April Showers and Aunt Augusta's letters

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Copperplate Books
April 22, 2024

Terri

Things are plodding along here, hilariously delayed and somewhat damp (spring is indeed springing, and April has not let me forget it’s famed for its showers). I’ve also just recovered from a fun bout of tendonitis.

Even so, A Picture of Desire is coming along, and will be going out to beta readers soon. Hopefully I’ll be at the stage of asking for ARC readers next month. Exciting!

Here’s a picture of my dog I took yesterday. No, we did not pose her; yes, that is leftover mud on her paws.

Look at that cute little tail-fan

That’s all, folks. I’ll be in touch soon!

Terri x

Kiera

Hello readers! 

I hope you’re enjoying lots of great books this spring. Amongst many others, I’ve recently read ‘Painting the Duke’ by Georgina North, which lived up to expectations and I can definitely recommend it! 

The next in her series is in the pipeline, and I’m really looking forward to reading my ARC copy over the next week or two. 🙂

If anyone is looking for a bargain, and have yet to read ‘The Lady Lies’, it’s currently reduced to $0.99 on amazon.com until Thurs 24th. You can find it here.

In other news, the extended epilogue to ‘A Dreamer’s Dalliance will be available soon, so watch this space. In case you’re wondering, Charmaine and Marcus embark on a journey with unforeseen consequences. 

In the meantime, I hope you enjoy these first two letters from Great Aunt Augusta, copies of which were discovered in her writing bureau . . .

Aunt Augusta’s Letters

My dear nephew, 

It is with astonishment that I read your recent missive. To  what manner of ailment do you refer? I cannot imagine your wife’s interesting condition to be the cause of such anxiety, for have we not, as a human race, been procreating since the dawn of time? What then can be achieved by increasing what is already a burdensome toll on the female mind and body with unreasonable demands? 

No indeed! To confine a lively young woman such as your wife to the house would be a recipe for the utmost misery. Not only would she be quite entitled to develop shrew-like tendencies, thus rendering harmony in the home a thing of the past, you yourself would be behaving in a manner which could only be described as insufferably dictatorial. 

Pray, do not even consider exercising your marital authority on this matter. For while it may be that your advantage of age and experience offer a degree of wisdom in certain matters, be assured that pregnancy is not one of them.

I trust that there is no other concern with which I need trouble myself, and offer you, as always,

My best wishes. 

Aunt Augusta

Dearest Amelia,

How exceedingly gratifying to be the recipient of your confidence. I am delighted to hear your news, and hope you will visit me as soon as your morning discomfort passes. I commiserate with the foolishness exhibited by my nephew: what a fuss over nothing! If gentlemen had to suffer the ignominy of childbearing, they would not take this ridiculous attitude; however, since their feeble frames would prove quite inadequate to the role, it falls upon us, my dear, to humour them. Thus is the age-old lot of women.

Therefore, whilst I cannot agree you should be confined to the house, if you are to preserve Edward’s sensibilities, I suggest you refrain from galloping around the neighbourhood on Lightning. A walk will provide more than adequate exercise, while the fresh air will assist in managing your nausea. I am sure this will soon abate, and look forward to hearing more of your news in the coming weeks.

Your Great Aunt Augusta.

That’s all for now,

Kiera