Happy New Year!

(written upon the back of a shipping manifest bearing the Meriwether-Astor crest) Myself: St. Ives pearls and grandmama’s ring 3 gabardine walking skirts (navy, not black) 5 waists (2 lace, 3 plain?) Shoes, half-boots, stockings 2 walking jackets 1 warm coat 3 hats 2 dinner gowns (if arrive in time from Davina’s modiste) Traveling papers…

Dear Lady, I hope this pigeon finds you safely … I told it to find Athena ‘cos I didn’t know if you was at the cottage or in Prussia or at the ends of the earth. I am well. Our Chief Steward says my penmanship has improved but it still has a long ways to…

His first choice … her second chance. Eight years ago, Anna Esch’s parents discouraged Neil Wengerd’s courtship. The family had just had a major blow, and Anna’s leaving would have led to grief and suffering. But obeying her mother’s wishes, Anna said not a word, only refused Neil in terms that wounded him past bearing….

Love is a Mystery: Six Novels of Love, Laughter and Lawbreaking Six best-selling authors’ romantic mystery novels in one boxed set, featuring heroes and heroines who are fearless, funny, and very good at sleuthing out crimes. Available June 1, 2014, for only 99 cents for 90 days—over 1,400 pages of summer reading at a 90%…

It sounds like a spy thriller, doesn’t it? And in some ways, I suppose it is—this new series I’m writing with the delightful and knowledgeable historian and author R.E. (Regina) Scott. Between us, we’ve concocted a new sub-subgenre—Prinnypunk! “Prinny” is what people called the Prince of Wales, son of mad King George III, whose Regency…