About the Book

Book: The Red Cottage

Author: Hannah Linder

Genre: Christian Fiction / Historical / Regency Romance

Release Date: November, 2025

She forgot she loved him.
He would die to make her remember.

Meg Foxcroft has never minded the tattling village gossip or her uncle’s ill-tempered rebukes. After all, she has Tom McGwen—and one day, they will build their own cottage, paint it red, and live a wonderful life.

But then the unthinkable happens. Meg is attacked, her uncle’s apothecary shop goes up in flames, and when she wakes up in the arms of an eloquent lord, she remembers nothing. Not even her own name.

In a frantic race against time, Tom plunges into dangerous water, bent on sheltering Meg from harm and discovering who wants her dead. Even if she despises him. Even if it’s now the handsome lord she casts her smile upon.

As danger swells and truth comes crashing around them, Meg must confront the past and decide who she trusts—and loves—before the enemy makes the final strike.

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About the Author

Hannah Linder resides in the beautiful mountains of central West Virginia. Represented by Books & Such, she writes Regency romantic suspense novels filled with passion, secrets, and danger. She is a four-time Selah Award winner, a 2023 Carol Award semi-finalist, a 2023 Angel Book Award third place winner, and a member of American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW). Also, Hannah is an international and multi-award-winning graphic designer who specializes in professional book cover design. She designs for both traditional publishing houses and individual authors, including New York Times, USA Today, and international bestsellers. She is also a self-portrait photographer of historical fashion. When Hannah is not writing, she enjoys playing her instruments—piano, guitar, ukulele, and banjolele—songwriting, painting still life, walking in the rain, square dancing, and sitting on the front porch of her 1800s farmhouse.

More from Hannah

We’re made for someone. I think I’ve always believed this—that it was never about proximity, or happenchance, or who you know, or where you are.

But that God, in His infinite wisdom, created a second half for each of us.

Someone who fits in the curve of your neck when you hug.

Who laughs at the things you laugh at.

Who speaks to you in a language your soul understands.

I think that’s why I love The Red Cottage so much. Circumstances would have never mattered with Tom and Meg. They loved each other. They were linked. And even if everything had been different, if they had been born hundreds of years before, they would have found their way back to each other.

If the age was ancient Egypt, and he had been a Pharaoh, and she a slave, they would have discovered each other.

If the year was 1920, and he a factory worker, and she the daughter of an oil tycoon, they would have defied the rules of society.

In any other place, in any other time, in any other way, Tom would have loved Meg. And Meg would have loved Tom. That is the beauty and the mind-blowing magic of real love.

So, when you fall into the pages of The Red Cottage, I hope you aren’t so foolish as to imagine this was an accident. That Tom said the right things, or that Meg felt vulnerable in just the right places, and that their bond—both the first and second time—was a mere hapless stroke of luck.

They would have loved each other anyway.

We’re all made for someone.

Interview with Hannah

Q: When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer?

A: For most of my young childhood, I had no clue I had an interest in writing. I enjoyed jotting down stories, and I can recall my mom peeking back in the school room, hours after she had given me a fiction writing assignment, to tell me I could be done. I was so engrossed. So many possibilities rose up in my mind that it was electrifying to hurry them all onto paper.

At eleven, I stumbled into the not-so-normal habit of creating “Wanted Dead or Alive” posters (you know, like you see nailed to a saloon post in the western movies). I think I fully realized then how much fun it was to dream characters into existence. So-and-so did this. They looked like that. They committed this crime. My family read them all and was riveted.

But still, it didn’t click. At twelve years old, just before Christmas, my mom received a letter with news that my second cousin Bethany was writing a novel. My mom must have thought it newsworthy because she said, “Hey, Hannah, you should do that.” I thought about it a moment—because, well, it had never once dawned on me that someone my age could write a novel—then I shrugged and said, “I think I will.”

The first chapter in, I was hooked. The story sucked me in like a vortex, and as soon as I completed the manuscript, I self-published the book and officially thought—with a strong swell of excitement and pride—that I wanted to be an author.

Q: What is your real-life work schedule like when writing?

A: I almost always write first thing in the morning. It’s fun to pour out a scene, while I’m fresh and sleepy, before hustling into the day’s activities.   

Q: What are your favorite books to read?

A: I love anything romance + murder + action. Contemporary romantic suspense novels take up much of my bookshelf space.

Q: How do you create your main characters?

A: I usually build the plot around a strong emotional dilemma. What would happen if a girl fell in love with the man who kidnapped her? How heartbreaking would it be if a girl forgot the man she was pledged to marry? Once I have the seed for the plot, I develop the character’s personalities, background, and traits based on what best enhances the story. 

Q: What would you say is the most difficult part of writing a book?

A: Hmmm, I’m going to say making edits. Or the occasional writer’s block.

Q: What do you like to do when you’re not writing?

A:

• Play dramatic melodies on the piano
• Paint antique-esque still-life paintings
• Read dusty old poetry books by lamplight
• Sing along to my ukulele or guitar
• Sit on the front porch of my 1800s farmhouse
• Square dance late into summer evenings
• Take self-portrait photographs of historical fashion
• Walk in the rain with my collie dog Sheb

Q: Where can readers find out more about you and your books?

A: Readers can keep up with me by joining my newsletter or following me on my socials. Here’s the links:

• Facebook
• Instagram
• Goodreads
• Book Bub
• Amazon Author 
• Website
• Newsletter

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Giveaway

To celebrate her tour, Hannah is giving away the grand prize of a $25 Amazon e-Gift Card and a print copy of the book!!

Be sure to comment on the blog stops for extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.

https://promosimple.com/ps/3dd06/the-red-cottage-celebration-tour-giveaway