A second print run. And… I just signed for another book!

I have two pieces of news and I am barely keeping it together.

First—because of you, because of your pre-orders and your shares and your recommendations to friends—Secrets of an English Country House: A Year at Mapperton has already gone to a second print run. It hasn’t even published yet. I don’t have the words.

Second—and I genuinely cannot say much, it’s a SECRET, but I can’t not tell you—I have just signed for a second book! Ahhhhh!

That’s it. That’s all I’m allowed to say. But I needed you to know, because none of it— not the second print run, not the second book deal—happens without the momentum you have created around this first one. Pre-orders matter. You have just proven exactly how much.

So if you haven’t pre-ordered yet, now is genuinely the moment. Not just for me— though it does mean everything—but because pre-orders are what tell publishers, booksellers and Amazon that a book deserves attention. Every single one counts, right up to the deadline of 23rd September 2026.

Pre-order from Amazon, Bookshop.org or Barnes & Noble—and when you do, fill in the form at the link below to claim your thank-you gifts:**

✨ Patrons receive an exclusive live Q&A with me, a monthly digital scrapbook of unpublished images, and a Patron-only signed bookplate—plus one more surprise to come.

✨ Not yet a Patron? You’ll receive 3 months of free Mapperton Live! membership, entry into a draw for 1 of 100 spots in a live Q&A with me, a signed downloadable bookplate, and a Christmas card from me and Luke by post in December.

Publication day: 24th September 2026.

A second print run. A second book. A second huge thank you.

You did that. xx Julie