Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Proserpine 1882. this is one of several versions of the painting Rossetti painted. You can read more about it here.
I’ve been hearing from readers asking where they can find Book # 2 of the Difficult Dukes series.
Unfortunately, it can’t be found yet, because I’m still working on it. Glancing over some of the blog posts here, you’ll have some idea why. The Duke of Ashmont’s story has proved to be an unusually difficult one, for reasons I’m unable to ascertain. This has happened before, but not, I’m happy to say, for a very long time. I’m a slow writer, but not that slow, usually.
However, some readers are under the impression that Ten Things I Hate About the Duke has actually been published. This is because I failed to meet some deadlines, including one that would have allowed for the book’s release early this year.
My fault. Publishing works on a schedule, and a great deal happens before the author has completed the manuscript. And so the information went into catalogs and somehow ended up in the series listings. While my extremely patient publisher has been so kind as to allow me a delayed publication date, this information didn’t get on the various lists before the earlier information leaked out.
Here is the current reality: Ten Things I Hate About the Duke is scheduled for late this year. All I have to do is finish it in time.
The above painting was one of the visual inspirations for the story’s heroine.