Welcome to The Book and Beyond. I'm Rue Allyn, author and owner of this blog. Our guest today is, brand new Bluestocking Belle, Elizabeth Donne and she’s going to play a game of Is It True with us. This is a game with yes and no questions. Writers can elaborate on answers as much as they choose.
Pride comes before her fall. Love helps her stand again.
Irene Sangford has willingly cast herself as the villain of her own story. After all, her family has taught her that arrogance and manipulation are suitable qualities in a lady if she’s seeking a husband with a title. Especially when there are so few such men to be had, and she is competing with her own sister to snap one of them up.
Nathaniel Macrae not only has no title, he has immersed himself in low society in his role as a secret investigator. Miss Sangford would never have given him a second glance, but when an attempted murder leads his inquiries right to her door, and a shocking secret from her past threatens to unravel her entire life, Irene discovers that Mr. Macrae is more compelling than any man she has ever met.
As Irene’s world falls apart, and she questions everything she has ever known, Nathaniel becomes her anchor in life’s greatest storm. Except this storm threatens to destroy them both. They will have to challenge everything they know and trust each other if they are to survive and find the love that has eluded them.
Genre: Regency romance and mystery
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG 13
Buy link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G1VMJKS9
Is it true?
This is your first book?
No. It is my first series, though. This is actually the 5th and final book in the series.
This book is part of a series?
Yes
You lost sleep while writing this book?
No. Quite the opposite. It’s been the most fun I’ve had writing a book thus far. I loved the characters, the multitude of villains, the plentiful action, and the redemption of the heroine.
You did research for this book?
Yes. Always. No matter how well I prepare before I start writing, there are always a few niggly issues I need to clarify as I go along.
Some characters in this book are not human? (pets for example)
Yes. The horses are important characters, especially in the first two chapters.
This book has more than one genre?
Yes. Romance and mystery.
You speak more than one language?
Yes. I am fluent in Afrikaans, can understand Dutch if it is spoken slowly, and know just enough German to get myself in trouble!
You grew up where you live now?
No. I grew up in Cape Town, South Africa. However, I have lived in the American Midwest for the past 11 years.
You love to read?
Yes. But it’s so hard to find the time to read for enjoyment. So much of my reading is research, although I do enjoy it very much.
You are never late?
Not with deadlines. Never more than ten minutes late for life events, and I make an effort not to be late at all.
You love pizza?
No. I only eat thin-based pizza with specific toppings. I have to be very hungry to consider pizza an option at all.
You love sushi?
I have never tried it, but one day I will.
You have a pet?
Two. A cat named Lola who came with us from South Africa. And a dog (black lab and terrier mix) named Charlie whom we adopted in America.
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Elizabeth Donne’s writing is a natural outpouring of a lifelong love affair with English literature. Although she has spent most of her life in Cape Town, South Africa, she now lives in the American Midwest, where she enthusiastically introduces her visitors to the joys of drinking rooibos tea. With a biscuit, of course.
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