The Woe and Wonder of War
Dear Mr. Clemens,
We, the townsfolk of Weymouth, have witnessed a Halloween miracle. At a time when people say the spirits move among us, two of our menfolk have returned to us as if from the dead.
It had been many months since the press gang took them. Yet it felt like only yesterday. Men torn from the arms of their mothers, wives, sisters and marched aboard vessels that lurked along our coast. Woe to the people who must fear their own navy!
Months of no word from any of our kin who had been taken caused us to fear the worst—that Napoleon’s forces had claimed them, and that we would never see them again. Despite the heartbreak, brave souls like young Florrie Dobbs persevered and kept the hope alive that all was not lost.
Then, on the night of Halloween, when we townsfolk had allowed ourselves a measure of frivolity amidst the hardship, two weary souls arrived home. How it gladdened all our hearts! For if these two fine lads could survive such a challenging experience, how many more might do the same?
We are especially pleased for Florrie, who had loyally kept the home fires burning and whose devotion to her husband was matched fully by his dedication to her.
In celebration of this happy ending,
We are
The people of Weymouth
Moonlight Madness
A Bluestocking Belles Halloween anthology
When the year grows colder and the veil between worlds grows thin—or so they say—comes the time for stories to make you shiver. The Bluestocking Belles bring ghosts, and ghoulies, and spirits of all kinds, each leading to love, the greatest madness of all.
Jude Knight – Moonlight Becomes You in which a lady sees, but cannot hear, a ghost who attempts to warn her about a man who will die if she doesn’t find him soon.
Alina K. Field – The Duke, the Diamond, and the Ghastly Ghoul in which a house party at a haunted abbey brings together a duke, a ghost-hunting lady, and two ghosts determined to right old wrongs.
Aileen Fish – Mad about the Marquess in which a lady known for communing with the dead is forced to bring unwanted messages to the marquess next door from his dead father.
Rue Allyn – True Love’s Kiss in which a hunter seeking his kidnapped son in the forest stumbles upon a fairy with a similar mission. Together they may succeed if they stop squabbling.
Caroline Warfield – Not Again, Harry in which a lady takes shelter in a creepy old house only to find haunting, prowlers, strange artifacts, and a man from her past. A wish-granting mouse complicates it all.
Sherry Ewing – Finding My Way To You in which a ghost meets a determined lady who leaps at a chance to alter his past in spite of his efforts to convince her to leave the past where it belongs.
Barbara Monajem – The Haunted Hoyden in which two friendly ghosts help a lady to rescue a handsome, wounded man—who proves to be just what she needs to escape a dastardly plot.
Elizabeth Donne – Always With You in which a man pressed-ganged into service in the Royal Navy promises his wife he will come back to her. Whether it’s in this life or the next remains to be seen.
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Elizabeth Donne writes award-winning sweet Regency romance, a natural outpouring of a lifelong love affair with English literature.
Although Elizabeth has lived in Cape Town, South Africa for most of her life, she has traveled to 5 continents and loves to learn about local culture. In 2015, Elizabeth moved to Iowa with her husband, their two children, two cats, and their African bush dog.
When she’s not writing, or discovering the secret wonders of the Midwest, she is enthusiastically introducing her visitors to the joys of drinking rooibos tea. With a biscuit, of course.
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