My Visit with the Australian Romance Readers Association

I enjoy the Australian Romance Readers Association which operates 'down under' which is half a world away from where I live and write in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. They are nice enough to host me whenever I have a new book release. My latest book is The Duke's Diamond and I wrote a piece for them that I will share here:

Once upon a time, while I was reading an article about famous gems, I discovered a treasure associated with The Hope Diamond. The mentioned stone, a blue diamond that flashed red under certain conditions, was originally mined in India and called The Tavernier Blue. It made its way into the possession of King Louis XIV, but disappeared around 1791. Stolen, the rumors say. Le bleu de France or The French Blue as I call it in my Treasure Tales series, is famous, or should I say infamous. Supposedly, it had been cut into three chunks.

 

Some say The Hope Diamond is one of those chunks. Since the originally mentioned blue gem disappeared in 1791 and my stories take place in 1816-1817, I took the liberty of hiding all three stones. In The Earl’s Treasure, released last December, the first stone is found hidden by a dead man in a barn. In The Duke’s Diamond, the second stone is hidden… well, you will have to read the book to find out!

 

Placing an earl and now a duke in peril during a treasure hunt came to me quickly, but the books themselves took time to write. A pandemic did not slow me down, but caring for my health and those of my family were tough. With luck, readers will check out the novella Love, Hamish whose characters are mentioned in both of my full-length novels especially a big, red, hairy Highland bull. The Duke’s Diamond is my 40^th published book and I hope its plot, characters, and locations in England and Scotland keep readers amused and entertained.

TO READ THIS BOOK'S BLURB AND TO Learn about other fabulous authors from Australia and beyond, visit the ARRA WEBSITE and BLOG

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Stay safe and read a book!

Nancy Lee Badger