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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 Claiming the Tower is here! Hereswith and Bess didn’t set out to change the world, but by the end of the book, they’re on their way to doing that. It’s a f/f (sapphic) romance set in 1854, at the beginning of Hereswith’s time on Albion’s Council. If you’ve read the Mysterious Fields trilogy, you’ve seen her (and a tiny bit of Bess and Hereswith’s later husband, Galahad) later in their lives. Birthday sale! And then I’m turning 50! I’m having a sale for 50% off a wide range of bundles on my direct store, plus the audio of Pastiche and pre-orders for Apt to be Suspicious, Edmund Carillon’s romance at Oxford during the 1947-1948 year. Learn more about all the details at the link, including two new starter bundles of three books each, ideal for introducing a friend to my books.

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.

Family patterns

May 27, 2025 / Albion

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

Grown Wise displayed on phone on a table with apples, squashes, fallen leaves, and other autumnal items.

Secret Societies

May 20, 2025 / Albion

An overview of the seven notable secret societies of Albion.

Eclipse, Grown Wise, In The Cards, Mistress Of Birds, Mysterious Fields, Perfect Accord, Point By Point, The Magic of Four

Relationships with the land magic

May 13, 2025 / Albion

People in Albion have a wide range of relationships to the land magic (also, a few words about damage to the land sense).

Bound for Perdition, Grown Wise, Seeking A Wife, The Hare And The Oak

Land magic questions & answers

May 6, 2025 / Albion

Answering some questions about the land magic, Heirs stepping down, and unusual circumstances.

Upon A Summer's Day displayed on a tablet in a sunset scene looking out across water to fields beyond, all of it glowing golden and sparkling with magic. The cover of Upon A Summer's Day shows a man in a suit silhouetted over a map of northern Wales in a muted green. He is gesturing, holding his cane in one hand, a cap on his head. Behind him is an astrological chart, with Jupiter and Saturn highlighted in the sign of Taurus.

Demesne Estates

April 29, 2025 / Albion

The demesne estates are the heart of Albion’s land magic. Take a tour of what this means and a few of the key estates.

Ancient Trust, Facets of the Bench, Grown Wise, Illusion of a Boar, Mari Lwyd 1927, Upon A Summer's Day

The Fortier family (a brief history)

April 22, 2025 / Albion

Learn about the history of the Fortier family, especially since the late 1800s, down to Ursula Fortier.

Eclipse, Elemental Truth, Enchanted Net, Grown Wise, Mysterious Fields, Silent Circuit, With All Due Speed

Enchanted Net: A silhouetted man and woman in Victorian dress stand with their backs to the viewer. She is holding a glass of wine as they look toward each other. The background is a purple damask, crossed by pipes and gears and a streak of lightning, with a book inset in the top left corner. The tablet is set on a wood table, with a coffee mug and fallen leaves.

Idea to book: Mysterious Fields trilogy

April 15, 2025 / Ideas to books

The ideas behind the Mysterious Fields trilogy: the Fortier and Landry families, why this story needed three books, and the implications for the family in the 1940s.

Elemental Truth, Enchanted Net, Grown Wise, Mysterious Fields, Silent Circuit

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