TO LOVE A KING, My First Historical Re-Released

Happy 2020, readers & fellow authors!

TO LOVE A KING is my 20th published book, but the first historical I ever wrote, in 1991, with no internet. How did we do research in the old days? With library books, a trip to Henry VIII's haunts in England, and calling on Tudor experts.

My inspiration was Bertrice Small, in whose romance novel BLAZE WYNDHAM Henry VIII has 2 mistresses.

A Tudorphile since I'm a kid, I'd always wanted to write about him.

TO LOVE A KING has one heroine, the love of Henry's life (no, it's not Anne Boleyn). Its first publisher went out of business in 2005, and Next Chapter just re-published it with a new cover. It's now Book 2 of the Yorkist Saga--Book 1 is CROWNED BY LOVE. A sweet-voiced British narrator is working on the audio versions, and they're free for Kindle Unlimited. Enjoy!

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Anne Boleyn Was Executed On This Day in 1536

Today I'm thinking of Queen Anne Boleyn, whose life was cut short by an awful miscarriage of justice on this day in 1536 when she was executed at the Tower of London. She had been condemned to death for high treason after having been found guilty of adultery, incest and conspiring to kill her husband, King Henry VIII.
Her little girl Princess Elizabeth was left motherless.
The most memorable and convincing portrayal of Anne I've ever seen was in the movie "Anne of the Thousand Days" -- Genevieve Bujold gave a stunning performance. I first saw it in the movies when I was 12, and saw it many times since then. I'm not so sure Richard Burton was the most convincing Henry VIII--I was too hung up on him in the play "Camelot" as King Arthur.
If you're an Anne buff, you'll enjoy The Anne Boleyn Files a website with everything you want to know about Anne, forums, lists of Anne books, Anne merchandise...and more.