There’s pink flowers a many in the garden, and the sun is bright. But, wow, it’s cold! Frosty mornings are standard just now. The cherry tree is in full bloom, undeterred by low temperatures.
Writing Update
After spending over a year obsessing over the extraordinary witchcraft confessions of Isobel Gowdie, and studying everything I could find about associated people and places, and events of the time, I’m finally writing the book. Well, something is burbling out of me! I’ve also started saying things like ‘a many’ (see above) and spelling time as tym.
And, when I take a break to go outside and breathe (it’s going to be a dark book), and look at the blue skies, hares are dancing around in the field behind my house. In twenty years of living here, I’ve never seen hares around before, so it feels rather magical.
I shall go into a hare,
With sorrow and sych and meickle care… Isobel Gowdie, 1662
Let’s look up at those pink flowers and blue sky!
Darker Covers for Amalphia
TENDU: Dancing in the Castle
Scotland’s all misty lochs and magical forests and perfect boyfriends, right?
When dance student Amalphia Treadwell embarks on a secret relationship with her rich, handsome teacher, she has no idea of the danger that lurks in his new school in Scotland.
She’s soon dealing with her boyfriend’s beautiful and obsessive ex, the sinister research taking place at the castle school and her own ever-evolving relationship issues.
Amalphia works hard to be the best dancer she can be, but as tension builds within the old walls of the castle, she begins to wonder if she will ever escape the deep dark of the dungeon…
Dark, witty, sexy and fun, Tendu is a seductive story of love, dance and obsession. Get your copy today.
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“POV: You thought it was just another ballet book… then it emotionally body-slammed you in pointe shoes. Slow burn, enemies to lovers, fate, and a Scottish setting that delivered.” See this TikTok review here
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The Performance: sometimes going home for Christmas is just one huge performance…
When Ariel returns home from dance college, her mother expects her to perform the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy in a pink, sequined tutu in front of many, many party guests. Ariel adjusts the costume and choreography to expose dark truths about her life, but, as it turns out, this is not the biggest performance of the night…
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Hares and ideas grow just the same. A sign of prolific days. Best of luck with the new book.
Thank you 🙂 Prolific is the right word!