Oliver & Jack – New Book In Series!

I’m very pleased to announce that in spite of some setbacks, the newest book in the Oliver & Jack series is just about ready to go. It’s called Oliver & Jack: On The Isle Of Dogs.

I’ll be sending out an update when the book is available, but until then, here are some tidbits to whet your appetite….

It’s about Oliver (the orphan) and Jack (the street thief) and their tale of true love, which must endure the dangers of London.

It’s about Oliver writing letters…

And Jack picking pockets….

It’s the story about the playing cards that Oliver buys Jack for his birthday (May 5th)…..

And about them going to a posh gentleman’s bath house on Jack’s birthday, just because….

And how they spend the rest of Jack’s birthday at Regent’s Park and watch the grey herons land…

But it’s about more than Jack’s birthday, it’s about Oliver and Jack, and how they get along while sharing a tiny bedsit above the Three Cripples.

Here’s the whole of the description, and the cover – stay tuned for details or sign up for my email list.

After the cruel rejection from their families, Oliver and Jack brave the dangers they left behind to return to London and take up residence at the Three Cripples. The bedsit they share is small and riddled with bed bugs, but what does that matter when there is always cool beer on tap and the excitement and diversions of London are spread out before them? 

While Jack returns to picking pockets, Oliver works in the tavern, serving beer and sweeping at the endless tide of dirt, struggling to retain what is left of his reputation, his dignity, and everything he ever thought he stood for. Amidst their happiness and plans for future contentment, Workmaster Chalenheim kidnaps them, assaults Jack, and leaves them both to die.

In the busy, noisy, crowded streets of London, where shadows hold secrets often too horrible to describe, can Oliver and Jack rebuild their shattered peace? Will their love for each other prove stronger than hate?