by Lauren Royal
The cat gave her a hurt look but leapt out.
“Much better,” Judith’s mother said as the door shut. She turned to Lily. “This afternoon, I’m hoping your father will advise me about flowers for Judith’s wedding.”
The Earl of Trentingham was nothing if not an expert on flowers. “I’m certain Father will fancy being consulted,” Lily assured her.
The carriage began moving at last. “I’ve my heart set on yellow flowers,” Lady Carrington told Lily, “because Judith looks best in yellow. But she wants to be married in blue. What color will you wear for your wedding?”
“Blue is nice,” Lily said with a vague smile.
She wasn’t ready to think about weddings, and most certainly not her own.
Rose was a year older—her wedding should come first.
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ABOUT LAUREN ROYAL
I decided to become a writer at the age of eight, after winning a “Why My Mother is the Greatest” essay contest and having my entry published in a major newspaper. Seeing my words in print was a thrill! But everyone told me it’s too hard for novelists to get published, so after college I spent fourteen years as the CEO of my own jewelry store chain before writing my first book. A mistake? Maybe…but my first heroine, Amethyst, was a jeweler, so at least I took advantage of that wise old saying, “Write what you know.” And I learned a good lesson: Don’t let other people tell you what you can or can’t do!
I write humorous historical romance mostly set in England and Scotland in the 17th and 19th centuries (Restoration and Regency periods). I’ve been oh-so-lucky to see my books hit bestseller lists all over the world, including the New York Times and USA Today lists, making this second career a real dream come true. I live in Southern California with my husband, our three young adult children, and one constantly shedding cat, and I still think my mother is the greatest!
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My heartfelt thanks:
To Al Stewart, for writing “House of Clocks,” a song that sounded so eerily like Ford Chase that it inspired me to rewrite the beginning of his story to make it start on St. Swithin’s Day (check out Mr. Stewart’s album Down in the Cellar if you’d like to hear it).
To Geoff Pavitt, Facilities Manager at Gresham College, for finding an incredible amount of information for me, including stuff I didn’t even know I needed until he sent it.
To librarian Claire Andrews, at the Heritage Park Library in Irvine, California, for all her hard work finding obscure 300-year-old books and arranging inter-library loans for me.
To Peter Do and Martha Altieri, for the Latin translation.
To my dad, Herb Royal, for attempting the Latin translation, and also for giving me the taped documentary that inspired the premise for Amber (yeah, I should have mentioned that in Amber’s acknowledgments—but better late than never, yes?).
To my Chase Family Readers Group, for their enthusiastic support.
And, as always, to all my readers, especially the ones who have taken the time to write and let me know how you feel about my stories.
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VIOLET by Lauren Royal - Author’s Cut Edition
Published by Novelty Books, a division of Novelty Publishers, LLC
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Originally published in paperback by Penguin Putnam Inc.
COPYRIGHT © Lauren Royal 2002, 2012
ISBN 978-1-938907-05-0
11th Edition, July 2017
Cover by Kimberly Killion
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