How to Court Your Wife is out in the world today!!! This is the third of the "Matchmakers in Bath" trilogy, and I really loved writing it since Sandrine is a modiste, famous for designing "lucky" wedding gowns. Since I looove fashion, it was hard to stop researching and start writing. More historical research info in an upcoming post...
They married for convenience, now they have a second chance to fall in love! Enjoy the final installment of the Matchmakers of Bath series.
Falling for her husband
…all over again!
When Sandrine was forced to give up her dressmaking dreams to wed Alain, Comte d’Alency, she never expected to fall for her convenient husband at first sight! Only, her hopes were dashed after their wedding night, when she discovered Alain loved another, so she fled…
Years later, Alain encounters his wife again! Now a successful modiste, Sandrine no longer needs him. To make amends and reclaim his runaway wife, he’s determined to give her the courtship they never had. But Alain’s not the only one with a past to reconcile—Sandrine’s also been keeping a little secret…
From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.
Matchmakers of Bath
Book 1: The Earl's Cinderella Countess
Book 2: Their Convenient Christmas Betrothal
Book 3: How to Court Your Wife
From the Highclere Castle gin website! (because it sounds yummy! Let me know if you try it. And I have bought bottles of the gin before, it's excellent...)
Pumpkin Pie Sour
2 oz Highclere Castle Barrel Aged Gin
1 bsp. Pumpkin Puree
3/4 oz Lemon Juice
1/2 oz Cinnamon Syrup
Egg White
2 dashes Vanilla Bitters
Pumpkin Spice
Star Anise Garnish
Directions: Add the puree to cocktail shaker. Then add the gin, lemon juice, cinnamon syrup, egg white and bitters. Shake with ice for ten seconds and strain into a cocktail coupe. Add some pumpkin spice to the top and garnish.
How to make the cinnamon syrup
1 cup of water
1 cup of white or raw granulated sugar
4 cinnamon sticks
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Directions: In a small saucepan, bring 1 cup of water to a boil and stir in the sugar until dissolved. Reduce the heat and add the cinnamon sticks. Cover and simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and keep covered. Allow the syrup to cool for at least 1 hour. Remove the cinnamon sticks and stir in the vanilla extract.
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What I'm watching: the new "Lynley" series (Leo Suter, yum)
What I'm reading: Days of Light by Megan Hunter (beautifully written, I am reading slowly to absorb every paragraph!), and Stephen Greenblatt's Dark Renaissance, his new bio of Christopher Marlowe
And your fun links for the week:
The most beautiful haunted houses in the world
An article about Lapdog Rescue (we got our two little rescues, Pippa and Kate, from them! They do wonderful work)
On October 17, 1793, Marie Antoinette was executed
The British Museum's appeal to save the "Tudor heart" pendant
October 14 was Ada Lovelace Day
Some of the most stunning period costumes seen on film
The French have...croissant-scented stamps! Brilliant!
How close did we come to losing Beowulf forever?
A witch's tips for the best Halloween party ever
150 years of Liberty of London
Auction of the jewels of the Dowager Countess of Airlie (complete with gorgeous tiara!)
In other auction news, the gorgeous Faberge Winter Egg...
Jilly Cooper's Cotswolds abode
Eugene Levy's interview with Prince William (complete with Orla, the scene stealing spaniel!)
Medieval monks and their luxe skincare
We lost Hyacinth! The death of the wonderful Dame Patricia Routledge
A Regency flat in Bath where I would love to live
