Historical Romantic-Adventure Novels
Hello Everyone,
Hope you are all doing well.
Here is the book cover to my new novel, Beyond Diamonds.
I am so grateful to Jane Dixon-Smith for helping me design all my covers!
Can’t wait to share this story with you all!
Stay tuned for updates on Beyond Diamonds!
Peace and Love,
Veronica
Hello Everyone,
Spring is here! In my yard and beyond all the buds are fat and ready to burst. My yard needs some cleaning from the last wind storm, but it’s wonderful to see the plants and trees and shrubs come back to life. At this time in the world I needed to see renewal and hope for the future even if it’s only in my little patch of earth.
Beyond Diamonds, my fourth historical novel set in the late 19th century is in rewrite and editing and rewrite and … I have a deadline and it’s really got me going. So much fun to get to the end of the my book then go back and start the clean-up. My protagonist, Jane Cabot desires the things that only money can buy. What about the thing money can’t buy? The missing piece is for her to find.
My interest in gardening has spilled over into this novel as Jane becomes interested in horticulture when her parents want her to become interested in culture, society and the proper place for a woman. When she falls in love with Martin, against her parent’s wishes she gets a whole lot more than she bargained for.
I’ve found time to do a watercolor. It helps to rest my mind and spirit. I hope you enjoy. It’s my rendition of one of the botanical arts from -The Book of Flowers, Pierre Joseph Redoute.
Thanks for visiting,
Peace and Love,
Veronica
Hello Everyone!
A few months ago we took our last camping trip of the season.
We had a beautiful site near a river. The trees were turning color and there was that incredibly delicious smell of Fall in the Pacific Northwest. We were only about an hour away from Mr. Rainier so we went up there and took a spectacle hike at the base of the mountain. There was plenty of snow but still light for the area. We were walking in a Winter’s Wonderland! So fresh and … cold. Luckily I packed my warm clothes 🙂
We don’t get much snow here. We are both originally from the East coast so our wintertime childhoods were spent in snow, snow and more snow. I loved it! Sledding, skating, snowball fights, and thawing out by the radiator with my sister. (We always stayed out too long!)
My husband and I agree, we could not live as adults in areas with winter snows, but as long as we can get to it now and then, it remains a lovely memory.
Stay warm and have a safe and happy winter to all those who get plenty of the white stuff. And fingers crossed we’ll get our 3-5 inches around Christmas time 🙂 Which, by the way shuts down the entire area! LOL.
Until next time, Peace and Love! V.
Hello Everyone! I hope Thanksgiving day was a good one for all of you in the U.S. (I’m still full!)
With 2022 just around the corner I have plans to publish my fourth book in the summer/fall.
I’m having a grand time with my protagonist! It’s 1874 and twenty-year-old Jane is ready to take Cincinnati, Ohio by storm. Her father, a jewelry merchant and owner of several jewelry stores in and around the bustling, progressive city has plans for his son and daughter. His heirs will continue the empire he is building. However, Jane falls in love with one of his jewelry makers–some one below her class. Her father knew he was raising a strong, independent girl, but he didn’t count on this. When her beloved father dies unexpectedly, Jane is under her overbearing brother’s rules … until she takes life into her own hands.
Not to give too much away, but can a rich girl find happiness with a man who takes her out West to live on a sheep farm? And what happens when her inheritance is threatened by her brother’s mismanagement of the jewelry business?
Plenty of romance, adventure and lessons to be learned. I think this is shaping up to be a fun novel for my readers 🙂
Have a great day!
Peace and Love, Veronica
Hello Everyone,
It’s been awhile since I posted. Life is busy for us all now that we are able to get back to some resemblance of normal. I’m so looking forward to this holiday season. Thanksgiving is coming up in our country and it will feel good to get together with family and friends. I’ll be preparing to bring to my daughter’s home the usual — stuffing and pies. The stuffing recipe is my Dad’s and is his version of an English recipe. It includes potatoes with the bread cubes, onions and celery and a good amount of poultry seasoning. Everyone loves it.
I’m in the middle of writing my fourth book. It takes a character from Sacred Terrain, the second in my Traveled Hearts series. Jane Cabot is her name and if you’ve read the book you know she has her eyes on Caleb. Caleb is true to Jessica even though she hasn’t been found yet. Everyone is losing hope except Caleb, but Jane is a tempting diversion.
As a character I found her so interesting but had to cut most of her life out as it didn’t pertain to the story at hand. I’m having a great time writing this and can’t wait to come to the part where she meets Caleb and we get to experience her side of that episode. For the most part it will be about her life as a wealthy woman losing what she thought was valuable to find something more real and lasting. Look for it in 2022/23.
Loads of card making. Love this hobby and all that goes with it. Still watercoloring and teaching my grandchildren art once a week. My love for reading takes its place at night cozied up to my husband who reads also. I just finished the second book in a series by Susie Murphey. A Matter of Class and A Class Entwined. If you’re looking for some good historical fiction with heart this series fits the bill. A page turner.
Until next time– Have a wonderful day (or night depending on where you are)
Peace and Love,
Veronica
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