THE LOST LIEUTENANT - Erica Vetsch - One Free Book

Welcome back, Erica. Tell us about your salvation experience.

I grew up in a believing home, and at age 11, after hearing the gospel in Sunday School yet again, I believed in my need for Jesus as my Savior.

You’re planning a writing retreat where you can only have four other authors. Who would they be and why?

OOO, this is a tough one because I have so many author friends. I will stick to ones that I have been on a writing retreat with before: Gabrielle Meyer, because she never runs out of things to talk about, Mary Connealy, because she is awesome to retreat with, Ruth Logan Hearne, because she is a terrific cook (her bread pudding is phenomenal) and Jan Drexler, because her son is marrying my daughter this summer, and we can talk about them. J

I love the idea of that wedding. How fun. Do you have a speaking ministry? If so, tell us about that.

I don’t have a speaking ministry, though I do love teaching writing workshops.

Teaching workshops is just as important as speaking. People are always telling me that they’d like to write a book someday. I’m sure they do to you, too. What would you tell someone who came up to you and said that?

Write it! Just start. It’s okay if you don’t know what you’re doing at first. But learn. Read writing how-to books, blogs, articles. And keep writing your book. Lots of people want to write books, but actual writers do the work! Jump in!

Tell us about the featured book.

The Lost Lieutenant is the first book in the Serendipity and Secrets series.

He's doing what he can to save the Prince Regent's life . . . but can he save his new marriage as well?

Evan Eldridge never meant to be a war hero—he just wanted to fight Napoleon for the future of his country. And he certainly didn't think that saving the life of a peer would mean being made the Earl of Whitelock. But when the life you save is dear to the Prince Regent, things can change in a hurry.

Now Evan has a new title, a manor house in shambles, and a stranger for a bride, all thrust upon him by a grateful ruler. What he doesn't have are all his memories. Traumatized as a result of his wounds and bravery on the battlefield, Evan knows there's something he can't quite remember. It's important, dangerous—and if he doesn't recall it in time, will jeopardize not only his marriage but someone's very life.

Please give us the first page of the book.

Seaton Estate Berkshire,

England

January 4, 1813

“You’ll do as you’re told if you know what’s good for you. I won’t be humiliated again.”

Diana Seaton gripped the back of the chair she stood behind, grateful to have the piece of furniture between her and her father. Red suffused his face, and his eyes glittered. He paced the oriental rug in front of the fireplace in the drawing room of Seaton Manor. She gathered her courage. “But wouldn’t it be better if I remained here this Season? I could look after Cian—”

“Do not mention that name here. Not his and not his trollop of a mother’s.” The Duke of Seaton halted his pacing and jabbed his beringed finger toward Diana. Her pleas wadded into a lump in her throat, and fierce tears pricked her eyes.

Her half sister, Catherine, hadn’t been a trollop. She’d been an innocent, a naïve debutante taken advantage of by a true rake and scoundrel—a mistake that, had word gotten out, would’ve cost her reputation, and in the end had cost her life. But Diana knew better than to protest aloud to her father.

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Thank you, Erica, for sharing this book with my blog readers and me. After this interview,I’m eager to read it. All the reviews on Amazon are rave reviews. That's really good.

Readers, here are links to the book.

The Lost Lieutenant
The Lost Lieutenant (Serendipity and; Secrets)
The Lost Lieutenant (Serendipity and; Secrets Book 1)

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