Interview with Historical Romance author Grace Burrowes

RFR: Today we are joined by Grace Burrowes.  Welcome back Grace, as always it is a pleasure to have you at RomFan Reviews.

GB: And a pleasure to be here!

RFR: Tell us a little about your newest release in the Windham Series, Lady Eve’s Indiscretion.

GB:  Eve Windham is the youngest and smallest of the Windham siblings, but every bit as averse to marriage as her older brothers and sisters. As a very young lady, she made disastrous decisions, and while her family thinks she’s well past them—and physically she is to all appearances recovered—her heart stiff suffers.

RFR: What can readers look forward to in the future? More Windham’s I hope?

GB: We could not leave Lady Jenny Windham without a Happily Ever After and her story will come out in October. Because that’s such a terribly, awfully, long time between Windhams, a second novella for Their Graces, “A Duke and His Duchess,” will come out in March.

RFR: Since you have visited with us before I decided to change up doing the boring standard questions and do RomFan’s version of 20 questions.

20 Questions

1.      Coffee or Tea?   GB: Mostly decaf black tea, but on days when I have to go to court, I treat myself to one cup of jasmine green tea.

2.      Coke or Pepsi?   GB: Neither.

3.      Pirates or Highway Bandit?   GB: Huh?

4.      Beer or wine?   GB: Whiskey or brandy—purely in the interests of period research.

5.      Muffins or Cupcakes?   GB: Both, especially if we’re talking Nicholas Haddonfield’s muffin recipe.

6.      Computer or Television?   GB: I don’t own a TV, soooo…

7.      Would you travel the world or travel space?   GB: World, and much in Concord.

8.      My favorite pizza is…   GB: Uno’s, some thermonuclear deep dish special I haven’t had in so long I forget the name

9.      My favorite book genre is…   GB: Historical Romance!

10.  My superpower of choice would be…  GB: The power to comfort and console the brokenhearted

11.  On a rainy day, you’ll find me…   GB: At my computer, my favorite angora lambs wool scarf from Scotland around my neck while I type away at my WIP

12.  When I get free time, I’ll...   GB: Sit on a toadstool and be grateful

13.  If you had a million dollars…   GB: I’d give most of it to the Eastern Mennonite University Conflict Transformation Program

14.  My dream vacation would be…   GB: Six months in the UK

15.  If you could be a character in any novel you’ve ever read, who would you be and why?   GB: Annique Villiers from Joanna Bourne’s The Spymaster’s Lady. She’s resourceful, resilient, honorable, pretty, fantastically well written, and she ends up with Robert Grey.

16.  How many books do you read each year?   GB: There was a time when I limited myself to a book a day, but now I spend so much time writing, that I’d say I’m at about two a week. I try to keep one craft book, one keeper book, and one research book going at all times.

17.  If you could pick a book to turn into a movie, which one would it be?  GB: Joanna Bourne’s The Spymaster’s Lady, or Loretta Chase’s Not Quite A Lady, which is also very dear to my heart.  

 

18.  If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live?  GB: Western Maryland—with a second home in the UK.

19.  Which store would you choose to max out your credit card?   GB: Whatever store sells plane tickets and travel accommodations. My family is spread all over the USA, and I very much enjoy trips to the UK.  

 

20.  What are you reading right now?   GB: Soldiers at War (a compendium of first person accounts of the Peninsular Campaign), Georgette Heyer’s The Grand Sophy, and Donald Maass’ Writing 21^st Century Fiction. 

RFR: Where can readers learn more about you and your books?

GB: My website, www.graceburrowes.com, has tons of info on my books, as well as my blog, excerpts, deleted scenes, a family tree for the Windhams, and a list of upcoming releases. On Facebook, my Grace Burrowes Author page provides the day to day details, and I’m on twitter @graceburrowes.

LADY EVE’S INDISCRETION BY GRACE BURROWES – IN STORES FEBRUARY 2013

Lady Eve's Got The Perfect Plan…

Pretty,petite Evie Windham has been more indiscreet than her parents, the Duke and Duchess of Moreland, suspect. Fearing that a wedding night would reveal her past, she's running out of excuses to dodge adoring swains. Lucas Denning, the newly titled Marquis of Deene, has reason of his own for avoiding marriage. So Evie and Deene strike a deal, each agreeing to be the other's decoy. At this rate, matrimony could be avoided indefinitely...until the two are caught in a steamy kiss that no one was supposed to see.

Praise for Lady Maggie's Secret Scandal:

"Burrowes delivers red-hot chemistry with a masterful mix of playfulness and sensuality."—Publishers Weekly Starred Review

"A tantalizing, delectably sexy story that is one of the best yet from an author on the way to the top."—Library Journal Starred Review

"A delight...strikingly unique characters with realistic emotions and exciting antics."—RT Book Reviews, 4 Stars

"Captivating...historical romance at its finest and rife with mystery and intrigue."—Romance Fiction on Suite 101

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Grace Burrowes is a bestselling and award-winning author of historical romances. Her debut, The Heir, was selected as a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year for 2010 in the romance category, and Lady Sophie’s  Christmas Wish won RT Book Reviews Reviewer’s Choice Award for Best Historical Romance of 2011 and was also nominated for the prestigious RWA RITA© award. The author of the bestsellers The Heir, The Soldier, Lady Maggie’s Secret Scandal, and Lady Sophie’s Christmas Wish, Grace is a practicing attorney and lives in rural Maryland. She’ll conclude the Windham Family Series with Lady Jenny’s Christmas Portrait in October 2013, and will begin a new regency series with Darius in April 2013. She has a Scottish Victorian series as well, beginning with The Bridegroom Wore Plaid, which was a Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2012. Please visit http://www.graceburrowes.com/ or follow her on Twitter: @GraceBurrowes for more information.

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