Busy Weekend

I had a family-free weekend so blasted on with the next book - it's called Service of the Heir, and with a following wind (and it was certainly a windy weekend) it should be out, as announced on Good Reads, by Christmas this year. Family have now returned to find I've been living on mangetout and lettuce from the allotment, completely ignoring all rooms but the study! No more peace - back to cooking and cleaning and preparing lecture courses ...