“Her Heavenly Phantom” by Michal Scott – Forced into a marriage of convenience neither wants, a mild-mannered banker with an intriguing secret discovers his reluctant bride has a secret, too.

I couldn’t get into this story for a long time. What finally helped was putting myself in the place of my main characters, who are forced to adhere to 19th-century societal restrictions regarding their race, class, and gender. Under those circumstances, how could such people find an outlet to keep life from being bitter and disappointing? Once I focused on what Emily and Harold’s dreams were, the story and their secret identities flowed from there.

A snippet from “Her Heavenly Phantom”…

Harold scanned his dressing room table. “Speaking of missing.”

“You won’t find a letter tonight,” Michael said.

A pang throbbed in Harold’s chest. Where was the air in this damned room? “What do you mean?”

“Your lady of the balcony only just arrived at intermission. Maybe she’ll leave you one when you return.” Michael closed the calendar and stood. “I wonder why she lurks behind that Mardi Gras mask of hers.”

“The manager of The Phantom doesn’t understand that his client isn’t the only one who needs to hide his identity from the outside world?”

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About the Author

Michal Scott is the erotic romance pen name of Anna Taylor Sweringen, a retired United Church of Christ and Presbyterian Church USA minister. She has been writing seriously since joining Romance Writers of America in 2003. Her erotic romance was published with the Scarlet Rose line of The Wild Rose Press.

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