I’m pleased to share this Regency anthology from nine authors…sounds like some great reads!

Under the Harvest Moon

As the village of Reabridge in Cheshire prepares for the first Harvest Festival following Waterloo, families are overjoyed to welcome back their loved ones from the war.

But excitement quickly turns to mystery when mere weeks before the festival, an orphaned child turns up in the town—a toddler born near Toulouse to an English mother who left clues that tie her to Reabridge.

With two prominent families feuding for generations and the central event of the Harvest Moon festival looming, tensions rise, and secrets begin to surface.

Nine award winning and bestselling authors have combined their talents to create this engaging and enchanting collection of interrelated tales. Under the Harvest Moon promises an unforgettable read for fans of Regency romance.

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Moonlight Wishes and Midnight Kisses by Collette Cameron

A scarred veteran with no future, Courtland Marlow-Westbrook wants to be left alone. Scottish heiress Avery Levingtone never stopped loving him and is determined to win his love again. Will these former sweethearts find happiness together, or will the wounds of the past keep them apart?

A few favorite lines from your story:

A swiftly smothered gasp from across the store made him glance toward the other clerk and the woman, now completely visible.

No.

Don’t let it be her. Please.

Not Avery Levingtone.

The auburn-haired spitfire, with the slightest Scots accent, Cortland had hoped to make his bride—his countess, before everything had gone head over arse in his life, leaving him scarred and without the means to support a family.

But Fate wasn’t smiling kindly upon him today—hadn’t in a very long while.

It was Avery.

Even more impossibly beautiful than he remembered.

A fact about you or your story:

My hero and heroine were introduced in the last book in another series, before I knew they would get their own story in my Chronicles of the Westbrook Brides Series.

What was the most difficult thing about writing in conjunction with the other authors?

Coordinating all the little details and dates to ensure the stories didn’t conflict in any way was a bit tricky.

What was the best thing about writing in conjunction with the other authors?

The incredible attention to detail, sharing of information, and coordinating settings and characters was the best I’ve ever experienced. 

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The Morning Light by Caroline Warfield

Adam Wagner is meant to save lives, not take them. He is haunted by Waterloo. The horror of it keeps him from those he loves. Meg Barlow doesn’t understand how Adam could turn his back on her so thoroughly, but she isn’t about to let him get away with it.

A few favorite lines from your story:

His eyes widened when he noticed Meg, fixated as if drinking in the sight of her, in her new moss green and buttercup gown. She suspected he was seeking the strength to look away, but before he could a bundle of energy dressed in blue muslin threw herself at him.

“Papa, oh Papa, I missed you. You said you would come to visit but you didn’t, and I don’t want a visit, I want to come home, even though Lord Barlow said I could stay forever, and Miss Meg is all that is, kind and…”

A fact about you or your story:

My father suffered from PTSD from 1950 to the day he died. I understand my hero’s plight.

What was the most difficult thing about writing in conjunction with the other authors?

Sometimes I just need to go off on my own and let my story simmer, even if I know I’ll end up needing to alter details.

What was the best thing about writing in conjunction with the other authors?

Comradery, fun and a shared sense of accomplishment. And the final product is brilliant.

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A Harvest Blessing by Rue Allen

All the battles are over, or are they? When Captain Thom Owen is forced into a false engagement, he must escort his pseudo-fiancée home to meet his father. Can an English vicar’s son and a French Comte’s daughter find love despite their differences?

A few favorite lines from your story:

She stabbed the Thom’s father with a glare. “That is a child crying. You have a child in this house? Where?”

“I do have a charity case living here. The boy is not quite two and sleeps in the old nursery on the third floor.”

“And you left him alone?” She scolded. “Tell me his name.”

“Sam. His surname is yet to be determined.”

“Hmpf.” Charité stood, threw down her napkin, and swept out the door as fast as her skirts permitted.

“My word? Is she like that all the time?”

A fact about you or the story.

Language development in children varies widely from child to child. Sam, the child in our story, was only just beginning to speak, yet he had to struggle with two languages. Deciding what he did and didn’t know how to say was a challenge.

What was the most difficult thing about writing in conjunction with the other authors.

Being patient, we aren’t always ready at the same time.

What was the best thing about writing in conjunction with other authors.

The creativity and brainstorming. Each author, each story inspires and informs the other.

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Coming Home by Mary Lancaster

Old memories, new love

Home from Waterloo, Captain David Buckley contemplates settling down near his home town of Reabridge—only it is full of painful memories. The mysterious Lady Lorna falls literally into his arms, and he begin to understand the true meaning of love and home.

A few favorite lines from your story:

“Following her gaze, David saw a young woman at the top of the stairs. Her hair glowed like sunshine, and her face…was pale, her eyes unfocused. He knew the instant before she began to fall and bolted to the steps, leaping up them just in time to catch her tumbling person against his chest.”

A fun fact about you or the story:

It was Jude Knight who came up with the backstory for our feuding families which inspired my hero, David Buckley.

What was the most difficult thing about writing in conjunction with the other authors?

Having to keep track of each other’s characters!

What was the best thing about writing in conjunction with other authors?

Keeping track of each other’s characters :). Seriously, it was well worth the difficulty, because it was great fun learning about the depths and quirks of (to me) minor characters, especially Sherry Ewing’s heroine, who was at the other side of our feud,

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Under the Champagne Moon by Alina K Field

Fleur Hardouin’s heart longs for Captain Gareth Ardleigh, but she needs an advantageous marriage. Gareth has promised to find Fleur—on behalf of another man. Now he must choose between honoring a promise and trying to win the hand of the woman he loves.

A few favorite lines from your story:

Gareth dipped his head her way and sniffed. “Mmm. Lilac?”

Her eyes turned a steely gray, and the slight wash of color creeping up her pale neck cheered him beyond reason. Fleur was a flower, but not a fragile one, and not one to blush easily at an importuning man’s flattery.

A fact about you or the story

This story sprang (or is it sprung?) from something I learned in an online class about Regency drinking habits. It all started with a bit of knowledge about the Veuve Clicquot, a French widow who invented the process of riddling and transformed the champagne industry during the Napoleonic era when France was at war.

What was the most difficult thing about writing in conjunction with the other authors

Probably getting the time chronology right. My characters went to pay a call on Rue Allyn’s characters. Getting the date of that visit and the participants sorted was probably the trickiest thing.

What was the best thing about writing in conjunction with other authors 

It’s wonderful to take on a project with folks who share a passion for historical details and who are also very supportive. The skilled beta reading of other authors is invaluable.

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A Quiet Heart by Elizabeth Ellen Carter

Widowed at Waterloo, where she also nursed the wounded, Veronica Petersham promised a dying man to bring his effects to a family in Reabridge. She falls ill just short of her goal, in the milking shed of kind and stoic Martin Bromelton.

Perhaps there is hope for the future after all and the opportunity to find love once more.

A few favorite lines from your story

He was spreading himself thin and knew it. He did what needed to be done—and there was so much that needed to be done—for the farm and those who relied on him.

The hard-won success of his freehold had not come without cost. To his regret, it was a sight his father had never lived to see. Even now, Martin recalled the days when the farm couldn’t even manage to feed the family, let alone bring in an income.

There had been more than one night in his youth that he’d gone to bed hungry. He didn’t intend to do it again as an adult.

A fun fact about you or the story

The town of Reabridge in Under the Harvest Moon is located in Cheshire, and it so happens that my favourite cheese is Cheshire Cheese. By that, I mean the real stuff from Cheshire you used to buy at northern markets and take home wrapped in paper. A lovely tangy taste and crumbly texture.

What was the most difficult thing about writing in conjunction with the other authors

Writing a tale that’s closely interwoven with a set of stories from other authors poses a particular set of challenges. I know from involvement in relatively ‘disconnected’ anthologies, it’s somewhat easier when what you’re doing is, having agreed on a time and perhaps also a location, you’re then writing completely separately with no reference to others’ characters.

In the case of Under the Harvest Moon and other Bluestocking Belles anthologies, there’s a lot of referring back and forth between the group, negotiation on getting characters in particular places at specific times, and moving your own story towards a mutual climactic scene. It adds a significant extra degree of difficulty, but I believe it also creates a deeper ‘world’ for the reader to become immersed in.

What was the best thing about writing in conjunction with other authors

The camaraderie and willing ‘give and take’ of all the authors involved is simply the best!

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A Love Beyond Time by Sherry Ewing

Eight years ago, Hannah Pownall had her heart broken by a young lord.

Captain Brandon Worthington returns to the town of Reabridge to recover from the war and finds the girl he once loved still unwed. Can love at first sight be reborn after heartbreak, proving a second chance is all you need?

A few favorite lines from your story

Today he was dressed as the young lord he was and always would be.

Those hypnotic amber eyes melted Hannah’s heart like they had the very first moment she had seen him.

“Don’t you dare say your goodbyes, Hannah Pownall. I will return to Reabridge and to you.”

A fun fact about you or the story

It may seem crazy but I love Disneyland and embracing my inner child whenever I can go down to the park.

What was the most difficult thing about writing in conjunction with the other authors?

The most difficult thing about writing an interconnecting story is ensuring that the dialogue matches. I had to rewrite several scenes because of this issue.

What was the best thing about writing in conjunction with other authors?

I always enjoy that the Bluestocking Belles’ boxsets are interconnected. I love seeing the characters from each story making their way through the whole set. I think its what sets our boxsets apart from others.

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The Widow’s Harvest Hope by Cerise DeLand

The new Earl Barlow returns home from Waterloo, intending to live by his own rules. The woman he loved and lost years ago visits for the Harvest festival—and he plans to offer Vicky Wright what they both want. Can a lady who has lived by the rules throw them all away to seize her last chance for happiness?

A few favorite lines from your story:

She grabbed her courage to blurt out the truth. “He had affairs. He told me the night before our wedding.” After I had given you up. After I had lashed myself to my duty to marry him as Papa’s agreements demanded. “He informed me that he would not change his life for me. In fact, if I wished to jilt him, I could.”

“But you didn’t.” He put a hand with his rough calloused fingertips to turn her face toward him, and smiled in sorrow at her. “Why not?”

A fun fact about you or the story:

About Cerise: I did my master’s degree in Chinese and Japanese History and have taught college courses in both!

What was the most difficult thing about writing in conjunction with the other authors:

The challenge in writing these coordinated sets is to include other authors’ characters in the most natural time in one’s story and in the most natural scenes.  To accomplish this, we read each others’ works to ensure continuity.

What was the best thing about writing in conjunction with other authors:

The most fun here in these sets comes from the knowledge that what you have written is not only a superbly crafted story which fits into others’ stories well, but that each of your colleagues has taken the time and care to help you produce the best fiction you can!

Contact links:

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Love In Its Season by Jude Knight

The Battle of Waterloo lost Jack Wrath the use of one arm and ended his career in the cavalry. He has no place to go and nothing to offer. Gwen Hughes has a business to run and no time for romance. Under the harvest moon, two people who believe romance has passed them finally reach their season for love.

A few favorite lines from your story:

Jack listened, absorbed as the preacher spoke of building things up, and all things in their season, and something in his heart shifted. He had had his fill of war, of killing, of tearing down and mourning.

For everything there is a season. He could do this. His harvest for all those years in the army was peace and all that came with peace. He could be Gwen’s husband and the father of her children. It is my season for love.

A fun fact about you or the story:

My Jack’s given name and those of his mentors was based on a tradition common among English puritans. They saw common names as too worldly, so named their children after virtues or religious slogans. Praise-God Barebone gave his name to the Barebones Parliament, but he is also remembered for naming his son If-Christ-had-not-died-for-thee-thou-hadst-been-damned. Other historical names include Joy-in-Sorrow, Sorry-for-Sin, Humiliation, Make-Peace, and Kill-sin.

Apparently, Damned Barebone grew up to take the name Nicolas Barbon. Just as, in my story, Refrain-from-Anger-and-Forsake-Wrath Thursday renamed himself Jack Wrath when he enlisted in the army.

What was the most difficult thing about writing in conjunction with the other authors:

Two virtues are needed. Patience, and patience. We all write a different paces, and use different processes. Yet, to truly intermesh our stories, we needed to share what we were doing and fid out what the others were doing. Sometimes, when I needed to know something that happened in another story, I just had to wait. It was worth it, though.

What was the best thing about writing in conjunction with other authors:

The tremendous support and camaraderie is important, but I think the best thing is a final product. It is a superb. I know I say this every year, but I think it might be the best we’ve done.

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