George VI spoke those words in a broadcast on September 23, 1940, during the London Blitz, but are they not as true today? I wish I were in London today to stand with Londoners, resolute and undismayed. On Saturday night, … Continue reading
It’s May. It’s May. The lusty month of May That lovely month when everyone goes blissfully astray… from Camelot, Lerner and Loewe Happy May Day! May Day festivities in the UK have their roots in the spring fertility festivals of … Continue reading
Bound By Their Secret Passion is now in bookstores, with online vendors, and in ebook version. This is the last book in my Scandalous Summerfields series–Lorene’s story. Here is the back cover blurb: A forbidden attraction… A hidden desire! Years ago, … Continue reading
When I was writing Bound By Their Secret Passion, the final book in the Scandalous Summerfields series, I needed to invent a masquerade that would attract the most scandalous of London’s aristocracy and the Cyprian world. I decided to place … Continue reading
In Bound By A Scandalous Secret, (December, 2016), my hero, Ross, surprises aspiring artist heroine, Genna, with a special visit to view the Elgin Marbles, which (to the best of my research abilities) were housed in a shed behind Burlington … Continue reading
Bound By A Scandalous Secret, available in paperback and ebook, begins and ends in the Christmas season. I’ve written about Christmas before in A Twelfth Night Tale (my only Christmas novella, still available in the Governess Brides Bundle), but I … Continue reading
Bound By A Scandalous Secret, my latest book and the third book in the Scandalous Summerfields, is released today! Here’s the back cover blurb: A most shocking betrothal! The pleasure-seeking Marquess of Rossdale has little interest in his birthright and even … Continue reading
I originally wrote this blog Nov 5, 2012, so this is a redux (giving me time to finish the work-in-progress) Tomorrow is Election Day here in the USA and when you live in a swing state (Virginia) in the suburbs … Continue reading
Diane here, posting for Amanda whose WordPress is doing wonky things. Here’s Amanda! I’m so happy to be back at the Riskies today! I hope I can still be considered a part-time (or honorary) Risky). I’m also so excited to … Continue reading
Genna, the heroine of my upcoming book (Nov 22), Bound By A Scandalous Secret, is an aspiring artist who wishes to make her living with her art, but she has grown up in the country and has never actually met another artist, … Continue reading
