If you're tired of 2025 and a bit leery of 2026, we can help you escape! Fellow histfic writer, Jodi Bowersox, and I are hosting a party to celebrate our new books, Dec. 10 at 5 p.m. It's going to be a long, cold winter, so it's a good time to stock up on a couple of time-shifting reads. Once Upon a Marriage is based on the true story of a Frankish princess betrothed to a Visigothic prince in 579 AD, told from the 21st-century perspective of a history professor from Minneso

Hello, friends! As usual, I enter the holiday season exhausted. Usually that is because of work (even some retired people have to work), but this year it’s a combination of my latest hobby, some very exciting travel and, yes, work. But, first … Before I get into all of that, I’m happy to reveal I’ve finally published my third historical novel, this one a time-slip novel with one period set in the sixth century (my obsession) and one set in contemporary academia.  Here’s the b

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