I can’t believe it’s almost the end of June. It’s been a really busy month here. Time just seems to rush
past so quickly! Some great things have happened though, most particularly the Diamond Jubilee celebrations at the beginning of the month and our special tour of the Guide Dog Puppy Centre last week. I also had a wonderful time giving two talks at the Wantage Festival, one on the history of Ashdown House and the Craven Family and the other about the Napoleonic Prisoners of War on parole in England.
The talks took place at the Wantage Vale and Downland Museum, a local community museum which I l0ve equally for the wonderful exhibitions they run and the fact that afterwards you can relax in one of the best coffee shops in town. Here I am in the photo smiling with relief after the talk went down well with my audience! I first started to research the Napoleonic prisoners of war for my book One Wicked Sin and it’s such a fascinating topic. I know I sometimes come across as something of a history geek but I do love my research and take great pleasure in drawing on it for my books.
So July is upon us with more exciting stuff going on! Next Monday I am at the BBC doing a programme about the history of Ashdown. I’ll be blogging about that next week; very exciting! There are exciting new things here on the website too. First there will be a special preview of Forbidden to celebrate the fact that the book is out in only 2 months time! Then on 9th July there is the launch of my new, free website-exclusive short story, Scandalous Women of the Ton book six and a half, Lady Emma’s Disgrace. More on that next week as well!
In the meantime don’t miss your last chance to enter my current website contest to win an Amazon voucher and one of my backlist books. Have a very happy weekend!
Thanks for all the updates… looking forward to July!!
Thanks Cate and a very happy weekend to you!
Wish I could have been there for the talks at the museum! And I LOVE the cover for Forbidden!! Looking forward to reading Lady Emma’s Disgrace! And I hope Rochester is doing well !
Thanks, Louisa! The museum is a super place and very friendly so I didn’t feel too nervous giving the talks. I am a bit of a worrier about these things!
The cover of Forbidden is very striking, isn’t it. I was chuffed when the cover model posted on here last week about how happy she was that so many people liked it.
I’m also excited that Lady Emma is getting her own novella! So many people requested that she have a HEA (poor Emma – she did have a difficult time in the previous books!) so I was pleased to do that. Chessie too, later in the year.
Thanks for asking after Rochester. He is gorgeous and doing pretty well with his training although he can be a very “teenage” puppy as well at the moment!
Exciting times Nicola!
Thanks, Alison! Yes, there’s a lot of fun stuff going on!
Soo looking forward to reading “Forbidden”! Those talks sound marvelous! Thank you for working hard and continuing to share yourself!
Thanks, Tai! It’s always a pleasure to chat to everyone.