Sequel?

People have been asking for a sequel to The Night's Dark Shade. I really had not planned on writing one. After the new edition of Madame Royale is published this summer, I plan to finish my book about Irish settlers in Canada. Then I am going to write a novel about the Japanese occupation of the Philippines during World War II. After that I was going to write about Bonnie Prince Charlie and the '45. And at some point, I want to do a novel about the Comte d'Artois and his fatal love affair with Madame de Polastron.

However, if there continues to be a demand for a sequel to The Night's Dark Shade then I might consider it. I would send Lady Raphaëlle and her husband on crusade to the Holy Land with King St. Louis and Queen Marguerite. Raphaëlle could get captured by the Moors and see what life is like inside a harem. Someone will rescue her eventually but in the meantime she will rely upon her wits to survive. There will be several other adventures as well. It will be a much longer book.

It would be so much fun to explore something as controversial as the crusades, especially since film makers are intent upon showing them in a totally negative light. It would be exciting to portray St. Louis in his role as crusader, which was a valiant effort but an utter failure. I must say, I am tempted.... Share