New Stuff From Me (Part 2)
The mystery The Bishop’s Lady I’ve penned as Ashley Gardner is out tomorrow (yay)!
Next new thing (truly brand new) is a historical romance novella for Halloween out at the end of October (Oct 26), in the Ghosts, Graveyards, and Grey Ladies anthology which you can pre-order here:
My novella is called “Lady Clara’s Ghost,” and features a young woman who lives with her warm and close family on Hampstead Heath and a reclusive gentleman who lives three doors down from her.
Lady Clara and Lord Alden encounter each other in Highgate one afternoon, where a mournful cry sends them on a hunt that ends in a way they least expect.
It’s a sweet romance with paranormal elements, and I enjoyed the heck out of writing it. I fell in love with Clara and Alden, as well as her charming family and his eccentric friend.
Writing this novella let me take a good step back and write for the creative joy of it.
If you’d like a brief excerpt of my tale go here:
This anthology is being published by Dragonblade, and they are exclusive to Amazon (though I believe they will have a paperback edition). Whenever I have rights back to my story, I’ll release it wide, but currently it’s Amazon only.
I have other new things coming up, which I will post about here when they’re ready. I’m so close to being done with the next Below Stairs mystery (Murder in Blackfriars) and I will breathe a great sigh of relief when I turn it in. Once I do, I’m taking a short break to deal with real life things (like plumbing woes and also just resting) and then dive into the Captain Lacey novel.
My best wishes as we move into the busy autumn season.
