Elizabeth Brighton

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Trying to Get Back

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I still haven’t fully recovered from COVID.

I caught it almost a month ago at a work event I was required to attend. Over half of us ended up coming down with it. I know it isn’t supposed to last this long, but I am still struggling with fatigue and brain fog. The doctor says it can last months, and, no, there isn’t anything to be done for it. I’m not happy, but I am getting through things, even if it is more slowly than normal.

I hope to be back to my old self soon, but during the worst of it, I couldn’t even read. I felt like I had the attention span of a toddler.

Gives me more sympathy for my children!

The Rollercoaster of a Being a Writer

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My stomach did about the same flip. A open times a day.

You may have noticed things got quiet the last few weeks as I was preparing the latest book in the Dukes, Spies, and Lies series.

It’s hard for me to launch a book out into the world. You put a lot of yourself into it, and you hope people will like it. That they will see the same thing in the characters that you do and enjoy their time with them.

I’m not alone in the nerves that go with launching a new book. Many authors talk about. While it’s nice to know I’m not alone, it doesn’t really lessen the butterflies in my stomach.

And there are a lot of butterflies. A whole rainforest, in fact.

Still, I really like Laurence and Jemma in the latest story. It was fun to turn the tables a bit from the first few stories and have the female character as the spy. A spy who is not above breaking a few rules.

It’s about to be a holiday weekend here, and I am going to kick back with a kindle-full of books and relax a little. Not that Pirate Captain McGregor is going to tolerate such foolishness for long while his story remains unfinished, but he can give me this weekend.

New Release: Redeemed by the Earl

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How far will she go to get the one thing she most wants but can never have?

Miss Jemma Jennings made a mistake and fell in love with a man she could never have. No matter how many afternoons they spent together as children or how much she enjoyed stealing a kiss from him, earls don’t marry their steward’s daughter. Not even when those daughters grow up and become one of the king’s spies. And especially not when they are tasked with solving the murder of a wealthy and influential countess. A countess who married the earl Jemma still loves.

Lord Laurence Haddington, eleventh Earl of Essbury, has always done what he’s supposed to do, including marry the “right” woman from the “right” family. Which hadn’t included his steward’s daughter. Even if he’s been in love with Jemma since he’d been in short pants. Then Laurence’s wife is murdered, and when Jemma comes to his aid, he finds himself falling in love with her all over again.

It’s a second chance at love, but second chances aren’t free. Those who killed Laurence’s wife will do anything to keep their secrets. Even if Jemma can keep Laurence alive, nothing can close the gap between an earl and a spy. Nothing, except maybe love.

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