THE HABERDASHER’S WIFE
2020
1800—Überlingen, Imperial Free City of the Holy Roman Empire.
Change is on the wind. A new century has begun and war with Napoleon Bonaparte continues to spread like wildfire, while the Enlightenment quietly breaks down traditional barriers of class, education, and the arts, in the last holdouts of Absolutism in the old German States.
For Josefa von Bandel, a nobleman's daughter, her life on the quiet shores of the Bodensee is caught up in the dramatic changes sweeping across Europe—and in her own troubled life. She is young and beautiful and willfully stubborn. She risked her reputation for a scandalous affair—but will she sacrifice everything else for love?
2020
1800—Überlingen, Imperial Free City of the Holy Roman Empire.
Change is on the wind. A new century has begun and war with Napoleon Bonaparte continues to spread like wildfire, while the Enlightenment quietly breaks down traditional barriers of class, education, and the arts, in the last holdouts of Absolutism in the old German States.
For Josefa von Bandel, a nobleman's daughter, her life on the quiet shores of the Bodensee is caught up in the dramatic changes sweeping across Europe—and in her own troubled life. She is young and beautiful and willfully stubborn. She risked her reputation for a scandalous affair—but will she sacrifice everything else for love?
THE BUTCHER’S BRIDE
2022
1848—Baden-Baden, the Grand Duchy of Baden, the German Confederation.
Decades of political, social, and economic unrest begin to unravel into small outbursts of revolution across Europe. Whispers of disquiet rise across the German states against the government, calling for reform and unity, and in Baden, the rise of a new republic if necessary, even if it means war to achieve their demands.
For Josefina Henf, the unrest around her is only a mirror of the turmoil in her heart. She yearns for a different life beyond her existence as a simple seamstress in picturesque Baden-Baden; she dreams of travel and becoming a writer, no easy feat for a woman of her class. She is young—only seventeen—and headstrong, but little does she know that the unrest around her will lead to a choice that could change her life forever. She is willing to sacrifice her dreams to marry the man she loves—but is she prepared to lose everything else she holds dear?
2022
1848—Baden-Baden, the Grand Duchy of Baden, the German Confederation.
Decades of political, social, and economic unrest begin to unravel into small outbursts of revolution across Europe. Whispers of disquiet rise across the German states against the government, calling for reform and unity, and in Baden, the rise of a new republic if necessary, even if it means war to achieve their demands.
For Josefina Henf, the unrest around her is only a mirror of the turmoil in her heart. She yearns for a different life beyond her existence as a simple seamstress in picturesque Baden-Baden; she dreams of travel and becoming a writer, no easy feat for a woman of her class. She is young—only seventeen—and headstrong, but little does she know that the unrest around her will lead to a choice that could change her life forever. She is willing to sacrifice her dreams to marry the man she loves—but is she prepared to lose everything else she holds dear?
THE FARRIER’S MISTRESS
2023
1794—Baden-Baden, Margraviate of Baden, the Holy Roman Empire
The Margraviate of Baden is at peace, a rarity, but caught between a revolution in France and the Holy Roman Empire, war always looms on the horizon as it has for centuries. And for the people of the small and sleepy town of Baden-Baden, war seems a distant reality until it threatens to break upon them.
At thirty-three, Eva Frik is a single, willful woman and mother of two illegitimate sons, a woman at odds with God, the societal expectations of her gender and class, and her past. She had been a beautiful child until an accident left her with an ugly scar across half her face. But even with that disfigurement, men still find her desirable and beguilingly beautiful, and she has learned to use those charms to twist men’s weak hearts to her will. She has secrets, though—secrets that could destroy her. She is stubborn and defiant, willing to do whatever she needs to ensure a future for herself—but will bitterness and fear ruin her chance for love? Or is it already too late?
2023
1794—Baden-Baden, Margraviate of Baden, the Holy Roman Empire
The Margraviate of Baden is at peace, a rarity, but caught between a revolution in France and the Holy Roman Empire, war always looms on the horizon as it has for centuries. And for the people of the small and sleepy town of Baden-Baden, war seems a distant reality until it threatens to break upon them.
At thirty-three, Eva Frik is a single, willful woman and mother of two illegitimate sons, a woman at odds with God, the societal expectations of her gender and class, and her past. She had been a beautiful child until an accident left her with an ugly scar across half her face. But even with that disfigurement, men still find her desirable and beguilingly beautiful, and she has learned to use those charms to twist men’s weak hearts to her will. She has secrets, though—secrets that could destroy her. She is stubborn and defiant, willing to do whatever she needs to ensure a future for herself—but will bitterness and fear ruin her chance for love? Or is it already too late?