Please trust me!

[charlie_cochrane]

All Lessons Learned, the eighth (but I hope not the last) Cambridge Fellows Book is on the coming soon page at Samhain.

Has a gorgeous cover (don't forget this is 1919 and the lads are older)



Now, when you read this blurb, all I'll say is trust me, please. As the warning says, it's a three hankie story, two of which you’ll need for the happy ending.

The Great War is over. Freed from a prisoner of war camp and back at St. Bride’s College, Orlando Coppersmith is discovering what those years have cost. All he holds dear—including his beloved Jonty Stewart, lost in combat.

A commission to investigate a young officer’s disappearance gives Orlando new direction…temporarily. The deceptively simple case becomes a maze of conflicting stories—is Daniel McNeil a deserter, or a hero?—taking Orlando into the world of the shell-shocked and broken. And his sense of Jonty’s absence becomes painfully acute. Especially when a brief spark of attraction for a Cambridge historian, instead of offering comfort, triggers overwhelming guilt.

As he hovers on the brink of despair, a chance encounter on the French seafront at Cabourg brings new hope and unexpected joy. But the crushing aftereffects of war could destroy his second chance, leaving him more lost and alone than ever…

Comments

[alex-beecroft.livejournal.com]

Ooh, it sounds brilliant! Another one I'll have to get in both formats because I can't wait for print :)

[charliecochrane.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I just hope people hold their nerve and buy it after reading the blurb. :)

[alex-beecroft.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid that I'm assuming all will be well. I think there's enough of a hint in the blurb to justify that assumption :)

[jl_merrow]

Eeeek! *reads blurb, then runs to hide head under pillow*

[charliecochrane.livejournal.com]

No, don't do that. It's agony for me having to sit on my hands and not give the plot away but it'll be OK. Honest.

[darthanne.livejournal.com]

The picture is not showing up for me either on here or on Samhain's page :(

I'm trusting you with this one, especially after reading the blurb. Feb 2011 *chews nails* Poor Orlando.

[charliecochrane.livejournal.com]

The graphics seem to be playing up on LJ - can see it at the Samhain site, though. :(

Please do trust me on this. I can't give the story away, but it will be alright, I promise.

[chris-smith-atr.livejournal.com]

Best 30th Birthday Pressie EVER IN THE UNIVERSE! (well, 3 days before)

[charliecochrane.livejournal.com]

:) If fifty is the new thirty, that makes you coming up to ten.

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

Never mind the book, I need a hankie after reading this post! Very tempted to dive in and read this right away but I'm sure missing out the six books in between would be doing your wonderful boys a terrible disservice.

[charliecochrane.livejournal.com]

LOL - depends if you have to read series in order or if you're like me and read them on a 'which book can I get my paws on next' basis.

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

Oh I am very much an orderly kind gal. Can't you tell? ;)

[tomatoe18.livejournal.com]

I know you said to trust you but...

All he holds dear—including his beloved Jonty Stewart, lost in combat.

WHAT. OH NOES. *runs into a corner and sobs*

(But I shall wait for it... impatiently, as always.)

[charliecochrane.livejournal.com]

Yes, please trust me. Strange things happen in war. That's all I'm saying.

[merith.livejournal.com]

Oh this is giving me that sinking feeling like Lessons in Discovery did when I first read the blurb. *gnaws on lip* You did an excellent job bringing the boys back together then, and I trust you shall once again. :)

You torment those boys terribly. But oh in such a good way.

[charliecochrane.livejournal.com]

I do torment them. They get very cross with me for it. And yes, I solemnly promise all will be well.

[essayel.livejournal.com]

This sounds BRILLIANT!! *bookmarks*

[charliecochrane.livejournal.com]

Thanks, toots!

[arwen75]

Well I shall be doing my normal get this in 2 formats as I cannot wait for the print format to come. Nail biting stuff and I shall be on the edge reading it from that blurb. At least by the time it comes out I should be through marking and not fully into Semester 2 teaching.... So it won't have to wait for ages before I can read it. Must re read series before then as well....

[charliecochrane.livejournal.com]

Aw, you're such a star - you've supported me (and the lads) from the start. Thank you.

[kassa-rvws.livejournal.com]

*gulps* I adore these two ... they're some of my favorite characters and this... *lip wobbles* I know you said trust you but now I'm torn. I want to read this but honestly I may have to wait until I can take the potential heartbreak. I trust that Jonty likely appears "back from the dead" at the end so to speak but that's a lot of angst in between so wow... wow.

WOW!

Bravo to you for going there.. just not sure I can follow immediately. Though the heads up helps.

BTW I love the cover. They're all beautiful but this one particularly so.

[charliecochrane.livejournal.com]

Brave, yes - but it had to be done. despite my eldest daughter insisting I make them move to Ireland where the sconscription Act didn't apply or work in Room 40 for the whole of the war...

I think this cover is one of Scott's best.

[calavarna.livejournal.com]

*eyes you suspiciously*

[charliecochrane.livejournal.com]

*eyes you suspiciously too* Is that a stomach muscle tearing kit you have in your pocket?

[calavarna.livejournal.com]

It all depends - is that a relationship tearing kit you have in yours? :)

[charliecochrane.livejournal.com]

It's a multi purpose 'relationship tearing and mending only I can't give the plot away' kit.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

what a gorgeous cover!

[charliecochrane.livejournal.com]

Scott's excelled himself.

[jestana.livejournal.com]

Eeep! Cannot wait! I know you'll make it right in the end so Jonty and Orlando are together. *clings on you* I'm sorry the series has to end, though. *sniff*

[charliecochrane.livejournal.com]

I think you may have misread it - I hope this book isn't the end. Hint hint.

*hugs*

[jestana.livejournal.com]

From something you'd said before, I thought there was only going to be eight books in the series. *shrug* Oh well, the more the better!

[charliecochrane.livejournal.com]

Possibly - there was a point where the lads weren't 'talking' to me. Now they're blethering away like usual...

:)

[jestana.livejournal.com]

Ah. :D Good to know. *bounces*

[kittysorceress.livejournal.com]

I am extremely, stupidly excited for this. I'm doing a little happy dance. But it's a wary happy dance with tissues and nervous lip-biting.

I trust you, but the Boys... *wibbles*

[charliecochrane.livejournal.com]

I would pay good money to see that dance!

*hugs and gives you more tissues - for the happy tears*

[gaedhal.livejournal.com]

This is just... evil.

Seriously.

[charliecochrane.livejournal.com]

Only a little bit evil. About as big as a sailor's hankie. And lots of goodness too, I promise.

[aglarien1.livejournal.com]

I will be biting my fingernails until February!!! Oh Lord, you have me going nuts now.

[charliecochrane.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry. (Actally it could be worse. If I wrote what I really think happened to the boys in the war I'd be lynched. This is the 'acceptable' version.)

[aglarien1.livejournal.com]

Well thank goodness for that! Besides, I decided if you actually killed Jonty off, Helena Stewart would do more than bitch-slap you, lol.

[charliecochrane.livejournal.com]

Blimey, she'd have my guts for garters.

Only...um...she may not have survived the war.

*runs away*

[aglarien1.livejournal.com]

Oh you are truly evil!!! She'll come back and haunt you.

[charliecochrane.livejournal.com]

I'm buying a suit of armour right now...

[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

How exciting!

[charliecochrane.livejournal.com]

Thanks, toots!

[otterdance.livejournal.com]

I don't see a pre order button!!! And is it in ebook?

[charliecochrane.livejournal.com]

Yep. Samhain bring them out in e-book only to start, then roll them into print about ten months down the line.

*hugs*

[theotherdibbler.livejournal.com]

...I'm scared to read this one. I trust in your happy endings, but I'm still scared. Such awful, awful things for the poor dears (all of them, everyone) to have had to live through. D:

[charliecochrane.livejournal.com]

*nods* yes, I understand your emotion. There is a gloriously happy ending but maybe more angst than usual getting there.

Trust me - I have a blanket! :)