A “Stormy” Excerpt from “Return to Longbourn”

Normally I wouldn’t have much first-hand info to report on storms from the first half of September. In fact, we often have some of our nicest weather this month. Yes, a few spots of the rain Seattle is famous for, but lots of sun and warm temperatures too. This year has been different, however. We’ve …

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September Storm Relay Story Part 11 – The end!

Thank you again to everyone who made this fundraiser so successful! We’ve raised nearly $1100 alone from the tag-a-long story alone. We still need to add up the cameos and the other fundraiser offers to get a grand total.  The last part is written by L. L. Diamond. Thanks for reading! Don’t forget that the …

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September Storm Relay Story Part 11- Second part

Thank you again to everyone who made this fundraiser so successful! We’ve raised nearly $1100 alone from the tag-a-long story alone. We still need to add up the cameos and the other fundraiser offers to get a grand total. This portion is by Abigail Reynolds. Don’t forget that the Bahamas will need help for some …

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September Storm Relay Story Part 11 First part

Thank you again to everyone who made this fundraiser so successful! We’ve raised nearly $1100 alone from the tag-a-long story alone. We still need to add up the cameos and the other fundraiser offers to get a grand total. This post is from L.L. Diamond and will be followed by the next bit from Abigail …

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Cover Reveal! The Bride of Northanger

Voila, and tra-la!  Here is the cover of my new book, The Bride of Northanger… The portrait of the girl is by the French painter Elizabeth Vigee Le Brun, and is of Corisande Armandine Léonie Sophie de Gramont,  Countess of Tankerville (1783 – 1865). It was painted in 1800, when she was eighteen, exactly the …

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September Storm Relay Story Part 10

Thank you so much for all you’ve done to help those in need from Dorian. I know the donation meter has been pretty still but our faithful Elizabeth Adams has been swamped with fixing up her house and hasn’t had the opportunity to update it. Hopefully, we’ll get a new total this evening! Don’t forget …

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Launch for ‘The Journey Home to Pemberley’

  THE JOURNEY HOME TO PEMBERLEY is now out on Amazon. Huge thanks for following my posts last month and for leaving all those wonderful comments – they really made my day! I’m so glad you enjoyed the excerpts, and I hope you’ll like the full story too.     BOOK TRAILER   You can …

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Stormy September Excerpt

As I considered the Stormy September theme this month, I had several books to select passages from. Storms seem to be a popular (at least to me) plot element in writing. I would have liked to include something new, but my life the past few days has been turned upside down – not by a …

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September Storm Relay Story Part 9

Thank you so much for all you’ve done to help those in need from Dorian. We’re up to a post from Diana Birchall! Don’t forget that the Bahamas need help! Donate to Americares here. Read part 8 here. Now, on with the show! _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Mr. Bennet swiveled and turned to see his favorite daughter in …

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September Storm Relay Story Part 8

Thank you so much for all you’ve done to help those in need from Dorian. I think it’s time for another post, don’t you? This one is from me! 🙂 If you were in the path of the hurricane, please let us know in the comments that you are safe, or if you are not …

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