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Wednesday, June 10, 2026

The Madam & Mr. MacLean - First & Second Edits are done!

 


        Hello, gentle readers! Hope you are all well and staying safe!
        Okay, I’ll admit it right off the bat. I am tired. As you all know (and probably feel this way, too) there’s too much to do and not enough hours in the day! I am, however, not too tired to let you all know that I have finished both first and second round edits for The Madam & Mr. MacLean…and I’m happy. I have one more round to go!
        As you all know, I just love my editor and copy editor. My publisher, too, and their outstanding cover artists. They’re all so wonderful! I am so blessed!
        The book is already up for Pre-Order. Just love this cover. The heroine looks exactly like I pictured her. And the hero! Wow! Isn’t he dreamy? He’s even more handsome than I wrote him!



Since there’s no rest for the wicked, tomorrow I can get back to Wife Unexpected. I will admit I have missed Faith and Tysen while I worked through my edits on The Madam & Mr. MacLean (scenes and dialogue were coming to me at the most inopportune times. I still stopped what I was doing to jot them down because when great stuff hits you, you gotta do that!). 
And that’s all for me. It’s Sunday so I need to clean out my fridge and get ready to go grocery shopping, plus a bunch of other chores I didn’t get to yesterday. Hmmm, the chores never seem to end, do they?

Stay well! Stay safe! And remember to spread kindness wherever you go!

Marie

Sunday, June 7, 2026

READING THE VISCOUNT by Lexi Post available for preorder!

Reading the Viscount 
(Courting a Curious Lady: Book 5) 
by Lexi Post 
is now available for preorder!

Amazon | Amazon UK | Amazon AU | Amazon CA

If only she were brave. If only he were flexible. If only.

Painfully shy Lady Sophie is happy to blend in among the other shepherdesses at her friend’s Twelfth Night ball, at least until she gets lost in the corridors and a laughing stranger sweeps her into his arms and kisses her. Horrified, she runs away, enticed back to the ball only by a change of costume. But there’s something in her new costume that has her feeling as confident as the heroine of her favorite play, giving her the bravery to experience yet another kiss from the full-of-life Lord Tamworth. Unfortunately, the next morning, she must hide from him and return to her life at school.

Lord Tamworth has vowed not to wed until after he turns thirty, as he has secret plans that must be in place before he can settle on a wife. So, when he kisses an innocent shepherdess, he’s driven to apologize only to end up committing yet another faux pas. Determined to start his new life free of encumbrances, and to once again see the lady with the softest lips and keenest intelligence, he takes extraordinary measures.

It doesn’t take long for Christopher to discover teaching at the Belinda School for Curious Ladies is filled with many pitfalls, the deepest being the intriguing Lady Sophie. As his personal plans come to fruition, he’s torn over his growing feelings for her and ponders the unthinkable―breaking his vow. But he soon realizes his own plans are the least of the impediments to keeping Lady Sophie in his life. If he plays the villain in her story, will she ever see him as the hero?

Releasing June 25th

Catch up on the whole Courting a Curious Lady Series



Wednesday, June 3, 2026

Mistakes Were Made by Lucy Score

As a literary agent, Zoey Mood's career relied on her last client, her romance writing best friend, Hazel Hart.  Zoey had been relieved of her New York office and apartment while banned to Pennsylvania in a rural town where everyone knows everyone and everything about each other.


  

Her new landlord, Gage Bishop who's also an attorney and construction worker, made his upper apartment available for the attractive, yet entirely obnoxious newcomer.

Zoey had a mental list of things she needed to take care of including make enough money to survive, publicize Hazel's new book successfully, and not date any men.  Her taste in boyfriends always backfired.

Quite the opposite for Gage.  He has solid work and wants to settle down with the right type of woman.  

The best relationships can happen as a surprise, when you don't expect it.  All you need is two single people who don't really realize what is good for them.  

This is where Zoey's spontaneous and goofy nature collides with Gage's orderly and carefully planned life through funny and ridiculous events, which allow them to get to know each other.  They attempt to fight off the growing feelings because neither believes they are compatible.  But maybe the differences are more attractive and sustainable than they previously thought.

Many laughs will bring the results!

Happy reading,

Dawn