The Mad Earl's Bride for $1.99

The Mad Earl’s Bride is a novella I wrote for a bridal anthology. It reappeared a few years later in another collection, then, eventually, all by itself as an eBook.

This story, which was originally released between Lord of Scoundrels and The Last Hellion, includes a few secondary characters readers may remember from Lord of Scoundrels. It also includes a return to Dartmoor, Devon, for some brooding atmosphere—but yes, of course there’s comic relief.

If you haven’t read it already, here’s a chance to get it at bargain price. Or you can make a gift of it.

The deal ends on 3 December.

The Mad Earl's Bride

The Mad Earl's Bride 

My novella, The Mad Earl's Bride, is set between the time of Lord of Scoundrels and The Last Hellion.  Like those two books, it's stayed in print for lo these many years.  However, it has always been part of an anthology, —first, Three Weddings and a Kiss, then Three Times a Bride. 

But earlier this summer, Avon brought the story out as a stand alone eBook, with an atmospheric new cover.

For a time, the book's been available at the nice price of $1.99.  I'm not sure how long this will continue—so if you were thinking of getting a copy, now might be the time!

The Bride in White

In response to a reader comment regarding a previous post, I’m doing connected blogs.  There’s more about white wedding dresses at Two Nerdy History Girls.

This is an 1831 white wedding dress, one of several examples I've found of white wedding dresses before Queen Victoria wore white at her wedding (10 February 1840).

The description comes from La Belle assemblée: or, Court and fashionable magazine; containing interesting and original literature, and records of the beau-monde; PublisherJ. Bell, 1831

Fashions for March, 1831
French fashions. WEDDING DRESS.

A dress of blonde de Chantilly, over white satin; the corsage of the lace dress, cut low and square round the bosom, is ornamented with a lappel which forms points upon the shoulders ; the points falling over a single row of superb blond lace, which covers the short béret sleeve of the white satin under-dress. Two very deep flounces, so arranged that one falls a little over the other, reach from the bottom of the skirt considerably above the knee, and are surmounted by a very rich embroidery. The wedding veil, also of blonde de Chantilly, is arranged in the drapery style at the back of the head, and the corners, brought round the base of the bows of hair on the summit of the head, are attached by a nuptial garland of orange flowers. A bandeau of emeralds set in gold goes round the forehead; earrings, necklace, and bracelets to correspond.