All books are books of the heart—otherwise why would you write them?—but some books dig themselves deeper into your heart than others.

Of the twenty-one books I’ve written (three of which shall never ever be published) there are two that are my deepest books of the heart. One is my first published book, Thief With No Shadow, and the other is Unmasking Miss Appleby.

I enjoy writing fantasy novels, but I love writing historical romances, and in particular I love the regency period—as in LOVE this period. Which is purely to do with Georgette Heyer, whose books I read over and over and over again.

Unmasking Miss Appleby is the book I’d been wanting to write for years. It takes everything that I love about regency romances, but adds a little bit of what I love about fantasy. It’s Georgette Heyer with a dash of magic, Jane Austen meets Maleficent.

UNMASKING MISS APPLEBY

On her 25th birthday, Charlotte Appleby receives a most unusual gift from the Faerie godmother she never knew she had: the ability to change shape.

Penniless and orphaned, she sets off for London to make her fortune as a man. But a position as secretary to Lord Cosgrove proves unexpectedly challenging. Someone is trying to destroy Cosgrove and his life is increasingly in jeopardy.

As Charlotte plunges into London’s backstreets and brothels at Cosgrove’s side, hunting his persecutor, she finds herself fighting for her life—and falling in love…

Today Unmasking Miss Appleby is released into the world. I hope readers will enjoy it as much as I do.