Love is worth the risk
Highlighting Historical Romance with Donna Hatch and the Cato Street Conspiracy It is England in 1820, a time of social and economic upheaval. The long-term Napoleonic wars had ended, but peace was far from realized. Unemployed career soldiers and sailors flooded the workforce. Industrial change pulled England from a largely agricultural country to one of […]
Pie! After a quietly joyful Easter, with virtual worship and some encouraging moments, I woke up to the last of yesterday’s cherry pie for desert, Beloved’s company, and good work to do. I also had a concrete favor I could do for one of my children–in times when feelings of helplessness lurk around the corner […]
Highlighting Historical Romance with Ruth A. Casie on ghosts and Caerlaverock Castle history and intrigue “It pulls at my heart with its beauty and purpose. It represents all I hold dear in a person, if that’s possible, heart, soul and strength.” Laura Reynolds, The Maxwell Ghost I knew I found the right setting for my […]
In the stress and confusion of life in a pandemic, few things have been clear to me lately. Social distancing works; it is our most important weapon. People of an age and state that makes them likely to take up scarce medical resources if exposed, must quarantine. I have to remind myself that doing nothing […]
Highlighting Historical Romance with Mageela Troche and the challenge of character names. A Scottish surname identifies much about a person at least it did before the destruction of clan in the eighteenth century. When I created the sexy, charming, Alpha hero Lachlan, I needed a surname. If you ever named a character, a pet or […]