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I went to Derbyshire in the summer of 2019 and no trip to the Peak is complete without a visit to Dovedale. I loved it so much I had...

Have you ever looked at nineteenth century portraits and noticed all of the coral jewelry? Adèle Romany, Portrait of a Lady at a Pianoforte, circa 1808, Museum of Fine-Arts, Boston. After you’ve looked through a few dozen portraits, you begin to notice the bright red beads everywhere. They adorn fingers, wrists, hair, ears, and necks. Even children are portrayed wearing coral beads. For thousands of years, Western societies have believed coral to have protective properties. T

When I visited Derbyshire in the summer of 2019 I saw a local custom that I just had to incorporate into a story set at Pemberley. In An...

An Appearance of Goodness takes place in Derbyshire after Darcy’s failed proposal during the time when in canon Mrs. Reynolds told Mr....

If you look at my Goodreads shelf, you’ll see I read a ton of mysteries, far more than romance or Jane Austen variations. After my mother...

"Oh!" cried Miss Bingley, "Charles writes in the most careless way imaginable. He leaves out half his words, and blots the rest." "My...

Next week starts the blog tour to celebrate the release of my Pride and Prejudice mystery variation An Appearance of Goodness! Can a...