Hello Everyone! I hope all is well with you today! I’ve got Sherry Gloag here and she’s talking a little bit about herself and her new release “Vidal’s Honor”. Thanks so much for being here today Sherry! š Take it away!
I have loved reading for as long as I can remember, and I discovered Georgette Heyer very early on, and have always had copies of her books on my shelves, both virtual and real.Ā So, in a way, I suppose, given I write romance, that I would one day try my hand at a Regency Romance.
Vidalās Honor opens on the morning of the battle of Salamanca in July 1812.Ā Not having much confidence in my ability to research my subject I wasnāt sure how Iād get on.Ā Suffice to say, it was a pleasant surprise.Ā I even spent time researching the weather in various parts of Spain and France, and yes they, unlike the English, do have weather records going back that far.
There is a scene when my hero and heroine, Lord Charles Vidal and Lady Honor Beaumont are setting out to cross the English Channel, and although on that particular night, in reality it rained, I took the licence of turning it into a storm with huge waves, thunder and lightning.Ā It was great fun.
It often happens that secondary characters play a bigger part than expected and when your story is āfinishedā they demand you start all over again and write their story, and so it is with my secondary characters, Juan and Consuela.Ā Because I am a āpantserā writer, Iām not sure how or where their story is going beyond a very rough outline, but already Iām having the same fun with this story as I did with my Christmas Regency Romance, Vidalās honor, published by Astraea Press on 31st October.
Vidalās Honor
Blurb:
When plunged into a world of spies, agents and espionage during the Peninsula wars, Honor, Lady Beaumont, flees for her life when the French capture her husband at Salamanca, and relies on his batman to arrange her safe passage back to England.
Viscount Charles Vidal is ordered by Robert Dumas, the First Lord of the Admiralty, to travel to Spain and escort the only woman heās ever loved, Lord Devlin Beaumontās widow back home before the French discover her whereabouts.
Their journey is fraught by danger, least of all knowing whether they are surrounded by friends or foe. Will they survive long enough to explore the possibility of a future together or will whispers of treason be enough to see Honor dispatched to Tyburn first?
Here’s an excerpt from this very intriguing book! š
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Will whispers of treason be enough to see Honor dispatched to Tyburn or can
Vidal save her again?
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While Vidal joked with his cousin, the viscount scanned the room. The smell of fine wine, whiskey and cigar smoke blended into a rich aroma that was as much a part of Whites as the card games, the background chatter, and outbreaks of lewd laughter from the younger members of the club.
One member in particular interested Vidal tonight, and he watched Robert Dundas, second Viscount Melville, and First Lord of the Admiralty, take leave of his friends and head in his direction.
He wondered why the man spent the best part of the night watching his every move, and paused in the act of fobbing his snuff box while he waited for the viscount to join him.
āTake a walk with me?ā Although couched as a question, Vidal noted the quiet steel of command in the other manās voice. Dundas laid a hand on his arm; a companionable gesture for anyone interested enough to observe the two men leaving the club together. āI believe I live not far beyond your own house. Iād appreciate your company, and this is not the place for such a discussion. ā
With an indolent twist of the wrist Vidal returned the modish lacquered box, unopened, to his pocket and nodded agreement. A manās club was no setting for private conversation, and it was plain the man wanted to talk about something away from flapping ears.
Together they strolled across the room stopping to take leave of several mutual friends.
Buy Links:
Astraea Press: http://www.astraeapress.com/#ecwid:category=662267&mode=product&product=16090214
Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Sherry+Gloag
This sounds like a great story Sherry!
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Thanks Sherry for sharing with us today!
