As soon as I complete one book, I begin work on a new one.
In this case, I have just started work on two projects. Yes, that’s right, two.
Normally, I work on one project at a time, but this circumstance is an
exception to my rule.
The first book on which I’m working is one of four about the
four Fraser brothers whose mother surprises them with brides. The brothers and
their widowed mother have a ranch in Colorado. The books are called Surprise
Brides with the name of the brother.
The brother I drew is named Jamie Fraser, Jr., the eldest of
the four and a widower with two rowdy children. The other brothers’ stories
will be written by Cynthia Woolf—Gideon, Callie Hutton—Caleb , and Sylvia
McDaniel—Ethan. Getting these stories planned has been fun but quite
complicated. We have to insure that none of the books contradicts the others. The
four books will be released simultaneously on October 1st.
The second project is a brand new series I’ll be releasing
starting later this summer. The series title is The Bride Brigade and is seven
books long. Each book carries the name of the heroine. The first bride is
JOSEPHINE. The covers were designed by the talented Skhye Moncrief.
The Bride Brigade comes about when Lydia Harrison and her
best friend, Sophie Gaston, are discussing the lack of marriage-age women in
the town of Tarnation, Texas. The young men are leaving for larger cities where
they have a chance to find a wife and have a family. Lydia is a wealthy young widow.
As fond as she is of Sophie, she longs for women her age and to see children in
Tarnation.
Lydia comes up with a plan. She’ll go back to Richmond,
Virginia where she grew up and recruit several suitable young women to come
back to Tarnation with her. She convinces her friend Sophie to go with her and help chaperone the young ladies.
Since Lydia has a large home, the young women will
be her guests until they wed. She intends to bring back four women, but her
soft heart compels her to accept an additional three. And that makes up the
seven books in the Bride Brigade.
That’s what I’m doing for the next few months.
What
are your goals? Anything fun planned?
2 comments:
Caroline, I can't wait to read your new books! I particularly like books with rowdy or rascally children. I hope the heroine in Jamie's book is clever and has eyes in back of her head!
Looking forward to the Bride Brigade series also. But I miss the Stone Mountain family. I wish that series could go on and on :)
Aloha, Michele
Thanks, Michele, I'll still be adding to the Stone Mountain series from time to time next year.
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