Kit’s Mother’s Letter
written shortly after Kit’s marriage to Lord Blaine Dearest Kit— I’ve just received word from Cook Ruth that you’ve recently wed a kindly count related to the Duchess of Childes. Hopefully, your leaving Sutton Manor…
Holy Manifestations
from Zariste’s Concise Guide to World Religions After the Age of Gods, the gods decided their presence was corrupting their creation, so they vowed to only manifest in their corporeal form on their holy days…
Goddess Laurels
from Zariste’s Concise Guide to World Religions The Goddess laurel is a small, evergreen shrub that grows across the lands in Damensea where the Goddess’s followers live. However, only priests pay much attention to the…
Behind Priest Robes
Until I began The Goddess’s Illusion, I wasn’t sure exactly what priest robes looked like because my earlier characters just noted the robe then moved on. They didn’t really care about the specifics of priest…
The Priesthood of the Goddess
from Zariste’s Concise Guide to World Religions Over the millennia, the priesthood of the Goddess have developed a hierarchy as well as different occupations. Both men and women are called to join the priesthood and…
The Goddess’s Illusion Bonus Epilogue
Almost two and a half years after The Goddess’s Illusion On the first day of the Longnight season after the completion of her accelerated novitiate, Kit and Mel hurried to the Sun Chapel after luncheon…
The Goddess’s Illusion Now Available!
Cue the spiced cider and cinnaspice burnt-custard (Calatini’s creme brulee)! 🙂 Writing Kit and Mel’s story was so much fun—I loved Kit’s journey of redemption and self-discovery, Mel’s rationalizations about his feelings for her before…
The Life-Changing Longnight
Two Newsletter Exclusive Short Stories—One from Kit and One from Mel! Eight years before The Goddess’s Illusion, Kit discovers a devastating secret, and in her distress, she blurts a cruel lie she can’t take back….
What’s in a Name: The Goddess’s Illusion
And here are the hidden meanings behind the names in The Goddess’s Illusion… The heroine is Katherine Elizabeth Gernand (née Sutton), the Countess of Blaine, although she goes by Kit. All of Kit’s birth names…
Behind The Goddess’s Illusion
To Mom—the only pastor whose sermons I always listened to without daydreaming about my latest story, even when my childhood antics being used as examples made me blush. The dedication for The Goddess’s Illusion. The…