Category: Book snippet

A Man Recalls Sarina’s Brother

July 13, 2026

Today is another snippet from my upcoming novella: Hidden Love. My harassed heroine is forced to take tea at the Hall, during which, one of the visiting men from the local “bachelor pad” reveals that he served with her brother. “I served with your brother. It’s why I asked your aunt if I could come.”A...

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Oliver Discovers a Fairy Cottage

July 7, 2026

It’s my hero’s turn today. Oliver Sexton-Brown is a retired sailor. A year after losing his leg, he still has not come to terms with its loss. He clumps around on crutches, and enjoys playing a grumpy old man, even if he is only thirty-two. However, when a local mother brings her brood of daughters...

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Sarina Makes a Wish

June 29, 2026

Today’s post is a snippet from the next book in the Bedroom Eyes series: Hidden Love. It’s a novella, very loosely based on the Elves and the Shoemaker fairy tale. Sarina is a poor cousin, consigned to work for her room and board, even if those accommodations happen to be a cold cottage tucked into...

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Bartholomew Spies on Maida

May 19, 2026

With a blink and the chirp of a bird, his headache returned. Bartholomew decided he had had enough. With wandering feet, he took a circuitous route, examining unfamiliar territory.A stream ran through the forest here, hemming it in for a portion, before the woods spilled onto Mr. Webb’s land. He made a mental note to...

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Uncovering Love Preorder Available Now

May 12, 2026

My heroine moved to Barnsley Cross to hide from the world. However, the residents keep calling on her, encouraging her to step outside and experience life. “Are you coming tonight?”Not you too! Maida resisted the urge to blow out a breath of frustration. The topic of her attendance at the assembly had opened a flood...

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Naive Young Man Steps Out Into the World

March 17, 2026

The hero, Bartholomew de Courcy, has led a sheltered life. An only child, his mother has kept him home and under her watchful eyes for most of his twenty-four years. A mishap when he was thirteen reiterated why he should always trust his mother, so he has never rebelled—until now. He has one summer away...

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Why Can’t I Remember?

February 24, 2026

Fenella Hepworth is injured in a carriage accident and loses her memory. She knows who she is, but the previous four years are wiped away. Recovering in a roadside inn, she only has her maid, Biddy with her as she was traveling to Lancashire to marry the son of her father’s friend. But with her...

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Maida and Bartholomew Meet Cute

February 17, 2026

Bartholomew de Courcy, surveyor, develops a headache. He dismisses his helpers and seeks the shelter of the trees clustering thickly around a stream. Unexpectedly, he encounters a trespasser on this private land. The trees were thicker here on the descending side of the ridge, smoothing out where Webb’s fields lay in flat rows. Bart followed...