A.S. Fenichel gave up a successful IT career in New York City to follow her husband to Texas and pursue her lifelong dream of being a professional writer. She’s never looked back.
A.S. adores writing stories filled with love, passion, desire, magic and maybe a little mayhem tossed in for good measure. Books have always been her perfect escape and she still relishes diving into one and staying up all night to finish a good story.
Originally from New York, she grew up in New Jersey, and now lives in Missouri with her real life hero, her wonderful husband. When not reading or writing she enjoys cooking, travel, history, and puttering in her garden.
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Title: CAPTURING THE EARL
Author: A.S. Fenichel
Publisher: Kensington
Pages: 250
Genre: Regency Romance
The friendship of four young ladies has created an indestructible bond to protect one another from the perils of love and marriage . . .
After the demise of her friend’s disastrous marriage, Mercedes Parsons isn’t about to let the widowed Wallflower of West Lane, Lady Aurora Radcliff, undertake another perilous trip to the altar. At least, not before the bridegroom-to-be is thoroughly investigated. If only Mercy could stop her uncharacteristic daydreaming about Wesley Renshaw’s charm, his intellect, his dashing good looks. After all, the earl has already set his sights on her best friend! She must keep her wits about her and avoid giving into temptation.
Wesley is both irritated and intrigued by the machinations of Mercy—He cannot let her cleverness and beauty distract him. He needs to marry her friend, Aurora, so he can reclaim his family’s ancestral home. A wrong he has hoped to right his entire life. Besides, who is penniless spinster Mercedes Parsons to decide whom he can and cannot marry? Yet while he admires her unwavering loyalty to her friends, he decides it’s high time the misguided woman had a dose of her own medicine. Two can play at this spying game. But they are both embarked on a dangerous charade. And it won’t be merely Mercy’s reputation at risk—or her heart on the line—as Wesley comes to the inescapable conclusion that he has found the right woman at exactly the wrong time.
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We welcome you to My
Bookish Pleasures! Can you tell us how you got started writing fiction?
Thank you for
having me at My Bookish Pleasures. I’m thrilled to be here.
I always had
stories in my head. I was the kid who made up the pretend game and got yelled
at in school for daydreaming. One day, in my early twenties, I was reading a
book (I think it was a Star Trek book) and I thought, “I can do this better.”
That was it. I started writing my own stories down. It took many, many years
before I was good enough to get published.
Describe your writing
process. Do you plot or write by the seat of your pants? When and where do you
write?
I usually write
the first chapter or two and then plot out a full outline of the book. It gives
me a chance to get to know my characters before I decide their fate. LOL
I write on a
laptop and like to either sit in the recliner in my office, usually with a cat,
or if the weather is good, I will write on the porch. I’m not a big fan of
creating at my desk. I always think I’ll write in the morning, but usually it’s
the afternoon that finds me tapping away with new content. The morning’s are
spent on social media, interviews, email and other writerly things.
Can you tell us about
your most recent release?
Capturing the Earl
is book three in the Wallflowers of West Lane series. It can be read as a stand
alone, but you’ll love the first two books as well.
The friendship
of four young ladies has created an indestructible bond to protect one another
from the perils of love and marriage . . .
After the demise of her friend’s disastrous
marriage, Mercedes Parsons isn’t about to let the widowed Wallflower of West
Lane, Lady Aurora Radcliff, undertake another perilous trip to the altar. At
least, not before the bridegroom-to-be is thoroughly investigated. If only
Mercy could stop her uncharacteristic daydreaming about Wesley Renshaw’s charm,
his intellect, his dashing good looks. After all, the earl has already set his
sights on her best friend! She must keep her wits about her and avoid giving
into temptation.
Wesley is both irritated and intrigued by the
machinations of Mercy—He cannot let her cleverness and beauty distract him. He
needs to marry her friend, Aurora, so he can reclaim his family’s ancestral
home. A wrong he has hoped to right his entire life. Besides, who is penniless
spinster Mercedes Parsons to decide whom he can and cannot marry? Yet while he
admires her unwavering loyalty to her friends, he decides it’s high time the
misguided woman had a dose of her own medicine. Two can play at this spying
game. But they are both embarked on a dangerous charade. And it won’t be merely
Mercy’s reputation at risk—or her heart on the line—as Wesley comes to the
inescapable conclusion that he has found the right woman at exactly the wrong
time.
Of all your characters,
which one is your favorite? Why?
This is a very
hard question. I love them all like my children.
Poppy from The Earl
Not Taken is brave and bold. She has a whole series of made-up curses like “Hades
breath” that she tosses out constantly. She’s clumsy and funny and I love her
so.
Faith from
Misleading A Duke is full of passion that she keeps under tight control. She’s self-conscious
and always wants to please everyone. She’s ferociously loyal to those she
loves. How can anyone not adore her?
Mercy from
Capturing the Earl is an orphan and has no dowry. She’s extremely talented as a
musician and some people take advantage of her. I adore how strong and foorgiving
she is.
Aurora from Not
Even For a Duke (not yet published) is the catalyst for the entire series. She
has been misused and battered and there is so much pain and fear inside her. Everyone
will be rooting for her to find her Happily Ever After and so will I.
What projects are you
currently working on?
I’m writing book 4
in The Wallflowers of West Lane, Not Even For a Duke and have a secret project
that is NOT historical Romance. So, stay tuned.
What advice would you
offer to new or aspiring fiction authors?
Join a writing
group. Hone your craft. If you have a marketing degree all the better and call
me. LOL I need all the help I can get with marketing. Keep writing no matter
what and when things get bad and you think it will never work out, ask yourself
this: If you knew right now that you would never make a living writing, would
you keep doing it? If the answer is yes, then all the rest doesn’t matter. Work
hard and smart, educate yourself and it will pay off.
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