THE JAMES MASON COMMUNITY BOOK CLUB discussion

Carol writes Medieval Romances for Harlequin Mills & Boon. So far, they have all been set in medieval Europe.

http://www.caroltownend.co.uk


Born in Harrogate in Yorkshire, she was educated in Whitby by Anglican nuns within sight of Count Dracula's Whitby Abbey. Her love of ancient and medieval history took her to London University where she read History, and her first novel, set in 11th century England and published by Mills & Boon, won the RNA New Writers' Award. Her non-fiction writing includes dozens of articles for Writing Magazine and Writers' News and a portrait of the Romanovs, where her text is illustrated using pictures taken from the Imperial albums. For the last 20 years Carol has lived near Kew Gardens with her husband and daughter.

Carol has been making up stories since she was a child. Whenever she comes across a tumbledown building, be it castle or cottage, she can't help conjuring up the lives of the people who once lived there. Her Yorkshire forebears were friendly with the Brontë sisters. Charlotte used to stay at a former family residence, Allerton Hall; Emily painted a glass window panel for a Townend ancestor; and the Townend family tomb can still be seen in front of Haworth Parsonage where Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre were written. Perhaps their influence lingers

HER BANISHED LORD
Hugh Duclair, Count de Freyncourt, has been accused of sedition, stripped of his title and banished from all of King William's land. Proud and determined, Hugh vows to clear his name!

Childhood friend Lady Aude de Crèvecoeur offers her help—but how far will she go? Should she risk her reputation and her life, or save her reputation and become Hugh's wife? Turbulent times call for passionate measures….

I finished-HER BANISHED LORD- what a wonderful read! captures the time period so very well- and WOW- great characters and plot!!!