Author’s Journey
When Life and Story Collide: Behind the Scenes of Runaway Lady
A runaway heart, a dangerous past, and the convict’s son who captured her destiny. The thing I love most about writing is storytelling — that moment when imagination meets curiosity and suddenly the past feels alive again. My books always seem to circle back to people, their contradictions, and the adventure of simply being human….
Secrets, Saddles & Sisterhood: Petunia’s Story
As I began writing my Sydney-based historical mystery series, The Sisters of Barclay Square, I had a clear sense of where I was going. At least, I thought I did. I knew I’d start with Poppy’s Dilemma, the story of the eldest Barclay twin whose world collapses after her father’s banking firm goes under in…
Behind the scenes with the Barclay sisters
The story of the Barclay sisters had been simmering in my imagination long before I began writing the Sisters of Barclay Square series. It all began when I created the Of Gold & Blood series — a ten-book historical mystery saga centered on the Russell brothers, three half-brothers raised in Hong Kong by their ambitious…