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A Pansy for Eleanor, part 4 (of 8)
She let out a breath, unfastening her cloak and laying it over the chair. “It’s not the Montrose estate, but it will do.”
Henry smirked, shrugging off his own coat. “I’d take this over a ballroom full of scheming aristocrats any day.”
Alina & The Greatest Show on Earth, Part 2 (of 5)
Later, as I lay there, I thought about the doctor’s gentle hand on my back, the kindness in his eyes. He had a calm, quiet way about him. I remembered the palm reading my grandmother had done when she discovered I was with child. She had said the father would be a healer… a gentle man. Could that be him?
Victorian Courting Customs
Courtship and romantic relationships during the Victorian era was a time of strict social codes and intricate customs designed to uphold societal values such as modesty, propriety, and class distinctions.
Alina & The Greatest Show on Earth, Part 1 (of 5)
I missed being on the trapeze, flipping and flying through the air with my cousins, aunt, and uncle. Our grandmother was a fortune teller, and many people lined up outside her tent to get their palms read and have her gaze into their future in her crystal ball.
A Pansy for Eleanor, part 3 (of 8)
Eleanor met his gaze. She thought of Lord Rutledge, stranded on the Liverpool docks. She thought of the life she had left behind—the corseted expectations, the ballrooms filled with whispers, the future that had never truly been hers.
The History of the Circus
A brief history of the wonderful, magical circus.