Christmas is for miracles, merriment, and murder. An English country Christmas in 1919 should be a joyful celebration.  Isabella Newcombe, however, discovers only petty sniping and bitterness when she...

One traitor destroys loyalty. What will two traitors destroy?The British spy Simon Pargeter scouts the terrain for Wellington's army in French-controlled Spain. Miriella de Teba ye Olivita, the famed...

Constable Hector Evans returns to Chalmsley Court to solve a violent murder. He doesn't expect the victim to be the fiancé of Lord Chalmsley's youngest daughter. His lordship wants a quick resolution,...

Welcome to A Game of Hearts, where red-blooded commoners find the doors of the blue-blooded haut ton difficult to open. Two Hearts, Shadowed by their Pasts Self-made financier Rafe Lockhart needs a titled...

One of the hardest things to do in writingis to create characters that readers will care about,that will make them have to read on. ~ Noah Luke Discovering Characters is like investigating a house we...

Are stories swirling around? Are ideas to share whirling in your mind? Are you on a carousel, all colors and mirrors with unicorns and griffins and dragons to ride?That carousel of ideas tempts you to...

Complex Schemes Twist up the 10th book of the Hearts in Hazard series ~ The Hazard of Secrets Two hearts with dangerous pasts ~ Can they keep their secrets, or will murder force them to reveal all? Clarey...

Disguised to Spy. A young constable tracks treacherous traitors. A spinster hopes to find a killer. Will murder destroy their chance for love? Conrad Hoppock left his village and the girl he secretly...

In The Dangers for Spies, a former double agent's past causes present dangers. Once the toast of Paris, Eugenie DesChamps lives in a bucolic English village, paints landscapes, and flirts with Charles...

Arson uncovers a baffling murder from the past. Can love survive when past troubles rise up like a many-headed monster? When Agatha's lover abandoned her years ago, she poured herself into her family's...

Smugglers, secrets and spies: Kate tries to hide in plain sight; Tony tries to catch a spy. First they fall in love, then they fall into trouble with smugglers. Will they survive? Kate Charteris never...

Discovering Your Writing is the epic journey for writers. Designed for writers at any skill level, this compendium of the acclaimed series is resource-rich with writing craft information. Four sections...

Two wives haunt the castle. Will she be the third to die? Vivienne Northrup agreed to a marriage of convenience to reap the benefits of becoming the Countess of Sheldrake. While she explores the ruins...

When Murder Paints with BloodIsabella Newcombe Tarrant must finish her commission to paint a portrait before she can join her husband in India.She travels to Greavley Abbey School in the sleepy village...

~ Regency England ~ the Northern Moors ~ Everyone knows there's no such thing as ghosts.Tell that to the two ghosts haunting Elizabeth. Elizabeth Fortescue comes to Feldstone Grange seeking the position...

What kind of writer are you? Planner or Plotter? Pantster? Puzzler? Muse Muffin?Whether you use the mosaic method or a chronological one, whether you outline every scene or let the words flow, the method...

What do these have in common?>>> Atonement. I, Robot. The 13th Warrior. The Hobbit. Jurassic Park, in all its iterations.>>> Harry Potter. Ironman. Perseus. Dudley Dooright. Macbeth.>>>...

What do writers want from plot?What do writers need from plot?Are those questions the same? Not really. As wordsmiths, we writers know that want and need are two different words.The want is a circumstance...

Here's something not sexy. A brand for writing is a contract with the reader.Here's two more. Brands identify quality work with artistic effort. They serve as a stamp of approval for the customer.Yeah,...

In the forests of words that we writers grow, blazed trails mark the way to our destination. Without those trails, without paths leading down to sun-sparkled streams, without the yellow brushstroke painted...

The Key with Hearts ~ Regency England.  Suspense.  Murder.  Two hearts at odds. Married for money, not for love. A convenient marriage inconveniently causes murder. Six months ago, Liza Corbett married...

A baffling murder interrupts a charming romance in The Danger of Secrets. Maddy Whittaker pursues a flirtation with Gordon, Lord Musgrove, as a pleasant distraction from daily concerns. Then she encounters...

Enter A Game of Spies, where the salons and soirées of Regency England are countered by spies and gambling. Josette Sourantine enjoys dancing, flirtations, and gambling on cards. The salons of Regency...

Has the love of her life enticed her straight into death? Stranded on Crete, Isabella Newcombe finesses a refuge with English archaeologists resuming their dig after WWI.  Her sketches fortuitously land...

Want to be published?Do you start stories but never complete them?  Do you wait on your muse while she hides behind trees and in caves?Do you know how to write, but the mountainous novel seems insurmountable,...

Blackmail threatens a young bride. Can Isabella recover a stolen diary before the bride loses all hope? "Amber Dreams" is the first short story in the collection Sailing with Mystery. The collection continues...

Jack Portman had never forgotten Filly Malvaise.Then she walked into his local pub and into the clutches of a loan shark.Can he rescue her before she falls victim to evil? The Lion's Den is a brief novella...

The Great War's is over; peace reigns. Yet Isabella Newcombe encounters murder. Digging into DeathBudding artist Isabella Newcombe finds herself stranded at an archaeological dig. Madoc Tarrant convinces...

Mystery and peril are dangerous shipmates for an ocean voyage.While travel presents opportunities to meet new friends and see new places. Isabella also encounters puzzling crimes and dangerous intrigue...

A flurry of poison pen letters unsettle the passengers on the ship Nomadic. Even Isabella is not immune from the vicious invective. Will the culprit be discovered before dangerous secrets are revealed? "Purple...