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As always, I want to thank all of my existing and new subscribers for being a part of my writing journey. I’m truly happy to have you here!

Things have been pretty low key due to the holidays. I’ve had a great time with my family, but it’s time to get back to work.

I’m going into 2024 with new goals, and one of those is to attend more author events. Of course, I’ll be sharing details as they become available. I go into this next year grateful for the people who’ve I encountered throughout this journey, and excited to finish the series. Only one book left to write. Thank you all for being a part of my experience!

What’s next after the Custodes Pacis series? More smut, of course! I already started planning my next series, Scottish Seductions. The entire Contemporary novella series will feature middle-aged widows who travel to Scotland and find their very own Highlands hunk. There will be big emotions, and big steam. If you’d like to become an ARC reader for this future series, please send me a message at lovers@sydneybrianna.com.

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I’m so excited to be an Attending Author at Chaos and Booktalk’s charity event, Booked in Chaos! If you’re near 30 Howard Creek Drive, Fountain Inn, SC 29644, on November 16, 2024, stop by to see me (and some of my fantastic writing peers). Tickets for the event can be found here. Proceeds from this event will help support the Shriner’s Children’s Hospital.

BOOK REVIEW

Dallying with the Diamond

From the dynamic duo, Louisa Cornell and Andrea K. Stein, we’re treated to a lusty tale from the historical realm. I enjoyed this book immensely. From the ready-for-anything heroine, to the hero who would give her whatever she wanted. I love heroines who know what they want, and aren’t afraid to ask for it. Dallying with the Diamond keeps us rooted in the historical, even during the erotic moments. There’s sizzle and great characters…what more can you ask for? If you love sexy historical reads, be sure to check it out!

“Leonidas Croft Atherton, former cavalry officer turned society artist, has ferocious carnal appetites and little use for the Society that shunned him after his father, on his deathbed, pronounced him another man's son. His revenge on those high-in-the-instep members of the ton involves painting lascivious portraits of peers' mistresses and doing even more scandalous things with their wives.

When the shared journal in which he and his friends have recorded their sensual exploits goes missing, Leo will stop at nothing to prevent revealing the identities of their paramours. In his experience, angry husbands tend to shoot first, and ask questions as they reload.

She's been deemed the Season's Incomparable and is all but engaged to the ton's most sought-after bachelor. Her almost-betrothed is heir to the wealthiest dukedom in England, next to her father's, that is. He's handsome, kind, witty, but too terrified to even try to kiss her. She started her secret collection of naughty books out of curiosity. Now she fears reading about deep desires that match her own is all she may ever do.

Discovering pages from their journal have been sold to a duke's daughter is bad enough, but now Leo must venture back into the Society that abandoned him. Worse, said duke’s daughter, Lady Honoria, blackmails him for the pages' return and tempts him to meet her licentious demands. When a man who looks like sin incarnate is desperate for her help, Honoria cannot resist the desire to see if what she's read about him is true.”

Click here to find Dallying with the Diamond.

GRATITUDE:

I’ve been so lucky to meet fantastic folks throughout my writing journey, but there are a few who have helped support me through the most challenging moments and I’d like to acknowledge each one in my newsletters this year.

For this installment, I’d like to give a special shout-out to my mom, Bonnie, who promotes my work than I do and reads everything I write, no matter how ugly it is when she gets it. Without her support, I’d probably have given up on writing a long time ago.

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