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The cover of Apt to be Suspicious on a wooden table with a mug of coffee, a key, and two bright leaves, red and orange. The cover is a deep wine-purple, with a silhouetted man and woman. He is pushing a punt with a pole, and they are framed by ivy and a swirl of stars.

Plans for 2026!

December 24, 2025 / Announcements, Writing and publishing

What’s in the works for 2026? Learn more about the upcoming publishing and writing plans.

Brave Truth, Distilling Sunlight, The Pact, Unknown Depths

Grown Wise displayed on a phone surrounded by the bounty of the early autumn harvest - apples, squash, and garden items.

2025 from Celia Lake

December 1, 2025 / Announcements, Council Mysteries, Liminal Mysteries, Mysterious Arts

Learn more about the books I published in 2025 – Claiming the Tower, Weaving Hope, Harmonic Pleasure, Grown Wise, and Apt to be Suspicious.

Apt To Be Suspicious, Claiming the Tower, Grown Wise, Harmonic Pleasure, Weaving Hope

Looking forward (coming attractions)

October 21, 2025 / Writing and publishing

A quick look at what’s in the works for the rest of the year.

Apt To Be Suspicious

Teal tray holding a copy of Pastiche, the golden yellow stained glass window standing out against the blue-green of the surroundings.

Claiming the tower and my birthday sale

September 18, 2025 / Uncategorized

Claiming the Tower, the first book in the Council Mysteries series, along with a sale for my 50th birthday.

The cover of Ancient Trust on a tablet, surrounded glasses, bottles of alcohol, and a man in a tailored suit. The cover shows a man with a monocle in silhouette, leaning on a table stacked with books.

Looking for books on sale?

August 19, 2025 / Reading

Looking for ways to keep track of sales, find out which books your library has, and more? Check out these tools and tips.

Cover of Facets of the Bench: two people in 1920s clothing silhouetted, the man in a wheelchair with forearm crutches visible. She's handing him a necklace, with a jet pendant inset in the top right corner.

It’s Disability Pride month!

July 15, 2025 / Albion

It’s Disability Pride Month 2025. I write a lot of disability represention. Learn more about why and where to find books of interest.

Grown Wise: A silhouetted man and woman in 1940s clothes, walking together as he reaches for a branch full of apples. The background is a muted green and brown, scattered with a swoosh of golden light. Shown on a wooden table with a mug of tea.

Idea to Book: Grown Wise

June 17, 2025 / Ideas to books, Liminal Mysteries

Learn about the ideas behind Grown Wise: family history, the aftermath of World War 2, and Ursula as a terrifying delight.

Eclipse, Grown Wise, Mysterious Fields

Cover of Weaving Hope on a tablet: A man and woman in 1920s informal clothing are silhouetted on a bright pink background shading to purple. She is holding out a length of cloth to him, showing him something, with phlox flowers inset in the upper right corner. The tablet is lying on a garden path with greenery and small flowers.

Ideas to book: Weaving Hope

June 10, 2025 / Ideas to books, Mysterious Arts

Explore the ideas behind Weaving Hope: tapestries, manor houses, andbuilding a better life after the Great War. (And a moment of quiet).

Weaving Hope

Old As The Hills sitting on a bouquet of flowers - rosses, sweetpeas, and others, on a whitewashed bench with honey, tea, and other summery things. The cover of Old As The Hills has a man with a can and a woman silhouetted on a green ground with a map. She holds out her hand, he is putting something into it, forming a doorway between them. An astrological chart behind them shows the symbols for Venus, the Sun, Jupiter, and Saturn highlighted behind a splash of glowing stars.

Summer reading challenge

June 5, 2025 / Reading

Doing a summer reading challenge? Check out some help on finding which of my books fit prompts.

Cover of Eclipse displayed on a tablet, resting on a pine bough, surrounded by wood five-pointed stars.

Characters and songs

June 3, 2025 / Albion, Ideas to books

Four songs illuminating characters from my books – Orion, Isembard, Gabe, and Hereswith.

Eclipse, Grown Wise, Illusion of a Boar, Mysterious Fields, Old As The Hills, Upon A Summer's Day

Elemental Truth lying on a white table with hopeful spring flowers and a mug of tea.

One of the things I’ve loved about the arc that reaches from the Mysterious Fields trilogy to Grown Wise is getting to see family patterns shift and change. Right now, we’ve had a chance to see four generations of the Fortiers and how they act and react.

A Fox Hunt, Eclipse, Grown Wise, Mysterious Fields, Three Graces