Congratulations, Sarah!

One of my writer-friends, Sarah Hegger, was very proud to announce this morning that her debut novel, a medieval romance called The Bride Gift, has been signed by Soul Mate Publishing! What a happy day!

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This little exchange once took place in Chapter Twenty-Six of A Midwinter Night's Revolution, so if you haven't read that far, look away.

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'Lyta regarded Jasper. "Who's Madeleine?"
He flinched. "Only the most utterly unsuitable woman my father could possibly have found for me to marry."
"Besides Wilgefortis?"
He frowned and ran his fingers through his hair. "Wilgefortis had a heart. Madeleine boasts of no such treasures."
"Is she pretty?"
"If you wished to make a portrait, I suppose."'