I hope you are all safe and well. We are still doing well here in Nova Scotia. A few lockdown regulations are loosening — for instance, parks are open but we’re still being encouraged to stay in our own communities. My husband will be returning to a more normal schedule of work next week. I’m going to miss seeing him so frequently and having his help doing the laundry and cooking the supper. He’s a pretty awesome guy. 🙂 But enough about my home life. Let’s get on with my writing life details. Here are a few highlights of what you will find below. I have a free book from now until May 12. This week, I will begin posting a new story on Tuesdays on my blog. And, the books available in Kindle Unlimited will change up this week.
Writing News
I’ll keep this short since I don’t have any story excerpt that I want to share this week. I did write two chapters of Protecting Miss Darcy. However, I think if I share from either of them, it might give a spoiler, and I don’t want to do that. They are part of a pivotal moment in the story for our main characters as they have decisions to make about moving forward or retreating. I am probably going to have to write at least one more chapter of that story before my brain will let go of it long enough to focus on other things that need to be written.
I did not write anything else this week because I spent a lot of time rereading His Irreplaceable Belle so that I could get that sent to my first reader. (She’s the one that checks the manuscript for any story issues or things that don’t make sense to her but might to me.) I have some publishing news about this book below.
And I think that is all the writing-related news. So let’s move on to the publishing news.
Publishing News
Coming Soon!
I have His Irreplaceable Belle scheduled to release during the final week of May. I hoping for May 26 but might have to push that out to May 29. I should have a definite date for both the preorder and release day next Saturday.
I shared a sneak peek of the cover for His Irreplaceable Belle in my Leenie’s Sweeties Facebook group and in this week’s newsletter to my email subscribers. I’ll be sharing it here on the blog soon.
Book Promotion
This book, along with the other books in A Dash of Darcy and Companions Cottage Collection 2, will be leaving the Kindle Unlimited program as of May 13, 2020.
Before they do leave, I have set this book to free for a few days. In this book, Elizabeth has a brother of sorts. He’s actually her cousin who came to live with them when he was ten and has become more like a protective older brother than a cousin. He (William Collins) and Elizabeth are especially close, and he is more protective of her than any of his other sisters. Unfortunately, he’s not always wise in how he makes his decisions, and his judgment will be clouded by some stories he has heard from a particular scoundrel who doesn’t like Darcy. (Did you guess Wickham? If so, you get a gold star.)
You can download a FREE copy of this book at this link.
Book Review
Kindle Unlimited Comings and Goings
LEAVING KINDLE UNLIMITED ON MAY 13, 2020
- A Dash of Darcy and Companions Cottage Collection 2 omnibus
- Unravelling Mr. Darcy
- Becoming Entangled
- Enticing Miss Darcy
- Mr. Darcy’s Comfort
- Master of Longbourn
- Assessing Mr. Darcy
ENTERING KINDLE UNLIMITED ON MAY 11, 2020
- Darcy Family Holidays, Volume 1 ominbus
- Two Days before Christmas
- One Winter’s Eve
- Scandal
- Thunder, Mist, and Frost
- First Blooms and Second Chances
See my Books Currently in KU page on my blog for links to all the books currently available to read with your KU subscription.
Something Interesting
In my writing, I often use the term wedding breakfast. However, did you know that the term was not in common usage until probably the 1830s and did not get entered into the Oxford dictionary until quite a bit later than that?
So, why would I use a term that may not have been common in the year in which my story is set? Simply put for clarity. The term conveys the meaning of what is happening very clearly and is not a modern term. Add to that the fact that terms such as wedding day and wedding clothes are used in Jane Austen’s work. I figure it is not too far a stretch to use wedding as an adjective to describe the type of breakfast one might have after a wedding ceremony on a wedding day while wearing wedding clothes. 🙂 Therefore, I choose to use it.
Below is a clip of some information you can find about Regency weddings on Sharon Lathan’s blog. She has an abundance of information there for those who are looking for something interesting to read.
You can find the information shown below at this link.
One more little detail about wedding breakfasts — it was at Mary and Wes’s wedding breakfast where all the trouble started for Kitty and Lorcan when the two of them were caught in a compromising position. Do you remember that?
Have a good weekend! Be safe and well. I’ll see you on Monday.
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Such exciting news. That video was so beautiful with the music as a backdrop. Great development and the addition of snippets from a review was brilliant. It really worked. Our state will start to reopen in 3 phases starting on Monday. Retail opens on the 20th and the final phase later in the month. I had to go out the other day and was surprised at the number of people NOT wearing masks. They also had the look of… just say something to me. I kept to myself and avoided them. People have been shot for saying something to someone about wearing a mask. Dang… this world is crazy. Be safe, Leenie and stay healthy. Blessings on all your endeavors and I wish you much success. Thanks for the discounts. I was going to tell my friends but someone beat me to it. Yeah… word is getting out.
I’m happy to hear you liked the video. I love making them. I’m also glad to hear the word is getting out about the sale 🙂 Love it when that happens. It is a crazy world we live in. There is a four-part opening plan here, I guess. My husband told me about it, but I did not hear it myself yet. It’s a very slow implementation that they have planned, but I’d rather that they be cautious than too fast and be back to square one.