by Sahara Kelly
Squelching a most un-vicarly thought that involved dropping the persistent young lady into one of the many gorse bushes that still dotted the area, Simon merely smiled and adroitly disengaged himself by dint of pretending to ensure they were all on the right path.
“Watch your step here, if you please, ladies. It can be quite muddy.” He shepherded his personal flock toward the top of the rise, from which vantage point the entire area could be viewed. There were some convenient rocks for chairs, a small copse of evergreens for shade and mostly grass underfoot. Man and nature had combined to make a most pleasant location for visitors.
Reaching the “Lookout” as it was known locally, Simon encouraged the ladies to seat themselves, and looked on with interest as the two baskets brought by the FitzWalter sisters were unpacked. A small picnic was well underway when he finally found a moment to finish the tale of his ancestor.
“I say, these are excellent pork pies, Miss FitzWalter.” He had made that acute observation after snabbling three of the bite-sized pastries on the sly, without arousing undue attention.
“I’m so glad you like them, Vicar.” Tight rolls of greying hair beneath a fluttering lace cap nodded his way. “My grandmother’s recipe, you know. Passed down through the generations, I hear.”
“Well they’re delicious.” He smiled, happy that the two older ladies smiled back. “Now, to finish my story…”
About the Author
Sahara Kelly is always happy to explain to editors that her spelling errors aren’t really errors, since she was born and raised in England, where an extra “u” is quite in order. She likes to think it adds colour to her writing. Sadly, it’s not a widely held belief in the United States, so she’d like you to know she still retains a lot from her English childhood even though you won’t see much of it in her spelling.
Arriving in America with her almost-complete collection of Leslie Charteris’ Saint novels and a passion for Monty Python, Sahara’s new life eventually expanded to include a husband, offspring, citizenship, and a certain amount of acclimation to her new surroundings. (She still cherishes that extra “u” though.)
After more than two decades of writing, Sahara is now enjoying the greater freedom offered to authors by the rapidly expanding self-publishing scene and looking forward to many more such experiences. Being freed of restraints has opened doors—for Sahara and many other writers. There are now no impediments; no obstructions barring the path from writer to reader. Which is, in many ways, exactly as originally intended when that first storyteller sat on a rock outside her cave, tugged her bearskin around her shoulders and smiled at her kids across the open fire with the words “Once upon a time...” (or however it sounded several million years ago.)
To find out more about Sahara Kelly and her writing, please drop by her website and visit her at:
Sahara Kelly (Website – http://www.saharakelly.com)
This is where Sahara shares none of the intimate details of her life, but will present you with a list of books she'd like you to buy so that she can go do research on a beach in Aruba and be pampered with massages accompanied by drinks with umbrellas in them. She’ll send you a postcard. Thank you.
When not dreaming of lazing on tropical beaches, Sahara has a relatively active social presence on the Internet. Take a look:
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Also By Sahara Kelly
(*- co-written with S.L. Carpenter)
The Landlocked Baron
Book 1 in the Pearls of Baron Ridlington series
St. Simon’s Sin
Book 2 in the Pearls of Baron Ridlington series
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The Mistletoe Marquess
Outrageous Ladies
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The Gypsy Gentlemen Series
Honor and Secrets
Control and Compassion
Endings and Beginnings
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Oh My Laird!
Deverell’s Obsession
The Fifth Wife
Julia and the Devil
Discreet Madness
The Viscount and the Witch
Feels So Right*
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Whole Lotta Love Series
Love in the Cards*
Love on the Road*
Love Under the Lights*
A Whole Lotta Love* (the boxed set)
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Happy Endings*
With a Little Help from my Friends (with Ciana Stone)
Letting Off Steam
Winding Her Up
Stripping Her Gears
My Renaissance Romance
Hired Help*
Open House
So Into You*
Faerieland needs YOU
My Wish
My Prize
My Hero
Showing Off*
And many more…
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Several of the above titles were co-written with friend and writing partner S.L. Carpenter. Together, they have a dozen or so books available, each featuring their trademark touches of humour and heat. Their most recent releases are a contemporary romance - a bundle of their very first three books now available together – Feels So Right, a collection of strange fairy tales – Happy Endings - and the Whole Lotta Love series.
These, and a whole bunch of Sahara Kelly’s other books, can be found online for your eReader or your reader app. Quite a few are also in print. No excuses, people. You can add her stories to your bookshelves physically or digitally. Go get ‘em.
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Sahara would like to mention that she and S.L. Carpenter co-own a small business, and have been up and running for five years. They have blended another of their shared passions — art — and formed an online graphics business focusing on the complicated world of writers. If you’re interested in seeing what they get up to when they’re not writing something twistedly hot and sexy, they’d like to invite you to come visit their company at the link below and check out some of the amazing cover art currently being created by S.L. Carpenter. They’re certainly never bored…
P and N Graphics, LLC
www.pandngraphics.com
Happy Reading…
