Martha Lloyd: Jane Austen’s Best Friend

I’ve always been intrigued by Jane Austen’s friendship with Martha Lloyd. (Who wouldn’t want to be close friends with Jane Austen?) When I saw Zöe Wheddon’s new book, Jane Austen’s Best Friend: The Life and Influence of Martha Lloyd, I knew I had to have it. As a lifelong student of Jane Austen’s life and works, I particularly enjoy books that focus...

The Little Women Devotional

My new book The Little Women Devotional: A Chapter-by-Chapter Companion to Louisa May Alcott’s Beloved Classic is now on sale worldwide!! You can order HERE. (See the list below for more...

A Captain Went-worthy Love Letter

Captain Wentworth’s letter to Anne Elliot at the end of Jane Austen’s Persuasion has long been heralded as one of the most romantic letters—and moments—in English literature. But does Wentworth’s letter live...