RosemaryMorris.HistoricalNovelist

  What are you reading? I am reading Shadow on The Crown by Patricia Bracewell, an epic tale of seduction, war and unrequited love in Aethelred's reign.

As usual a few inevitable set backs while writing the first draft of my new novel set in Queen Anne Stuart's reign, 1702-1714. I planned to finish it on April 30th. I think I will finish on the I should meet my self-imposed dead line by the 11th May. Phew!  

    I am delighted with this review. Saskatchewan Reaader 5.0 out of 5 stars  A medieval romance Grace, Lady of Cassio by Rosemary Morris It has been a few years since I last read a romantic novel. When I picked up Grace, Lady of Cassio, I rediscovered the delight of losing myself for a few hours. Both Grace and her mother Countess Yvonne have been blessed – or cursed – with the gift of second sight. Unbidden communications sometimes come to them as sudden apparitions or premonitions of danger. How to respond to these messages, and at the same time keep them secret, was only one of the conundrums facing Grace. Grace is beautiful, wilful and sixteen. As the teenage daughter of a noble family in 14th century England, marriage or the veil are the only paths open to her. Most girls her age have already married and given birth. Her beloved twin brother Fulk, Baron de Valcoln, is betrothed to a girl chosen for him by his parents. Grace knows that her first obligat...

  I am pleased to announce the publication of my novel, Grace, Lady of Cassio, as an e-book by   BooksWeLove.   England 1331. What was it like to live at a time when love was not a reason to marry, and husbands had the right to thrash their wives with a rod no wider than their thumbs? Spirited, compassionate, seventeen-year-old Grace is about to find out if her marriage will be made in heaven or hell? Her mother, Countess of Cassio, arranges for her to wed Jocelyn, Lord Lovat, Baron Montford. Grace knows marriage only founded on romantic notions is unacceptable. She agrees to tie the knot with Jocelyn to increase her family’s prestige and political alliances. Nevertheless, she is terrified of sharing a bed with the stranger she will be wed to on the day after they meet for the first time. Until she arrives at her bridegroom’s manor, Grace has only experienced unconditional love. She is shocked by Jocelyn’s spiteful, widowed sister, and is puzzled by her own inexplicab...