Thanks for having me here today, ladies. I’m excited about
my new book, THE DUKE’S QUANDARY, which released today! This story is the
second book in my Marriage Mart Mayhem series. The first book, THE ELUSIVE WIFE,
was the story of Jason, Earl of Coventry.
THE DUKE’S QUANDARY, for those of you who read THE ELUSIVE
WIFE is about Drake, Coventry’s best friend. The story is about a shy, socially
backward, somewhat clumsy botanist, who is forced by her aunt and trustee to
travel to London and stay with Drake’s family for the Season. The inspiration
for this story actually came from a 1971 move with Walter Matthau and Elaine
Mays, entitled “A New Leaf.” Elaine Mays plays a character similar to Penelope
in my story. However, the stories themselves are not similar.
An interesting facet of my research for this book was the
information I got online about The Linnean Society, which is the organization
my heroine, Penelope, belonged to under a man’s pseudonym. I wrote to the PR
person at the society, and she gave me some interesting facts. One of which is
that author Beatrix Potter offered a scientific treatise for the organization,
but because she was a woman, she was unable to present it.
Since there are still another five books in the series, two
of which will release this year: THE LADY’S DISGRACE (October) and THE BARON’S
HOMECOMING (December), I found it necessary to keep quite an extensive list of
characters. If my character in THE DUKE’S QUANDARY visited Coventry, I needed
to know the name of the butler at his estate. I imagine as the series
continues, my list will grow quite long.
Thank you for stopping by today and visiting. I’d like to
offer an autographed copy of THE ELUSIVE WIFE to one US commenter, or an ebook
copy if the winner is international. If the winner has already read THE ELUSIVE
WIFE, I will offer a copy of another of my books.
Callie
Hutton
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| Author Callie Hutton |
Callie Hutton always
knew those stories she made up in her head would be written down one day. There
was nowhere else for them to go. After years of writing articles and interviews
for magazines and company newsletters, she decided to tackle writing a book.
That was back in 2010. Now with twelve books under her belt, and seven more
contracted, the relief at having somewhere to tell those stories is wonderful.
She lives in Oklahoma with her husband, adult children and three dogs.
Author Social Network links:
Twitter: @calliehutton
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