It is because of the characters, who are so believable that you feel what they feel.

Fans of the novel felt this story blew them away, and it evoked many different emotions in them. Some felt that the book has a lot of angst in it, and is so well written. She is desperate to honor the man, and will risk it all to get the man’s heart back, one who is bound to a Queen in a world where the only luxury forbidden to those who live there is love.

Marget fears that she has lost her husband forever after her introduction is met with the envious queen’s wrath. The only thing that he wants from Marget is to help him win some favor with the Queen. That beautiful woman only left him with a taste of betrayal and a broken heart. That is what she hopes, anyway.Įarl of Lytham has been married once before. Her security is in place, and her future guaranteed. Her dad is a knight, and she has gotten a small fortune. Marget Barnardsen has been fortunate her entire life, after being born with an angel’s face. “A Constant Heart” is the first novel in the “Against All Expectations” series and was released in the year 2008.

“Chateau of Echoes”, “She Walks in Beauty”, and “The Cubicle Next Door” were all finalists for Christy Awards. “Love’s Pursuit” was a finalist for ACFW Carol Award. “She Walks in Beauty” won the first INSPY Award for Historical Fiction in the year 2010. The first novel she had published was called “Kissing Adrien”, which was released in 2005, and is from the genre of contemporary romance fiction. Mitchell also went on writing strikes, and went so far as to threaten to shred her own manuscripts. During the time of all of her rejections, she ate a lot of Ben and Jerry’s, and vowed that she would never write another word. At times, they have been known to talk to one of their characters.īefore getting signed by a publisher, she racked up 153 rejection notices and wrote four books. While editing their manuscript, they cry during a sad part, or laugh at something funny. If they shake their head when they hear a profound statement, they think to themselves that one of their characters needs to hear that. They listen to someone or take notes, and usually come up with a great piece of dialogue or plot. She is a novelist, which is a strange breed of human. She graduated from University of Washington, getting her business degree, and has worked in various levels of government. She speaks French fluently and enjoys eating sushi. She has lived all over the world (places like Tokyo and Paris) because she is a military spouse and she likes learning about all kinds of cultures. Mitchell writes romantic, general, and historical fiction she has also used a pen name (Iris Anthony) to write some of her work.

Unrivaled by Siri Mitchell