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Elisabeth Barrett

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Romance, Mystery & Thrillers

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Jane Austen, Nora Roberts, Jayne Ann Krentz ...more

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Elisabeth Barrett lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and spends her days teaching, editing, writing sexy contemporary romance, and enjoying time with her sometimes-bearded husband and three spirited children. She is constantly perfecting her home-work-writing juggling act, but in her free time she loves to hike open space preserves, grow orchids, bake sweet things her husband won’t eat, and sing in grand choruses.

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Hi Elisabeth, I'm super excited about your new series coming out in July, Return to Briarwood, what I wanted to know is can you give us more background? Who will the series be about, siblings, friends... and do you have in mind how many books will be in this new series? Have an awesome day! Michele

Elisabeth Barrett Hi, Michele! I am very excited about the Return to Briarwood series. The books take place at the Briarwood Golf & Yacht Club, located in idyllic Eastb…moreHi, Michele! I am very excited about the Return to Briarwood series. The books take place at the Briarwood Golf & Yacht Club, located in idyllic Eastbridge, Connecticut. Briarwood was once a great place to be a member, but unfortunately, the club has seen better days. The clubhouse could use an overhaul, the last official golf tournament was played nearly a decade ago, most of the club’s members are over sixty, and the place is hemorrhaging money. The series begins when three real estate investors buy Briarwood with the hopes of refurbishing it. Expect a colorful cast of characters which will include Eastbridgians, and Briarwood staff and members. The books will explore in depth the upstairs-downstairs nature of the member/staff relationships, as well as overarching issues of class, family life, and romance that permeate the characters’ lives. The first three books are slated to be released in 2015/2016, and there is always potential for more!
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What's the most romantic line you've ever read?

Elisabeth Barrett I'm a huge Jane Austen fan, and one of my favorite lines in literature comes from Persuasion, a second-chance-at-love story.

In the book, wealthy Anne …moreI'm a huge Jane Austen fan, and one of my favorite lines in literature comes from Persuasion, a second-chance-at-love story.

In the book, wealthy Anne Elliot falls in love with Frederick Wentworth, a young sailor with modest prospects. She is persuaded to call off the burgeoning romance by a well-meaning family friend (as well as by pressure from her own family). Years later, Anne’s family is in reduced circumstances, and Wentworth returns, flush with experience and money from his time at sea. He’s Captain Wentworth now, and he’s never forgotten the bitter sting of Anne’s rejection so many years earlier. Anne confesses (on behalf of all women) to “loving longest, when existence or when hope is gone,” but Wentworth, too, has held a torch for Anne.

He pens her a letter in which he writes:

"You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope ... I have loved none but you."

I swoon every single time I read that line. Every. Single. Time.(less)

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Average rating: 3.89 · 3,793 ratings · 893 reviews · 17 distinct works • Similar authors

	Deep Autumn Heat (Star Harbor, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 914 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blaze of Winter (Star Harbor, #2) 3.85 avg rating — 693 ratings — published 2012 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Slow Summer Burn (Star Harbor, #4) 4.09 avg rating — 531 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Long Simmering Spring (Star Harbor, #3) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 511 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Once and Again (Return to Briarwood, #1) 3.62 avg rating — 348 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best of Me (Return to Briarwood, #2) 3.82 avg rating — 262 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anywhere You Are (Return to Briarwood, #3) 3.91 avg rating — 151 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Christmas in Tahoe (West Coast Holiday, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 124 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Own It (Wolfshead Whiskey, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 60 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Star Harbor Series 4-Book Bundle: Deep Autumn Heat, Blaze of Winter, Long Simmering Spring, Slow Summer Burn 4.19 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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