Susan Golden's Blog
January 3, 2023
Back in the Saddle
After a lengthy hiatus from publishing - but not writing, I will be releasing my latest novel, an historical romance entitled One Night With the Duke.
At not yet one and twenty, Emma Poundstone, a proper young lady from the Cotswolds has fled to London’s barbarous East End to escape the hideous future her disreputable uncle has concocted. Alone and near destitute, she seeks to sell her last item of value – her father’s snuff box. But that single act of desperation leads her to a fateful choice between virtue and practicality that threatens to alter all she has held true about love.
Giles Fairmarch, Duke of Wexham, is firmly convinced that love only brings misery, so he conducts his life in a manner guaranteeing its avoidance. But on one fateful day, a bedraggled creature catches his attention as she passes him on a London sidewalk. And when he follows her into a jeweler’s and impulsively buys the snuff box she seeks to sell, he starts down a road he has vowed never to travel.
Emma’s beauty, vivaciousness and innocence rattle the rakish Duke to his core and he gladly awakens her to the thrills of shared passion. But can he have all he craves from her without offering up the love he so distains?
It's All About the Romance
At not yet one and twenty, Emma Poundstone, a proper young lady from the Cotswolds has fled to London’s barbarous East End to escape the hideous future her disreputable uncle has concocted. Alone and near destitute, she seeks to sell her last item of value – her father’s snuff box. But that single act of desperation leads her to a fateful choice between virtue and practicality that threatens to alter all she has held true about love.
Giles Fairmarch, Duke of Wexham, is firmly convinced that love only brings misery, so he conducts his life in a manner guaranteeing its avoidance. But on one fateful day, a bedraggled creature catches his attention as she passes him on a London sidewalk. And when he follows her into a jeweler’s and impulsively buys the snuff box she seeks to sell, he starts down a road he has vowed never to travel.
Emma’s beauty, vivaciousness and innocence rattle the rakish Duke to his core and he gladly awakens her to the thrills of shared passion. But can he have all he craves from her without offering up the love he so distains?
It's All About the Romance
October 26, 2018
Website is Active!
Visit my newly activated website, susangoldenauthor.com featuring my blog - Mental Maze: A Blog for Writers from a Psychologist's Perspective. Hopefully, I'll get you thinking about lots of things in a slightly different way.
Got a question or a topic you'd like discussed? Send me a message and I'll try to provide some useful insight.
First post: Bad Guys, Gotta Love 'Em - a look at how to approach the tricky subject of getting the reader to like the bad guy, not just the hero.
There's also a great quote section that I'll update regularly. Check out the beautiful images that capture the essence of the words. Get inspired to read and write.
Got a question or a topic you'd like discussed? Send me a message and I'll try to provide some useful insight.
First post: Bad Guys, Gotta Love 'Em - a look at how to approach the tricky subject of getting the reader to like the bad guy, not just the hero.
There's also a great quote section that I'll update regularly. Check out the beautiful images that capture the essence of the words. Get inspired to read and write.
April 15, 2018
Congrats & Thanks
Thanks to all who entered the giveaway for Catnapped. Congratulations to the winners. Hope you enjoy reading about Jennifer and her friends as much as I enjoyed creating them. I would welcome reviews - so important - and I would love to hear what you think. There are two follow-on novels in the series that I have yet to publish, so let me know if you want more of Jenn, Ryan, Sugar and Rupert. You can ask questions, comment or just reach out to me on my author page here on Goodreads or on Facebook to say hi.
For those who didn't win this time, follow me on Facebook or Twitter - more promotional opportunities are ahead. Web Site coming soon as well.
Happy Reading!
For those who didn't win this time, follow me on Facebook or Twitter - more promotional opportunities are ahead. Web Site coming soon as well.
Happy Reading!
March 16, 2018
Meet Sugar!
Catnapped
Sugar is a sulphur-crested cockatoo, one of the larger members of the parrot family. The name is derived from the distinctive yellow crest on the bird's head that can be fanned out to an impressive display. They live long lives, especially in captivity, are very intelligent and excellent mimics.
Sugar comes to Jennifer through a cruel twist of fate, but they have a strong bond. Sugar is a special bird. He has an extensive vocabulary, but his really unique talent is matching the words and sounds he knows to the situation at hand. Is he just smarter than the average cockatoo or is he psychic?
Decide for yourself.
Sugar is a sulphur-crested cockatoo, one of the larger members of the parrot family. The name is derived from the distinctive yellow crest on the bird's head that can be fanned out to an impressive display. They live long lives, especially in captivity, are very intelligent and excellent mimics.
Sugar comes to Jennifer through a cruel twist of fate, but they have a strong bond. Sugar is a special bird. He has an extensive vocabulary, but his really unique talent is matching the words and sounds he knows to the situation at hand. Is he just smarter than the average cockatoo or is he psychic?
Decide for yourself.
