It seems such a long time since I’ve been in the position to have a new release. And looking back it is nearly a year since I published something new. I’ve had several re-releases since parting company my old publisher (Dreamspinner Press), but there’s something very special about sending some new and shiny out into the world.
My latest is a historical romance set in Restoration England (1670). This a new era for me, but with a familiar face, as ‘James, Earl of Crofton’ is the great-grandson of Anthony from my Crofton Chronicles series. Those of you who read that series may remember James from the epilogue of Forever Hold His Peace, as a young man listening to the sage advice of his grandfather. The idea has been kicking around a while, it’s taken over 3 years to be ready to publish, putting it down and coming back to it several times. But I’m really happy with the results, after seemingly endless research rabbit holes, plot rewrites and misbehaving characters my new Earl of Crofton is ready to face the world.
As well as my lovely new earl, I have a dashing and secretive highwayman who comes to James’s aid more than once, but James has had his head turned by the enigmatic son of a cavalier general called Adam, who is not as easily charmed as James would like him to be. Add in a backdrop of the court of the original Merry Monarch, Charles II, I got to play in a sandpit that I thoroughly enjoyed.
I hope you’ll give my new historical a chance, swoon along with James, and explore some of the less than salubrious sides of society when James uncovers a secret below stairs at Crofton Hall. Love, intrigue and passion, all wrapped up in a period costume wielding flintlock pistols.
James, Earl of Crofton by Rebecca Cohen
Cover Artist: Garrett Leigh, Black Jazz Design
Release Date: April 10, 2020
Length: Novel / ~86,000 words
Pairing / Genre(s) / Keyword(s): M/M Historical Romance
Available on AMAZON in KU and KDP
James Redbourn, Viscount of Crofton, enjoys all the pleasures King Charles II’s Restoration court affords him. His encounter with the enigmatic Chivalrous Highwayman in Epping Forest, sets the court aflame. Tales of the charming rogue treating his latest victim with his usual gentle hand has ladies’ fans quivering with every whisper.
While the Chivalrous Highwayman is a delicious fantasy, it is the intriguing Adam Dowson, the son of one of the greatest Cavalier generals, who is firing James’s daytime desires. Their friendship might be growing stronger, but Adam seems to be one of the few men who is impervious to James’s charms, no matter how hard James tries.
When James’s father become deathly ill, James races home. He is ill-prepared to become the 4th Earl of Crofton, and his father’s vague but dire warnings on his deathbed only make matters worse. Now the earl, James must discover what is happening at Crofton Hall that had troubled his father so deeply.
James turns to Adam for help. Despite Adam’s own secrets, James trusts him. James hopes he’s not making a mistake, risking his family estate, and his already bruised heart. Together, they need to work to clear out the rotten core at Crofton Hall, and along the way secure a happy future for them both.
REBECCA COHEN spends her days dreaming of a living in a Tudor manor house, or a Georgian mansion. Alas, the closest she comes to this is through her characters in her historical romance novels. She also dreams of intergalactic adventures and fantasy realms, but because she’s not yet got her space or dimensional travel plans finalised, she lives happily in leafy Hertfordshire, England, with her husband and young son. She can often be found with a pen in one hand and sloe gin with lemon tonic in the other.