My new middle-grade book is out! I started working on The Ghost in the Garden during COVID, interested in the parallels between the 1918 flu and 2020. I got stuck on some story issues and put it aside for a while, but I finally decided to tackle it and get it out there. I had […]
I seem to only manage to post lately when I have a new book to talk about. Today, I’ve got two. The Curse of Briarwood is a Regency mystery-romance inspired by Beauty and the Beast. Athena Ratliffe’s life is tainted by her father’s scandal, and she expects to live her life shunned by society and […]
Not both at once, unfortunately. Apparently, I have been very bad about updating my blog, because I now have two new books out and haven’t posted anything since Fierce Magic released. Mysteries of the Modern World: Unsolved Mysteries from Modern History The modern world has amazing inventions like drones, cell phones, and virtual reality, but […]
Happy book birthday to Fierce Magic, the third and final book in the Iron & Thorns Victorian Faerie Tales series! Henry can’t afford to be reckless. Not when the Fay are taking an unusual interest in changelings like him. Not when Cassandra is willing to elope with him despite his human and Fay enemies. And […]
Happy Memorial Day! While researching for Utah State University – Brigham City’s commemoration of Bushnell Military Hospital (which is now part of the campus), I came across Sylvia Johnson Simonson’s story. Sylvia ended up a patient at Bushnell – the first mention I found of female patients at the hospital that mainly served male soldiers […]