Now she has decided that rather than just escape into other people’s books, she would actually quite like to create some of her own, in the hopes that people will enjoy reading them as much as she does writing them. She lives in rural Wales with her cat Constantine, and her wonderful partner sensibly lives four miles away in the next village. Life hasn’t always been good, but it has rarely been boring. The Mask Revealed by Julia Brannan 4.37 2,605 Ratings 138 Reviews published 2016 5 editions The second in the fascinating series about the liv Want to Read Rate it: Book 3 The Gathering Storm by Julia Brannan 4. In her spare time she is still a voracious reader, and enjoys keeping fit and travelling the world. She has since had a variety of jobs, including telesales, teaching and gilding and is currently a transcriber, copy editor and proofreader.

The book escape came in very useful there too.Īnd then she gave up trying to conform and resolved to spend the rest of her life living as she wanted to, not as others would like her to. After leaving university with a degree in English Language and Literature, she spent her twenties trying to be a sensible and responsible person, even going so far as to work for the Civil Service. Almost immediately she must make a decision.Julia has been a voracious reader since childhood, using books to escape the miseries of a turbulent adolescence. It may be uneventful, but she will be free of her brother.The ink on the marriage contract is hardly dry, however, when Beth makes a shocking discovery, one that turns her world upside down and throws her whole future into doubt once more. Publication Order of The Jacobite Chronicles Books Mask Of Duplicity, (2015) The Mask Revealed, (2016) The Gathering Storm, (2016) The Storm Breaks, (2017). She resigns herself to a future of formal parties and dismal social gatherings, whilst accompanying a husband who is both tiresome and physically repellent to her, but consoles herself with the thought that if she is not to know love, then at least she will have a secure and comfortable life.

With no other options available to her, Beth marries the effete and tedious social butterfly Sir Anthony Peters. #1 Best 1700s Historical Fiction (Listopia)The second in the fascinating series about the lives of the beautiful Beth Cunningham, her family and friends.Britain moves ever closer to the 1745 rebellion and the impending attempt to restore the Stuarts to the British throne.