Each week an author shares a first meeting excerpt on First Sight Saturday. Today I welcome fellow Love Historicals author Christy Carlyle with her Victorian historical romance novella, Scandalous Wager. Christy’s fun fact is that she’s lived in London and and Ireland, and is married to a Scotsman. This excerpt is the first meeting… Continue Reading
Last week, John left for Le Havre to buy cotton and Margaret met her first obstacle in the Marlborough Mill’s cookhouse. Now she is suddenly plunged into being in charge during a household emergency! If you need to start from the beginning, click here to go to Chapter 1. Chapter 14 – Becoming Mrs. Thornton… Continue Reading
Each week I welcome a guest author to share a first meeting excerpt. Today I’m joined by fellow Love Historicals author Adrienne deWolfe with her historical western romance, Scoundrel for Hire, which Adrienne describes as a drawing room comedy. Scoundrel for Hire is book 1 in the Velvet Lies series. I asked Adrienne for one fun fact,… Continue Reading
In the last chapter, Margaret’s frustration at her empty days overflowed into an argument. Today she visits John’s office where he will propose a solution. If you need to start at the very beginning, click here to go to Chapter 1. Chapter 13 – Becoming Mrs. Thornton copyright Jill Hughey 2014 The large hand of… Continue Reading
Each week I welcome a guest to share an excerpt of a first meeting. This week, Gina Danna brings us a scene from ancient Rome. Her historical romance, Love and Vengeance, is scheduled for release on April 24, 2014. EXCERPT Rome 108 CE A menacing growl followed by an earth-shattering scream bellowed above the rafters. The roar… Continue Reading
Will this marriage survive? A few misunderstandings are to be expected in a new marriage, and one can only hope that love is strengthened by their resolution. John begins by contemplating a journey to Le Havre, and ends by finally tackling the problem of Margaret’s need for meaningful duties. If you need to start at… Continue Reading
Each week a guest shares a first meeting on First Sight Saturday. Today I welcome fellow Love Historicals author Catherine Kean with the first book in her Knight’s Series, called A Knight’s Vengeance. Catherine love antiques and collects Depression glass and Limoges porcelain. My mother inherited a beautiful set of Limoges dishes that I am afraid… Continue Reading
Margaret Hale was one brave woman to become Hannah Thornton’s daughter-in-law. In this episode, their relationship begins to form and they are not destined for happily-ever-after. If you want to start at the beginning, click here for Chapter One. Chapter 11 – Becoming Mrs. Thornton copyright Jill Hughey 2014 Margaret did, indeed, love her husband.… Continue Reading
Each Saturday, a guest author entertains us here with a first meeting scene – that moment when the sparks start to fly and anything is possible. Today, I welcome fellow Love Historical’s author Sydney Jane Baily who claims to be slightly psychic, at least where color is concerned. This is her fun fact: “If you… Continue Reading
I partly started this writing exercise to work out in my head how John Thornton and Margaret Hale would function as a couple. In this segment, I explore not only the beginning of their marriage, but what those moments must have been like for a young woman who had been raised to be demure and… Continue Reading
