Philadelphia gunsmith Henry Deringer did indeed create his version of the pocket pistol. It was named the Deringer after him. Today the spelling has been changed to Derringer for some undocumented reason. The Deringer was both a famous and infamous weapon. John Wilkes Booth murdered President Lincoln with a Philadelphia Deringer just like the one Amelia uses in the story.
I hope you enjoyed Trust Your Heart. Read on for an excerpt of Touch The Sky, featuring Amelia's ancestor Sheridan St John . . .
His Accusations of Treason Executed Her Father.
The last person Celeste wanted to see stood before her.
Colonel Sheridan St. John smiled at her as if nothing had happened. Rage overtook her as she noted he was still muscled and blond with those hypnotic dark blue eyes. She could not forgive him for what he had done. She could not forgive herself for loving him still.
His accusations of treason executed Baron Hargreaves, her father.
Now three years after the execution, St. John is tasked with informing Celeste that the Prince-Regent affirmed Baron Hargreaves to be innocent of all charges, and declared Celeste and her siblings wards of Sheridan’s father, the powerful Duke of Richmond. Their titles were restored. Reparations would be made to the Hargreaves family.
Sheridan sought to win Celeste’s love once more. A seasoned veteran of war, he would conduct his campaign for Celeste’s heart as he had no other. It was the most important of his life, and would determine if he would . . . Touch the Sky