May 18, 2026 | A Day In My Life
As I settle back against my pillows, I feel a twinge of guilt. I should be reading a new release for the bookstore’s newsletter. Crime fiction has always been my go-to in a reading slump, but reality broke my heart and there’s nothing like Jane Austen to heal it. A...
May 15, 2026 | A Day In My Life
role: the town dog Mornings in Cornwall start before the doors open. I make my rounds while the town is still quiet, when the air holds onto the night, and everything smells the way it’s supposed to. No distractions. No people rushing past. Just the steady rhythm of...
May 14, 2026 | A Day In My Life
I come awake like I’m coming up from underwater, struggling to get away from the dream. I’m on the couch, the fire out, the room dark. No one to wake me, to ask me to come to bed. Just me and a book—not even a real book these days. I pick up the cover of my audiobook....
May 12, 2026 | A Day In My Life
My name is Harriet Smith and I’m a celebrated lady novelist, virtuoso harpist and heir to a great Irish estate you most definitely will have heard of. Rule number one: never trust a lady to introduce herself. All you have to do is casually drop into the conversation...
May 8, 2026 | A Day In My Life
My name is Meg Daniels, and I was living a conventional life in New York City until I met Andy Beck, Private Investigator, who thought I killed my boss. I didn’t. I did, however, hit it off with Andy. We’ve been together for about seven years now, engaged for one. I...
May 7, 2026 | A Day In My Life
I assume every adult child eventually reaches that moment when they realize they have become a parent to their parents. I’m there now. And it’s profoundly unsettling, let me tell you. At least at this point, I only have my father to worry about. My mother, the...
