In the fall of 2014 Francine Howarth (author of Debt of
Honor & Infamous Rival) came up with an idea to compile a group of writers
who would be interested in writing a story for an anthology. The book would be
self-published and the proceeds would be donated to charity.
By the start of November, 6 writers were committed to the
project. We all had different writing experiences, different backgrounds, and
different ideas about the type of story we wanted to write.
We also lived on
three different continents.
The group consisted of
It was decided that the stories could be Georgian or Regency
in nature and would be set in Bath, England. Now we just needed something to
unite the stories. Masqueraders, a fictional Chocolate House located on Milson
Street. Perfect.
During the next few months there was a great deal of sweat,
tears, cramped fingers, panic about deadlines, debate about what Masqueraders
looked like, laughter, and I’m sure more than a few curse words dropped, but in
the end six different stories were submitted. The best thing about the stories
is that they have something for everyone. In the pages of Masqueraders you’ll
find murder, kidnapping, mystery, murder, romance, and of course, lots and lots
of chocolate.
The Chocolate House-All for Love- Anthology is available via
Amazon. All of the proceeds are going to
Nice write-up! ;)
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