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Happy holidays, everyone! Would you like to see your pals from my books celebrating Christmas and Hanukkah? Well you can! I’ve written three adorable Christmas mini-stories, one about Solomon and Serena from A Lily Among Thorns, one about Nev and Penny from In for a Penny, and one about Phoebe and Nick from Sweet Disorder. […]

This is just a partial bibliography of some of my favorite sources. If you have particular questions about any of my research, please e-mail me or comment! It’s a subject I never get tired of talking about. * 1. Bread or Blood: a study of the agrarian riots in East Anglia in 1816, by A.J. […]

I have a tradition that every time I release a book, I celebrate by posting a free short story based on a suggestion from a reader about the characters from my previous book. This story was written for the release of A Lily Among Thorns, and it is for Jenni Simmons, who wanted to see […]

This was my original ending. Leah, my editor, asked me to change it because it wasn’t fair that the poachers had to leave their homes. She was right, of course, and I think the new ending is much better. But pranks are always fun. (In this version, Amy did convince Edward that Penelope was in […]

This scene originally followed the one in Chapter 12 where Lady Bedlow suggests that Penelope must naturally feel more comfortable with Percy because he is so much nearer her own class. In my first draft Nev had a little brother, Charlie. In that version Sir Jasper had also had a son, Jamie. Charlie and Jamie […]

This scene originally went between the end of Chapter 7 (Nev and Penelope’s meeting with Kedge and Snively and Nev’s explanation of the 1816 riot) and the beginning of Chapter 8. In it, Nev and Penelope visit the local village and meet Josie Cusher for the first time. It was one of the first things […]

This post lists all the online extras for In for a Penny! Click here to go to the book’s main page. * Deleted scenes: Warning: may contain SPOILERS. Deleted Scene #1. Nev and Penelope visit the village on the Loweston estate. Deleted Scene #2. In which Percy teaches Nev’s little brother to play cards and […]

Epilogue: the wedding. When I wrote this, I didn’t realize that Regency weddings were organized very differently from post-Victorian ones. But I still like the scene. * Epilogue July 24th, 1815. Cornwall. “So, did Prinny really arrange an annulment for the Thorn in exchange for Mother’s almond-pear tartlet recipe?” Elijah asked as they walked up […]

The original version of Solomon’s nightmare. * He wanted to bury his face in her shoulder and cry and he rather thought she would let him. “Get out,” he said. She paled. “Solomon, you were yelling.” “So let me yell.” “I am not going to bloody well let you—” She cut herself off. “I don’t […]

Another scene about Serena’s scary reputation. It’s rather silly and I’m glad I cut it from the finished book, but it was fun to write and I’m still fond of some of the jokes. * “Ashton? I don’t think I’ve seen him since Cambridge.” He shrugged. “He’s a likable enough fellow, I suppose, but—well—he never […]