It’s a momentous day when your author copies arrive from your publisher, especially when it’s your cat who does the unboxing!! 😍 Here are a few pics of my blue-point Siamese cat Bijou doing the honors for my new Victorian romance The Siren of Sussex.
My author copies of The Siren of Sussex arrive from Penguin Random House!!
Bijou cracks open the box to get the first peek.
Bijou gives Siren the cheek rub of approval.
A brief roost in the box because…cat.
Bijou escorts my new books to the bookshelf.
Inspired by Siren’s equestrienne heroine, Bijou takes a nap on my saddle to dream of riding dressage.
The Siren of Sussex will be out on January 11, 2022. Many thanks to Berkley Romance and Penguin Random House for the beautiful books. I love them so much, and I hope all of you will love them, too. Make sure you’re subscribed to my newsletter for upcoming giveaways and chances to win signed copies!
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The Belle of Belgrave Square
(Belles of London, Book 2)
A PopSugar and BookBub Best Romance of 2022
A London heiress rides out to the wilds of the English countryside to honor a marriage of convenience with a mysterious and reclusive stranger.
Tall, dark, and dour, the notorious Captain Jasper Blunt was once hailed a military hero, but tales abound of his bastard children and his haunted estate in Yorkshire. What he requires now is a rich wife to ornament his isolated ruin, and he has his sights set on the enchanting Julia Wychwood.
For Julia, an incurable romantic cursed with a crippling social anxiety, navigating a London ballroom is absolute torture. The only time Julia feels any degree of confidence is when she’s on her horse. Unfortunately, a young lady can’t spend the whole of her life in the saddle, so Julia makes an impetuous decision to take her future by the reins—she proposes to Captain Blunt.
In exchange for her dowry and her hand, Jasper must promise to grant her freedom to do as she pleases. To ride—and to read—as much as she likes without masculine interference. He readily agrees to her conditions, with one provision of his own: Julia is forbidden from going into the tower rooms of his estate and snooping around his affairs. But the more she learns of the beastly former hero, the more intrigued she becomes…
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