2019 WATTY AWARD WINNER | TO BE PUBLISHED BY 'W BY WATTPAD' IN FALL 2024 Jessie is a twenty first century kinda gal stuck in the Regency Era. Armed with a new university degree and a plane ticket to Paris, the plan was to celebrate graduation in the City of Love, kissing as many drunk French girls (or boys, she's not picky) as she can. Only, she never makes it. Mid-Atlantic, a mysterious accident sends Jessie hurtling to what should be a watery grave. Rescued from the ocean, Jessie is lucky to be alive. Only problem? The crew of the ship she's on is convinced it's a sailing vessel that just narrowly missed out on participating in the Battle of Trafalgar. Stuck in Regency-era England, Jessie is left with no choice but to enter into the services of as a maid and companion in return for what shelter her new employer can provide, and resign herself to a life of quiet servitude and forever hiding her sexuality. What she didn't count on was that her new boss would be Margaret Goodenough - the world famous authoress whose yet-to-be-completed novel was the first lesbian kiss in the history of British Literature, and a clever woman. Clever enough to know her new servant has a secret. Now Jessie is caught. Margaret's own perception of her place in society is transforming, the text of her novel is slowly changing, and Margaret herself is finally unafraid to embrace her own Sapphic desires. Margaret - and her main characters - are turning into irresistibly headstrong and modern women. Jessie must tread the tenuous line between finding her own happiness in a world where she is alone, and accidentally changing the course of history. Should Jessie suppress the manuscript, or is her duty to the woman she's learning to love? What is a twenty first century gal to do? * Cover Photo: Jenn LeBlanc & Getty Images Original Cover by: @RodneyVSmith

~BOOK 1 IN THE RUNAWAY SERIES~ Princess Leonora has been imprisoned by her own parents for years now and been labelled a disgrace, a shame to their name. For what? Because she dared to fall for a woman. And she dared not be ashamed of it. A bride for Prince Arthur has been chosen- Princess Valia. Princess Valia becomes immediately determined to help the beautiful princess who's so brave and beautiful even when confined like this. The two princesses slowly grow into the beautiful bond of friendship. But when Leonora realises that she has fallen for her brother's bride to be, she locks herself back again. She would never betray her brother like that who had been her only happiness all these years. But Valia wouldn't have it, when she breaks through the Princess' built up walls yet again only to find that the Princess had fallen for her . . . a day before her wedding. What would she do? Who would she choose? The Prince or The Princess? A tale of love, of sacrifice, of bravery and of happiness but most of all . . . a tale of freedom. • ────── ✾ ────── • FEATURED IN @FreeTheLGBT DIVERSE LITERATURE READING LIST- 1st November, 2020 (A girlxgirl one shot) Completed.

**Only the bonus chapter is paid, the rest of the story is (and will stay) free!!** Libby Marks-Whelan is decidedly not a lady. Kicked out of nearly every finishing school in the country, she's shocked when her demure, straight-laced cousin Ella invites her to the royal court as attendant during her debutante season. What Ella fails to realize, however, is that Libby's brand of mischief is exactly the kind of distraction Prince Andrew is looking for during his inaugural season as an eligible bachelor. Cover designed by Adam Budny