It took ages to get every detail perfect. Twenty-two years from first idea, the story complete, to 'The End' at the bottom of the last page of the trilogy.
She'd examined every step in the life of her heroine, challenged every obstacle, assured every battle win.
It was time. Dressed in the robes of the thirteenth century, her vaccinations current, her teeth cleaned one last time, she signed the Letter leaving her daughter everything.
She opened the handsome leather-bound omnibus edition at the beginning. He'd be riding round the bend.
She stepped into the book, no way back.