It’s been a few years since I first wrote about Rank Stupidity … but my mojo went for a walk and has only just returned.
Here’s the current state: The original text of Royal Retreat has been edited for release on Kindle. The follow-up story (“Flying High”) had been started in 2023 but there was a serious story issue that meant I threw away a few thousand words and started again. The combined RS & FH stories are currently at 40k words and will be considerably longer by the time it is published as a full novel. I don’t have a date but it will be before the end of 2025!
Here’s the draft cover art:
I may change the cover but I like it right now!
Here’s an exclusive excerpt, after Tammy & Maisie have arrived at her sister’s Epping house:
They met Suzie in the kitchen.
“There’s sandwiches in the fridge, I bagged them so you can eat them on the plane.”
“Thanks for preparing them, but we’ve been called to a meeting in the West End this evening.”
“Who calls a meeting on a Saturday night, Tammy?”
“Some strange people. Anyway, Maisie and I need to get something to wear for tonight.”
“You know that you fit my dresses, most of them.”
“Yes, Suzie, but Maisie wouldn’t.”
“She’s not showing already?”
Tammy laughed, mostly out of desperation. “Don’t you know anything about pregnancy?”
“Why should I?”
“Didn’t you have sex education classes at school?”
“All my class was off with the flu, it wasn’t repeated.”
“Can I suggest you have a look at the basics, so that you don’t embarrass yourself? You might even get pregnant yourself one day?”
“Come on Tammy, there’s more chance of that happening to you! I’d make an awful mother.”
And yes, Maisie is newly pregnant.
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