Welcome to the Takeover + Review Blitz for Written in Secret by Crystal Caudill hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours!
About Written in Secret
In the heart of nineteenth-century Cincinnati one woman holds the power to rewrite history.
What happens when fiction becomes reality? In the corruption-infested Queen City, danger lurks in every shadow, but Lydia Pelton refuses to stay silent. She writes under a pseudonym, E. A. Dupin, crafting crime novels to exact justice and right the wrongs she sees in society. When a serial killer decides to be the sword to her pen, Lydia is confronted with the consequences of her words. Four men are dead, and the city blames her.
With murders on the rise, Officer Abraham Hall’s only lead is Lydia’s fiction, and he is thrust into an investigation with the “Killer Queen of Romance.” Despite his misgivings about the woman, he realizes that even with his reputation for catching elusive criminals, he needs her help. But his unexpected attraction to Lydia proves as difficult to manage as the woman herself.
As the mystery unfolds, Abraham and Lydia race to rewrite the ending, not only for Cincinnati’s citizens, but for their own hearts too.
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About Crystal Caudill
Crystal Caudill is the Christy Award–winning author of “dangerously good romance,” including the Hidden Hearts of the Gilded Age series. She is a stay-at-home mom and caregiver, and when she isn’t writing, Caudill can be found playing board games with her family, drinking hot tea, or reading other great books at her home outside Cincinnati, Ohio.
Connect with Crystal by visiting crystalcaudill.com to follow her on social media or subscribe to email newsletter updates.
Excerpt from Written in Secret
Many dime novelists experienced creative blocks to their writing, but Lydia Pelton doubted any of them would stoop to impersonating a clown and rescuing a three-legged goat from the circus to overcome them. A wise decision on their part, no doubt. Letting Theresa convince her this was the best solution to both of their problems bordered on lunacy. Not only had they abandoned their corsets and skirts for—Lord, forgive them—oversized trousers and red shirtwaists, but they’d concocted the most ridiculous plan of extracting a bleating goat from the circus. At night. When everything was quiet and calm.
They were fools. The stench of the outhouses they hid behind only confirmed it.
Theresa tugged on Lydia’s shirtsleeve and pointed between the wooden buildings toward the lantern light of the circus grounds’ guard.
If he adhered to the same path as last time, he’d exit from between the colored tents, then meander toward the big tent—the opposite direction of the menagerie.
Lydia scratched at the tacky white paint on her face and watched the light grow brighter. Please don’t let this go like I’d write it.
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Danielle, Thank you for sharing! Written in Secret sounds like one not to miss.
You’re very welcome!
Enjoyed the excerpt. I’m looking forward to reading this!
Yay! I’m glad!
I bought this yesterday. I hope to get to it soon.
Oh fun! I hope you enjoy it!
What is happening in the excerpt sounds like a madcap idea, and it certainly grabs the reader’s attention.
Most definitely!
It sounds like a really interesting book. Thank you for sharing.
You’re welcome!
thank you for sharing!
You’re welcome!
Thank you so much for sharing, Danielle!
You’re so welcome!