The Belles would like to thank all those who named people and selected objects in our stories, after winning the rights in a Bluestocking Belles contest.
Laurie Bergh named Cedrica Grenford.
Angela Marie Torres won the right to choose one object from six to appear in all seven novellas, and selected a quill.
Lindsay Downs named the maid Elsie in A Kiss for Charity.
Molly Laird named Mrs Laird, Charlotte’s landlady, in Artemis.
Deiatra Dee Deacon Foster named Theodosia Nethercote, orphaned daughter of a vicar, the ladies’ maid in The Bluestocking and the Barbarian.
Catherine Maguire named the dog Linda, in Christmas Kisses, and picked the breed, border collie.
Teri Slabinski Donaldson named Mr. Stanley the butler, and by extension his wife Mrs. Stanley, in honour of her father. This was a prize for An Open Heart, but, of course, the Stanleys appear throughout the book.