My Books
Heiress of the Magical Fairshaw Library
a magical historical romance
THIS BOOK HAS A NEW COVER AND TITLE, BUT THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO THE MANUSCRIPT OF THE ORIGINAL WORK, THE FAIRSHAW LIBRARY.
Sparks fly when a scoundrel with a heart of gold sets out to win the heart of an heiress in this magical historical romance. The result is a cozy gaslamp fantasy brimming with old magic, tender love, steamy kisses, and perfectly brewed Earl Grey tea.
It’s 1848, and in a small Victorian town in the stunning English countryside, the powerful Fairshaw Master has just died. A prophecy promises Lady Adelaide’s hand in marriage to any man who can find the Fairshaw Cat.
But Lady Adelaide is far from a proper lady and cares little for society’s expectations that she must obey the wishes of her dead father, wait for a stranger to catch a cat, and be forced into an arranged loveless marriage.
She’s less than impressed when a dockworker by the name of Frederick Holloway climbs the brick wall to her window to request her help in finding the magical cat.
But their bickering soon turns to flirty banter, and they fall in love. Now all they need for their happily ever after is to find the cat.
So what happens when another man finds it first?
NEW, UPDATED ROMANTIC COMEDY:
The Norwegian Christmas Marriage Plot
- a sweet romantic comedy
I’ve known Ragnhild since she was a blue-eyed preschooler with a halo of red hair and chubby fingers clutched in mine.
Eighteen years later she’s still my best friend and her ideas are as crazy as they were then.
When she stages a wedding to make her co-worker jealous, there isn’t enough coffee and smultringer in the world to convince me to help some random guy steal my best friend’s heart.
But there is a girl.
A girl with red hair that calls to my hands and a smile that makes my heart feel light and buoyant. A girl I can’t say no to—even as she asks me to play the pretend groom in her make-believe wedding.
But as gingersnap hearts are hung in the windows of the old farmhouse and Christmas Eve draws nearer, I’m not so sure I can do it.
Because while this upcoming wedding is fake, my feelings for Ragnhild are very, very real. And as long as the sizzling chemistry between us rivals the heat of the Jøtul stove in the house, I’m nowhere near ready to give up.
The Norwegian Christmas Marriage Plot is a sweet romantic comedy with all the chemistry, none of the spice, and a host of Norwegian Christmas food and traditions at the center. It rates a 3 or 4 on the RCRS scale.
A Winter Proposal
a fae fantasy romance
Tales From the Northwoods Series #1
Deep in the magical Northwoods, under the ribbons of iridescent light in the dark winter skies, Saoirse was raised on her grandmother’s tales of the faeries—a magical, shape-shifting folk, known for their ethereal beauty and deceitful ways.
When a tabby cat shifts into a faerie before her very eyes, she’s determined to keep her distance. Until that same cat is gravely injured, and the little boy next door begs her to save it.
Cian is a faerie on a quest to protect an orphaned boy in the Northwoods and has little use for the human girl determined to believe the old stories about his kind. That is until his injury leaves him no choice but to trust her.
When Cian makes Saoirse an offer she can’t refuse, will she heed the warnings in her grandmother’s stories, or will she strike a bargain with a faerie?
A Winter Proposal is the first book in a series of interconnected novels set in the Magical Northwoods. This book rates a 4 on the Romantic Content Rating System (RCRS))
Pirate's Treasure
a Time-travel Romance
On the beautiful New England coast, librarian Treasure Hayden has had it with love. She’s been abandoned one too many times and fully believes her beloved romance novels are the only place she’ll ever find love.
But faith is coming for Treasure, in the form of a heartbroken, brooding pirate battling a storm on the open ocean along the very same coast in 1725. When the clouds part after the storm, a magical book changes the course of his ship, and his heart, forever.
Captain Charles Seewell shows up in the library basement, dripping with seawater, and with a look in his piercing eyes that makes Treasure second guess her stance on romance.
Charles begs her help in searching for the book that sent him 304 years forward in time, but time-travel is unpredictable and suddenly they both find themselves stuck in 1725.
Is a brooding, time-traveling pirate captain reason enough to give love one last chance? Or will history repeat itself 304 years in the past?
ORIGINAL NOVELLA VERSION:
The Christmas Marriage Plot
a Norwegian heritage novella
Sometimes the great love you’ve been searching for has been there all along
Ragnhild Eilertsen’s plans fail more often than not, but when she falls head over heels for a coworker at the Norwegian Seamen’s Church, she makes yet another: A fake wedding to turn his head.
As long as Thorleif Vaage can remember, Ragnhild has been by his side, and he can’t imagine the rest of his life any other way. That she sees him as only a friend is made all the more obvious when she talks him into being her fake groom.
As Christmas Day grows closer, Ragnhild pours her heart and soul into her plan, certain she can win the heart of the man she loves.
Except, that man might not be exactly who Ragnhild thought it was.
F.A.Q.
Frequently. Asked. Questions
My books are currently available on Amazon, at Barnes & Noble, you can order them in at your local library (please, please do!) or you can buy signed copies directly from me in my shop (I make a little more this way).
They are! You can read all my books for FREE with a monthly subscription to Kindle Unlimited (KU) on Amazon. The Fairshaw Library leaves Kindle Unlimited on November 7th – 2023.
I have been editing professionally for the past 7 years, and worked on 40+ manuscripts in the last 3 years.
I earned a Certificate of Book Editing from The Independent Book Publishers’ Association in 2021.
I am a member of the Editorial Freelancer’s Association and benefit from the many workshops and classes offered through this organization.
I have written romance for 18 years, and studied the craft of writing and editing for the past 8.
I have several.
The Lady and the Lionheart by Joanne Bischof is my all-time favorite.
The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella
Olivia Twist by Lorie Langdon.
An Hour Unspent by Roseanna M. White
Well Met by Jen DeLuca
Heartbones by Colleen Hoover
The Caraval Series by Stephanie Garber
The Myths of Airren series and the P.A.N. Omnibus by Jenny Hickman
Emmie and the Tudor King Omnibus by Natalie Murray
- Always write the story on your heart.
- Find people who will support you as a person and as a writer.
- Watch your diet and get regular exercise. Long writing sessions do a number on your body once you pass your mid-twenties (sigh).
- If you want this to be a career versus a hobby, take the time to learn about the business side of things.
- Keep your eyes peeled, I have a non-fiction book in the works dealing with this topic 🙂