1809.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lt. Colonel William Smith,<br />
Earl of Westerly</td></tr>
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William is the hero, a dedicated war veteran who comes home to a very different, yet exactly-the-same-as-he-left-it, London. His parents are expecting him to take on the responsibilities of a wife and children, but William wants nothing more than to fix up the estate his grandfather left him and be alone with his horses.<br />
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When his cousin Robert needs a favor, William is not keen on<br />
the idea, but it would give him the opportunity to manage a small estate so he would be better prepared to take care of his new holdings. What William doesn't figure on is the colorful Lady Olivia in disguise, seemingly embroiled in a kidnapping scheme. He doesn't prepare to fall in love with the mysterious woman named Miss Higgins. He knows she is not who she claims to be, but Lady Olivia is not telling, and Miss Higgins cannot.<br />
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William and Robert, along with other friends, devise a scheme to bring the perpetrator of the death threats against Penny's father to justice. However, when Penny is kidnapped, William must make a daring life or death decision. Unfortunately, it's Penny's life.<br />
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I won't tell you the end, only to say yes, it's a Happily Ever After. However, it does set up some interesting questions for the rest of the series. Lady Olivia plays an integral role.<br />
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Duke of Olmstead</td></tr>
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Their Grace, the Duke and Duchess of Olmstead.<br />
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John Quiggins, butler at Wakefield Manor. Until Lady Olivia has him posted to Caymore House.<br />
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Anne Gallagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299643638346680038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1647897906477408775.post-32764960406423039672019-03-01T13:13:00.001-05:002019-03-01T13:13:20.630-05:00#MarchMadnessSaleJust wanted to let you all know that I'm having a #MarchMadnessSale -- The novels in The Reluctant Grooms Series, and the novels from The Ladies of Dunbury series are on sale now until March 31.<br />
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Anne Gallagher (c) 2019Anne Gallagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299643638346680038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1647897906477408775.post-61682846236253167652018-11-19T09:19:00.000-05:002018-11-19T09:19:17.784-05:00A New StoryOver the summer, I started toodling around with a new story. As I said previously on the blog, I was having trouble writing Prudence's story. (JUDGING PRUDENCE) I didn't like her, didn't want to tell her story, so I found someone else to care about.<br />
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The new story, new characters are not from <i>The Reluctant Grooms</i>, well, except for Dorcas. Lucy, my latest heroine, is friends with Dorcas Cadoret. (LADY CADORET'S LONGING). However, everyone else is new.<br />
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I wanted to write something that was a stand-alone novel. Having so much trouble with Prudence, I wanted to write about someone I liked and Lucy seemed to fit the bill. You see, with my mother's illness, I'm having trouble keeping my mind focused on the series arc of <i>The Ladies of Dunbury</i>. I needed to get out of my own way, yet still wanted to write <i>something</i>, <i>anything</i>, to keep me in the writing groove. And with Lucy, I could write a few thousand words and then leave it for a week or two, depending on the time I had. It was nothing to pick up the story thread and weave it however I wanted to.<br />
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It's a sweet little story, filled with some intrigue, but not overly ambitious. I haven't found pictures for the characters, nor have I found a cover (but know what I want), am actually still ambivalent about publishing it at all, but it kept me busy over the summer and for that I am grateful.<br />
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Perhaps we'll see it after <i>The Ladies of Dunbury</i> is finished. Perhaps before then. Still not sure. I can't seem to get out of my own way these days. But I wanted to let you know that I am still writing. <i>Something.</i><br />
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Anne Gallagher (c) 2018Anne Gallagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299643638346680038noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1647897906477408775.post-20681295595850784172018-11-05T10:15:00.000-05:002018-11-05T10:15:08.011-05:00Series WrappingYou may look at the title of this blog post and wonder, "what the hell is she talking about?" Pretty simple, it's just my way of saying "prequel." Look at all the series books that have been published, and then, bingo, just when you thought you were finished, the author decides to write a "prequel" just so you can fully understand what happens <i>before </i>we meet them. (<i>Star Wars</i> anyone?)<br />
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When I got the idea for LADY OLIVIA'S UNDOING, I knew she needed a lover. That it was John Quiggins was a no-brainer for me. However, what was MY undoing, was Henry Wade. He came to me from out-of-the-blue and was the perfect foil for Olivia and John's hush-hush affair.<br />
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However, once <i>The Reluctant Grooms</i> series ended, Henry became an integral part of my thought process and I wanted to write HIS story, the story of his and Olivia's love affair and why they could never be together. That could only mean one thing...I needed to write a prequel. But I didn't want to write it just any old way, I wanted to incorporate the people I had already written about.<br />
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So, I set the timeline at seven years before THE LADY'S MASQUERADE (where <i>The Releuctant Grooms</i> begins), when Henry comes home from the war. In THE DUKE'S DIVORCE we learn Robert has a tendency to drink heavily, shuns the marriage mart, and believes his father's death was his fault. Call me an armchair psychologist, but I had always wanted to tell Robert and Stephen Carlton's story. Henry's book gave me the opportunity to do just that.<br />
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Fans have been begging me for YEARS to make Davingdale and Ophelia's novella into a full-length novel. For YEARS I have been unobliging, not because I didn't have the backstory, but because I knew he would show up somewhere else. And he does throughout various books in <i>The Ladies of Dunbury. </i>I believe it's almost as good as writing his own novel. (Truth be told, the main reason I won't write Davingdale's pre-history is I just don't have the time.)<br />
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What my plan was, and still is for these two series, is for the reader to be satisfied that all the loose ends are tied up, there are no unanswered questions for the reader, and to show that through time, everyone does indeed have a happily ever after. As a Regency romance novelist, the timeline is crucial. I wanted to have it all wrapped up before Prince George becomes the Regent. Therefore, Henry Wade and his cast had to arrive before that happened.<br />
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(Here's a little secret--at the end of <i>The Reluctant Grooms </i>and <i>The Ladies of Dunbury,</i> everyone has had or will have children. Somewhere deep down in my writerly core, there lives another series about those children, set in the Victorian era. Maybe I'll save that for my retirement.)<br />
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Anyway, that's why I wrote the series the way I did. And because when <i>Ladies </i>is finished, you can read either series first. The other will follow right behind it, or in front of it, whichever you prefer. They <i>wrap around </i>each other.<br />
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Anne Gallagher (c) 2018<br />
<br />Anne Gallagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299643638346680038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1647897906477408775.post-33475757215717476862018-10-22T10:28:00.000-04:002018-10-22T10:28:01.451-04:00What To Do When You Hate Your Main Character<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVbJkyT2hUIF_Rd3IQzs6sd_xZ4FV90a-eJHsjYNZZuf5P63EXJklrvv6qokH1rOia60t-S_PlQKdBoBBn3c3tnpDVtWR_kqInE-Jaf8P9v_BiBiPo0Kc20cC_MQ00ov5iV916PRyW15Zt/s1600/e+Prudence+300+x400.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="300" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVbJkyT2hUIF_Rd3IQzs6sd_xZ4FV90a-eJHsjYNZZuf5P63EXJklrvv6qokH1rOia60t-S_PlQKdBoBBn3c3tnpDVtWR_kqInE-Jaf8P9v_BiBiPo0Kc20cC_MQ00ov5iV916PRyW15Zt/s320/e+Prudence+300+x400.jpg" width="240" /></a>As a reader, we all know what happens when you open a book and hate the main character -- you throw the book across the room and stop reading. But what do you do as a writer?<br />
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After Henry Wade made his appearance in <i>The Reluctant Grooms </i>series, and I met his nieces, I thought they were all very lovely, and it would be a breeze to share their stories.<br />
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My mother's illness aside, (finding time to write was another thing altogether) I wrote the first three stories (Henry REGRETS AND RESPONSIBILITIES Faith DUNBURY PARK and Hope WHEN HOPE AND PASSION COLLIDE) and follwing the series arc, began formulating the idea for Prudence. I knew from the beginning she would be a hard character to write because -- I didn't like her.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5lIveRGzgyPARM-iJbxw-5PzZX0Wb0skqCsBaSGlvPiI31BV19ElV9cWm-4PLEXF1X4fAcq1LqbrR349wst8Mm_YQhKveMBhmhrqMlr-8pLGn-hjFfSc_y0aYN8herPANTfD03AwlLNnj/s1600/Prudence.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="222" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5lIveRGzgyPARM-iJbxw-5PzZX0Wb0skqCsBaSGlvPiI31BV19ElV9cWm-4PLEXF1X4fAcq1LqbrR349wst8Mm_YQhKveMBhmhrqMlr-8pLGn-hjFfSc_y0aYN8herPANTfD03AwlLNnj/s200/Prudence.jpg" width="200" /></a>Prudence is a spoiled rotten brat with no compassion or empathy for anyone other than herself. She is cruel and contemptible and even her cousins are afraid of her wicked tongue. Hence the title, JUDGING PRUDENCE. I thought it apt because <i>everyone </i>judged her, including me.<br />
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I knew she had to have some redeeming qualities, however, I couldn't see them. She was a mean little witch and just wanted everything her way. Writing her story every day was like pulling teeth. I despised her and just didn't think she deserved a happy ending.<br />
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However, as part of Henry Wade's family, how could I do that? As a writer of romance, how could I not let her find her HEA? As a reader, if I left her out of the series, that would mean I would have to rewrite all the other books, and that was <i>not </i>going to happen.<br />
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Characters, like people, generally have a secret they try to hide from the world. It may be big or small, but most often, they don't want anyone to know about it. Well, I finally found Prudence's and it's a whopper. It explains why she is the way she is.<br />
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Once I realized what she was hiding, the story seemed to improve, the flow seemed much better, the intrigue and plot line worked, and I was a happy little writer once more.<br />
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Does Prudence get her Happily Ever After? I'm not sure. I'm not finished writing yet, but what I do know is that she will have to change her ways if she wants to get what she deserves. And this will be the fun part of writing her story -- her comeuppance.<br />
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I'm hoping to have the story finished by Thanksgiving, but I said that last year too. Let's hope things work out a little bit better this time around.<br />
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Anne Gallagher (c) 2018Anne Gallagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299643638346680038noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1647897906477408775.post-16480232983843418192018-10-08T10:08:00.000-04:002018-10-08T10:08:10.785-04:00Why I've Been Away For So LongIt's been such a long time since I've been here, I'm sure there's no one left to read this blog. However, I feel that I owe you an explanation. It's not an easy one.<br />
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My mother has Alzheimers.<br />
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It runs in our family, my grandfather had it. My mother's sister was diagnosed in the 90's with it. (Although, there's more to her diagnosis than was previously thought.) I began to notice the early signs in my mother about eight years ago when we were on vacation in Rhode Island. I tried to talk to my brothers about it, but they were both in denial. As well as my father.<br />
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Cut to three years ago when things really started to go south. I begged her to get diagnosed--perhaps we could get some medication to help. Nope. She denied the signs. So did my father.<br />
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Finally, after much urging, (a car accident, almost a fire in the house on Thanksgiving, and a flood in the basement) did my father say "Yes, we need a diagnosis." My mother hated me for it.<br />
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After another year, after much pleading, begging, and arguing, did my father realize we needed more help than I alone could give her. Up until then I was her primary caregiver.<br />
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The help didn't work out the way I intended it -- to give me more free time to continue my writing--and in the end, my father finally relented and hired a full time caregiver. She's not working out the way I intended either, however, she's there with my mother for most of the day, which has FINALLY left me time to get back to work.<br />
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There's so much more to this story than I'm willing to share on the blog -- perhaps someday -- but for those of you who are living with or working with or know someone with this dreaded disease, you will understand. Not only does it destroy them, it destroys everyone who loves them.<br />
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However, for the purposes of this blog, I just wanted to let you know why I've been away for so long. But I'm back now and hopefully, will continue on this blog until the remainder of the The Ladies of Dunbury series is finished. (Five more books.)<br />
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I will try and post every other week on Monday. I hope to see you around. Or at least measure a click on my analytics. I'll also be around on Twitter. You can watch the word count as I post it. <a href="https://www.twitter.com/gallagher_anne" target="_blank">@gallagher_anne</a><br />
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Anne Gallagher (c) 2018Anne Gallagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299643638346680038noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1647897906477408775.post-55227352442508725492017-10-15T07:00:00.000-04:002018-08-05T10:07:30.995-04:00Characters for Judging PrudenceI'm one of those writers who needs pictures of the characters I have in my head. And because I'm having a lot of trouble with Pinterest these days, (maybe I should have my 12 year old daughter post them for me) I thought I would show them to you here first. Besides, I finally was able to view the boards I have, and if you don't know where to look, you won't know who half of them are. The perils of modern technology.<br />
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Anyway... These are the characters for JUDGING PRUDENCE.<br />
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<i>Lady Prudence
Shaffer is the most disliked of all the Dunbury Ladies. She holds no regard for
the feelings of others; her caustic tongue and acerbic wit leaves her
friendless save for her sister. No one understands the cause for Prudence’s bad
manners. She was raised to be a lady, after all.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>Alexander Lowell,
Viscount Abernathy, dares to brave her criticisms, sees through the veneer she
has painted herself with, and finds her attractive enough to court. He realizes
he must tame her wicked language if he wishes his mother to consent to a marriage
between them. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>However, one
iniquitous remark at a ball about Lady Lowell has left Prudence dealing with its
after effects. She is shunned within Society and her remaining unmarried
cousins along with her. A simple apology will not suffice—Lady Lowell refuses
to hear it, or allow her son to marry her.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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change her disapproving ways if she wants her heart’s desire. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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as she thinks when no one believes she can.</i><o:p></o:p></div>
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Coming Soon.<br />
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(Before Christmas. Hopefully, by Thanksgiving, but don't count on it. Let's just say sometime around the holidays.)<br />
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Anne Gallagher (c) 2017Anne Gallagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299643638346680038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1647897906477408775.post-72765746808590963272017-07-30T11:55:00.000-04:002017-07-30T11:55:00.150-04:00Working On The Next Book-- Judging Prudence<div class="MsoNormal">
I recently found the impetus to begin working on the next book in the Ladies of Dunbury series-- <i>Judging Prudence</i>. I would love to finish it by Thanksgiving, but given the circumstances of my life these days, probably more like Christmas. We'll see. Maybe I'll catch a break.</div>
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It is more or less a comedy of manners, bad manners for a lady in Regency England. However, Prudence is not the girl we think we see. I won't tell you what her problem is now, but it eventually comes out in the book. </div>
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Lady Prudence
Shaffer is the most disliked of all the Dunbury Ladies. She holds no regard for
the feelings of others; her caustic tongue and acerbic wit leaves her
friendless save for her sister. No one understands the cause for her bad
manners, least of all Uncle Henry. Prudence was raised to be a lady, after all.</div>
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Alexander Lowell,
Viscount Abernathy, dares to brave her criticisms, sees through the veneer she
has painted herself with, and finds her attractive enough to court. He realizes
he must tame her wicked language if he wishes his mother to consent to a marriage
between them. <o:p></o:p></div>
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However, one
iniquitous remark at a ball about Lady Lowell has left Prudence dealing with its
after effects. She is shunned within Society and her remaining unmarried
cousins along with her. A simple apology will not suffice—Lady Lowell refuses
to hear it, or allow her son to marry her.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Prudence must
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It is not as easy
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Anne Gallagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299643638346680038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1647897906477408775.post-24946310228920821212017-07-23T13:00:00.000-04:002017-07-23T13:00:02.561-04:00Pride and Prejudice and Zombies<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfqEPHCFqWDsafSByflehwSzetx55Xngn3GW9-PE-HIey1Y1i-80w5DmzXzz_T17Od4qIdKVF4MJzj_6j0LvIi2e8-cre2VoYIE8qz4QzzCj_JOHLxTWv-EOkLy7U64bHvVgT6HbZXm1g6/s1600/large_PPZ_PubPro_27in_4C_03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="632" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfqEPHCFqWDsafSByflehwSzetx55Xngn3GW9-PE-HIey1Y1i-80w5DmzXzz_T17Od4qIdKVF4MJzj_6j0LvIi2e8-cre2VoYIE8qz4QzzCj_JOHLxTWv-EOkLy7U64bHvVgT6HbZXm1g6/s320/large_PPZ_PubPro_27in_4C_03.jpg" width="202" /></a>Being a Jane Austen purist, I was quite horrified when Seth Grahame-Smith published his book <i>Pride and Prejudice and Zombies</i> in 2009. To date, the novel has over 100,000 <br />
reviews on Goodreads with a solid 4 star rating. I refused to read it. How dare he parody Dear Jane. To me it was as sacrilegious as desecrating the Bible.<br />
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However, I was quite disappointed with the ending. I wanted something more, but don't know what. In all the movie versions I've watched, the ending is the same--Darcy and Elizabeth and Jane and Bingley marry. With zombies added into the mix, I kind of thought it would be different. I always watch the credits and was surprised there was a snippet more, but that wasn't the ending I wanted.<br />
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What nobody knows about Timothy is that he's working for the Home Secretary. His "job" is to keep an eye on Henry Wade, who, having returned from the war and rushed through the appointment to become the Minister of London Security, no one in Parliament is sure what Henry will do. Having been such a great military commander, will Henry turn London into a police state? Or will he make a mess of the whole situation? Timothy needs to find out and when Catherine offers an invitation, it's Timothy who convinces Lady Montlake they need to attend the house party. (Lady Montlake isn't crazy about the idea of being cooped up with five single girls for a month at Dunbury Park. Especially <i>those </i>girls. Lady Montlake doesn't think any of the Ladies of Dunbury are a suitable match for her dear Timothy.)<br />
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I originally thought I would marry Timothy off to Prudence, however, she's in love with Alexander Lowell, Viscount Abernathy. There could have been a love triangle, but I decided against it. Having reworked my romantic plot lines, I finally decided to marry him off to ... sorry, I can't tell you. I'm still unsure if the girl I picked for him will actually go through with the scenario I set up. You must realize, characters have a life of their own when they finally take to the page. <br />
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through the month of July, as well as the first three books in the Ladies of Dunbury Series. If you haven't read them, get them now. This will be the last time for this year these books will be on sale. (Purchase from my page--finding them among the list is daunting. Coupons for half-price will be entered when you click the "buy" button.)<br />
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Also, I found out quite by accident, there are several web sites offering several of my books from the Reluctant Grooms series for free as a PDF download. Please don't download them. Not only is it illegal for them to do this, most are often just a scam or a phishing site that only wants to steal your personal information or infect your computer with viruses or malware. I spent the better part of Friday sending DMCA (Digital Management Copyright Act) notices to the offending websites. (Not as easy as it sounds.)<br />
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I am off to the beach this week for a much deserved mini-vacation (3 days).<br />
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Anne Gallagher (c) 2017Anne Gallagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299643638346680038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1647897906477408775.post-49595253619440861192017-07-02T07:00:00.000-04:002017-07-02T07:00:07.817-04:00My Half-Price Sale at SmashwordsDuring the month of July, Smashwords has a site-wide promotion that I am participating in this year. I have offered the Reluctant Grooms Series as well as the first three stories of the Ladies of Dunbury Series for half-price.<br />
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This will be the only promotion I do for these particular titles for the remainder of the year, so if you need to catch up on either the Reluctant Grooms or Ladies of Dunbury, now is the time to buy them. The sale runs from July 1 thru July 31 so don't delay. Once the sale is over, (midnight July 31) the books return to their normal price.<br />
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<br />Anne Gallagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299643638346680038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1647897906477408775.post-18093298300995826592017-04-23T07:00:00.000-04:002017-04-23T07:00:40.694-04:00When Hope and Passion Collide is Available NowI wrote WHEN HOPE AND PASSION COLLIDE quickly because I loved it and also because I wanted to publish it before my birthday April 22. And here is is. It should be available wherever e-books are sold and if not, then it will be soon.<br />
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Pinterest pages will be along as soon as I have time to upload. Perhaps the task will not be as daunting as it was the last time.<br />
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questions, but in the blink of an eye, all that is taken away when Hope is
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Dunbury Ladies. Small in stature, fragile in appearance, she is shy, quiet, and
often overlooked. No one believes she will ever find a husband, most of all
her. Yet, all the girls know that her Uncle Henry’s fondest wish is to marry
them off. Her one prospect is the second son of a Viscount, a man who will
never amount to much. However, Hope is convinced there is someone out there for
her—someone special</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">A seemingly innocent conversation at a ball with a man she has no interest in, a light
brush of his fingers across her cheek, leaves Hope’s heart with unanswered questions,
but in the blink of an eye, all that is taken away when Hope is kidnapped and
brutally beaten. For six days and nights, Hope wonders if she has been
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">Brian Thorpe, Earl of Helmsway, has been rejected by
one Curtiss sister, and then practically trapped into marriage by another. He
wants nothing to do with any of the Dunbury Ladies, least of all Hope. Unfortunately,
he is the last person to speak to her on the night of her kidnapping. In order
to clear his name, he sets out to rescue her.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;">Left to die in a remote wilderness, Hope is saved by a man whom she doesn’t recognize. Her heart falls in love with him, but when she finds that Helmsway has been instrumental in her care, Hope is torn between her mystery man and her knight in shining armor.</span></div>
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Anne Gallagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299643638346680038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1647897906477408775.post-4733094508969945532017-02-19T07:00:00.000-05:002017-02-19T07:00:10.824-05:00Dunbury Park is Finished At Last<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZK-c_AmOlwl_cRt_id9F0Ypyx1kzcB1UQKNp_zoOrvO5IvKH7mnlP3QicZcR0V3PN5v-fuz6QBbKi2q_T7Q3giOA_Lhn59oqq0y7d6eOy-3oO0bZSqbDsFRolf9uDMMtT5WLV368lQpMS/s1600/b+Dunbury+Park+300+x+400.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZK-c_AmOlwl_cRt_id9F0Ypyx1kzcB1UQKNp_zoOrvO5IvKH7mnlP3QicZcR0V3PN5v-fuz6QBbKi2q_T7Q3giOA_Lhn59oqq0y7d6eOy-3oO0bZSqbDsFRolf9uDMMtT5WLV368lQpMS/s320/b+Dunbury+Park+300+x+400.jpg" width="240" /></a>Thank you for your kind patience. I am pleased to announce Dunbury Park is finished. However, that only means that I wrote The End. Next up is the editing process, then I send it off to my beta readers, then revisions based on their feedback. Hopefully, it shouldn't take longer than a few more weeks for it to go live.<br />
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I've uploaded a few pins to <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/regencyanne" target="_blank">Pinterest</a>, and my question is when did it get so hard to do that? I had to scrap the board several times, deleted pins only to upload again... I have no idea why they make such a simple task so completely impossible to do. (Or perhaps it's just me.)<br />
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Anyway, for those of you who aren't on Pinterest (or don't care to click around to find my boards) here are some of the pictures I uploaded (and a few more that weren't because I hate wasting time on things I can't do.)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lady Faith Curtiss</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peter Williams</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bryan Thorpe, Earl of Helmsway</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Henry Wade,<br />
Marquess of Dunbury</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrwLPqNjbOK-lueJbk6u0VkNY-BU7COa2xUx6RFd3u9Vn9WhYEQbmmj4kUmTmlli-ao0PGaFh4vvmAAb8ToQf8Q21WWYFbApqraVkNhvzD1UIAiJywgTDJtFOH-9-cn3X4BDd0xsqe7o2H/s1600/catherine+lesley+manville.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrwLPqNjbOK-lueJbk6u0VkNY-BU7COa2xUx6RFd3u9Vn9WhYEQbmmj4kUmTmlli-ao0PGaFh4vvmAAb8ToQf8Q21WWYFbApqraVkNhvzD1UIAiJywgTDJtFOH-9-cn3X4BDd0xsqe7o2H/s200/catherine+lesley+manville.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lady Catherine Gantry</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">St. Michael's Parsonage</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dunbury Park</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Timothy Cartwright</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lady Mary Boyle, sister to<br />
Lady Catherine</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mrs. Partridge</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRpVoofOV16ZRP1x9HbWSqSAQLHjlMz2Sg0mBhOq5Tj5ZHsP5p193INk9r7MzLqLT3SZ0BMNAofW1bB7muNFpeXbrRuxvVbj02gq01Nm3h9ExQeVAA6q6z_bdODZoHgdVM_eVsk9pBTHqi/s1600/joanna+carlton.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRpVoofOV16ZRP1x9HbWSqSAQLHjlMz2Sg0mBhOq5Tj5ZHsP5p193INk9r7MzLqLT3SZ0BMNAofW1bB7muNFpeXbrRuxvVbj02gq01Nm3h9ExQeVAA6q6z_bdODZoHgdVM_eVsk9pBTHqi/s200/joanna+carlton.jpg" width="138" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lady Joanna Carlton,<br />
Duchess of Cantin</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stephen Carlton,<br />
Duke of Cantin</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tom Blackmoore</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sally Jenkinson</td></tr>
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Obviously, I can't seem to work the Blogger format either.<br />
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Well, that's all the news I have for now. I'll keep you posted.<br />
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Anne Gallagher (c) 2017Anne Gallagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299643638346680038noreply@blogger.com1