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Historical Romances with Passion, History and Soul
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- Writer, Reader
- What subgenre of romance do you write?
- Historical
About Me:
I believe I was destined to be interested in history. One of my distant ancestors, Thomas Aubert, reportedly sailed up the St. Lawrence River to discover Canada some 26 years before Jacques Cartier’s 1534 voyage. Another relative was a 17th Century “King’s Girl,” one of a group of young unmarried girls sent to New France as brides for the settlers there.
My passion for reading made me long to write books like the ones I enjoyed, and I tried creating sequels to my favorite Nancy Drew mysteries. Later, fancying myself a female version of Andrew Lloyd Weber, I drafted a musical set in Paris in WWII.
A former journalist and lifelong Celtophile, I enjoyed a previous career as a reporter/editor for a small chain of community newspapers before returning to my first love, romantic fiction. My stories usually include an Irish setting, hero or heroine, and sometimes all three. My first novel, In Sunshine or in Shadow, is set in post-Famine Ireland.
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Coming Home, A Sequel to In Sunshine or in Shadow, to be Published
I don't have a release date yet, but I will say that the story revolves around Ashleen O'Brien, daughter of a village girl and step-daughter of an Irish landlord, and her stormy, passionate romance with Cavan Callaghan, hero of the Irish Brigade.
Can these two very different people find love? And more importantly, can their love survive the ghosts of a past that… Continue
Posted on October 18, 2009 at 11:00pm —
A Myth Busted
I knew I couldn't possibly see everything I wanted to in so short a time. But I was bound and determined to try.
Our first stop was London. One of the great cities of Europe. We spent two nights in London, and I studied the guidebooks while on the plane. Westminster Abbey, Big Ben, the Tham… Continue
Posted on July 30, 2009 at 8:42am —
Come Chat With Me
Date: Wednesday, Sept. 10
Time: All Day
Place: Coffee Time Romance & More
Hope to see you there!
Posted on September 5, 2008 at 3:15pm —
Excerpt From In Sunshine or in Shadow
Highland Press, December 2006
ISBN: 978-0-9746249-5-2
Prologue
Ballycashel, Ireland, 1850
Her worst enemy was her last hope.
Siobhán Desmond stood before the heavy wooden door, shivering as the cold, wet autumn wind knifed through her threadbare cloak. Squaring her shoulders, she raised her hand and lifted the dragon-headed brass knocker.
You’ve no choice, she reminded herself. You must do this. You must.
The door creaked open, the mournful sound loud as… Continue
Posted on August 7, 2008 at 10:44pm —
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