spin three stories out from a single masquerade party. The heroes are dressed up as Lord Lucifer, Lord Satyr, and Lord Ares, and they each fall for one of the three sisters. That was the plan. You know what happens to the best laid plans, right? Lord Lucifer was the most exciting book to begin with. When the eldest sister Diana was seventeen, her mother forced her to marry a man three times her age. Now, twelve years later, he convinces her to go have some fun at a masquerade. While she’s gone, he’s poisoned and dies. Shock! Gasp! Of course, the murderer implicates Diana, and Lord Lucifer must step in to save her. Very exciting, right? Especially since the more I started writing Lucas (who plays Lord Lucifer), the more interesting he became. You see, everyone thinks he died at Waterloo. He’s been hiding for his own reason, but he gives all that up to protect Diana. He reveals his true identity much to the shock of his parents and younger brother who was set to inherit in Lucas’s place. That’s a whole lot of stuff for one party. A murder, a secret identity exposed, an almost arrest of the wrong person! It made for a great masquerade but suddenly there was no more room in the timeline for the other stories. New goal! Now I’m writing three successive parties, one a Season, until all three sisters have a happily ever after. In Lord Lucifer, Diana and Lucas go through some adventures before they find their solution. They go all the way to Ireland, in fact, but the journey is worth it. Not because they find the villain. This is not a mystery. They know who the bad guy is. This is more like the movie The Bodyguard. (Anyone remember that film?) Lucas protects Diana but because he’s with her all the time, they get closer and closer until their love is undeniable. Oh, and there is one other secret in the book. It’s not a big secret because it’s in the opening chapter, but it is significant. Diana and Lucas knew each other before Diana’s marriage. I included the opening chapter as an excerpt to share with Uncaged readers today. Enjoy!
Uncaged: What will be the connecting theme between books in this series? Well, it was supposed to be one masquerade party that had three lords falling in love. Instead, it’s a masquerade every year and the three sisters who find love at the masquerade. Uncaged: What are you working on next that you can tell us about? Lord Satyr is in editing. It releases March 2021. So now it’s time to start on Lord Ares (release June 2021). I’m really excited about this one because the heroine has a unique past. She’s a by-blow who has been raised with her father’s family. Trust me when I say her backstory is amazing. Uncaged: You have a very intriguing idea on your website called Chapters – Interactive Stories. Can you explain better what this is and how it came about? Do you remember the old choose-your-own-adventure stories? The company behind Chapters took my books and adapted them to be interactive. The main story is the same as are the characters, but each story has some interesting branches that are fun to play. They’ve done a great job. In fact, in my spare time, I often read my own books just to see the fun things they’ve done with them. And—guess what— the newest book is coming out now! As Rich as a Rogue releases Oct 26 on the Chapters app. If you’d like to see how it works, download the Chapters app onto your mobile phone or tablet. I’ll be there as one of their historical authors. Trust me, all their stories are fun to play. And if you sign up for my newsletter (www.JadeLeeAuthor.com) then you’ll see that I often have contests that tie in with the Chapters books. (And all my other books too!) Uncaged: How has the pandemic changed your life? How have you changed the marketing of your books this year? I used to travel at least once a month to a conferIssue 52 | November 2020 |
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