If you've missed Karen Aminadra as much as I have you will be delighted to hear she is back. I am thrilled to have her on my blog this morning to tell us what she has been doing, and thankfully, it seems she has been writing. Go ahead, Karen, tell us all about it.
In
2012 I wrote my first book, Charlotte, the
first in my Pride & Prejudice Continues Series. After Charlotte, came Rosings,
and then my latest, Wickham.
Wickham
was such a challenge to write. George Wickham is not your run-of-the-mill Jane Austen character, is he? He’s a
rogue. And, love him or hate him, he was my next target along with his rather
silly wife, Lydia. I toyed many times with reforming him, I toyed with
straightening Lydia out and forcing my will as the author upon them, but characters
like Wickham and Lydia have a will all of their own. Add into the mix the fact that George Wickham
is a Lieutenant in the British Army during the time of the Napoléonic Wars and
you have all the ingredients for some explosive story-telling.
Here
is a little taster to whet your appetites…
Lieutenant
George Wickham shivered. He was freezing sitting on the damp grass, but that
discomfort was nothing compared to the pain in his wrists where the cold, hard
iron from the manacles dug into his flesh. He tried to shift position to ease
his pain, but with every movement, some other part of his body hurt. Sighing he
gave up. He lolled his head back against the stake in the ground he was chained
to. It serves me right. I do not deserve
comfort.
A shuffling on the ground behind him and
the touch of a gentle hand against his, reminded him sharply of his beautiful
companion. It was entirely his fault that she now found herself chained and
shackled beside him. Whatever her fate was to be—whether free or imprisoned,
alive or dead, it was all his doing.
He closed his eyes and wished to God
that he had been a steadier man, not prone to the whims of fancy. He wished he
could think straight when his heart fluttered at the sight of womanly beauty; yet,
he was no such man. He was a libertine and a blackguard, and his insatiable
desires were the reason he found himself in his current predicament.
His thoughts returned to six months ago,
to England, to where this whole regretful misadventure began…
Whatever
will happen? That’s up to you, of
course, to find out. I really enjoyed
writing this book. Wickham took me to places I never thought I’d go and doing
things I never thought I’d do. But then,
you’d expect that of George Wickham, wouldn’t you?
Wickham
is the third in the series. You can check out the others on my website www.karenaminadra.com
or through Amazon. Here
Wickham
~ Pride & Prejudice Continues, Book 3.
Wickham
believes life is cruel to him until he comes face-to-face with an irresistible
pair of dark brown glinting eyes and falls in love.
He
is bored with his lot in life. His wife, Lydia, drives him as mad as a
hornet’s nest, and he does not give her the attention and respect she demands.
They
both yearn for change.
When
Wickham leaves England to fight against Napoléon’s army in France, they both
get their chance.
However,
what they want is dangerous, foolhardy, and could wind up killing Wickham and
ruining Lydia’s reputation forever.
Lydia’s
wicked neglect of their infant son in favour of her own desires and need for
attention could lead her into very hot water.
Wickham’s
desire for the Frenchwoman he yearns for could be his complete undoing.
