In the battle between e-readers and physical books, I’m firmly in both camps. I read both, avidly. That means I have any number of books wai...

I recently bought a new research book, Vauxhall Gardens: A History by David Coke and Alan Borg, a coffee-table sized volume brimming with e...

I was hoping to post a recipe for Irish soda bread, but so far I'm unsatisfied with the results of my experiments...so I'm falling ...

My heroines may wear medieval silks and furs, but I’m definitely a 21st century fashionista. When I want to escape my writing problems, I gr...

Valiant Soldier, Beautiful Enemy is in bookstores this month. This last book in my Three Soldiers series, takes place, in part, in Brussels...

This week I received a box full of advance copies of my latest book, "Gift-Wrapped Governesses", so thought I'd like to share ...

Last month, I spent a week on the Emerald Isle -- one day in Dublin and the rest visiting friends near Derry, in the north of Northern Ire...

As I am about to embark on a remodeling project, I’ve been thinking about how to (re)organize my books. Once upon a time, they WERE organiz...

Yesterday, August 16, was the 192nd anniversary of The Peterloo Massacre . On that date in 1819, in St. Peters Field, Manchester, England, ...

I'm totally exhausted, which is definitely the wrong way to be on release day. Pompeia, the heroine of my new release, was a joy to ...

People are always interested in where writers get the inspiration for their stories. For me the ideas can come from anywhere. The idea for ...

I hope some of you saw the blogs Harlequin posted on the peregrine falcon family that nested within sight of the office windows in Toronto. ...