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Well since we are in the holiday season maybe we could all write a "Dear Judith" letter and start a discussion about questions we have always wanted to ask about our favorite books but have never been able to ask. I bet lots of the veterans of the board will be able to answer these questions and hopefully JM herself will stop by to answer one. "JMBB Observers" (my new term for lurkers) please join us with your thoughts and questions too. So hear is my letter....
Dear Judith,
I am very excited about your new book EBYT and am very glad it is arriving in my stocking this year. You seem to have a renewed spirit for writing a romance and I for one am glad. Do not get me wrong, I love all the suspense you wrote also. Was it difficult to go back to the romance genre after writing suspense?
Merry Christmas from your fellow Texan
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EBYT is going to be my treat to myself to recover from the after Christmas blues. Thank you!
I suppose no question in this note, but I wanted to thank you as always for the many hours of entertainment your books, this board, and the many friends I found through you. What a blessing!
Cin
P.S. Carrie, what a wonderful idea!
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"I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one." Maya Angelou Posts: 2061 | From: Secluded cabin in Colorado w/ Zack | Registered: Oct 2001
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Your new book is on my Christmas list. It is a present I know will not be waiting for me under the tree. But hubby will be pleased because it means he can get me his favourite thing for Christmas -- a gift certificate! He hates shopping and avoids the mall. So, lucky him gets to run in the door at our local Chapters Bookstore and get my present in seconds flat. Now *that's* the way he likes to shop!
I'm very much looking forward to curling up in front of the fire and reading EBYT from cover to cover as soon as it is released.
Thank you Judith, from making everyone's Christmas a little brighter.
Happy Christmas and all the best for 2006!
Kerena
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The coming out of EBYT fall after my b-day. Its indeed a wonderful christmas and b-day treat for me.
Thank you Judith, for sharing with us your extraordinary talent. You are truly blessed and being so generous to share it with us.
Gine
P.S. My bday wish is to see Nick and Lauren again. Is there by chance that they'll appear in any of your future book?
Carrie...thanks for starting these topic.
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The release of EBYT will make my holiday season extra merry and bright! Thank you for sharing your wonderful stories with us, for making us laugh and cry and for creating characters that we not only treasure, but love to debate over. And a special thanks for your super generous spirit and the time spent with all us Dreadnaughts.
Have a very merry Christmas!
Cynthia
P.S. Can't believe I missed the raffle! Grrr! Posts: 1360 | From: Behind the Large Potted Fern | Registered: Oct 2001
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Every year there is always something that I really want. EBYT is it for me this years. Since it will not be out in time for Christmas I've asked for bookstore giftcards instead. I can use it on the 27th when I go pick up my copy (I don't even want to wait for shipping).
Thank you for all the many, many satisfying hours of reading you have given me.
A very Merry Christmas to you and yours.
Lisa
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I don't have any questions, but I would like to thank you for the wonderful hours of reading you have given me. I love your books and this BB. It means so much to me (and I am sure to everyone else too) to see you posting here when you have the chance.
Wishing you a very Merry Christmas, Patricia
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First, thank you for EBYT. My husband is like Kerena's, he is excited that he can just buy me a gift card to Border's to make me happy this year.
Second, thank you for the exciting news that you will be coming out with a new book about once a year. Wow.
Last, Will you be writing any more historicals??
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How fun--Dear Judith letters at Christmas Time. While I have a little time, here are some answers...
Dear Carrie,
quote:Was it difficult to go back to the romance genre after writing suspense?
No, it was the opposite of difficult in every imaginable respect. Whenever a writer is "in the mood" to write a particular kind of book, the writing becomes easier than at any other time.
For amateur writers, "being in the mood" doesn't necessarily guarantee a successful outcome because there are lots of factors he/she can't necessarily gauge, i.e., his/her ability, the marketability of the finished work, etc.
Professional writers have learned to gauge the actual quality of our work with a critical eye--frequently an extremely critical eye--so we're not as likely to think we're doing something well, simply because we're having a ball doing it.
However, and this is a big however--our own tastes and preferences--come into play. If they don't meld well with the currently popular tastes and preferences of a large segment of our potential readership, then our work won't find the kind of favor acceptance it needs.
To illustrate: 25 years ago, no one would buy WML because it was a long regency historical-- virtually the first of it's kind--and no one wanted to give it a chance because it was so "different."
Last month I read an article that the market has been so glutted for the last 20 years with long regency historicals (as a result of WML), that no publisher wants them any more. I'll bet if I were a new author right now, trying to sell WML as my first manuscript, I'd be right back where I was 25 years ago, but for an opposite reason.
Probably my greatest asset as a writer who writes for women is that my tastes and preferences seem naturally to change and stay in sync with a large percentage of women readers.
I don't read much within our genre, however, so I also need to rely on my editor and writers' magazines to keep me informed and warn me if I'm about to buck a current uptrend or downtrend. The knowledge that I've decided to write a book in a "glutted" category, for example, wouldn't necessarily stop me, but it's good to know where I stand.
For example, when I decided I wanted to write a pure romance like EBYT, I had no idea whether women readers were getting as weary as I was of all the suspense sub-themes, or not. I hoped so, but it didn't influence my decision.
There's your "Dear Carrie" answer....
Love,
JM
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I don't have anything to ask you, I just want to thank you for your books. Not only did they bring me hours of enjoyment, they also brought me here to the JMBB. And to that I owe my eternal gratitude for the many treasured friendships I've made on this board.
"If you knew this was your last day on earth - how would you want to spend it? Posts: 1430 | From: Nordstrom's Shoe Department | Registered: Oct 2002
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I want to ask a question, but first take the time to thank you for giving me soooooo many wonderful hours of reading pleasure! It has been such a treat for me to be a part of this board and I never would have found it if it had not been my love for your stories!
I have a "strange" question I have been wanting to ask you if I ever had the chance to meet, but unfortunately real life gets in my every time there is a DN event....
In one of your books you thank Robert Hyland and I am wondering if it is the Robert Hyland from KMOX Radio...just curious.
Thanks!
Barb
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Carrie, thanks for starting this thread! Great idea!
Dear Judith,
First, I would like to thank you for the wonderful hours of truly enjoyable reading! I am looking forward to reading EBYT and seeing Matt and Zack again. I think you are an incredible author. I love your style!
Are you planning on touring to sign books? Will you come to the Pacific Northwest? Portland, Oregon? Oh, please, oh, please!
I love how you connect characters from one book to another. Do you plan on bringing any other characters into future book? How about a big party (Charity Ball) with Matt, Zack, Noah, Michael and Cole? I'd go!
Have you ever thought of having one of your contemporay heroes be a descendent of one of your historical heros? I too would love to see another historical. Oh one more question (I am sure I have others but can't think right not), what do Ian's initials stand for (I.G.B.T)? Is it Ian "Great Body" Thornton?
And, if I may ask a personal question, do you have any grandchildren?
Have a very Merry Christmas! Melissa
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Thank you for enriching my life with your wonderful stories. Yes, it means so much to me too to see you posting here--I love reading all of your posts, not just the ones related to your books.
I do have one question...have you ever seen or met anyone in your real life that you thought resembled a hero or heroine from one of your books?
Merry Christmas and best wishes for the new year!
Astera
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Oh how exciting ladies to have Judith answer my question and such a great response. Thanks so much JM....you made my day. I still cannot imagine anyone in their right mind not wanting to snatch up WML and publish it right away. In my mind, quality is quality no matter how much quanity is out there!
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First of all, I just want to add my thanks for all the beautiful writing you have shared with us!
And thank you for your generosity, not only with your EBYT extended raffle, but with all the little things you do to make us happy!
One question, and it has bugged me since I read Perfect in 1993, (I think I was in elementary school back then, LOL), why wasn't Dominic Sandini mentioned at Zack and Julie's wedding? Please put me out of my misery!
quote:In one of your books you thank Robert Hyland and I am wondering if it is the Robert Hyland from KMOX Radio...just curious.
Yes, Barb, that's the Robert Hyland I was thanking. I worked for him for three years at KMOX Radio, and he was my mentor. Did you know him?
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quote:If you could spend the day with anyone living or deceased who would it be and why? What would you ask them?
What a poignant, thrilling thought to be able to do what you suggest for a whole day...
I would spend that day with Michael McNaught, my husband--and the love of my life--who died more than 2 decades ago. What would I ask him? I've been sitting here thinking about that very seriously, and I've come to the strange, but certain, conclusion that I might spend a half hour asking him about the hereafter, and that's all.
After that, we'd sit on the sofa side by side--Michael with his arm tightly around my shoulders; me with my cheek pressed against his chest. I doubt either of us would want to talk, except maybe to whisper "I love you," three or four dozen times during the remaining 23 1/2 hours.
quote:One question, and it has bugged me since I read Perfect in 1993, (I think I was in elementary school back then, LOL), why wasn't Dominic Sandini mentioned at Zack and Jule's wedding? Please put me out of my misery!
It's been 12 years since I wrote PERFECT, but wasn't there some mention/indication that Dominic was at the wedding or going to be there?
There should have been. I know I wrote it into the original manuscript, but I'm wondering if that got "snipped" before the final book was printed.
As I've described here before, the jackets for PERFECT were already printed and the book was almost ready to go to press when I decided to re-write it and incorporate the theme of illiteracy into the plot. In order to fit the finished manuscript into the predetermined spine size-and pre-printed jacket covers, we ended up shrinking the print front and excising little bits of text wherever we could.
Anyway, Dominic and his family would, most assuredly, have been at that wedding!
I've never met anyone who--physicially, intellectually, and emotionally--resembled my heroes or heroines. I've known many people who resembled them in one of those ways, and a few people who've resembled them in two of those categories, but not all three. At least, I don't think so.
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quote:Are you planning on touring to sign books? Will you come to the Pacific Northwest? Portland, Oregon? Oh, please, oh, please!
No tour is planned for EBYT's hardcover release. I'll let everyone know if one is planned for EBYT in paperback.
quote:I love how you connect characters from one book to another. Do you plan on bringing any other characters into future book? How about a big party (Charity Ball) with Matt, Zack, Noah, Michael and Cole? I'd go!
I love the idea of bringing more characters back into future books and definitely plan to do it.
quote:Have you ever thought of having one of your contemporay heroes be a descendent of one of your historical heros?
Yes, and I guess I could do it. I'm not sure what good it would do for the plot, though.
quote:I too would love to see another historical. Oh one more question (I am sure I have others but can't think right not), what do Ian's initials stand for (I.G.B.T)? Is it Ian "Great Body" Thornton?
I don't think I'm done writing historicals at all, but until I feel a strong compulsion to write one, I'll delay doing it. I still like the time-travel I started. Someday....
I think you'll find a reference to what Ian's initials stand for somewhere in AH. If not, check his mother's, father's, and grandfather's names. They'll probably provide the answer.
JM
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I must say that you brought tears to my eyes with your reponse to
quote:If you could spend the day with anyone living or deceased who would it be and why? What would you ask them?
I'm sure that is why I have loved your books for all these many years now. Thank you so much for putting that depth of emotion into your writing as well.
Similar to what Shannon Vanderwild said, through your writing you have provided me with countless hours of entertainment and pleasure. Because of that, I have found this place, made some very good friends, and done some traveling that I would not have thought of doing (NYC as an example).
I have had the honor to meet you in person, so I know how truly gracious you are. I have never before met someone famous for the first time who made me feel as though it was your honor to meet me, when the reverse was so true.
So, I guess my letter to you is a thank you letter.
Thank you, Kath
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Judith, I've never met you. And unfortunately, I will probably never meet you...but, just by reading your detailled answers to all of our questions on this board, I know you are the one who deserve our "thank you", and without your talent and kindness, we would not be there.
So my huge Thank you too !
Corinne
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Kath...Judith's response brought tears to me eyes, too. It must be horrible to lose someone you love sooo much, but it is so touching to see someone still feel love like that after so many years.
Judith, I met him on a couple of occasions having worked in radio in St. Louis for quite a few years. Nobody could touch the man when it came to radio...he was definitely the King. How lucky for you to have had him for a mentor. I had no idea you worked at the "Mighty" MOX. LOL.
Barb
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He was an amazing, complex, brilliant, demanding, wonderful man to work for. Here's a funny/typical Robert Hyland story.
When I started working at KMOX, I was his assistant. When I resigned three years later, I was "Executive Producer, Live Programming" which meant I picked the guests and topics for our live programs. During my tenure as EP, our ratings went higher than ever before and my stress level soared as far as I was willing to let it go.
I loved him and I loved the station, but I didn't have a life and I had two little children, so I resigned.
As he told me the morning I handed him my two weeks notice and resignation, "No one resigns from KMOX unless I want them to go, and I don't want you to go."
Now, normally, I met with him every morning to go over programming, but from the day I resigned, he refused to speak to me. Period. No meetings. I felt terrible, because he'd been wonderful to me in many ways.
Finally-on my last day, at 5 minutes to 6PM, his secretary came to my office to tell me that he wanted to see him. When I walked into his office, he stood up looking very somber, and he walked around from behind his desk. Instead of shaking my hand, or patting my shoulder, or giving me a platonic hug, or wishing me well--RH shoved his hands in his pockets, scowled at me and said with absolute certainty, "You'll be back. You'll call, and you'll decide to come back. You won't be able to stay away."
I never went back, and I never called. However, 13 years later--after I'd moved to Dallas--when my first book (WHITNEY) was about to be released, Pocket Books automatically went over my bio and contacted KMOX in hopes they'd mention the book or something.
I didn't know anything about that until my publicist called from Pocket, sounding very awed, and said, "KMOX Radio wants to do an hour live interview with you during morning drive time, and Jerry Berger (who used to work with me at KMOX) wants to interview you for the Globe Democrat, and KMOX TV wants to do a evening news interview. Another newspaper and two other radio stations also want to do interviews. Who are you, anyway?"
I tried to explain to her that because I'd worked for RH, everyone in St. Louis who saw my bio in the press kit would want to do an interview--not so much because I'd written a book, but because I'd done that AND worked for him. She didn't really believe me. No one who didn't live in St. Louis could really understand the enormous amount of power and mystique RH possessed.
Anyway, I flew to St. Louis, reported to KMOX, and was informed when I walked into the studio that Jack Buck was going to do the interview. That was an unusual coup, and Jack told me that RH had specifically told him to come in and do the interview. However, except for that mention of RH, there was no note from him, or message, or phone call from him while I was on the air.
Since RH didn't ask to see me, I assumed he was busy, so when Jack and I finished the program, I left the studio. I was standing in the lobby,waiting for an elevator, when his secretary rushed through the doors and told me that RH wanted to see me.
And so...after 13 years...there I was, walking through those 12 foot high double rosewood doors into his office. I'd forgotten how incredibly handsome he was, and how tall, but when he stood up and walked around from behind his desk, he smiled. And I definitely remembered.
So there were were, standing in the same exact place in his office, 13 years later. Only this time, he opened his arms to me for a hug, and he grinned, and the first words he spoke to me were, "I told you that you'd be back."
LOL
For the next year and a half--until my next book was coming out--I assumed he gave me that one-hour drive time program just so he could say that to me and prove he was right.
However, for every book after that, I was always offered a one-hour interview during drive time on KMOX. He was an amazing man.
JM
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I just got back from a grueling day and read your response to my question. I have to say that you brought tears to my eyes with your heartfelt response. You have such a poetic way with words. It shouldn't surprise me because when I read your books they make me laugh and cry over and over again.
If I had one wish it would be that you could have at least that 24 hours with your beloved husband. Our love for others is such an amazing feeling that even death cannot extinguish it!
I hope that you have a wonderful holiday season with your family and I know that your beloved husband will be with you in spirit!
Thank you for all the joy that you bring to others.
Sincerely,
Susan
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I just reread Chapters 86 & 87 and could find no mention of Dom. I believed just as you did that he would have been there. He was an integral part in Zack's survival in prison.
I imagine that this part did get "snipped"! I know it has happened before. In fact, I am sure that is what happened to my beloved Daniel MacLeash in AKOD!
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quote:So there were were, standing in the same exact place in his office, 13 years later. Only this time, he opened his arms to me for a hug, and he grinned, and the first words he spoke to me were, "I told you that you'd be back."
LMAO! What a wonderful opening phrase!
He truly sounds amazing.
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How interesting to know that Mr. Hyland picked Jack Buck to do your interview. I have met him on a few occasions, too. He always seemed to have such a wonderful sense of humor! There was an occasion when I had to accept an award posthumously for someone and the same night he and Joe Garagiola were both receiving awards....I had no clue that I would be speaking in front of icons like that and I was a nervous wreck about it. I said as much when I got up to accept the award. Later, when Mr. Buck received his award he said how nervous he was to speak in front of me. LOL. That was very sweet. Anyway, I wish I could have caught the interview with you and Mr. Buck.
Thanks for sharing your story.
Barb
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Jack did my next several interviews too--It turned out Carole Buck was a huge fan of mine, which made for good conversation on the air.
Since you recognize some of these names, here's the rest of the story about my very first interview on KMOX (which was also my first radio/television interview period). The night before the interview, I flew into St. Louis and checked into the "round" hotel next to KMOX (can't remember it's name). I was so terrified about being on the air, that I broke out in hives listening to KMOX in the hotel. Jim White--who of course I knew 13 years before--was on the air, and I called him. My teeth were chattering with nerves.
When he finished his show, he came over to the hotel, and, -- I kid you not -- he sat up with me all night in the lobby and walked me over to the station in the morning.
What makes that story about him so endearing is that when I worked at the station, Jim and I were friendly, but we were not truly friends. We'd never done anything socially, outside the station, in fact.
There's also an ironically humorous post scrip to my long standing and very severe phobia about public speaking/stage fright: I've since addressed audiences of 3,000 without so much as a tremor and I love doing radio, but I don't like television (or anything involving cameras aimed at me). Even so, I did a 50 city satellite television "tour" with only a periodic glass of wine for courage, provided by my limo driver.
If you knew Jack and Joe Garagiola, you must go back a long way, too, in radio. Jack Buck was a hoot. The man could not pass a framed photograph or litho without checking his hair in the reflection of the glass. He was also unfailingly kind and nice to everyone. Just nervous about his hair, I guess.
If you go back in radio to the 70's, I'll tell you my "The Night Henry Mancini mistook me for a hooker" story. I have a black and white 8 x 10 commemorating that moment.
These names are so old now, that few people know who they were/are.
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Oh Judith ~ I'm dating myself but I want to hear your mistaken for a hooker story! I may not know all the names but I grew up in the 70's. And I do love your stories!
Susan
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Carrie, I applaud you again. What a great post and thank you Judith for all of your replies.
Cin
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"I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one." Maya Angelou Posts: 2061 | From: Secluded cabin in Colorado w/ Zack | Registered: Oct 2001
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Dearest Judith, You are a class act! How wonderful of you to personally respond to everyones questions. I am amazed!
You brought me to tears with your reply to Susan. I feel your soul reaching love. Bless you for drawing on your love to go on!
Thank you for responding to my questions! ;D I will hunt through Almost Heaven to figure out Ian's name!
My original quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------- Have you ever thought of having one of your contemporay heroes be a descendent of one of your historical heros? ----------------------------------------------------------------------
quote: Yes, and I guess I could do it. I'm not sure what good it would do for the plot, though.
I agree it might not help the plot; but, for those who have read all your books and love historicals it would show your incredible talent of connecting books. And, it will bring a smile to our faces. I felt that in Double Exposure when you were describing the room Corey was staying in at Spence's house.
Oh, I would love a time travel story! Would love to see how you pull it off.
Would you consider doing a raffle to get EBYT autographed? The winner could mail you their book with a pre-paid return envelope.
Well, if you ever want to come to the Pacific Northwest, let me know, I have plenty of room!
Thanks again! Merry Christmas! Melissa Posts: 979 | From: Washington | Registered: Aug 2005
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I was actually an '80s radio girl...LOL...but if you grew up in St. Louis, KMOX is a mainstay, like a part of your family. I can remember listening to Jim "The Big Bumper" White sooooo many nights. You were fine if you called him as long as you didn't start your conversation with "How are you?" You were verbally tongue lashed for that one. I also remember when Jim and Anne Keefe did a show together. There were definitely some opinions flying during those hours. LOL. I would love to hear the mistaken hooker story.
Barb
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Dear Judith, Every time you change your book covers, I buy the new ones and donate my old ones to the local library. I am very anal about having my collection match. I was just wondering if there was a chance that your collection of books will ever be a collection of hard copies with the new covers because I would very much like to have a set of beautiful hardback Judith McNaught books to display on my bookshelf in place of some of the ragged paperbacks that I have been abusing with constant rereading. I promise that I would buy every single one of them in a heartbeat!
I'd like to say thank you for many things. Thank you for writing AH. It was my first book written by you. Ian captivated my heart forever and Elizabeth makes me want to be better. Thank you for giving us other wonderful heroes and heroines. After reading and rereading any of your books I feel happy for weeks. Thank you for taking time to post here and share your thoughts with us. Thank you for being as perfect as any of your heroines.
And I have only one question. I've noticed that many heroes and heroines are mentioned in more than one book. However, Ian and Elizabeth are not. For a while I thought that they aren't your favorites. But I remember reading somewhere that you mentioned Ian as your favorite historical hero and Matt as favorite contemporary hero. Forgive me if I got it wrong. Since you mentioned above that you are not done with historicals I was wondering if there is any chance of seeing Ian and Elizabeth again?
Also thank you for creating Roddy. He is very happy being engaged to me LOL I know what you might say about his sexual orientation but let me assure you that he likes women (and me in particular) here on BB
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AH was the next to last historical I wrote, followed only by UNTIL YOU which centered around the Westmorelands.
That's why Ian and Elizabeth didn't appear in subsequent historicals--there weren't any. (Except for UY, which as I explained brought back all the characters from WML, instead).
If I write another Regency Historical, you can almost bet Ian and Elizabeth will appear in it. I loved them both.
JM
And may I add that I'm happy for you and Roddy. I don't know everything about every character, you know. LOL
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