In the upcoming novel The Long-Timer Chronicles: Here and Everywhere, Victoria Wells gets a job as a piano player in Club Monsoon in Harlem, New York around 1905. There, she meets Maxine Lewis, aka Maxi.
They have a brief, but intense relationship that helps Victoria overcome her grief from losing the love of her life (to that point) some years earlier. After encountering difficulties being together in New York, Maxi decides to visit Europe. Victoria recommends she visit Charles and Renee Fox in London.
Initially, the Fox’s servant, Giles is wary of Maxi, but when she mentions Victoria, he invites her in and informs her that it was Victoria who recommended him to the Foxes when he was released by Bergeron. Charles and Renee welcome Maxi and invite her to accompany them to Paris.
In Paris, Maxi becomes the toast of the town and the host with the most. It’s here that Victoria finds her just as tensions between France and Germany erupt into World War I.
Maxi and Victoria find work as nurses during the war and encounter Eleanor Goolsby, another Long-Timer also serving the troops.
Eventually, Maxi returns to the U.S. where she surprises her old friend at a party in the next installment of the Long-Timer Chronicles, Roman Holiday.
Here and Everywhere is being finalized and should be available by Christmas or early 2027.
