Lucinda Elliot

Lucinda Elliot has become the proud honouree of the B.R.A.G medallion for outstanding fiction five times. Her first novel was her Gothic historical paranormal romance, 'That Scoundrel Emile Dubois'. Then she wrote the prequel 'Ravensdale' and a little later, the sequel 'Where Worlds Meet'. These are all available from amazon both in print and also on Kindle for the very low price or free, as the author writes to share her stories, not to make a profit. Her first non occult tale was her 2018 novel, 'The Peterloo Affair', a love story based about the 'Peterloo Massacre' of 1819. Her latest book 'Georgian Romance Revolt' - all about a cyber trip to the world of historical romance that goes horribly wrong, is now available on Amazon. She was born in England and loves writing Gothic stories - as she grew up living in a series of isolated rambling period houses, in Buckinghamshire, Devonshire and North Wales among other places that would make perfect settings for such stories, that may not be surprising. After that she lived and worked in London for many years, and now lives in mid Wales with her family, and has greatly improved her Welsh, but there is some way to go. She loves working out and weight training, and was once a Sportsfighter (long since retired). She likes body sculpting, too. She shows a geeky streak in her interests such as classic novels, history and environmental matters. She loves creating strong female characters to provide an effective counterpoint to the gung-ho males. She can't resist putting humour into all of her writing, dark or otherwise. At present she is working on a series of occult shorter stories. When reading 'That Scoundrel Emile Dubois' the author hopes the reader will laugh out loud as well as shudder at Sophie's Gothic horrors as she becomes trapped in a great house staffed by the wicked Emile's band of brigands. When reading 'Ravensdale' she hopes to give the reader a laugh and a journey through an over-the-top romantic highwayman (and highwaywoman) adventure that sends up the tropes of traditional historical romance. 'Where World's Meet' is the sequel to 'That Scoundrel Emile Dubois', with Emile and his cousin Reynaud Ravensdale, Sophie and Isabella confronting the antagonists' renewed power. In 'The Villainous Viscoun Or The Curse of the Venns', the author provides some more Gothic tropes she has always enjoyed - a haunted castle with secret passages, a family curse, and a vengeful spectre. Add to this the wicked but beguiling young pugilistic Viscount, the plain but sensuous bride he has married to get his wandering hands on her fortune, and a vivid cast of secondary characters, and the usual comedy and the reader is in for a lively read. She has written ther gothic works, including 'Georgian Romance Revolt', a darkly comic depiction of a romance reader's visit to the world of historical romance. In 2018 she wrote 'The Peterloo Affairl to commemerate the bi-centenary of the tragic Peterloo Massacre. Authors always have worked out far more about their characters than they can possibly show in a book, even a longish one - not to mention all that clutter in their heads gleaned from historical research, etc. Lucinda Elliot's blog fills in these sorts of details about her characters. Lucinda Elliot hopes you will visit her blog on https://lucindaelliot.uk if you would like to find out more about her books, the characters themselves, her other writing, her literary criticism, and reviews of both traditionally published and self published novels. Print this