How to Find a Duke in Ten Days by Grace Burrowes, Shana Galen, Carolyn Jewel on October 3rd 2017
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For centuries, the volumes of a priceless Renaissance manuscript, The Duke's Book of Knowledge, have been the subject of legend and rumor. Three members of London's Bibliomania Club have promised a beloved professor they'll find the manuscripts before the professor retires. They are determined to vindicate his faith in the Duke's existence while rescuing a great literary work from obscurity. The problem? The book must be found in ten days. Matters of the heart intrude as each book hunter realizes that locating an ancient manuscript might just lead to happiness ever after.
This is the last day of our week at Buried Under Romance, and Grace, Carolyn, and Shana hope you’ve enjoyed learning more about How to Find a Duke in Ten Days.
Today we wanted to share a few fun facts about the anthology and as a thank you for sticking with us this week, we also have a giveaway. Keep reading for information on that!
Grace Burrowes:
I met the Earl of Ramsdale when he was sidekicking for the Duke of Lavelle in another novella. (see: The Duke’s Bridle Path) The first time I left Ramsdale alone, he went directly to the duke’s library, and he just looked so natural (means “attractive” in romance author-ese) wearing reading glasses, a book in his hand, that I knew there was more to his story.
Lorenzo the Magnificent, Duke of Florence, and patron who (fictitiously) sponsored creation of The Duke’s Book of Knowledge, only lived to be 43 years old. His predecessor as Lord of Florence was Piero the Gouty, his successor Piero the Unfortunate.
Shana Galen:
My heroine, Rosalyn Dashner, was inspired by the character of Inej in Leigh Bardugo’s Six of Crows. I loved the idea of a female who could be both athletic and graceful.
Carolyn Jewel:
The town I live in has many antique shops, and one of them has a rare books section that includes books that are, indeed, quite rare. One of the books they have (or had, perhaps someone has bought it) is a psalter dating from circa 1450. It is Italian in origin, hand-lettered, and decorated, and is bound in a dark red velvet. It was such a beautiful volume I’ve never forgotten it. When my fellow anthology authors and I were discussing this project, I brought up this book as an example of what the book our heroes are searching for might look like. We embellished some details and added some others, of course, but I had such a good time imagining that book from the antique shop!
When I was writing a scene when Lord Daunt, the hero of my story, has thrust his arm into a delicate and beautiful Chinese vase, Magdalene, the heroine, said, “What if there are spiders?” Daunt is appropriately, I think, horrified by that possibility. All along, I thought I’d end up cutting that exchange, but as the story progressed it worked better and better, and so the exchange remains, much to my delight!
Carolyn, Grace, and Shana:
This book is dedicated to Miranda Neville. Miranda had to drop out of the project for personal reasons, but she was instrumental in formulating the premise of the book as a whole, and we owe her an enormous debt of gratitude.
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About Carolyn Jewel
Carolyn Jewel was born on a moonless night. That darkness was seared into her soul and she became an award winning and USA Today bestselling author of historical and paranormal romance. She has a very dusty car and a Master’s degree in English that proves useful at the oddest times. An avid fan of fine chocolate, finer heroines, Bollywood films, and heroism in all forms, she has two cats and a dog. Also a son. One of the cats is his.
About Grace Burrowes
Grace Burrowes grew up in central Pennsylvania and is the sixth out of seven children. She discovered romance novels when in junior high (back when there was such a thing), and has been reading them voraciously ever since. Grace has a bachelor’s degree in political science, a bachelor of music in music history, (both from Pennsylvania State University); a master’s degree in conflict transformation from Eastern Mennonite University; and a juris doctor from the National Law Center at the George Washington University.
Grace writes Georgian, Regency, Scottish Victorian, and contemporary romances in both novella and novel lengths. She’s a member of Romance Writers of America, and enjoys giving workshops and speaking at writers’ conferences. She also loves to hear from her readers, and can be reached through her website or her social channels.
About Shana Galen
Shana Galen is the bestselling author of passionate Regency romps, including the RT Reviewers’ Choice The Making of a Gentleman. Kirkus says of her books, “The road to happily-ever-after is intense, conflicted, suspenseful and fun,” and RT Bookreviews calls her books ” lighthearted yet poignant, humorous yet touching.” She taught English at the middle and high school level off and on for eleven years. Most of those years were spent working in Houston’s inner city. Now she writes full time. She’s happily married and has a daughter who is most definitely a romance heroine in the making. Shana loves to hear from readers, so send her an email or see what she’s up to daily on Facebook and Twitter. Visit her website at www.shanagalen.com
The review of The Thief’s Daughter was wonderful and interested me greatly. The plot, story and locale as well as the era are captivating and special. Thanks for this lovely feature and giveaway.
Thanks for the comment, Anne.
well, since I do love historical romance anthologies, so this post was a winner for me – plus it is about Dukes!
Thanks, Diane!
Umm. No way I can pick which post about the anthology was my favorite! I’m reading Grace’s story THE WILL TO LOVE right now and am loving it! I’m sure i will love the other 2 as well!
Thanks, Glenda!
Thusbpost. It is about dukes and a few of the authors who write about them.
This post*
Shana, I saw your FB post for Buried Under Romance. I was unfamiliar with this site but I’ve bookmarked it and will follow it now. Looks like a great site. I’ve already marked several books that I want to read! Looking forward to upcoming blogs! Thank you!
This one was a good post! Interesting! Looking forward to reading the book!
I liked the guest post with Grace Burrowes best.