That feeling of vertigo returned, the one she got when she stepped off a cliff, like going to The Velvet Basement, like showing him the image. She tentatively lifted her hand, like she might to a wild beast, not wanting …
Betrothed Snippet
The roses were waiting for her alongside the morning papers. Georgie went instead to the breakfast servery. Which Petroski brother had sent the flowers? No one else had cause to send them. Would it be a thank you for the …
Mythic Photography of Kirsty Mitchell
The amazing power of dreams, vision and a passion for beauty. Kirsty Mitchell! Her mother reader her stories everyday and in honor of her mother’s memory she made Wonderland a book of ethereal beauty. Find out more about Kirsty: https://www.kirstymitchellphotography.com/ …
Delicious Snippet
From BETROTHED ~ A Russian Betrothal! Scanning her attire, her chest tightened. The Russian embroidered blouse suddenly looked like an overeager mistake. The red jacket with the epaulets flashed in her mind, it would have looked so much smarter. She …
Happy 2020 and an Update on the year to come
2018 and 2019 were very busy years for me in the other areas of my life. My plan to deliver The Fur Heart to you has slowed somewhat but the story is one I am sure you will love, hopefully …
The Alienist
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 …
New Release Available for pre-order
For those of you interested in my next book release, I have a spin off series coming your way, that’s ominously gothic; An Erotic Thriller Romance Series called The Painted Sisters. Be warned it really is very, very dark. …
FREE 19 Gothic reads
I thought you may be interested in 19 FREE Gothic reads, The Veiled Heart is featured it this great giveaway bundle: click HERE
Kilted Yoga
54 million views! I’ll not confess to how many clicks are mine! Any appetite for a series of Elsa Holland Highlander novellas??