This is my first book, which I finished writing about six
years ago. It has been edited, tweaked, rearranged, and tightened up since
then. It was originally published as a paperback through an independent
publisher, who shortly after publishing my book, went out of business. Faced
with a dilemma, I decided to publish a new version of the paperback myself.
When that became an expensive endeavor, I decided digital publishing was the
way to go.
Over the years, I’ve gained a better concept of writing
fiction, hence the many other changes Whispers in Time has gone through since
that first publication. Although I believe that I still have a long way to go
as a writer, at least to be considered in the same category as some of my
favorite authors, Whispers in Time is still an entertaining read with all the
elements required to make a good romance story.
Kissing Mr. Bellamy
After finishing Whispers in Time and re-reading/proofreading/editing
it about a million times I desperately needed a break from that story. I began
work on The Devil Rogue and when I finished with that one, revisited Roger and
Emily from Whispers in Time. I had totally fallen in love with those two
characters and felt compelled to tell their story.
It was a difficult undertaking, to say the least, to turn
Emily Templeton’s investigation into the murder of her uncle and the growing
relationship with Roger Bellamy into a stand-alone book. The fact that the
timeline of their story overlaps Gabriella and Damon’s in Whispers in Time made
it a challenging process (understatement).
I couldn’t begin their story where Whispers in Time left off
because Roger and Emily had already met. I needed to explain the circumstances
of their meeting, Roger’s friendship with Damon, and how it pertained to the
story. There are a couple instances in the book that seem repetitious, but are
actually events seen first through the eyes of Emily, and then Roger (or vice
versa) – or events from Gabriella or Damon’s point of view in Whispers in Time,
and the same event seen from Roger’s point of view. It wasn’t thrown in there
as filler or to beef up the word count. I have quite an aversion to meaningless
prose used just to take up space. This was intended for the reader to have a
better understanding of what happened in Whispers in Time and how those events had
a profound effect on Roger and Emily’s relationship.
All I ask is that you read the story and enjoy the interaction between Roger and Emily.
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