If you’ve already enjoyed The Masterpiece, or if you’ve never read it before, you must listen to Mark James’s wonderful reading of the novel. He brings it to life like a play. When I listened to his recording, I was able to divorce myself from my own written words and simply appreciate the story as a listener.
Check out The Masterpiece in audio format today!

Built from the bottom up: one perfect gentleman.

Man about town Arthur Lawton spends his days pursuing entertainment while shoeshine Joe Sprat labors to better his family’s lives. When an argument about nature versus nurture … Read more »

If you enjoyed the other  Victorian Holiday Hearts stories, you’ll want to check out the final installment in the series, Delaney and the Autumn Masque. It’s live today everywhere. Links below.
A spicy harvest treat from Devon and Dee.

Delaney, former pickpocket and now a member of the Andrews theater clan, performs magic tricks as Billbo the Magnificent. Hired to entertain at a fancy dress ball, the magician is struck by the lurking, dramatic figure of the Grim Reaper. He follows Death to a quiet room for a glorious, lustful encounter.

With his identity hidden, impoverished gentleman Bartholomew Bancroft dares … Read more »

Fall is my favorite season. I hope readers will get the feel of the season in the final story in our  quartet, Victorian Holiday Hearts. Delaney and the Autumn Masque is now available for pre-order at Amazon. Other vendors to follow. The release date will be October 3.

A spicy harvest treat from Devon and Dee.

Delaney, former pickpocket and now a member of the Andrews theater clan, performs magic tricks as Billbo the Magnificent. Hired to entertain at a fancy dress ball, the magician is struck by the lurking, dramatic figure of the Grim Reaper. He follows Death … Read more »

No April Fool’s joke, The Copper is finally going live on Monday after probably the longest pre-order period I’ve ever had for a novel.  Read on for a blurb and a first-chapter excerpt:

Lord Avery Wickersham wakes from a night’s debauchery at a bordello to police officers pounding on the bedroom door. During the vice raid, Constable Connor Tate is ready to arrest the lord and his two male sex partners when Avery’s glib tongue earns a reprieve for his friends if not for himself.

From this grim beginning, men as opposite as summer and winter slowly work their way … Read more »

All right, it was saccharine and everyone’s stories wrapped up with a neat little bow, but I  still enjoyed it and the entire flawed series. Even more than the stories, which often bordered on the ridiculous, I loved the setting and the costumes. That dinner party in this final episode was just gorgeous. I wanted to be there, but without having to make small talk with anyone.
In other news…today is the release day for Mike and the Spring Awakening, the third in the Victorian Holiday Hearts series. Available at all the usual booksellers.
Young Micah “Mike” Cordett’s privileged life … Read more »