Thanks so much Chatter, I really appreciated the feedback!
Steph is absolutely fantastic, she has such an incredible range, it was wonderful to work with her on this project!
Harumachi's music is also fabulous! I love how expressive the tracks are.
I wanted to try something different this time, no imminent danger, no intimidating/quirky men. I wanted to focus on a gentle heart-felt story, taking place in an old Abbey - a beautiful and melancholic place. It was a place I visited and I just knew I had to create a novel that was set there!
I also wanted Alice to be really respectful of how different people live their lives, on this occasion, how they process grief and loss. She isn't pushy and she doesn't demand. She is comfortable and secure, happy with who she is and that others are shaped by their experiences, she doesn't want to 'fix' them, she wants to provide...Sanctuary. I think that gentle patient support - close or distant is symbolic in the Folklore world, a place full of old and edgy pushy/oppressive/opinionated characters.
Alice will appear in other titles in the future, providing a ray of gentle kindness wherever she goes.
Thanks again for your wonderful review. :)