As my first print book even though the contract said hardback I didn't believe it until the book itself showed up on my door step. I was jumping in the driveway when it got here.

I bet you were! Is the moment captured in pictures so you can relive it whenever you want?

And it does take place april/ may.

Trish I do have a contemporary treasure hunt set in Portugal that involves digging up the past of a Napoleanoic era Knight of St. John. Its called Ancient Walls and available at Amazon in print. I also recently found out that History Lessons is coming to print soon, its contemporary but filled with 5 historical stories that the heroine hears as she is in an 800 year old castle in Scotland. Havana Holiday is set for print as well, but haven’t heard a date yet.

Jayne, I might be persuaded to give a copy away if you wanted to have a contest. just let me know.

ETA: Ah! I figured it out. The Unusual Historicals blog had an excerpt up a few weeks ago:

http://unusualhistoricals.blogspot.com/2009/04/excerpt-thursday-jennifer-mueller.html

I remember thinking it sounded really good then too. Just too bad the price tag is so high. :(

Check out her website: http://www.jennifermuellerbooks.com/

Jennifer Mueller started in ebooks so hopefully she will be savvy about making sure this book eventually sees the e-light of day

*fingers crossed*

Just a minor “quibble” – I might be wrong, but I thought the season was in autumn and spring, not in summer. Didn't everyone retire to their country estates in summer?

“The Season” (for Regency set books) runs from about April/May through July (aka when Parliment was in session, Easter to the end of July). So it’s a spring/early summer kind of thing. There is no ‘Little Season” in the fall, that’s a Victorian thing (though would likely have been parties and such, just on a smaller scale).

I'll be waiting for the less expensive paperback or ebook version.

There won’t be one (unless Mueller retained her eRights and contracts with a seperate publisher). Hale is an English publisher who specializes in HB only (mostly for the library market). They've been reissuing my friend Emily Hendrickson's Regencies for a couple of years now, and have done a wonderful job with them. Their romances are also specifically “Regencies” (as in not to sexy; along the lines of what you'd find in a category Regency).