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Book #4 Beyond Diamonds

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

Watercolor painting by Veronica Mahara Stoneman 2020. This painting is my version of a piece in the book-the art of Botanical Drawing by
Agathe Ravet-Haevermans