Meagan asked Penelope Peters:

What is next for The Downing Cycle? How do you handle a story with 2 versions of events before hand?

Penelope Peters The short answer? Carefully!

The long answer isn’t too complicated. Book “Three” will probably not have Jake or Ned/Veronica involved in the plot. After all, Jake does have that cabin in the mountains and a growing family to manage, and Becca has already informed me that she has no intention of going to the city like her older brothers. We’ll probably see or at least hear from Jake – but I’m going to handle the two different versions of his story by basically ignoring it, since I don’t want to write two versions of Becca’s book! And as everyone ended up in the same place at the end of both books (more or less), I don’t anticipate too many logistical problems.

Not sending Becca to the city is a pretty major break from the books as they stand, I know – but then again, Becca’s a pretty major break since she’s female. I can also tell you that one of the other major breaks is that unlike with Ethan or Jake, who really only had one love interest per story (still true for Jake!), Becca will have to decide between two possible mates.

And of course, we’ll finally see Ethan and Antonio get their HEA. I like them too much to deny it to them forever! The real question for them is whether or not they decide that they want children - or if they decide to remain child-free.

Thanks for the question! Have a great New Year!

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