Romantic Regency fiction about friendship, family, and finding one’s place in an ever-changing world
A woman sails into the azure Golden Horn and reimagines life with her own name…
A “scandalous” scene in a dark garden at a ball turns romance tropes on their heads…
A wealthy Black gentleman descends into gaol to rescue a suffragist. He expected to lie, but he didn’t know he would get angry…
A woman’s midnight ride to force her father’s hand and choose her own future…
A nefarious developer uses a woman’s longing for social change to take over her property…
The process of bringing a book to life takes many years, and during much of that time they are essentially invisible. I currently have two completed manuscripts, two published short stories, two partially completed manuscripts, and detailed plans for several more books and stories. The Bonnet Brigade is currently on submission with several publishers. After we find its publication home, it will probably be about 24 months until it is actually published.
Once I am working with a publisher, we will decide which books will come out next. It will depend on whether they want to publish more books in Celia’s world, or if my agent and I prefer to find a different publisher and work on a different series, such as my Costa Rica Chronicles. Sign up for The Sheltie Gazette for the latest updates in the long, convoluted process towards novel publication, plus bonus short stories and embroidery art.
Meanwhile, if you want to see what I write…
…you can find my short stories here
Feisty Deeds, a historical short story anthology, was published in June 2024. All the profits go to the WFWA Scholarship Fund, and don’t forget to sign up for the newsletter for updates on Feisty Deeds II. My story is “The Inner Good,” set in 1775 England. Felicity Merriweather prefers the principles of Honesty, but when her parents deny her the marriage she has chosen based on her suitor’s race, she is forced to resort to a little Duplicity.
If you want something a little longer and a little more speculative, subscribe to my newsletter where I share short stories. (See the button above for The Sheltie Gazette.) I have released “The Horned Women” for Halloween 2024, and a holiday story set in the same world is coming up for December.
This first set of stories have a historical setting with a contemporary frame. American folklorist, Maura, has escaped to Ireland after a contentious divorce, and her ex-husband bought her a dilapidated castle so Maura would renege her rights to his property. But whether it is because Maura has the Second Sight or some property of the castle itself, the boundary is thin between our modern world and the ancient folklore…






