Season Finale of Windemere Hall Trilogy

BEGUILED wraps up the twisted, tormented love story of Branson Hamilton and his cousin, Clara. Branson's villainy comes back to bite him when he discovers too late that he needs Clara more than his revenge.

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Their story is woven seamlessly into the sequel, Mark of Caine Trilogy which will be launched in June.

Into the Shadows

Laura Mayhew is the only witness to a sex scandal at Windsor Castle and is swiftly dispatched to Gateshead Insane Asylum. But the girl won’t stop babbling about a stolen baby and the Princess Louise. Her mad tale is beginning to attract attention so Queen Victoria summons Tanner Caine to deal with the problem. The brilliant, solitary and emotionally damaged ex-naval officer is tasked with silencing the girl but first he must break her out of the asylum and win her trust. Laura Mayhew has been expecting the queen to send a man like Tanner Caine for some time and she knows his true purpose in liberating her. But Laura has her own agenda for the ruthless Mr. Caine—if she can just stay alive long enough to see it through. 

Mark of Caine Trilogy is the second in Catherine Lloyd’s Victorian Villains Gothic Romance Series, gothic romance novellas set in 1867 Victorian England. 

Weight Loss and Romance

We here at Writewood Creations have been trying to lose ten pounds (each) for literally years and we've discovered a certain level of starvation is required to pull this off for inactive women in their fifties. We don't care what the diet gurus say--our research shows we lose weight when we are hungry. As in starving. So hungry that a lunch of vegetable soup tastes out of this world. (For instance, I'm really hungry now and I can't wait for my poached egg on whole grain toast. Can. Not. Wait.)

There's no other way. We don't like to exercise, especially in the winter. A collective shudder goes through the office when someone suggests a walk at noon. ("In this? Are you well?") So that's out. Hunger is the only way to whittle those pounds down. Our motto is: "If you are not hungry, you're doing it wrong."

But we've noticed an overall increase in our testiness since we started this thing. Publishing is a cranky business at the best of times. Lots of snark and general irritating nit-picky stuff to deal with. We used to console ourselves with vats of red wine and chocolate Easter bunnies. Cabbage soup doesn't have the same soothing effect as a good-old bag of Hershey's Kisses. And the worst thing is, this semi-starved state will have to be permanent. The new world order. We just can't eat like we did in our twenties.

Does reading romance novels help us stay the course? Here are our completely unscientific results from the past month. We discovered:

1) Reading warm-to-hot love stories cheered us up and helped us unwind at the end of the day.
2) Romance novels are calorie-free. You burn calories reading a book!
3) Reading an engrossing romance distracted us from being hungry and kept us out of the fridge.
4) Romantic love stories made us more amorous with our husbands. Everyone knows sex burns calories.
5) We believe reading romance stimulates the pleasure centers of the brain and reduced our cravings.

Total weight lost: 7 pounds.

Craving a doughnut? Pick up a romance instead! The craving will pass and you'll be an hour or two closer to bedtime and another day done without blowing your diet. We've got this!

February Free eBook Romance....

Love. 

it can suck you in and then spit you out. falling in love, carrying a torch, heartbreak ... why do we do it?

we celebrate romantic love this month because it takes guts to fall in love and it takes faith to stay there. (Jeremy and Jocelyn, and Ellie and Griff know what we're talking about.)

LOVE RISING

Pick up your Free copy Feb. 11-15 on Amazon

TRAITOR

Pick up your Free copy Feb 13-17 on Amazon

Groundhogs and Heartstrings

Hot New Releases for February!

BETROTHED
Shy, stammering Clara Hamilton is shocked when her father announces her betrothal to a cousin she barely knows. Her uncle’s stepson, Branson Hamilton is handsome, avaricious and rumoured to be unstable. Nineteen-year-old Clara, anxious for her father’s approval, agrees to the union unaware of what is at stake. A sinister family secret surfaces and Clara soon discovers that master of Windemere Hall has a dark revenge in store when she enters into his power. GET IT FOR 0.99 IN FEBRUARY!

Betrothed is the first episode in Windemere Hall Trilogy and launches Catherine Lloyd’s Victorian Villains Gothic Romance Serials. Steamy gothic romance in the tradition of Phyllis A. Whitney and Victoria Holt, set in 1867 Victorian England. The novellas will be released in installments like the “penny dreadfuls” of the Age. Each episode ends in a cliff-hanger. They contain scenes, language and themes written for a mature audience.

FORBIDDEN PASSION OBSESSION

Three erotic stories set in Victorian America circa 1895, a time when social pressure puts the lid on simmering desires. Three inquisitive young women and three obsessive men are set on a collision course of taboo sexual encounters. In the Tent, a naturalist can’t stop thinking about a night of forbidden lovemaking with his young assistant. Backstage at the Bijou a young actor acts out a passionate illicit fantasy with his onstage ‘sister’. In When the Landlord Calls, a grotesque landlord is tormented by an obsessive desire for one of his beautiful female tenants. GET IT FOR 2.99 ON AMAZON! Coming soon to other retailers!

FREE ON SMASHWORDS!

Is it hot in here or is it January?

After an unseasonably mild December, we are back in the deep freeze. Writewood Creations has the space heater plugged in and hot chocolate in the coffee pot.

Freshly published today and available for $2.99 at Amazon, Smashwords (all formats) and coming soon to Kobo and B&N:

Buy it on Amazon: The Storm and Doctor Dixon

Buy it on Smashwords: The Storm and Doctor Dixon

Eagle-eyed readers who can spot the difference between the Amazon blurb and the Smashwords blurb will win a free copy of the ebook. There was a last minute change at the time of publishing that did not make it to all retailers. We decided to make a game of it--how many readers will notice? If you can spot it, use the contact form to the right and let us know. A free ebook (via a coupon to be redeemed at Smashwords to allow you the format of your choice) will be yours!

Happy 2016 and best wishes from Writewood Creations!

Hot New Release!

Revisit the good old days when everything was forbidden. Three stories of three young women “losing it” in a time when nice girls saved it for marriage. The collection is part of Evelyn Ellis’s Historical First Time Forbidden Series, short stories and novellas of taboo couplings and lost innocence.
~ Satisfy Me ~ Tempt Me ~ Release Me 
Available on Amazon only until February 4, 2016
Buy it here: CHERRY POP

January Release: 
The Storm and Doctor Dixon
Lucy Dixon is locked out of the house after returning home from a disappointing evening in London’s West End. Her stepfather, the eminent Doctor Joel Dixon is fortunately still awake despite the late hour, to admit her. A fierce storm has the city in its grip and Dr. Dixon is on the brink of a breakthrough in his research. With his wife away, he asks Lucy to assist him in his laboratory. He has an experiment he would like to perform on her. The nature of her stepfather’s work has always been a mystery to Lucy, but it is midnight, they are alone and she is willing to learn. What she discovers transforms her forever. A Victorian Seduction and Surrender Novella

December Romance Book Sale - Guilt Free!

We know the drill.

Our Christmas shopping dollars are earmarked for gifts, trees, decorations, food, more gifts, food, wine, charitable donations, gas, the mortgage, travel, ski packages and weight loss programs. There is simply no room in the budget for romance novels. Even smart, funny romance novels that makes us feel really good about the world and love and life.

We get it.

But what about FOUR romance novels for the price of one? Mandrake Falls Four Seasons Romance (Boxed Set Edition) is currently on sale for $2.99.

Here is the link: Gotta Have It 4-Book Romance Set!

Okay, so maybe we're a little excited. It's Christmas. But it's a genuinely fantastic deal that'll go back to it's regular price of $4.99 on December 28th. Heck, buying each book separately right now breaks out to $5.96. Come 2016, the cost will revert back to Grinch-level prices of $9.96 for the set!

We recommend you impulse purchase the set without a trace of guilt. When the Christmas frenzy gets on your last nerve, come on over and hang out in Mandrake Falls.

Soldier: A Medieval Christmas Story continues to burn up the charts at 0.99 for this Novella Duet. Two hot emotional stories set in King John's time at Christmas.

Buy it or read it on Kindle Unlimited: Soldier: A Medieval Christmas Story

Whatever you do this holiday season, be safe, be happy and know that you are important to us.

Happy Holidays from the staff at Writewood Creations!