Eleanor Whitlock

Slow Burn Romance & Vintage Longing
Interwar Britain
Evernight Publishing Author
The Quiet Chapter Podcast

[Eleanor Whitlock @WhitlockRomance]

There’s nothing quite like getting lost in a good book on a Sunday. 📚☕🍂

A cosy blanket, a favourite drink and just one more chapter… or five!

Tell me, where’s your perfect reading escape? Curled up on the sofa, in the garden or somewhere completely unexpected?

[Eleanor Whitlock @WhitlockRomance]

A little more of my world beyond the page… ✨💕

I’m now sharing my romance-author journey on YouTube and TikTok! Expect glimpses behind the stories, romantic inspiration and a little vintage glamour along the way.

I’d love for you to join me!

#RomanceAuthor #AmWriting

[Eleanor Whitlock @WhitlockRomance]

@JordanT3361 Great questions, thank you! 😊 Usually, the scene or theme comes to me first, then the characters start to take shape. The trouble is, once I start writing, the whole thing plays out like a movie in my head, and I struggle to get it all down on paper fast enough! 😂🎬

[Eleanor Whitlock @WhitlockRomance]

Some loves are written in the quiet moments… ❤️

In A Quiet Fire in May, a Yorkshire mining village faces division, Clara is determined to help those in need, and love grows in uncertain times.

Sometimes the bravest thing is opening your door.

#HistoricalRomance #RomanceBooks

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Romance readers, what’s your favourite moment? 💕 The first kiss, the almost-kiss, a look that says everything, or a quiet act of kindness?

Mine is the anticipation and butterflies before that first kiss! 🦋

#RomanceReaders #RomanceBooks

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Christmas cake planning has begun! 🎄 Buying the fruit, gathering ingredients and keeping a family tradition alive.

At Glenbruar Cottage, I imagine Maggie and Andrew singing Christmas songs into wooden spoons. 😂❤️

Are you an early planner?

#ChristmasRomance #WritingLife

[Eleanor Whitlock @WhitlockRomance]

My characters: “Miss Ashford,” “Mr Rowe.”

Me: eating toast over the sink at 11pm. 😂💕

#RomanceAuthor #WritingLife

[Eleanor Whitlock @WhitlockRomance]

I began researching comparable titles for my romance submissions and discovered a whole new world of authors to love. ❤️

One unexpected favourite? Our Perfect Storm by @CarleyFortune. Five stars for the longing, tenderness and atmosphere.

#RomanceBooks #BookRecommendations

[Eleanor Whitlock @WhitlockRomance]

I have a weakness for 1930s glamour, especially those utterly beautiful backless evening gowns.

My daughter is trying to sew one for me, inspired by vintage Vogue patterns and illustrations. A labour of love — and I cannot wait to wear it!

Some dreams are stitched with love.

[Eleanor Whitlock @WhitlockRomance]

When I’m not writing about another era, I rather enjoy dressing for one myself. 🥂

A little vintage glamour at the Ritz — somewhere many of my characters could only dream of affording!

Do you ever dress up just for the pleasure of it?

#VintageStyle #AuthorLife

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A Highland winter. A cottage buried in snow. Two wounded hearts learning to hope again. ❄️🕯️

Christmas at Glenbruar Cottage is a tender, slow-burn romance set in Scotland, 1919.

Discover the story on BookSprout: https://t.co/zOIcykVyFu

#HistoricalRomance #ChristmasRomance

[Eleanor Whitlock @WhitlockRomance]

Why do I keep coming back to slow-burn romance?
Because sometimes the best part isn’t the kiss.
It’s the glance.
The cup of tea made exactly right.
The hand that almost touches.
The moment they finally realise what the reader already knows.

#SlowBurnRomance #HistoricalRomance

[Eleanor Whitlock @WhitlockRomance]

Writer maths:
2 days researching the Campbell Case
- several pages of notes
- far too many newspaper articles
= half a page in the novel
But Ethel got to make a Labour MP regret assuming she was just a pretty face.
So obviously it was worth it.
#HistoricalRomance #AmWriting

[Eleanor Whitlock @WhitlockRomance]

Some lines arrive while I’m writing and end up carrying far more of the story than I expected.
For Clara Ashford, this was one of them:
“Hunger isn’t neutral.”
A Quiet Fire in May is available now from Evernight Publishing.
#HistoricalRomance #HistoricalFiction

[Eleanor Whitlock @WhitlockRomance]

Which kind of slow burn gets you every time?
A. They dislike each other… allegedly.
B. Everyone knows except them.
C. Friends for years, one terrible realisation.
D. “This is purely practical.”
(It is not purely practical.)
#SlowBurnRomance #HistoricalRomance

[Eleanor Whitlock @WhitlockRomance]

Sometimes a place writes the story first.
Grosvenor House Hotel, 1929.
Park Lane glamour.
Staff behind the scenes.
A journalist watching it all.
And suddenly, a novel begins.
#HistoricalFiction #AmWriting

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Trying to write my slightly spicier WIP on the bus to work:
Nobody can see my screen.
Nobody knows what I’m writing.
Why does that man across the aisle look like he knows?
Me: casually reducing screen brightness to 3%. 😳
#AmWriting #HistoricalRomance

[Eleanor Whitlock @WhitlockRomance]

What does a man do when saying sorry isn’t enough?
In The Dressmaker of Bloomsbury, Grayson Neal could have sent flowers.
Instead, he chooses a factory floor.
Callused hands.
Long shifts in a Battersea metalworks.
All because the woman he loves deserved more than words.

[Eleanor Whitlock @WhitlockRomance]

My favourite kind of romance?
Two people who are absolutely certain they are not falling in love.
Everyone else has noticed.
The reader has noticed.
They have not. 😌

#HistoricalRomance #SlowBurnRomance

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A Quiet Fire in May is out now. ✨

A village on the edge of change.
A woman determined to do what is right.
A love that finds its way in the most unexpected place.
Thank you so much to Evernight Publishing for bringing this story into the world.

#HistoricalRomance #BookRelease