Saturday's Blurbs Featuring Books by Rosemary Morris #MFRWAuthor #BWLAuthor #Regency #Romance

Friday’s Child

London. 1822

Since the day her oldest sister entered society, Lady Elizabeth imagined the pleasures of her first London Season. Unfortunately, when she is old enough to make her debut, no member of her family is available to chaperone her in London. She accepts her Great-Aunt Augusta’s offer to bring her out in Cheltenham. Elizabeth looks forward to living at Augusta’s grand house near the lively, popular town where people drink mineral water at pump houses and enjoy the social life. Determined to be the perfect debutante, she cannot imagine creating a scandal. It is fortunate she cannot foresee the future. Modest, loving and giving. Elizabeth is blessed with beauty and a fortune. It would not be surprising if her ‘head is turned’ by admirers but she is not a flirt. When she sees Mr Yates, she sets her heart on him, but she is not attracted to Sir Victor who has an exotic background, and amber eyes like a tiger’s which unnerve her. Both gentlemen made their fortunes when they served in the East India Company. Will they lead her into trouble? Will one of them be the perfect match for her?

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The Captain and The Countess

Set in Queen Anne Stuart’s reign 1702-1714

Why does heart-rending pain lurk in the back of the wealthy Countess of Sinclair’s eyes? 

Captain Howard’s life changes forever from the moment he meets Kate, the intriguing Countess and resolves to banish her pain.

Although the air sizzles when widowed Kate, victim of an abusive marriage meets Edward Howard, a captain in Queen Anne’s navy, she has no intention of ever marrying again.

However, when Kate becomes better acquainted with the captain, she realises he is the only man who understands her grief and can help her to untangle her past.

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Yvonne, Lady of Cassio

A mediaeval novel

When Yvonne and Elizabeth, daughters of ruthless Simon Lovage, Earl of Cassio, are born under the same star to different mothers, no one could have foretold their lives would be irrevocably entangled.

Against the background of Edward II’s turbulent reign in the fourteenth century, Yvonne, Lady of Cassio, contains imaginary and historical characters.

It is said the past is a foreign country in which things were done differently. Nevertheless, although that is true of attitudes, such as those towards women and children, our ancestors were also prompted by ambition, anger, greed, jealousy, humanity, duty, loyalty, unselfishness and love.

From early childhood, despite those who love her and want to protect her, Yvonne is forced to face difficult economic, personal and political circumstances, during a long, often bitter struggle.

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Friday's Visitor Rosemary Morris Panster vs Plotter #MFRWAuthor #BWLAuthor #Panster #Plotter

1.                  Are you a panster or a plotter or perhaps a bit of both?

A panster. Before I begin writing a novel, I decide on a plot, but I don’t make detailed plans.

 2.Which comes first - characters or plot for you? First

I fill in detailed character profiles for the main protagonists and shorter ones for important minor protagonists. By the time I write chapter one I know the characters as well as I know friends.

3.What are you working on now? Is this a book in a current series or something totally new? I am writing Saturday’s Child, Heroines Born on Different Days of the Week, Book Seven.

Books two to seven are not sequels. They are classic regency novels in which some characters take minor parts in one of the other stories.

4. Do you have some kind of object or place that figures in most of your books? I use gems a lot, hospitals and caves.

No, but my books are rich with details of historical costume, food and places to recreate times past.

5. Do you write every day or just when the spirit hits?

My aim is to have a book, which requires intensive research, published every year. This means I don’t have the option of only writing when the spirit hits. I rarely take a day off.

6. Where can we find you? You can find me at.

www.rosemarymorris.co.uk 

https://bwlpublishing.ca/authors/morris-rosemary-historical-uk

Saturday's Blurbs feature Books by Rosemary Morris #MFRWAuthor #BWLPublishing LTD #Romance #Historical

Yvonne Lady of Cassio by Rosemary Morris

When Yvonne and Elizabeth, daughters of ruthless Simon Lovage, Earl of Cassio, are born under the same star to different mothers, no one could have foretold their lives would be irrevocably entangled.

Against the background of Edward II’s turbulent reign in the fourteenth century, Yvonne, Lady of Cassio, contains imaginary and historical protagonists.

It is said the past is a foreign country in which things were done differently. Nevertheless, although that is true of attitudes, such as those towards women and children, our ancestors were also prompted by ambition, anger, greed, jealousy, humanity, duty, loyalty, unselfishness and love.

From early childhood, despite those who love her and want to protect her, Yvonne is forced to face difficult economic, personal and political circumstances, during a long, often bitter struggle before she finds true love.

Tangled Love

By the age of eighteen, Richelda’s beloved parents are dead. She believes her privileged life is over. At home in dilapidated Belmont House, her only companions are her mother’s old nurse and her devoted dog, Puck. Clad in old clothes she dreams of elegant gowns and trusts her childhood friend, a poor parson’s son, who promised to marry her Richelda’s wealthy aunt takes her to London and arranges her marriage to Viscount Chesney, the new owner of Field House, where it is rumoured there is treasure. If she finds it Richelda hopes to ease their lives. However, while searching for it her life is in danger.

False Pretences

 “Five-year-old Annabelle, who does not know who her parents are, arrives at boarding school fluent in French and English. Separated from her nurse, with few memories of her past, a shadow blights Annabelle’s life.

When high-spirited, eighteen-year old Annabelle, who is financially dependent on her unknown guardian, receives an order to marry a French baron more than twice her age, she refuses. 

Her life in danger, Annabelle is saved by a heroic gentleman, who promises to help her discover her identity. Yet, from then on, nothing is as it seems. To protect her captivating champion, broken-hearted, she is forced to run away for the second time.

In spite of many false pretences, even more determined to discover her parents’ identity, Annabelle must find out who to trust. Her attempts to unravel the mystery of her birth, lead to further danger, despair, unbearable anguish and even more false pretences, until the only person, who has ever wanted to cherish her, reveals the startling truth, and all’s well that ends well.”

Mediaeval Novel Yvonne Lady of Cassio. The Lovages of Cassio Book One

Early 18^th Century novels: Tangled Love, Far Beyond Rubies, The Captain and The Countess

Regency Novels False Pretences, Sunday’s Child, Monday’s Child, Tuesday’s Child, Wednesday’s Child. Thursday’s Child and Friday’s Child.

Rosemary Morris’s novels are available as e-books and paperbacks from:

http://bookswelove.net/authors/morris-rosemary

Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, Facebook and other online retailers.

Friday Rosemary Morris is Visiting and Talking about Writing #MRWAuthor #BWL Publishing LTD #Panster #Plotter

1.      Are you a panster or a plotter or perhaps a bit of both?

Some novelists plot every chapter. I don’t write detailed plans. Instead I choose a theme For example, in my novel False Pretences, the heroine is desperate to find out who her parents are.

I admit that I’ve struggled more than usual with the plot and theme for my new novel, Saturday’s Child. I considered rejected many ideas before I chose a theme and jotted down a few notes about the plot.

So, to answer the question, I am a bit of both.

2.      Which comes first - characters or the plot?

Sometimes the characters come first. While I read a non-fiction book about Jacobites who followed James II to France after he was forced to flee, I asked myself what would happen to their children. Who were they? I chose names for the hero and heroine Richelda and Alban, then wrote detailed character profiles. While I got to know them, the plot evolved.

3.      What are you working on now? Is this a book in a current series or something totally new?

I am writing Saturday’s Child, Heroines Born on Different Days of the Week, Book Seven.

When I wrote Sunday’s Child, I didn’t plan to write one with a title for each day of the week based on the nursery rhyme that begins: Monday’s child is fair of face. After it was published, I decided it would be fun to write six more novels based on each line of the rhyme.

4.      Do you have some kind of object or place that figures in most of your books? I use gems a lot, hospitals and caves.

I neither have a specific object or place but the food, clothes, furniture, jewellery etc., from the eras in which my characters exist’ are important.

5.      Do you write every day or just when the spirit hits?

To meet the deadline to submit my novels to BooksWeLove, my publisher, I must be self-disciplined. I wake up at 6 a.m. and work until 10 a.m. with a break for breakfast – usually a healthy one of porridge, sweetened with organic honey and mixed with three handfuls of soft.

Later, although the time is flexible, I write and deal with ‘writerly matters’ from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m.

6.      Where can we find you?

You can find out about me and my novels at:

www.rosemarymorris.co.uk

You will also find me at:

https://bwlpublishing.ca/authors/morris-rosemary-romance-historical-uk/

And you may follow me on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/Rosemary.Morris.Historical.Novelist

Saturday's Blurbs featuring Books by Rosemary Morris #BWLPublishing #MFRWAuthor #Historical #Romance

Yvonne Lady of Cassio by Rosemary Morris

When Yvonne and Elizabeth, daughters of ruthless Simon Lovage, Earl of Cassio, are born under the same star to different mothers, no one could have foretold their lives would be irrevocably entangled.

Against the background of Edward II’s turbulent reign in the fourteenth century, Yvonne, Lady of Cassio, contains imaginary and historical protagonists.

It is said the past is a foreign country in which things were done differently. Nevertheless, although that is true of attitudes, such as those towards women and children, our ancestors were also prompted by ambition, anger, greed, jealousy, humanity, duty, loyalty, unselfishness and love.

From early childhood, despite those who love her and want to protect her, Yvonne is forced to face difficult economic, personal and political circumstances, during a long, often bitter struggle before she finds true love.

Published by BooksWeLove Inc.

Available as an e-book and a print-book from Amazon. B07142HQ6D

Barnes and Noble, Books We Love, Kobo, Smashwords and other online retailers.

www.rosemarymorris.co.uk

http://bookswelove.net/authors/morris-rosemary

Far Beyond Rubies by Rosemary Morris

Set in 1706 during Queen Anne Stuart’s reign, Far Beyond Rubies begins when William, Baron Kemp, Juliana’s half-brother claims she and her young sister, Henrietta, are bastards. Spirited Juliana is determined to prove the allegation is false, and that she is the rightful heiress to Riverside, a great estate.

On his way to deliver a letter to William, Gervaise Seymour sees Juliana for the first time on the grounds of her family estate. The sight of her draws him back to India. When “her form changed to one he knew intimately – but not in this lifetime,” Gervaise knows he would do everything in his power to protect her.

Although Juliana and Gervaise are attracted to each other, they have not been formally introduced and assume they will never meet again. However, when Juliana flees from home, and is on her way to London, she encounters quixotic Gervaise at an inn. Circumstances force Juliana to accept his kind help. After Juliana’s life becomes irrevocably tangled with his, she discovers all is not as it seems. Yet, she cannot believe ill of him for, despite his exotic background, he behaves with scrupulous propriety while trying to help her find evidence to prove she and her sister are legitimate.

Far Beyond Rubies is available from Amazon as an e-book and a paper back. B01MEBL3KX

It is also available from Barnes and Noble, I Tunes. Kobo, Smashwords and other online retailers.

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https://bwlpublishing.ca/authors/morris-rosemary-romance-historical-uk/

Wednesday’s Child by Rosemary Morris

In 1816, Mrs Bettismore lies on her deathbed. Her twenty-year old granddaughter, Amelia is distraught by the imminent loss of her only relative, who has raised her in an atmosphere of seclusion and unyielding discipline.

Amelia inherits her grandmother’s fortune, but after such a sheltered upbringing she finds herself lost and alone. Her emotional growth stunted by Mrs Bettismore she is afraid to do or say anything of which her grandmother would disapprove.

The heiress is unprepared for her introduction to Saunton, her guardian’s noisy household and his family of irrepressible sisters. 

Will this cause Amelia to retreat into herself even more, or will a home filled with love and high spirits change her outlook and encourage her to find love?

Or do the long-hidden secrets of her birth threaten to spoil everything?

Wednesday’s Child is available from Amazon as an e-book and a paper back B07FSMBS9PB

It is also available from Barnes and Noble, I Tunes. Kobo, Smashwords and other online retailers.

www.rosemarymorris.co.uk

https://bwlpublishing.ca/authors/morris-rosemary-romance-historical-uk/

Rosemary Morris is visiting today and talking about her new book #BWLPublishing #MFRWAuthor

1.   Tell me about your latest release? Genre?

Friday’s Child a Regency Romance, which is sensual but contains no illicit sex, will be published in June 2019

2.   Where did the idea arise?

From the children’s nursery rhyme which begins Sunday’s child is fair of face.

3.   How much research was involved? Did you stay on point or be distracted by wanting to look at just one more thing?

I set the novel in spent hours Cheltenham, a popular spa town which rivalled Bath, and spent hours researching it. I also consulted non-fiction books about the Regency era, costume, food, society etc. To meet my deadline to submit the novel, I resisted the temptation to look at ‘just one more thing.’

4.   How long did you take to write the book?

The first draft has taken me seven months.

5.   Now a bit about you. How long have you been writing? What is your Sun Sign?

I’ve been writing since early childhood. Before BooksWeLove Inc published my novels, I suffered from many setbacks.

This year Gemini is rising in my Sun sign. The prediction for May and June, when I shall submit Friday’s Child and it will be published. is excellent.

6.   Do you write in a number of genres or stick to one?

So far, although I would like to write fantasy fiction, I have only written historical novels – a mediaeval novel set in the reign of Edward II, three novels set in the reign of the last Stuart monarch, Queen Anne and in the ever popular early 19^th century Regency era.

7.   Where can you be found?

At:

www.rosemarymorris.co.uk

http://bookswelove.net/authors/morris-rosemary

I welcome friend requests on Facebook where I post nearly every day.

Friday's Guest Rosemary Morris On Writing #MFRWAuthor #BWLPublishing #Plotter #Panster

1.                  Are you a panster or a plotter or perhaps a bit of both?

I write meticulously researched romantic historical fiction. Historical non-fiction often gives me an idea for a plot. While engaged in mundane tasks such as stacking the dish washer or  hanging out laundry I consider possibilities, but I don’t plot my novels in detail.

Which comes first - characters or plot for you?

A rough idea for a plot comes first, but until I have chosen the main characters names and filled in their detailed character profiles I can’t begin writing the novel.

What are you working on now? Is this a book in a current series or something totally new?

I am writing Friday’s Child, Heroines Born on Different Days of the Week Book 6, a romantic historical set in the ever-popular Regency era. (The heroines’ stories are not continuations of previous books in the series.)

4. Do you have some kind of object or place that figures in most of your books? I use gems a lot, hospitals and caves.

Places, costume and food figure in all novels.

I visit and research places of historical interest and use the information to create places where my fictional characters exist. I also describe their clothes and the food they eat  – something which is praised in reviews of my novels.

5. Do you write every day or just when the spirit hits?

I wish I had the luxury of writing when the spirit hits, but if I did I would procrastinate and, maybe, never finish a novel.

Friday’s Child will be published in June 2019 so I must submit it to my publisher by the 1^st of May. To complete the novel and have time to research, I write between 6 a.m and 10 a.m. every day, and deal with matters relating to writing from approximately 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.  It’s hard but very rewarding work.

6. Where can we find you? You can find me at:

www.rosemarymorris.co.uk

https://rosemarymorrisauthor.blogspot.com

https;//bwlpublishing.ca/authors/morris-rosemary-romance-historical-uk

Saturday's Blurbs featuring Books by Rosemary Morris #MFRWAuthor #Regency romance #Romance historical

Monday’s Child

Monday’s child is fair of face

                  

“Love, despair and renewed hope amid the gaiety and anxiety in Brussels before Napoleon’s defeat at the Battle of Waterloo.”

Heroines born on different days of the week. Book 2

In March 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte escaped from exile in Elba. In Brussels, eighteen-year-old Helen Whitley, is aware that war with France between Britain and her allies, is inevitable. A talented artist, Helen is aware of the anxiety and fear underlying the balls, breakfasts, parties, picnics and soirees - held by the British. In an attic, she paints scenes in which she captures the emotions of daily life during the hundred days before the Battle of Waterloo.

While Helen lives with her sister and wealthy brother-in-law, Major Tarrant, she waits for Major, Viscount Langley, to arrive in Brussels and ask her to be his wife. Langley, who serves in the same regiment as Tarrant, is her brother-in-law’s closest friend, therefore she assumes her sister and Tarrant will be delighted by the match.

She is grateful to her brother-in-law for including her in his household. Nevertheless, Helen regrets being dependent on his generosity, so she’s looking forward to being mistress of Langley’s heart and home.

Before Langley leaves England to join his regiment, he visits his ancestral home, to inform his parents that he intends to marry Helen. Yet, when he arrives in Brussels to join his regiment, he does not propose marriage to Helen, and her pride does not allow her to reveal the misery caused by Langley’s rejection.

Tuesday’s Child

“Tuesday's child is full of grace.”

“Prejudice and pride demand Reverend Dominic Markham marry a suitable lady, but he is spellbound by Harriet, an unsuitable widow.”

Heroines Born on Different Days of The Week Book 3

Harriet Stanton followed the drum until the deaths of her husband and father, army officers in the war against Napoleon Bonaparte. Destitute, on the verge of starvation, she returns to England, with her three-year-old son, Arthur. Although she has never met her father-in-law, the Earl of Pennington, with whom her late husband had cut all ties, for Arthur’s sake, Harriet decides to ask Pennington for help. Turned away from his London house by servants, she is rescued by Georgianne Tarrant, who founded an institution to help soldiers’ widows and orphans.

Desperate for an heir, the earl welcomes Harriet, and Arthur, whose every wish he grants.

At first, Harriet is grateful to her father-in-law, but, as time goes she is locked in a silent battle to control Arthur, who has tantrums if he is denied anything. 

After Pennington refuses his permission for Arthur to swim in the lake, Arthur defies him. About to drown, he is rescued by charismatic Dominic, Reverend Markham, the Earl and Countess Faucon’s son.

At the lakeside, Dominic meets Harriet. She is so dainty that his immediate impression is of a fairy. Despite her appearance, he is mistaken. Harriet is not a pampered lady by birth. During brutal campaigns, she milked goats and cooked over camp fires.

Wednesday’s Child

Wednesday’s child is full of woe.

“Sensibility and sense are needed for Amelia Carstairs to accept her late grandmother’s choice of her guardian, the Earl of Saunton, to whom Amelia was previously betrothed.”

Heroines Born on Different Days of The Week Book 4

In 1816, Mrs Bettismore lies on her deathbed. Her twenty-year old granddaughter, Amelia is distraught by the imminent loss of her only relative, who has raised her in an atmosphere of seclusion and unyielding discipline.

Amelia inherits her grandmother’s fortune, but after such a sheltered upbringing she finds herself lost and alone. Her emotional growth, stunted by Mrs Bettismore she is afraid to do or say anything of which her grandmother would disapprove.

The heiress is unprepared for her introduction to Saunton, her guardian’s noisy household and his family of irrepressible sisters. 

Will this cause Amelia to retreat into herself even more, or will a home filled with love and high spirits change her outlook and encourage her to find love?

Or do the long-hidden secrets of her birth threaten to spoil everything?

“I like the way Mrs Bettismore’s strong personality weaved throughout the novel, providing conflict. Like Daphne DuMaurier’s Rebecca, even dead, she’s a great character.”

Katherine Pym, Author of Erasmus T. Muddiman: A tale of Publick Disorder; Pillars of Avalon (with Jude Pitman) Canadian Brides Book 5, and other historical novels.

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Friday's Guest - featuring Rosemary Morris - On Writing Her Way #MFRWauthor #historical romance #Days of the week

A.     The plots for my Romantic Historical Fact Fiction novels arise from historical non-fiction.

Before I finished Tuesday’s Child, Heroines Born on Different Days of the Week, Book Four, the basic plot for Wednesday’s Child occupied my mind while doing housework, shopping and gardening.

Before I wrote Sunday’s Child I read a book about to write in which the author advised novelists to plot their novels in detail. I spent hours outlining the plot in each chapter. The method didn’t work for me because I follow the characters’ lead in my novels. I like them to surprise me and take unexpected routes which add twists to the tale. 

Q.  Which comes first - characters or plot for you?

I jot down a mere sentence or two about the plot which my characters might reject.

Until I have chosen names for the main characters, which are appropriate for the era in which my novel takes place, and filled in detailed character profiles I can’t write the first line. I fill in the names of their great grandparents, grandparents, parents and other relatives. I enter their likes and dislikes, their idiosyncrasies and much more. When I write the first line paragraph I know them almost as well as I know members of my family.

Q. What are you working on now? Is this a book in a current series or something totally new?

A.  I am working on Thursday’s Child, Book Five.

Each stand-alone novel in the series is linked by a character or characters from previous novels, but it is unnecessary to read them in sequence.

Q.  Do you have some kind of object or place that figures in most of your books? I use gems a lot, hospitals and caves.

A. In each of my eight published novels set in the reign of Edward II of England, Queen Anne Stuart’s reign 1702 – 1714 and my early nineteenth-century Regency novels I focus on something applicable to the era. For example, the events in Monday’s Child take place during the 100 days between Napoleon Bonaparte’s escape from Elba and the Battle of Waterloo. 

Q. Do you write every day or just when the spirit hits?

A. If I waited for my spirit to hit it would take me years to write a novel. I have so many other interests which try to lure me away from my work in progress and other ‘writerly’ matters.

To complete a novel, I apply strict self-discipline. Although this routine is not, as the saying goes, set in concrete, with short breaks, I write from 6 a. m to 10 a.m, for an hour after lunch and from four or five p.m. until eight p.m.