Whilst Mike has
been recalling our memories of Saudi I have been hard at work on a new book set
in the South of England in the 1700s. It has been a fastinating challenge
learning the speech and idioms of the age as well as the dress and habits that
were current at that time. In the novel the heroine experiences life all levels
from Lady to skivvy my researches have had to be widely spread, in fact I
learned so much about the age that I am tempted to look to that era as the
setting for my next book. But that is jumping ahead I have to publish this one
first.
I found it very
heartening that my beta reader became so involved in the story that she missed
some areas of needed correction towards the end of the book, but I always read
a new manuscript many times refining it so they did not escape the needed
alterations. The story covers a lot of the trauma experienced by the heroine
including rape, threats, kindness and finally love, she experienced life in
exalted circles and at the lowest as a servant.
I really enjoyed
writing this book which I feel is amongst my best, as a taster I am including
the cover picture for your approval.
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