Jo Beverley, a book tour to launch a line.
Thanks to the Historical romance UK blog for letting me post as a guest here.
I was born and raised in Lancashire, but I’ve lived in Canada since 1976, and my books have been published in New York. Which is lovely, but I’ve always wanted one published in the UK, and finally it’s happened. To make it even more wonderful, the release of Lady Notorious (My Lady Notorious in North America) is happening just as I’m settling back home.
Because I’m here, my UK publisher has put together a small book tour to launch their new line of romantic historicals and my book, which is officially published on Wednesday.
Lady Notorious takes place in 1763. Lady Chastity Ware is a social outcast, confined to a cottage on her father’s estate near Shaftesbury, but when her widowed sister flees to her for help, bringing her very young baby, Chastity is determined to get her to Maidenhead and safety.
So she steals a coach.
But the man in the coach is Captain Lord Cynric Malloren, bored with convalescence and ready for adventure. He insists on taking part. — or taking over, as Chastity sees it. She soon has to admit that he comes in useful when they realized they not only have a villain after them, but the army as well.
My publi
sher’s brilliant idea was to set my tour to follow their route, visiting some of the eighteenth century inns in the novel. That will take me to Shaftesbury, Salisbury, Winchester, a detour to Southampton, and Maidenhead. You can check out all the details here. There’s a special evening launch event in Salisbury on Wednesday. It’s free, but the room in the old coaching inn can only hold a few people, so it’s important to book a place by e-mailing enquiries@everlyn.net
Lady Notorious was originally published by Penguin-NAL of New York, and won a RITA award, the top award of romance Writers of America. It’s appeared on many “best historical romance” lists.
Reviews said:
“Beverley beautifully captures the flavour of Georgian England.”
American Library Journal.
“Delightfully spicy…skilfully plotted and fast-paced…captivating.”
Booklist.
“…sensitive prose, charismatic and expert plotting will keep readers
enthralled from first page to last.” Publishers weekly.
There’s a stop in Cardiff, and then after a break I hit my home territory of the north, including Blackpool, where I went to grammar school; Morecambe, where I was born and raised; and Whitby, where I now live. The other stops are Stockton, Newcastle, Scarborough, and Leeds. Again, the details are all at the link above.
The other launch book is Fallen Angel (Thunder and Roses in the US) by my good friend, Mary Jo Putney. You can find out about all the upcoming books at Everlyn’s web site.
I do hope to meet more of my UK fans and make contact with new readers, too.
There’s an extract from Lady Notorious on my website here. It’s from the US original, so there may be some US spellings in there. Lady Notorious has been put into proper English usage.
A question — what do you think is the defining characteristic of the 18th century and the Regency as a setting for romance in the past?
Jo
Thanks in advance for view cafe.
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