The English Civil War divided loyalties and families. When King Charles II was restored to the throne in 1660, the nation struggled to heal the divide and rebuild a nation after nearly two decades of Civil War. Many had suffered under Cromwell’s Co...
Christmas 1663 ~ Book 2 of the Hal Westwood Restoration Mysteries is a Christmas tale, taking place over the holiday season at the cold and gloomy Sidworth Castle, home of Hal’s sister, Lady Mary Jolyon. Hal soon discovers that little is as it seem...
June 1664 ~ Book 3 of the Hal Westwood Restoration Mysteries takes place in the balmy summer of 1664, as Hal’s youngest sister's wedding brings all the family to celebrate at Westwood Hall…some more welcome than others. But when one of the gu...
Summer 1665 ~ Book 4 of the Hal Westwood Restoration Mysteries brings local politics to the forefront. A visit to the nearby town brings Hal Westwood not only into conflict with his brother-in-law, the lawyer Justin Danvers, but into the sphere of th...
Winter 1665 ~ Book 5 of the Hal Westwood Restoration Mysteries. Hal Westwood returns from France where he had been searching for his father's grave and finds grief stalking him as he is met with more bad news. Following hard on the heels of this ...
July 1666 ~ Book 6 of the Hal Westwood Restoration Mysteries. Weddings are often a time of great joy, and certainly a cause for celebration...but Sophie Redcroft's wedding to a handsome suitor is neither of these things for Hal Westwood, and that...
Christmas 1666 ~ Book 7 of the Hal Westwood Restoration Mysteries. A rain sodden,dank Christmas for Hal Westwood, and the joy of the recent celebration for Cousin Tom Kingscott's wedding only serves to underline Hal's sense of isolation. It is this w...
Everybody loves a lover; and everybody loves a wedding. A time of great joy and festivity as the bride and groom tie the nuptial knot. What could possibly go wrong? But this is Sophie Redcroft and Hal Westwood we are talking about. Think; swimming a ...