Shh. Writing is Occuring
I’ll be busy this week. No time for coffee even.
Historical Romance
Rambling Among Lyons
I travel. Sometimes I travel by boat, plane, or automobile. Sometimes I travel by book. Sometimes I explore the real world. This week I rambled to Stonehaven, seat of the Duke of Mar in Scotland, with Meara Platt and Lord Lucas Lyon. I will leave to your imagination, dear reader, what happens when a lovely—frankly […]
Forced Marriage in Regency England
Highlighting the facts behind historical romance with Jude Knight and thoughts on marriage in the Regency era. 1140 was a watershed year in the Western understanding of the institution of marriage. In that year, the Benedictine monk Gratian published his canon law textbook, Decretum Gratiani, ruling that the consent of the couple was essential for […]
WIP: Getting Too Close
David and Delia’s walls are coming down. He walks her home to discuss something and ends up having an entirely unexpected conversation. One entirely too intimate for David’s comfort. *** “Did you marry to spite them?” she asked, stunning him. “Astute observation, Lady Fitzwallace. That may have been a bonus reward. I got Marjory and […]
Valentine Greetings and Opportunities
First a blessed Valentine’s Day, however you observe it. I wish each of you a moment with a good book and beverage of choice! Second, this is a terrific week for romance readers. Here are some opportunities: Valentines from Bath has been reduced to 99 cents at least until Wednesday-probably all week. https://bluestockingbelles.net/belles-joint-projects/valentines-from-bath/ The Wayward […]
Stuck in Fenwick-on-Sea
I travel. Sometimes I travel by boat, plane, or automobile. Sometimes I travel by book. Sometimes I explore the real world. This week I rambled back to Fenwick-on-Sea, and spent some time holed up in the Queen’s Barque Inn during a horrific storm off the North Sea. SHUDDER. The north east coast of England gets […]
WIP: Disasters Small and Large
The ever so proper Earl of Clarion somehow let himself be dragooned by his children in returning a tub full of frogs, froglets, and tadpoles in various stages of development back to the stream in which they were spawned. Alas his ever so proper wardrobe is about to suffer the consequences. *** “Let’s begin with […]
Bones
The heroine of The Value of Pity, an unusual young lady, treasures her rare and expensive copy, obsessed as she is with bones and the skeletal system. Images from Wellcome Trust Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ View or download it here: https://archive.org/details/2651377R.nlm.nih.gov
An Excerpt for Launch Day
Another book has been released into the wild! The Forgotten Daughter went live at midnight. That makes ten (10!) full length novels, two standalone novellas, nine novellas in collections, and a bevy of short stories for may newsletter readers. To celebrate here’s one of my favorite excerpts from The Forgotten Daughter. Did you notice I’m […]
January Woes
Let’s begin with the good news: The Forgotten Daughter is available for pre-order and on schedule for a January 27 release. Please do pre-order. It is only 99 cents now, but it will revert to full retail price on after launch. The candles came out of the windows the day after Epiphany. In the Regency […]