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March Madness

Good news! The rights for the Clash of the Tartans romantic comedy series have reverted to me. I'll be republishing the stories under my...

Writing Series

I've written several stand alone books, mostly novellas, but the majority of my books form part of a series. This began when the...

The Most Famous Battle You've Never Heard Of.

Mention the Battle of Hastings and most of the English-speaking world will have an idea what you are talking about. They may only have a...

A Christmas Day Coronation

Probably the most significant medieval Yuletide season event was the coronation of William, Duke of Normandy as King of England....

The Titanic of the Middle Ages

On November 25th 1120, a Maritime catastrophe occurred that would have far reaching consequences on the history of England and the...

When The World Changed Forever

In October 1066AD, William the Conqueror scored a decisive victory at Hastings in Sussex. This event changed the course of English...

The Alpha Male

First the Serious Stuff. Romance authors are fond of referring to their heroes as alpha males as if the romance genre invented the term....

Medieval Beekeeping

The plot of Love’s Sweet Sting, takes us to the famous Lindisfarne Abbey off the north east coast of England. Among other things,...

Things You Might Not Know About Me

For a change of pace, I thought I'd share with you some things about me you may not know. I was born in the north of England, in the...

Medieval Instruments

Music was an essential part of life for medieval people. They loved it. Because their world was not as filled with noise as ours is, they...

LIST OF ANNA'S HEROES AND HEROINES

AS OF SEPTEMBER 2021 1. Adam de Montbryce (BIRTHRIGHT) 2. Adrien de Montbryce (ADRIEN) 3. Aidan FitzRam (STL) (LOVE’S SWEET...

The Scarlet Pimpernel

September 23rd marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Baroness Emma Orczy. You may not know her name, but you’ve probably heard of...

I Love History

I love history. So, it was no surprise that when someone mentioned finding an 1891 census of England on a genealogy website, I wondered...