Hi, Reader

I hope you’re doing well and are looking forward to a fine July 4th (if you celebrate). I’m feeling back to normal, this week and have been working hard revising that darned follow-up to Letters to Ellie, and am happy to report…that draft is done. If all goes well, maybe (medium-sized maybe) I can have it out before the end of October? We’ll see. I hate to commit, since the last revision went so horribly wrong. 🫣

For reading, I’m still plugging along in the Thelonious Monk book I mentioned the last two weeks. This sucker is dense and spends way too much time on things that have nothing to do with Monk. grumble Anyway, he’s 19 now where I last left off. Woohoo! He’s got to be hitting the Big Time anytime now. (right?) shakes head 50 pages down, 400 more to go. Oh, and here's one I'm sure you'll all love: I finished a novella called Bride's Adventure, by Caroline Clemmons. It's the fourth book in her "Loving a Rancher" series, a western romance set in Montana. You might like it if, you'd like to check it out.​

Listening to this week:

Miles Davis. I happened upon a livestream of Miles ‘56 on Youtube and have been listening to that all weekend. It’s pretty cool. It’s danged hot last Saturday, my poor car’s gauge read 106°). So maybe listening to cool music will help?

Let’s see. Those of you who wanted my blog posts, here’s a snippet of one you might have missed (and the link to read the rest….)

What’s your ideal hero in sweet Victorian romance?

Oh boy, this oughta get me in trouble. :) Because, guess what?

My idea of a hero doesn’t seem to fit any of the styles you’ll see in your typical modern romance novel.

What is my ideal romance hero?

I like the poets, the musicians, the sensitive thinking men, the ones who use their minds and intellect to get out of sticky situations. The ones that work with the heroines rather than the kind that say “Step aside, honey. Let the man deal with this.”

I’m sorry? I understand where it came from (*cavemen) but I prefer ladies who deal with their own hardships, Princess Leia types rather than the shrinking violet heroines.

But that’s off-topic, isn’t it? I like the heroes like …. You can read the rest of the post here:

​https://julidrevezzo.com/post/ideal-hero-in-sweet-Victorian-romance​

Once you’ve read it, tell me: Who’s your ideal romance hero? (Or, what’s your favorite type of romance hero?)

And lastly, I have some promos and swaps to share:

One for the lovers of urban fantasy. You can find that here: URBAN FANTASY SALE.​

and another for the sweet romance readers here:

If the banner didn't link correctly, you can find that one here.

My book Courting the Stationmaster's Daughter, is (obv.) involved in this one:

Synopsis:

After Honorine Camden is jilted, leaving her stunned and sparking a scandal in her tiny London borough of Wallflower, she's devastated. But when she overhears her father, the stationmaster, talking about arranging a Christmas party for their newly-minted underground railway station, she volunteers to help. Although she's intrigued with the handsome assistant stationmaster, Shane MacIntyre, she never expects to fall head-over-heels in love with him. Unfortunately, one tragic accident might derail everything.

Giveaways:

Just one this time. The Starry Nights and Sweet Loves. House of Dark Envy is involved with this one. You can find it by clicking the banner above, or here.

Guests:

This lovely looking one from Donna K. Weaver just came across my "desk".

Christmas At Kellworth:

Synopsis:

The best gifts are the ones you didn't know you were waiting for.​
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​Christmas 1853.​
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Kellworth Manor glows with candlelight and evergreen, and Reese and Jem Taylor are exactly where they want to be, celebrating the season with the friends who feel like family.
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But the Twickenham magic that brought them here has followed them to Kellworth. Christmas has a way of bringing things to the surface. Hopes that have waited decades. Hearts that are finally ready. Gifts no one thought to ask for.
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This Christmas, the magic isn't finished yet.

Series Written in the Twickenham World:

• Twickenham Full-Moon Ball Time Travel Romance by Donna K. Weaver
• Twickenham Manor Time Travel Romance by Jo Noelle
• Twickenham Time Travel Romance by Laura Bastian
• Twickenham Time Travel Regency Romances by Laura Beers
• Twickenham Regency Romance by Jen Geigle Johnson
• Twickenham Time Travel by Johanna Evelyn
• Twickenham Time Travel Romance by Jaclyn Hardy

Goodness! I can't believe we're already talking Christmas. Where did this year go?

and one more:

Synopsis:

Alice has always assumed that Charles Barnfield — handsome, cheerful, and refreshingly uncomplicated — would one day be her husband. Then Lord Hartwood returns from abroad. He is everything Charles is not: titled, fashionable, and possessed of an affected drawl that sets Alice's teeth on edge. He is also, infuriatingly, impossible to ignore. Hartwood, for his part, takes one look at Alice and loses his heart entirely — but he has no intention of winning her through his title or her parents' pressure. He wants her to choose him freely. The trouble is, Alice isn't sure she wants to choose him at all.

That’s all from me for now. Have a good week.

TTYS,

Juli

​https://julidrevezzo.com/​