Ciji Ware (73 page)
Authors: A Light on the Veranda
I am grateful for the friendship and professional skill of my critique partner, fellow Harvardian and broadcaster-writer, Diana Dempsey. I’ve also been blessed by the varied talents of friends and family who traveled to Natchez with me, where on one memorable trip, one visitor claimed there was even a ghostly visitation.
And then there is editor Shauna Summers who, during the writing and publishing of the first edition of this novel, kept the Ballantine battleship afloat amid shifting seas and changing management. Likewise, West Coast publicist Marie Coolman and agent Jane Chelius were always alert and on deck, helping to achieve bestselling status for this novel in several national newspapers.
Other angels encountered on this novelist’s journey include Diane Barr and Ken Young. Doctors Gary and Diana Arsham, Michi Blake, Betsy Booth, Ellie Cabot, Jayne Cantor, Cindy Challed (aka novelist Cynthia Wright), John and Linda Grenner, Jan Gough and Seamus Malin, Kay Hall, David Harris, Anthony and Susanna Jennens, Dennis Koenig, Wendy Kout, Suzanne LaCock-Browning, Ed “Sleuth” Kelly, Lynne and John Mangan, Terry Cagney Morrison, Mary Murphy, Paul Nevski and Bill Coble—then owners of the Le Monde Creole shop in New Orleans, Bill and Fiona Orde, Jack Reardon, Meryl Sawyer, Dan and the Rev. Diana Phillips, Samara Poché, Mary Jo Putney, Martha and Ricardo Segovia, Russel Thompson, Andy and Barbara Thornburg, Susan Wintersteen, the Ware, Cook, Thayer, and McCullough clans, Andrew Ware Volmensky, Susan Wintersteen, Joanne Woods, Diane and Michael Worthington, Dr. Hal and Betsey Urschel, Deb Wehmeier, and “Katering Kate” of Nob Hill.
Among four-footed guardians, the feline trio of Yankee Doodle, Dandy, and Catmandu bear remarkable similarity to Chico, Harpo, and Groucho.
And, as always, I offer deepest thanks for to my sister, Joy McCullough Ware, for her copy-editing skills on the home front; my son Jamie, and his wife, Teal; and my husband Tony Cook, whose love, kindness, and understanding of the writer’s life are among life’s most precious gifts.
Ciji Ware
Sausalito, California
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About the Author
Ciji Ware has been an Emmy award-winning television producer, reporter, writer and radio host. A Harvard graduate, she has written numerous fiction and nonfiction books, including the award-winning
Island
of
the
Swans
. When she’s not writing, Ciji serves as Chair of the Sausalito Woman’s Club Preservation Society and is a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel fancier. She and her husband live in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Midnight on Julia Street
by Ciji Ware
Scandal transcends time in the Big Easy
Feisty reporter Corlis McCullough isn’t afraid to push boundaries in the name of journalistic integrity. When passion for the truth lands her in New Orleans in need of a job, an assignment at a TV station pits her against her old college nemesis, King Duvallon.
The sultry streets of the French Quarter, the glamorous Garden District, derelict riverfront cotton warehouses, and gritty back alleys come alive as the reporter’s story inexplicably slips between the nineteenth century and today. A long-forgotten drama of blackmail, swindles, and a love affair that is still changing lives leaves Corlis and King wondering if their burgeoning, unholy attraction will render them pawns in a matrix of mystery and deceit.
Praise for
Midnight on Julia Street
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“Unforgettable entertainment.”—
Historical Novels Review
“Vibrant and exciting… such an intriguing plot full of rich characters that I couldn’t wait to see what happened.”—
Literary Times
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A Cottage by the Sea
by Ciji Ware
One woman, one man, one shared fate…
A remote cottage on the wild coast of Cornwall sounded to Blythe Barton Stowe like the perfect escape from the pain and humiliation of recent events in her Hollywood life. But soon she seems to be reliving a centuries-old tragedy, and the handsome owner of the shabby manor house on the hill appears vitally entwined in her destiny. As they unearth one shocking family secret after another, Blythe is forced to conclude that her intriguing neighbor is more than just an impecunious British gentleman bent on saving his ancestral home. And the impeccably honorable Lucas Teague begins to see Blythe as a lifeline in an otherwise bleak existence.
But is the unbridled attraction they’re experiencing a dangerous distraction, or could it be strong enough to transcend the insurmountable complexities of time and place?
Praise for
A Cottage by the Sea
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“A delightfully fun novel that contains essences of romance and history and modern times all expertly crafted into a cohesive and addictive narrative”—
The Burton Review
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