Valentin & The Widow

Action and Adventure
by Andrew Wheeler

PARIS PAS DE DEUX - PART FOUR

And we’re back!

Sorry for the extended break between episodes, I hated doing it, but real life got in the way and I didn’t want to put out an inferior product! I’m really happy with this episode; I wasn’t happy with it le of days ago!

This week: Sacha deals with Bravanti; Eleanora and Peter get a little closer; Jude takes her shot; and just you wait for the cliffhanger…

You can listen to the episode in your browser, on iTunes or on Stitcher. You can download the MP3 here. or you can load the RSS feed into your reader.

REMEMBER!

You can now buy ebook editions of the first two Valentin & The Widow adventures!

1. The Mandrake Machine: Amazon UK | CA Smashwords | $2.99
2. The Flowers of Mrs Moore: Amazon UK CA Smashwords | $2.99

You can also listen to the complete audio collections online for free!

1. The Mandrake Machine
2. The Flowers of Mrs Moore
3. Thrones & Principalities

If you’re enjoying the series, please help spread the word! Rate on iTunes, like on Facebook, and tell your friends!

Thanks for listening!

2 days ago - 4
bighatdino:

Sketching on the train while listening to @wheeler’s Valentin serial, Paris Pas De Deux. Can’t get Valentin right.

I love it! Not the handsomest Valentin, but it’s definitely a recognisable beaten-up Valentin expression!

bighatdino:

Sketching on the train while listening to @wheeler’s Valentin serial, Paris Pas De Deux. Can’t get Valentin right.

I love it! Not the handsomest Valentin, but it’s definitely a recognisable beaten-up Valentin expression!

PARIS PAS DE DEUX - PART THREE

It’s the ballad of Sacha and Mikhail in this week’s episode of Valentin & The Widow; the tragic tale of two young soldiers in love. Plus, Eleanora gets a glimpse of the woman she could have been, Adeline and Jude make terrible promises in the name of love, and our favourite Russian goes head to head with Igor Bravanti.

You can listen to the episode in your browser, on iTunes or on Stitcher. You can download the MP3 here. or you can load the RSS feed into your reader.

Programming note: This week Valentin & The Widow switches from Wednesday to Thursday. This will be the case for the next two episodes as well. After Paris Pas De Deux, the series will go on hiatus until June.

REMEMBER!

You can now buy ebook editions of the first two Valentin & The Widow adventures!

1. The Mandrake Machine: Amazon UK | CA Smashwords | $2.99
2. The Flowers of Mrs Moore: Amazon UK CA Smashwords | $2.99

You can also listen to the complete audio collections online for free!

1. The Mandrake Machine
2. The Flowers of Mrs Moore
3. Thrones & Principalities

If you’re enjoying the series, please help spread the word! Rate on iTunes, like on Facebook, and tell all your friends!

Tell just one friend! Every little bit helps!

Thanks for listening!

3 weeks ago - 8

PARIS PAS DE DEUX - PART TWO

Sacha Valentin relives past heartbreak in the city of lovers - and Eleanora Rosewood faces a new heartbreak of her own - in the second episode of Paris Pas De Deux. Bring tissues. There’s a whole lot of feelings up in here.

You can listen to the episode in your browser, on iTunes or on Stitcher. You can download the MP3 here. or you can load the RSS feed into your reader.

REMEMBER!

You can now buy ebook editions of the first two Valentin & The Widow adventures!

1. The Mandrake Machine: Amazon UK | CA Smashwords | $2.99
2. The Flowers of Mrs Moore: Amazon UK CA Smashwords | $2.99

You can also listen to the complete audio collections online for free!

1. The Mandrake Machine
2. The Flowers of Mrs Moore
3. Thrones & Principalities

If you’re enjoying the series, please help spread the word! Rate on iTunes, like on Facebook, and tell all your friends!

Thanks for listening!

1 month ago - 5

I mentioned on Twitter that there ought to be a Penguin Classics cover generator on the internet. An instant later, my old friend Sigma 7 made my dream come true.

Sure, these aren’t real, but I can’t tell you how satisfying it is just to pretend for a moment! Try it yourself; go generate your own fake Penguin Classics book cover and stick your name on it. You will magically feel about ten feet taller.

(It should go without saying that this was created in a spirit of good will and appreciation for a design classic. I’m sadly certain that there are lawyers at Penguin who will feel very differently.)

Reminder: These covers aren’t real, but the books are! And the real covers are actually even better!

PARIS PAS DE DEUX - PART ONE

An earthquake in Shanghai. Assassins in Havana. High treason in Cairo. Now Eleanora Rosewood and Sacha Valentin face their greatest threat yet in the city of romance. It’s Valentin & The Widow… versus heartbreak.

You can listen to the episode in your browser, on iTunes or on Stitcher. You can download the MP3 here. or you can load the RSS feed into your reader.

(Additional public domain music in this week’s episode provided by Musopen.)

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!

You can now buy ebook editions of the first two Valentin & The Widow adventures!

1. The Mandrake Machine: Amazon UK | CA Smashwords | $2.99
2. The Flowers of Mrs Moore: Amazon UK CA Smashwords | $2.99

You can also listen to the complete audio collections online for free!

1. The Mandrake Machine
2. The Flowers of Mrs Moore
3. Thrones & Principalities

If you’re enjoying the series, please help spread the word! Rate on iTunes, like on Facebook, and tell all your friends!

Thanks for listening!

1 month ago - 8

On Sale Now: Valentin & The Widow eBook Editions!

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You can now buy digital prose editions of the first two Valentin & The Widow adventures for your e-reader, for just $2.99 each!

Originally released as an audio serial, Valentin & The Widow is a period adventure series set in the 1920s. It tells the tale of Eleanora Rosewood, a young English widow betrayed by her late husband, and Sacha Valentin, a gay Russian sailor fleeing his past life, as they wage war against a wicked secret society called Dominion.

The Mandrake Machine: AmazonUK | CA Smashwords | $2.99

The Flowers of Mrs Moore: AmazonUK CA Smashwords | $2.99

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THE MANDRAKE MACHINE

The adventure begins in Shanghai. Eleanora Rosewood searches for a doomsday machine designed by her late husband. With the aid of Sacha Valentin she must face spies, assassins, and a formidable female gangster. Can Valentin and the Widow save a city from destruction?

AmazonUK | CA | Smashwords | $2.99

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THE FLOWERS OF MRS MOORE

The adventure continues in Havana. A finishing school for young women is implicated in the villains’ schemes. Is the headmistress responsible for the mad girl with the gun, or is it the lascivious music master, the predatory chaperone, or the mysterious midnight swordsman? Can Valentin and the Widow uncover the dark secrets of Mrs Moore’s garden?

AmazonUK CA | Smashwords | $2.99

Look for book three, Thrones & Principalities, to follow soon - or listen to it online today. You can also listen to book four when episode one airs this week. Follow the series on iTunes or add the RSS feed to your reader.

Covers by the excellent, extraordinary, incomparable AK Fedeau!

(Source: wheelr)

Regrettably…

… there will not be a new episode of Valentin & The Widow today due to illness. Normal service will resume as soon as possible!

Thrones & Principalities: The Complete Audio Collection

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Thrones & Principalities is the third book in the action-adventure audio serial Valentin & The Widow by Andrew Wheeler. 

Lady Rosewood and her valet Sacha Valentin have travelled to Cairo, where a young woman in the Prince of Wales’s retinue may be the key to a dastardly Dominion plot to forever change the British Empire. Deadly acrobats, mad mystics and a ferocious female bodyguard await them at the heart of the ancient kingdom. .

You can subscribe to the series on iTunes or on the Stitcher app on your smartphone, or you can download all five episodes here:

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Part One (40 mins)
In which Eleanora Rosewood travels to Cairo on the search for a young woman caught up in a terrible conspiracy. (MP3) 

Part Two (35 mins)
In which assassins strike at the circus, Valentin faces a merciless opponent, and Eleanora learns more about the Fitzherbert affair. (MP3) 

Part Three (40 mins)
In which Valentin faces unique temptations and our heroes venture into the forbidding tomb of an ancient prince. (MP3)

Part Four (35 mins)
In which Eleanora faces with the enemy, and Miss Carys Pritchard forms a regrettable plan. (MP3)

Part Five (40 mins)
In which the fate of the Empire hangs in the balance, and blood is spilled on the desert sands. (MP3)

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To find out more about the series, listen to my interview with Owen Craig at Panel Culture.

If you enjoy Valentin & The Widow, please subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher, and follow on Tumblr to get the latest updates. You can also check out the complete audio collections of book one, The Mandrake Machineand book two, The Flowers of Mrs Moore.

You can help spread the word about the series by reblogging this post or linking to it on Twitter and Facebook!

Book four, Paris Pas De Deux, begins next week!

THRONES AND PRINCIPALITIES - PART FIVE

The thrilling conclusion to the third book in the Valentin & The Widow audio adventure serial. Professor Daniel Decameron believes he can change the world - but he’ll need to spill a little blood to do it. Can Eleanora Rosewood take him down without succumbing to his arcane charms?

Valentin & The Widow will return in two weeks time with Book Four: Paris Pas De Deux.

You can listen to the episode in your browser, on iTunes or on Stitcher, or you can download the MP3 here.

You can also check out the complete audio collections of Book One: The Mandrake Machine and Book Two: The Flowers of Mrs Moore, right now, completely free!

If you’re enjoying the series, please help spread the word! Rate on iTunes, like on Facebook, and tell all your friends!

Thanks for listening!

1 month ago - 5