Welcome back to Duck Chat!
Today we have a super special treat for you. Sabrina Jeffries is here! How cool is that!
Sabrina, of course, needs no introduction to historical romance readers. Her books and characters are loved far and wide. But if you happen to be one of those who hasn’t read any of her books, you need to take a nice leisurely stroll through her website. Not only will you find terrific reads, but there’s a lot of fun stuff there that can keep you occupied for a long while. But the short story is Sabrina is a New York Times and USA Today bestseller author who writes about 19-Century English life; she has a doctorate in English lit from Tulane and a specialty in Early Modern British literature.
She lives in Cary, N.C. with her husband and son, loves doing dog jigsaw puzzles, and logs hundreds of miles on her treadmill while answering email. Wish I could be that good. For those of you in the Garner, N.C., area, be sure to head to the grand opening of the new Wal-Mart there because Sabrina will be signing books in the electronics department on Friday, August 29 from 5-7 p.m. How lucky are you people!
A meaningful comment or question for Sabrina will put you in the running for a copy of Never Seduce a Scoundrel. Now let’s chat!
DUCK CHAT: In perusing your site, I came across a number of things that made me curious, so I’m going to start with one of those, Sabrina. Though you were born in New Orleans, you were raised in Thailand. How long you were there? Where did you live? Did you go to school there? How is that different from the U.S.? What was the hardest thing to get used to back in the States when you returned? What about the food? (I love Thai food!) LOL, I know it’s a lot of questions, whatever you’d like to tell us is fine!
SABRINA JEFFRIES: I was there 10 years. We lived in Bangkok for most of it, with two years in a little town called Rayong. I was home-schooled in Rayong, but the rest of the time, I went to a private school called International School Bangkok (ISB). School wasn’t much different there, since the curriculum was pretty much the same as any school in the U.S. or slightly better. For example, I took pre-Calculus as a junior in high school. It was a course for seniors in my school in the U.S. (where I spent my senior year).
In fact, THAT was the hardest thing to get used to in the States—the school system. At ISB, clubs and academics were the center of the school’s social life. Since we couldn’t really play much sports (who were we going to play baseball against in Thailand?), sports were very low in importance. The whole jock/cheerleader popularity thing didn’t exist. Our theater department put on four plays a year (my school in the States did one). We had several different choirs. There was no racism, since we were a mix of races and cultures. My two best friends in 8th grade were Indian and Chinese. In a school where African-Americans were no more prominent than any other race, our class president one year was African-American. It was a shock for me to land in a Southern school where sports reigned supreme and racism was alive and well. I didn’t fit in, especially as a senior who hadn’t come up through the schools with all the kids there. I was pretty miserable.
I do love Thai food, though!
DC: If you could retire any question and never, ever have it asked again, what would it be? Feel free to answer it.
SJ: I guess that’s “Where do you get your ideas?” Because I get them everywhere and from everything, and that’s kind of hard to explain.
DC: Since your School for Heiresses boasts your latest releases, let’s talk about that first. There’s now six books in the series. How did the series first come about? Has it evolved like you originally envisioned?
SJ: My publisher said something about wanting a character who went across all the books, and for some reason, I thought of Charlie’s Angels. Weird, I know, but I did love that TV show, and I think I’d just seen one of the movies. Anyway, I loved the camaraderie of the women in the show, and I especially loved the anonymous Charlie. I wanted so badly to find out who he was. So that was in the back of my head when I came up with the series—I wanted an anonymous benefactor who could end up in a romance with the school’s headmistress (whom I subconsciously named after Charlie by naming her Charlotte, even though the mysterious guy is Cousin Michael). Then it went from there, and I’d say it evolved the way I had envisioned it.
DC: I’ve heard writers often say their stories take them in surprising directions, or dialogue flows from some unknown place. Is it the same with you? Do your characters surprise you sometimes?
SJ: My characters surprise me all the time. I plot a book thoroughly at the beginning. Then I write what I want. Seriously, though, I have certain things I know I want to happen and those always do, but I make a lot of changes in plot as the story goes on, largely because I just CAN’T know my characters until I start writing the book. It takes me a few chapters to really feel like I know them, and those first few chapters get rewritten 10 and 11 times until I do. That’s why I find myself discovering stuff around every corner. My heroine will blurt out something to the hero, and I’ll think, “Wow, didn’t know that. That changes everything.” I’m a firm believer that the Subconscious acts as a silent partner in every author’s writing.
DC: Wed Him Before You Bed Him and Don’t Bargain with the Devil are your latest releases. First, who came up with the titled for Wed Him? Great job! Would you give our readers a little insight into each book?
My editor came up with the title for Wed Him Before You Bed Him. She’s brilliant that way. As the last book in the series, it’s Charlotte’s story, which finally answers the question running through all the previous books, “Who is Cousin Michael?” Don’t Bargain with the Devil leads up to it with the story of Lucy Seton, who was a secondary character in Let Sleeping Rogues Lie. Lucy goes to war with the school’s new neighbor, a Spanish magician who appears to be jeopardizing the future of Mrs. Harris’s finishing school. But he’s really trying to return her to her Spanish grandfather without her adoptive father’s knowledge.
Excerpt from Wed Him Before You Bed Him:
He certainly seemed impatient for Charlotte to be gone, given how he hurried her out of the ballroom and down the stairs. But when they reached the bottom of the staircase, she realized his impatience was not for that. Before they could head for the entrance or attract the notice of the footmen at the far end of the passage, he pulled her into the nearby library. Then closing the door, he hauled her into his arms.
“What—”
“Not one word, Charlotte,” he murmured. “Not now. Just let me have this.”
Then he kissed her with such fierce intent that her toes curled in her slippers. Oh, heavens, what the man could do with his mouth. It was tender and bold all at once, and so needy it made her heart ache for him.
When at last he drew back, she dropped her reticule to grab his lapels and tug him down to her again, not ready to end their interlude.
That was all the encouragement he needed. With a guttural moan, he shoved her against the door, his mouth savaging hers, his tongue thrusting deep as his lean body slid against her in a motion that was unmistakably intimate. Already she felt the ridge of his flesh pressing insistently against her belly. His hands roamed up and down her sides, over her hips and up to her breasts.
But when he filled his hands with them, she pushed him back. “No,” she said softly. “Not here.”
A dark knowing flared in his face. Oh, Lord, she’d as much as said that elsewhere would be fine.
Unfortunately, that was true. She wanted him. She had always wanted him. And would it be so very bad to have an affair? She was a grown woman. She could do as she pleased. And so could he.
He bent his head to her cheek, dragging his open mouth along her jaw to her ear. “Then where?” he murmured. “When?”
She could hardly think with him still cupping her breasts. “We ought to wait until after—”
“No, damn it.” He nipped her ear lobe with his teeth. “I won’t. And you don’t want to either.”
A pox on him for being right. “Well … then … we must be discreet.”
“Discreet, yes,” he breathed in agreement against her ear.
Her mind was swimming, her body alive to the feel of him. “I just know it cannot be here.”
“Right.” Yet he reached for her leg and pulled it up, pushing into her, mimicking the act he wanted to perform. “Not here.”
She must be mad, both to be considering this, and to be letting him touch her now. They could be discovered at any moment. “We have to stop.”
“Yes.” Still, he tried to take her mouth again.
This time she shoved him hard enough to make him fall back. His gaze burned into her like a brand, sparking a fever in her chest.
“Not here,” she said firmly. “Not tonight.” She had to escape him, to think about what she was doing. Before she fell into something she regretted. “I have to go. We can talk about this later.”
“Tomorrow.” His eyes glittered in the firelight. “We’ll discuss it tomorrow when I take you to see those properties.”
“Properties?” she said inanely.
“The ones for the new school building? Remember? So you don’t have to deal with a race course next door?”
“Oh. Right.” She had completely forgotten about that. At the moment she could hardly think.
Still trying to catch her breath, she bent to retrieve her reticule, then remembered something else. “Didn’t you tell my personal footman that you would give me a list of those properties tonight so I could look it over?”
“Of course.” Delving inside his coat pocket, he drew out a folded sheet of paper, but when she seized it, he grabbed her by the wrist. “You must promise you won’t go tour them without me.”
“Why?”
“Because it’s dangerous for a woman to do that sort of thing alone. Some sellers are unscrupulous, and some of the vacant properties could have vagrants—”
“I have Terence.”
With a scowl, he tightened his grip on her wrist. “I’m not giving you the list unless you promise.”
“Oh, very well. I promise.” As he released the list, she tucked it into her reticule and opened the door to peek out into the hall. Fortunately, the footmen were involved in a heated discussion, leaving the two of them free to slip out and head for the entrance as if they’d just descended the stairs.
While waiting for her carriage to be brought, they said very little, but she was painfully aware of his body beside hers, of its heat and strength, which could be hers whenever she wanted. The knowledge was as exhilarating as it was terrifying. Merciful heavens, when had she turned into such a wanton?
DC: Do you ever argue with your characters while you’re writing? Who usually wins?
SJ: I don’t argue with them much, but they usually win. Once in a while I have to slap them around, but not too often. I figure the characters know better than I do what will work for them. (Yes, I realize that all of that is in my subconscious, but it manifests itself as the characters talking to me.)
DC: What is sure to distract you from sitting down and working/writing?
SJ: Checking my E-mail, surfing the Internet, Spider Solitaire, family stuff. Fortunately, I don’t have the first three distractions on the computer where I do my writing. I deliberately write on an internet-free computer.
DC: What’s it been like having your books reissued with such different covers? The Forbidden Lord had a gorgeous cover before, but, heavens, the new one is terrific!
SJ: It’s cool! I like the new cover of Forbidden Lord better than the original, but I didn’t like the original much. They’re reissuing The Dangerous Lord next year, however, and I LOVED the original cover for that one, so it will be interesting to see if they can top it.
DC: What has been your favorite book cover from all of your releases and why?
SJ: It was probably Dangerous Lord, come to think of it. I love the mysteriousness of it and the moonlit night and the dark blue. Or maybe Beware a Scot’s Revenge, which has such a gorgeous stepback and evocative front.
DC: How about your least favorite cover? Why?
SJ: My least favorite of my Sabrina Jeffries covers is probably In the Prince’s Bed, because the heroine looks like she’s wearing a diaper.
But my least favorite of all is my Deborah Nicholas cover for Night Vision. The hero looks anemic, the angle is all wrong, and it has a clown doll on it when the doll that figures in the book is a Barbie!
DC: Okay, for some reason this has escaped my knowledge: You also write under two pseudonyms, Deborah Martin and Deborah Nicholas. I did not know that. Why? And why two different names?
SJ: I don’t write under them anymore. I wrote as those two in my “first” career. Basically, pseudonyms are meant to distinguish between different styles of writing. In my case, my Sabrina Jeffries books are lighter, sexier historical romances than my Deborah Martin books were. They have more dialogue and more sensuality, but less density and complicated plots. What can I say? I always preferred to read that sort of book, and I finally decided to try my hand at writing it.
My Deborah Nicholas books were contemporary paranormal romantic suspense books, so they’re miles apart from my current books, and from my Deborah Martin books. And all my various publishers preferred that I take pseudonyms to make it easy for readers to know which sort of book they were getting. It’s used more for authors before they become successful. Publishers are afraid that a book written in one subgenre will affect the sales of one written in another subgenre if they are published under the same name. So they suggest you take different names. In my case, my Deborah Martin books weren’t terribly successful, so they asked me to take a pseudonym when I started writing a different type of historical.
DC: Can you suggest a title or two from the under those two names for someone to pick up if they haven’t read anything by you there?
SJ: Since I haven’t written as Deborah Martin or Deborah Nicholas for years, the books are unavailable new, but you can still find copies in used bookstores and online used outlets. Storm Swept is probably my favorite of my Deborah Martin books, and Silent Sonata for my Deborah Nicholas, but everyone has different favorites. I do have some fans who like my books regardless of pseudonym.
DC: How do you feel your male or female characters have evolved over your career? Do you think you write them differently now than you did when you started?
SJ: I really don’t think I write them any differently than I did early in my career, though. Well, except in one respect—they’re both wittier and less predictable in dialogue, IMO.
DC: LOL, your Will & Jane page on your site is just great. How did you get into doing comics in the first place and then tell us about Comic Life, please.
SJ: Two years ago for Christmas, my agent gave me a Jane Austen action figure. Then I bought a Mac, and my brother introduced me to the software Comic Life. I thought it was fabulous. I’d already done handmade cartoons on my site, but Comic Life made it so much easier. A while later, my husband bought me a Will Shakespeare figure for yet another Christmas present. Except this time Will was more of a caricature. And he was short. When I put the two figures next to each other, I flashed on how they would interact as action figures. And that was it! Will and Jane were born.
DC: Is there a genre you haven’t tackled but would like to try?
SJ: I have a couple of ideas for books of a different subgenre—mostly suspense, mainstream, and time travel—but haven’t had the time to pursue them. The more successful you become as a novelist, the more frequently your readers want books, which makes it difficult to justify time spent experimenting in another area or genre.
DC: What advice would you give to your younger self?
SJ: Probably the same advice I would give anyone. Perseverance is the key. You must keep writing, keep putting your work out there, and keep learning before AND after you get published. Never think you’ve come too far to learn.
DC: You have more than 3 million books in print. 3 million! That’s a staggering number. When you really think about that, well, what comes to mind??
SJ: Most of the time, I don’t really think about it! But yes, I guess it really is a lot (and it’s more now, closer to 4 million). I AM thrilled, though, to think that so many of my books are available. I never dreamed I’d get this far in my career.
DC: If you were a book, what would your blurb be?
SJ: A wacky author finds friends and a fruitful life in the world of romance novels. Sounds pretty boring, huh!
DC: What would be your “voice’s” tagline?
SJ: I have NO clue. I’m not very good at assessing my own voice, I’m afraid.
DC: For those one or two people out there who have yet to read your books, where would you suggest they start to first get a flavor of your writing?
SJ: That’s hard to say. To Pleasure a Prince and Wed Him are two of my more emotional books, Let Sleeping Rogues Lie is one of my more unusual books, and I think Never Seduce a Scoundrel and One Night with a Prince are two of my wittiest books. It kind of depends on what the reader is looking for. All my books are not the same, by any means. Just read the reviews for proof of that!
DC: If you had never become an author, what do you think you would be doing right now?
SJ: I’d probably be a teacher. I taught college for a while.
DC: What’s on the horizon for Sabrina Jeffries?
SJ: The first book of my new series, The Hellions of Halstead Hall, comes out January 19, 2010, and is entitled The Truth about Lord Stoneville. It’s about a character from the Heiress series, Lord Stoneville, who captured the imagination of my readers (and whom a lot of people expected to be Cousin Michael). The series is about him, his two brothers, his two sisters, and their cranky grandmother. They’re a family in crisis, thanks to an age-old scandal in their lives, and now their rich grandmother has issued an ultimatum—marry or be cut off. And not just one of them, but all of them. Some of the Heiress characters will show up from time to time (his friends, after all, married heiresses or teachers from the school), and some of the characters from the Heiress series are sure to have a place in this series, and perhaps even books of their own.
Lightning Round:
– dark or milk chocolate? – Dark chocolate
– smooth or chunky peanut butter? – Chunky
– heels or flats? – Flats
– coffee or tea? – Coffee
– summer or winter? – Fall (I’m contrary that way)
– mountains or beach? – Mountains
– mustard or mayonnaise? – Mustard
– flowers or candy? – Flowers, unless the candy is dark chocolate
– pockets or purse? – Purse
– Pepsi or Coke? – Coke
– ebook or print? – Print, but that will change if I get a Kindle.
And just because:
1. What is your favorite word? – Love
2. What is your least favorite word? – Retard
3. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally? – Music
4. What turns you off creatively, spiritually or emotionally? – Sports
5. What sound or noise do you love? – Hmm, there’s so many—the wind in the trees, waves crashing, soaring violins … hard to choose one.
6. What sound or noise do you hate? – Cars crashing
7. What is your favorite curse word? – Um, do I have to answer that? I have a bit of a potty mouth
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? – Actress
9. What profession would you not like to do? – Golfer
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? – “Well done.”
DC: Sabrina, what a joy it was to have you here today. Thank you!
Great interview! The Forbidden Lord has always been my fave SJ title (Love Jordan!!), but I just reread Never Seduce a Scoundrel, and I have to say, there’s something very seductive about a guy who loses himself entirely when he’s with his woman. Lucas is something else.
Looking forward to the new series!
RE: book covers
How are you book covers created? Do you have a vision as to how your book covers should be done and convey that image to the artist or does the artist do the book covers with just a synopsis of your book?
Hey! Glad I saw this on Facebook!! I learned so much I didn’t Know. I have enjoyed the Heiress series sooo much. Us in the southeast can’t wait for Lord Stonevilles’ story. Keep up the great story telling!!
Angie
Hi Sabrina! Loved the interview. I can’t wait for your new series. I really had no idea who Cousin Michael was going to be, but I was very pleased with how that story ended up. It did seem somewhat like Charlies Angels, now that I think about it. Such a great series. (But, naturally, I feel that way about ALL of your series.)
(Don’t worry about entering me in your contest… I think my copy of NSAS is already autographed or has an autographed plate thing in it!)
Hi! I thought it was a wonderful interview as well. I learned some things i didnt know before and now that i do, ill definitely have to check out those books under those other names. Also, in reading an above posting, I’ll have to now check out Never Seduce a Scoundrel as well…lol. But I gotta say still liked “In the Prince’s Bed” no matter the cover. Just because it will always be the first Sabrina Jeffries book ive ever read. Keep the stories coming cause i’ll keep buying them!
🙂
Thank you for your books! I’ve thoroughly enjoyed all the books I’ve read (and I think I’ve read them all!)!
I thought the interview was great. I am so glad that some of your older books are being re released. Some I have had a hard time finding at a reasonable price. Can’t wait for Lord Stonville.
Off to read some of your books that I found at a used bookstore. I had read the first Swinlea book and had been looking for the rest of the series and have found all but one.
Have a great afternoon.
Hi, y’all! It’s great to be here, and I’m glad y’all are looking forward to the new series. I’m starting the second book now.
Joan, I give them ideas for covers, but they generally ignore me. *G* I’m not an artist, after all. I think the artist pretty much goes from a concept created by editorial and marketing, but I’m not sure.
Erika, glad you liked In the Prince’s Bed! Yes, it’s just the cover I hated, but I’m glad you still have a soft spot for the book.
Alisha, they’re reissuing that series, too, but at a rather slow pace. I have no clue when they’ll do the last three books, after having reissued the first two. I’m not sure why they’ve done them in that order–it’s very odd. I never know what prompts publishers to do what they do!
Cail, great to see you here!
Angie, I’m glad you liked the Heiresses. The girls could be a pain sometimes, but they usually shaped up after a little talking to. *G*
Lori, I still have a soft spot for my American hero. I wouldn’t mind doing another one like Lucas!
Heather (and all of you, for that matter), thanks for reading the books! It does me no good to write them if nobody reads them. *G*
I read the entire Heriess series over the last 35 days, even re-reading the ones I had already read. My husband came back from over seas, he changed jobs, we moved into a house half the size as what we were in… major stress going on. Your books were the perfect relief from the real world at the end of the day.
Thanks!
Great interview, I love reading your books they are great! I can’t wait to read your new release! What do you enjoy the most about writing, the research or just putting your characters together? When I am reading I become part of that book and travel with it. Is it the same way when you are writing it?
Hi, Sabrina! I have to say, this was a very revealing and in-depth article. Good job, Ducks! Even with all I know about you, I learned something. Chunky peanut butter, huh? I’m am all about the smooth! Love peanuts, love peanut butter, but the two do not belong together. *g* I loved the Heiress books and cannot wait for the Hellions to come out! That series is going to be amazingly fun. Thanks!
Welcome, Sabrina! I enjoyed reading your interview, and I learned some things that I didn’t know. I am glad to see that some of your older books are being reissued.
I must tell you that I love your Will and Jane cartoons. I really want to buy my own figures to put on my bookshelf.
Alicia, glad I can help you escape. It sounds like you have a LOT to escape right now. Phew!
Quilt lady, it’s the actual writing that I love the most. I enjoy the research, don’t get me wrong, but when I’m writing and it’s going well, it’s like flying. I get completely sucked into the story I’m writing. I laugh to myself. I say things like, “You bad boy, you!” Yes, I’m very weird. The plotting and early development part is just hard work. I generally can’t wait until I can get to the writing part, but I don’t dare start it without knowing where I’m going. That’s just the way I am.
Caren, I like nuts mixed with just about anything! Hubby likes smooth, though, and I eat so little peanut butter that I don’t buy crunchy for myself, so I rarely get the crunchy. 🙁
Cheryl, glad you like the Will and Jane comics! (If any of you want to check them out, they’re in the author section on my website. Just click on Will and Jane–they’re all there). You can find the figures pretty cheaply on two websites: http://www.mcphee.com and http://www.jailbreaktoys.com . Jane and the tall guys are on the first one, Will and the short guys are on the other. I guess they don’t like to mix. 😉
Hi Sabrina!
I’m trying to imagine you as a golfer! Actress, yes! But I don’t think either of us would make a good golfer–we’d talk our way across all 18 holes!
I love your blurb, BTW! Just exactly right! 🙂
Great interview, as always, Sandy!
I’m going to sound like I’m stealing Deb’s words but I loved your blurb too. I have nothing too meaningful to say I guess… I love to read and I love your books! Thanks for writing them! 🙂
Hi Sabrina! I am new to your books; I was wondering, have you ever or will you ever write a story featuring a heavier heroine? I am a size 14 and although I love reading any sort of story sometimes it is nice to read about a character that is similar to you physically.
Thanks!
Oh my goodness. That excerpt makes me want to read Wed Him Before You Bed Him right this second!
Fab interview from the Duckies and Sabrina.
I can’t wait for your new books Sabrina!
Sabrina! I just finished reading Don’t Bargain with the Devil and Wed Him Before You Bed Him is what I’m reading this weekend! I read all your books and I can feel your wackiness in all of them… I think that’s why they’re so good!
Becky, I try to write heavier heroines from time to time. A Dangerous Love has a heroine who I’d say was probably a size 14, and Stoneville’s heroine is definitely on the slightly plump size, too. So was the heroine of my novella, “When Sparks Fly,” in Snowy Night with a Stranger. I like to alternate heroine types.
Marg, glad you liked the excerpt. It’s one of my favorite scenes in the book. These two can’t keep their hands off each other.
Veedee, hope you like Wed Him! And sorry if I spoiled it for you by revealing what my next book is. I guess now you know who Cousin Michael is NOT. Oh, and it’s good to hear that my wackiness works for me. 🙂
It was an interesting interview. The Dangerous Lord is my favorite Sabrina Jeffries book. I enjoyed Charlie’s Angels, what a fun series it was and it’s great your series had a Charlie type character in it.
Hi Sabrina, Great interview !!!
I love your books (I’m pretty sure I’ve read all your “sabrina Jeffries” books).
I can’t wait for your next release !!
All the best,
Hi Sabrina. Great interview. I love your writing. Your new books sound so good.
Hi Sabrina,
That was a great interview. Thanks for talking about your upcoming series a little bit. I saw the book on Amazon and have been trying find info about it ever since. Speaking of that, I have a couple questions.
1) Tenatively how many books will be in this new series?
2) Is there any type of cultural inspiration that is guiding this new series (i.e. Charlie’s Angels for the Heiresses series)?
3) I’ve seen a couple names for your upcoming book. Is the title you mentioned in the interview the one we should be looking for on shelves in January?
Jennifer, to answer #3 first, the title on Amazon (and in the interview) is the title. They started with The Bachelor’s Revenge, which I didn’t really like, since he’s not getting revenge against anybody. *G* I really love the second choice, though.
As for question #1, right now I see the series as five books, for the five siblings. Like the Royal Brotherhood series, it has a definite story arc as the siblings uncover the truth about what happened to their parents.
The answer to #2 is that this series is based loosely on a very odd family from the Georgian period: the Earl of Barrymore and his siblings. His parents died when he was very young (4 years old for his father; 11 years old for his mother), leaving him and 3 siblings to grow up spoiled by their grandmother. All four of them were quite wild and they all had nicknames. He was called Hellgate, one of his brothers was called Cripplegate (because of a club foot), the other was called Newgate (the only prison he’d never been in) and his sister was called Billingsgate, because she cursed like a fishwife. I’ve always been fascinated by them. He was incredibly multi-talented and romantic, though sadly he died at 24. If you want to read more about them, you can find info at http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~awoodley/regency/barry.html .
BTW, I don’t know if any of you were thinking about going to my Walmart signing this afternoon, but if so, don’t go. It’s been cancelled. I just received word from the store that the books ended up somewhere across the country, so there are no books. They want to reschedule for some time in the next two weeks.
If you think you might be interested in going, let me know and I’ll keep you posted about the new date and time. Sorry for the inconvenience–sometimes these things happen.
Now I’m off to write, since apparently I’m not doing a signing this afternoon after all!
So I read Wed Him Before You bed Him last night based on this excerpt. It kept me up until the very early hours of the morning and I really enjoyed it! Sad to see the series ending, but glad to know that there is a new SJ book on the way. Going back to read the earliest series now!
Wow, Marg, glad you liked it! And thanks for telling me.
Hi Sabrina,
Thanks for answering my questions so thoroughly. You quelled my desire for more info about your book. I’m sure that come mid-December I’ll get excited again when I go on your site to read an excerpt. Your answers have tided me over until then.
I did go to that link and read about your inspiration. Quite an interesting man!
Best wishes on your writing.
I am sorry I missed this. But I love Sabrina Jeffries and any book she has ever written. The Heiress series was and is fabulous. I am so glad some of the characters will be visiting in the new series . Thanks Sabrina for so many wonderful hours of reading.
Carol L.
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Really good interview Sabrina. Now I have a little insight into a writer’s mind.
I’m with you on the dark chocolate. Reece’s cups are now in dark chocolate. Yum.
Love your books. They give me many hours of reading pleasure.
Jennifer, glad I satisfied your curiosity! There should be stuff up on the website soon about the new series, including an excerpt.
Carol, I’m delighted you enjoyed the Heiress series!
Angela, I wish you hadn’t told me that about Reese’s cups being in dark chocolate now. 🙂 I’m addicted to dark chocolate!! And to have it in Reese’s …. I’m in trouble now! Glad the books give you pleasure!
Hi Sabrina! So many historical romance authors are also writing paranormal books now or have totally switched to them. What is your take on that?
Deidre
Yay for the excerpt !! I’ll be watching…lol
A well researched site, I’ll link to it from my site thanks