Montana Collection

Patty’s Gamble is Still Scheduled for a Late June Release

Patty’s Gamble is book 3 in the Montana Collection.

So far, everything is going according to plan.  The book is with the last editor, and I am giving it a final read through (something I do with every book).  I usually end up changing a couple words around, but this time I’ll be changing just a small part of the end.  It’s not anything that changes something to Patty’s Gamble, but it will play a key part in Shane’s Deal.

I can’t really say what it is because it spoils part of this book.  Sorry to be incredibly vague, but I did hint at it in Boaz’s Wager when Boaz went to buy sheet music for his friend Herb and wanted to make sure he had money on hand.  The character involved is going to play a key role in Shane’s Deal so I have to let him “go” in Patty’s Gamble.

Shane’s Deal is in the Initial Outlining Stage

Shane’s Deal is book 4 in the Montana Collection.

I haven’t started this book yet.  This is Madeline Thompson’s story.  I made brief mention of her in Boaz’s Wager and again in Patty’s Gamble.  I’m still working on the details of the plot.  I need to figure out who is looking for her and why.  I thought I had it figured out but decided the hero won’t be one of the outlaws who are looking for her.  But I think he might be the one who helps her.  Right now, all I know is that one of the secondary characters in Boaz’s Wager and Patty’s Gamble is involved in her kidnapping.

I had started an initial outline of this book, and I already have to toss it out and start over.

*I plan to write this book this year.  But I do not have a publishing month. 

Marriage by Arrangement Series

The Earl’s Secret Bargain is Currently in the Initial Editing Stage

The Earl’s Secret Bargain is book 1 in the Marriage by Arrangement Series.

In this book, I gave some minor parts of Lord Roderick (aka Nate), Lord Edon (aka Ethan), and Lord Clement (aka Perry).  They were all there when the wager was made at White’s (which Christopher Robinson mentions to Agatha in His Reluctant Lady), so I wanted to get them involved in this book as well.  They aren’t major players in this book, but it was fun to bring them back since they are in the same world.

*I have already given my editing team a heads up that this book will be coming to them in July.  I’m aiming for the first week in July to have it to them.  I’d like to have this out by late July or early August.

There have been some developments in this series as well.  I was originally going to keep it to three books, but a side character popped up in The Earl’s Secret Bargain, and I like him enough to do a fourth book.  I have already introduced the main characters in the two books in the series in The Earl’s Secret Bargain, but I was starting the outline for Love Lessons With the Duke today and realized I will be introducing the heroine who’ll be in book 4.  The hero is introduced in The Earl’s Secret Bargain.  I’ll get to more information below on where I’m headed.

Love Lessons With the Duke is in the Outlining Stage

Love Lessons With the Duke is Book 2 in the Marriage by Arrangement Series.

I’m currently outlining this book.  I realize outlining won’t mean I’ll stick with it, but I do want an idea of where I want to go in order to start the book.  I already have the basic plot. The heroine is Lady Seyton (aka Helena) and she is a widow who is known for her expertise in helping ladies secure a betrothal by the end of the Season.  Up to now, she’s only given her advice to ladies.  But in this book, the Duke of Ashbourne (aka Camden) will be asking for her help in getting a wealthy lady.

It is in this book that I will also have her helping the heroine in book 4 of this series.  I have not given this heroine a name yet.

*I do not have a publishing month for this book yet, but I plan to write it this year. 

The Earl’s Stolen Bride Will be Book 3 in the Marriage by Arrangement Series.  I have not given this an outline yet.

(I have no cover yet, but I have already hired Stephannie Beman to do it for me.)

You know how I was going to write Madeline Thompson’s story and call it “Stolen”?  Since I decided to make her story book 4 in the Montana Collection, I needed a title for her book that went with a poker theme like I’ve been doing with the other titles in the series.  So I came up with Shane’s Deal.

So I figured I’d go with the original title idea for this book which was The Earl’s Stolen Bride.  The basic rundown of this plot is that Lord Emmett (aka Orlando who is the best friend of the hero in The Earl’s Secret Bargain) finally sees the opportunity to marry the lady he’s been pining for in that book.  The lady in question happened to end up marrying someone else by the end of The Earl’s Secret Bargain.  But…her husband dies, and she’s available again.  When he finds out she’s been promised to someone else again, he takes measures to make sure he marries her instead.  That’s all I got right now.  The details will have to work themselves out later.

*I do not know when I’ll write or publish this book.  I’m just letting you know I plan to write it.

Book 4 in the Marriage by Arrangement Series has no title, cover, or plot yet.

I just realized today I was going to write it.  All I know is that the hero is Lord Toplyn (who is one of the gentlemen who bets on the wager between Lord Davenport and Lord Pennella in The Earl’s Secret Bargain).  He has enough of a role in book 1 that I wanted to write his story, too.  I just thought I’d be writing his book in a different series.  But…since I will introduce the heroine in this book in Love Lessons With the Duke, it makes the most sense to do four books instead of three in this series.

*I do not know when I’ll write or publish this book.  I’m just letting you know I plan to write it.

The Enchanted Galaxy Series

A Royal Engagement is book 1 in The Enchanted Galaxy Series.

I have not forgotten this one.  I did put it on hold while I was working on Patty’s Gamble and The Earl’s Secret Bargain.  I am currently working on this, but I can’t sprint this book because I’m rewriting the original version of this.  I’m also going slower than I usually would because this is a rewrite.  As funny as it sounds, I’m finding that rewriting a book is harder than writing it the first time, probably because I am boxed into the plot that’s already been established and need to make sure my characters still do the same things, even if their personalities have changed.

The other two books in this series (Royal Hearts and The Royal Pursuit) will also be rewritten, and I expect them to take longer than what I usually do for the same reason.

*I will have this book out in either August or September.  

Other Works In Progress 

These book have been on hold due to Patty’s Gamble and The Earl’s Secret Bargain.  I’m taking it for granted that sprinting will mean I’ll be focusing on one book at a time (with the possibly exception of The Enchanted Galaxy Series).  So far the sprinting method has been working great, and I want to keep doing it as long as it’s working for me.  If I ever get tired of it and need to slow down, I’ll go back to working on multiple books at one time.

I don’t see getting to completing this one with the sprinting method until after August.

*My plan is to have this book out before the end of the year.  

The books below are not going to be sprinted because they’re with Stephannie and I can’t sprint with another person, but I do have publishing months available.

*Stephannie and I are planning to have this one out in January.  We’re currently halfway into it.

* Stephannie and I are planning to have this one out in February.  We’re also currently halfway into this one.

Janet Syas Nitsick and I Will Work on a Second Anthology

(There is no cover yet but Stephannie Beman will work on it.)

The title: A Groom’s Promise

I can sprint my story in the anthology.  Depending on when Janet will start her story will help me determine when I start mine since in this one, we’re going to have two brothers.  One brother will be in Janet’s story and the other will be in mine.

In Janet’s story, there will be a man who has agreed to marry a woman waiting for him in Nebraska, but he meets another one and feels torn between keeping his promise and following his heart.

In my story, my hero is going with his brother to Nebraska because his brother is the only friend he has.  Because of his stutter, others tend to make fun of him, so he tries to avoid people whenever he can.  But then he stumbles upon a situation where he either has to marry a woman or she’ll lose her land and everything changes.

*There is no publishing month for this one yet.