Welcome Christine Lindsay, Author of Veiled at Midnight
Tell us a little about Veiled
at Midnight
Christine: Veiled at
Midnight is the passionate and final book to my series Twilight of the
British Raj. The characters Captain Cam Fraser and Dassah the Indian beauty he
loves were little children in Book 1 Shadowed in Silk. The other main
character, Miriam, Cam’s younger sister, was first introduced as a baby in Book
2 Captured by Moonlight. But these three characters are adults
now and facing the explosive ending to the British Empire as England leaves
India and hands over independence to the Indian people.
Set against this traumatic
historical time are these three people who don’t know where home really is—Cam
and his sister Miriam don’t feel English, having lived their entire lives in
British Colonial India. To complicate matters, Cam has the prestigious position
as Aide-de-camp to Lord Louis Mountbatten the last Viceroy of India, but Cam
loves Dassah a poor Indian woman. And English officers just don’t marry poor
Indian women.
As for Miriam—a beauty and an
academic—she’s not sure her romantic feelings for Lieutenant Colonel Jack
Sunderland means he’s her soulmate, or a distraction from what she really wants
to do with her life.
If you could spend the day
with a famous author, whom would you choose and why?
Christine: I would love to
spend time with the famous blockbuster author of the past century, MM Kaye who
wrote the global best-sellers Far Pavilions and Shadow of the Moon. I first fell in love with novels written in British
Colonial India because of her romantic epic historicals. MM Kaye made that
country and era so exotic, so full of spice and aromas, so passionately
romantic that I wanted to write books like her but from a Christian point of
view.
If you weren't a writer,
what would be another dream job?
Christine: I would be a painter in acrylic—landscapes,
florals, children’s portraits. I started out as an amateur painter long before
I ever began to write. But I’ve discovered that many writers are gifted in art
as well. This ability to portray things in a visual manner helps me see the way
I want my scenes to come across in my novels.
What led you to choose the
genre in which you write?
Christine: Along with devouring the novels written about
British Colonial India by the great MM Kaye, I also had ancestors who served in
the British army and the cavalry during that time. My mother told me stories of
these ancestors when I was a child, and the romanticism of these soldiers,
cavalry officers, their steeds, wives, and families in exotic India just fed my
romantic soul.
So, I began to write the kind
of books I loved to read. I believe that what makes my British heart go
pitter-patter will make an American heart do the same. Nothing sexier than a
British hero with a stiff upper lip who makes the heroine swoon.
What can we expect from
you in the future?
Christine: I am currently
under contract to write the non-fiction story of my experience as a birthmom—a
woman who relinquished her baby to adoption—and to the reunion with my
birthdaughter 20 years later.
I am also laying down the
groundwork for a new series set in Ireland and the US.
LIGHTNING ROUND
Pride and Prejudice or
Gone with the Wind?
Definitely Pride and Prejudice. It’s the British
banter in the conversations that I love. Plus, I love a happy ending, and Jane
Austen always gave us that. While I dearly love Rhett Butler, I would have
liked to have seen Scarlett treat him better.
eReader or Paper book?
Both.
I’m happy reading from both versions, and believe that both give us greater
options.
More important: Plot or
Characters?
Again, both. I have to have great characters as well as a riveting
plot. To me, you can’t have a good book without both.
Nora Roberts or Diana
Gabaldon?
Diana Gabaldon for sure. I love her ability to take the reader away
to a completely different world. I love her sense of mystery and romance. These
are elements I also try to put into my novels.
ABOUT CHRISTINE LINDSAY:
Christine
Lindsay was born in Ireland, and is proud of the fact that she was once patted
on the head by Prince Philip when she was a baby. Her great grandfather, and
her grandfather—yes father and son—were both riveters on the building of the Titanic.
Tongue in cheek, Christine states that as a family they accept no
responsibility for the sinking of that infamous ship.
Stories of
Christine’s ancestors who served in the British Cavalry in Colonial India
inspired her multi-award-winning, historical series Twilight of the British
Raj, Book 1 Shadowed in Silk, Book 2 Captured by Moonlight. And
Christine is currently writing the final installment of that series called Veiled
at Midnight to be released Autumn 2014.
Londonderry
Dreaming is
Christine’s first contemporary romance set in N. Ireland.
Christine
makes her home on the west coast of Canada with her husband and their grown up
family. Her cat Scottie is chief editor on all Christine’s books.
CONNECT
WITH CHRISTINE:
Please drop
by Christine’s website http://www.christinelindsay.com/ or follow her on Twitter and be her friend on Pinterest , and Goodreads
PURCHASE LINKS FOR Veiled at Midnight
Christine, thanks for sharing with us on Lagniappe!
Readers, thanks for stopping by. I hope you find a little "something extra" in each of our days!
Until next time,
Marian
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