Stella, a silent movie star, only meant to bail her producer out of a jam when she danced the Charleston at the Coconut Grove with the son of a New York gangster. She never expected Tony to chase her all the way to her stepfather’s manor in England. Luckily, her stepfather’s nephew, George, is a real pal. He tells Tony he and Stella are engaged to be married just to put him off the scent. Problem is, George already has Mavis, a real fiancée of his own, and Tony won’t give up on Stella so easily. Worst of all, in the thick of the screwball madness, Stella and George find themselves falling in love.
I’ve been a writer since I was seven years old when I conceived my very first short fiction piece, a suspenseful tale of terror and triumph about a puppy stuck at the top of a very tall sliding board because he’s afraid to slide down. As I recall this plotline came to me as I was sitting at the top of a very tall sliding board with a long line of other second graders behind me yelling, “Are you gonna slide or what?” As an artist, I’ve always responded well to pressure.
Since the puppy (who made it, by the way, for anyone who’s worried), I’ve written and released ten and a half full-length novels and many, many short stories, published with two big publishers (Berkeley-Penguin and Pocket Books-Simon & Schuster), a couple of small indie publishers, and all by my itty bitty self. With my sister, Alexandra Christian, I write, edit, and publish for Little Red Hen Romance, a micro-press for the kind of romances we want to read.
I’m a graduate of the SC Governor’s School for the Arts and Winthrop University, so if we went to school together, by all means drop me a note at lucybluecastle@gmail.com and say hi. I’m married to game designer and artist Justin Glanville.
Thoroughly entertaining from the beginning even if a bit confusing at times. A fast re read of a few lines clarifies what's going on. I would recommend it to all my friends who like short stories.