Loved this Victorian serial killer drama and the seeds of modern profiling using an Alienist.

Snippet from THE FUR HEART
The Fur Heart is the 4th book in The Velvet Basement Series. The series can be read in any order. The Fur Heart is the story of Miss Phillippa Bancroft and Prince Alexi Ulyanov and their journey to claim and …

Snippet from PAINTED STRENGTH
PAINTED STRENGTH, Lila and the Lion Tamer, is Book 2 in the Painted Sisters Series; a thriller romance series about girls who have been tattooed as living art and a ritualistic serial killer trained to track them down and kill …

Snippet from The Fur Heart
The Fur Heart is the 4th book in The Velvet Basement Series. The series can be read in any order. The Fur Heart is the story of Miss Phillippa Bancroft and Prince Alexi Ulyanov and their journey to claim and …

Stephen King and RR Martin
This is a great Interview and well worth listening to the whole lot. Two writing giants, two different approaches.

Historical Thriller Snippet
Snippet: from the thriller plot in Painted Trust Great Britain 1898 Inspector Morrison and Master Brody return to London with the body of the first crime scene in Manchester. They are still feeling each other out. The pup was intense and quiet …

Painted Trust – Romantic Snippet
Snippet: from the romance in Painted Trust Great Britain 1898 Miss Edith Appleby has commenced employment with the eminent forensic surgeon Dr. Anthony Vaughn, he has come home late from a day trip to Glasgow to assist the medical Coroner there …

Historical Thriller Snippet
Snippet: from the thriller plot in Painted Trust Great Britain 1898 There’s a fledgling killer, fostered and trained by men so deep in the echelons of power catching him could be more dangerous and letting him run loose. Inspector Morrison …

Historical Thriller Snippet
Snippet: from the thriller plot in Painted Trust Great Britain 1898 There’s a fledgling killer, fostered and trained by men so deep in the echelons of power catching him could be more dangerous and letting him run loose. Inspector Morrison …

Snippet: Painted Trust
This snippet is part of the Weekend Writing Warriors 8 sentence snippet that is shared by a group of amazing writers every Sunday. I hope you enjoy it and click the link HERE to find other writers. This is the beginning …

Artist in focus
I have been following Thomas Dodd and his work for many years now. His style is deeply romantic and his expression of the feminine embracing of all forms. He uses a painting technique that moves a photographic image closer to classical …

Victorian Era Mail service
I just came across a great New York Times piece on the mail service in the Victorian era. It’s full of trivia: for example, did you know that in 1889 London, mail was delivered TWELVE TIMES A DAY? Read this: …

Snippet: Painted Trust
This snippet is part of the Weekend Writing Warriors 8 sentence snippet that is shared by a group of amazing writers every Sunday. I hope you enjoy it and click the link HERE to find other writers. This is the beginning …

Amazing Costumes by Agnieszka Osipa
The myth, the archetypal is the invisible baton that gets passed along especially when we read/hear a story, watch a movie, experience imagery that strikes a deep chord within us. You can feel when it is present because something powerful happens …