The ton has put her on the shelf. But the next Pinkstocking heroine has an ace up her sleeve!

Published about 13 hours ago • 1 min read

Dear Reader,

I promised a big reveal when my Kickstarter was fully funded—it is! And now another milestone has been reached: The Dangerous Drusilla Kickstarter is funded at over $2,000!

I'm overwhelmed at the support the project has received. I've already got Kristen (my illustrator) hard at work on the Kickstarter hardcover edition dust jacket, and the collectible enamel pins are just about to go into production.

But enough of that! Over on the Kickstarter page I have introduced the heroine of the next book in the Pinkstocking Club series. She's one Lady Cordelia Streatham, and the title of book 2 is Canny Cordelia: A Delightfully Devious Regency Spy Romance.

Here's a little about Cordelia and her forthcoming story:

The world of the Pinkstocking Club is getting more and more complicated. And complicated is right up Cordelia's alley, because she has a fiendishly acute mind for numbers.

Her predicament: Three Seasons on the marriage mart, and the ton has effectively put her on the shelf.
Her unexpected talents: Mathematics, probability, deciphering riddles, and a remarkable ability to win at cards.
Her opportunity: The Pinkstocking Club assigns her to investigate a gambling scheme with decidedly suspicious implications.
Her romantic complication: She must deal with a certain gentleman who may prove considerably harder to manage than a deck of cards. No name, of course!

Want to see Kristen's gorgeous illustration? Head over to the Kickstarter page!

If you're following the campaign, you got an update earlier this morning in which I shared that illustration. If not, scroll down on the Kickstarter campaign page until you get to the fourth milestone reveal, and you'll see Cordelia in all her glory.

And while you're there, check out the rewards while you have a chance to get them—the campaign ends in about 24 hours. You can back it at as little as $15 and receive a pre-publication ebook of Dangerous Drusilla.

In the meantime, I'm back to obsessively refreshing the page ...

Next week: we return to our regularly scheduled programming.

Keep reading and writing!

Susanne

17 Lincoln St, Biddeford, ME 04005
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