A Holiday Newsletter from the Cravens

Dreaming of Yew

Hello dearest family, friends, and fans,

Well, we made it through another year. We Cravens needed a bit of a respite since the events of last year — so tumultuous!

After Derek’s gambling den burned down, and I was nearly murdered by Derek’s jaded former lover Joyce, and I shot a man dead in the streets… I couldn’t fathom that life could get more exciting and yet it has!

My newest novel has been released under my nom de plume, S. R. Fielding: Erik explores the dangerous world of chimney sweeps and one boy’s climb out of the gutter using only his bootstraps and his enormous member wits to become London’s most notorious boxing club owner who often finds himself lathered in sweat and quite without a shirt on his back.

I was surprised to find that despite the tragic yet salacious subject, the story has captured the hearts of the simple unwashed masses just like my last work, Mathilda. I’ve heard it’s all the rage for the girls working on BookDock to claim they’ve met Erik!

(As with all of my novels, I’ve conducted hands-on research but this is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to any persons real or fictional is entirely coincidental.)

Derek and I welcomed our first child, Lydia Tabitha Craven. She’s such a dear and I feel as if I truly have it all — I never believed I would find professional success, sexual marital bliss, and fulfillment as a mother.

I often share in my lectures to women’s groups that one must “careen in” if one wishes to be a full person. When I speak at assemblies of maids and washer women, the advice that seems to resonate the most — it always creates such a murmur! — is to bring one’s child to work and hire a nurse to see after their care.

You may worry Derek was all sixes and sevens after that whole scare with the fire, but thankfully he had his fortune to fall back on and has taken to being a man of leisure with aplomb. (Despite the rumors, he most assuredly is not a secret philanthropist.) My beloved husband would quite chafe at the compliment, but he’s been positively lapping up fatherhood since dear Lydia’s arrival, spending an astounding hour a day in our child’s company!

We are dreaming of yew-filled salons brimming with love this holiday season, and wishing one and all a happy ever after new year.

Yr humble billionaires,

The Cravens

Sara, Derek, and Lydia

P.S. If you’re wondering what to get for the woman who has everything, new spectacles are always welcome.

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This is a work of speculative fiction. Any resemblance to real romance books is purely coincidental.

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