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Desperate people, difficult times.

The Precise Man book cover

Forthcoming · Autumn 2026

Forthcoming · Autumn 2026

The Precise Man

“Shakespeare, murder, royal conspiracies, and grown-up love.”

In 1604 London, king’s censor Ned Tilney fights for survival in the face of murder, royal conspiracies, and Will Shakespeare’s public mockery.

Historical fiction at its best. Starring Tilney, Shakespeare, King James, Edward de Vere, Lord Robert Cecil, and more.

Read the first three chapters.

Genre
Historical fiction
Expected
Autumn 2026

Forthcoming · Autumn 2026

Innogen book cover

Coming early 2027

Novel coming early 2027

Innogen

“The Gunpowder Plot, witchcraft, the plague, Bedlam, and Macbeth.”

The Gunpowder Plot, witchcraft, the plague, Bedlam, and Macbeth: Interesting times indeed.

Set in the same world as The Precise Man, Innogen follows a woman navigating the most dangerous corners of Jacobean London.

Genre
Historical fiction
Expected
Early 2027

Coming early 2027

The Cunning Woman book cover

Coming mid-2027

Novel coming mid-2027

The Cunning Woman

“An astrologer who sees her murder in the stars.”

Miranda "Andi" Ardalle lives by her wits... which may not be enough to save her from prison or from an astrologer who sees her murder in the stars.

A story of survival, cunning, and the price of knowing too much in a world that punishes clever women.

Genre
Historical fiction
Expected
Mid-2027

Coming mid-2027

A novel

First Tuesday

“Predates the headlines — and that’s the unsettling part.”

Torn from the headlines? How about predates the headlines? Written in 2015 with some inside knowledge.

The only thing that's changed is that those who would lead us astray have discovered it's even easier to hack the voting process than the machines themselves.

Genre
Political thriller
Published
2015

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