I have a big update for those of you who are looking forward to my next historical novel The Last Dance of the Debutante.
You probably have heard of all of the supply chain and distribution issues that have been hitting various industries. Well, publishing hasn't escaped. My US publisher has made what I think is the right decision to push back the publication of The Last Dance of the Debutante to make sure that there's plenty of time to get books printed and into bookseller's hands so that you can buy them.
So what does this all mean?
The Last Dance of the Debutante will now be coming out January 4, 2022, in the US and worldwide except for Canada.
Canadian readers, you will be able to pick up print copies of The Last Dance of the Debutante from November 23rd. (No change there!) If you read ebooks, you will have to wait until January 4th.
I'm really sorry if anyone is disappointed by the pushed back release date, especially with holiday shopping coming. Trust me, if I thought that we could guarantee that books would end up in readers hands on December 7th as we'd planned, I know my publisher would be trying to make that happen. Unfortunately, it's just too much of a risk.
A lot of this supply chain issue is around how many books publishers need to print. One of the big ways that they figure that number out is through reader preorders!
If you haven't preordered The Last Dance of the Debutante yet, here's a reminder of what you'll find. In this book, I’ll be inviting you into the glamorous, decadent world of the 1958 London Season—the last time that debutantes were presented to Queen Elizabeth II—and introducing you to Lily. She’s a young woman at a crossroads, with both tradition and progress pulling her in two different directions until she learns of a devastating family secret that changes everything.