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Historical Fiction, Romance, Fantasy

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Characters you connect with. Adventure. Love. Family… And endings that are more than a sugar rush.

When Christy Matheson is not throwing ordinary characters into fairy tales, she is busy raising five children. (Very busy.) She writes character-driven historical fiction with and without romance and fantasy elements, and her “fresh, smart, and totally charming” stories have won multiple awards.

Christy is also an embroidery artist, classically trained pianist, and sews all of her own clothes. She lives in Oregon, on a country property that fondly reminds her of a Regency estate (except with a swing set instead of faux Greek ruins), with her husband, five children, three Shelties, one bunny, and an improbable quantity of art supplies.

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	The Horned Women (The Castle in Kilkenny: Fairy Tales #1) 4.46 avg rating — 48 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Little White Cat and the Dog Who Wasn't (Castle in Kilkenny: Romantic Fairy Tales #2) 3.96 avg rating — 27 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The White Deer of Kildare (The Castle in Kilkenny: Fairy Tales #2) 4.52 avg rating — 21 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Squire and His Magical Library (The Castle in Kilkenny: Fairy Tales #4) 4.50 avg rating — 16 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Boat on the Lake of Regret (Castle in Kilkenny: Romantic Fairy Tales #1) 4.64 avg rating — 14 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bonnet Brigade (The Bonnet Brigade, #1) 4.50 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2026	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Knight of Terrible Valley and Aiden of Florida (The Castle in Kilkenny: Fairy Tales #3) 4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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The Castle in Kilkenny: Fairy Tales (6 books)
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This romance was sweet, slow-paced, family-centered, and truly enjoyable. After reading the blurb, I was glad to read that no one really considered the young daughter to be a contender for the Lost Heir's wife. A romance where the mother and daughter ...more
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Intelligent, creative, nuanced, with fully developed characters in a fully-earned joyful ending! I am always ready to dive into a Victorian romance about women in science, especially when the characters represent Britain's diverse heritage. The scienc ...more
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