I was lucky enough to be invited to visit a book club last week. It was a cozy mystery book club that meets at Barnes and Noble in Hillsboro, Oregon …
Big, Little News!
The Boardwalk on the Beach at Trouville by Claude Monet I’ve been keeping a secret for a few months now and I’m so excited to share that in April 2025, …
Foreign Covers and Cover Reveal!
I’m delighted that there are foreign editions of the Countess of Harleigh series. It’s always a thrill to see my books translated into another language and to see what the …
Florodora!
Double sextet from the 1900 New York production If you write historical fiction, you’d better like doing research. Fortunately, I love it! In A Newlywed’s Guide to Fortune and Murder, …
Casting My Characters
I never feel that I know my characters very well until I finish the first draft of a manuscript. That’s one of the great things about writing a series. Characters …
Death by Laudanum
Photo credit: Welcome Images, Science Museum, London, UK It would be the height of neglect for me to set a series in Victorian England and not include a plot that …
A Very Victorian Holiday
Happy Holidays! I don’t know about you, but this is one of the busiest times of the year for me, so I’m giving myself a break and reposting a blog …
Research Trip!
By the time A Lady’s Guide to Etiquette and Murder came out in 2018, I had already done enough research to plot three books. At the time, I didn’t know …
Cover Reveal!
I just returned from a fabulous research trip which I will share next month. This month, I have some art for you! It seems so early to do a cover …
The Countess of Harleigh Continues!
Four years ago today, I threw myself a party. It was to celebrate the release of my debut novel, A Lady’s Guide to Etiquette and Murder. I still couldn’t …