In a complete coincidence, this week’s First Sight Saturday guest has written a steamy version of North and South, Elizabeth Gaskell’s period romance for which I recently started releasing a serialized sequel. I guess Brenna Chase and I have similar taste in literature! Brenna’s fun fact is that she was an air traffic controller for… Continue Reading
I’ve joined my author friends at Love Historicals to put together a full day of fun for Valentine’s Day! We will have several posts each hour all day covering topics from historical events on February 14 to romantic movie suggestions to recipes! And did I mention there will be prizes? We will give away 13 prizes… Continue Reading
If you haven’t read any of my free sequel to North and South, you may want to start with Chapter 1 here. Links at the end of each post should guide you to the next. I will upload a new chapter each week. Chapter 3 – Becoming Mrs. Thornton – copyright Jill Hughey 2014 Mr. Thornton… Continue Reading
If you haven’t read the explanation of how this sequel to Elizabeth Gaskell’s North and South came to be, you can read it here. Chapter 1 – Becoming Mrs. Thornton – copyright Jill Hughey 2014 John Thornton had never found any use for delicate furnishings. A man of large build, he favored heavy chairs with… Continue Reading
Normally on Saturday I host an author of a recently published novel. This week’s author stood me up, but to be honest, the timing is pretty good because I’m getting ready to start posting Becoming Mrs. Thornton, my sequel to North and South, the 1855 novel by Elizabeth Gaskell. I want to share the first meeting between… Continue Reading
I fell in love with North and South when I watched the BBC mini-series, like many of you, I suspect. I then read Elizabeth’s Gaskell’s wonderful book, partly because I wanted to see her original interpretation of her characters, and partly because I wanted MORE. I love period romance but the authors absolutely slay me by closing… Continue Reading
Each week I welcome a guest author to share an excerpt of a first meeting. Today, Gem Sivad brings us a snippet of her American historical romance, Outrageous Pride. Gem’s fun fact is that she loves horses! Here is the setup of the scene: Irish bare-knuckle boxer Kellan Lonigan is in Texas inspecting his investments when… Continue Reading
My sons have played football since 2006. They are both in high school now, the oldest a junior playing wide receiver and corner for the varsity squad, and the younger getting ready to start his season on the junior high team. The high school program has been struggling for years but we are all sure… Continue Reading
Here is the cover for my soon-to-be-released historical romance novella, Little Witch. (A novella is shorter than most novels but longer than a short story. At 49,000 words, Little Witch just brushes the edge of novel-length.) This is the 5th installment in the series and it chronologically follows Vain. If you haven’t read anything in… Continue Reading
Today we have an interesting excerpt from a historical romance novella by Ute Carbone called Sweet Lenora. I say “interesting” because it is written in the first person point of view, and uses some antique word choices that make the reader really move back in time. Fun stuff! SETUP OF THE SCENE: Lenora Brewer has stowed… Continue Reading
