A Streak of Lightning – New Aubrey & Lindsey Story on Patreon!

A brand new short story featuring Aubrey & Lindsey of Mr Warren’s Profession is now on Patre♡n! Wherein Aubrey discovers an alarming development in his wash-stand mirror.

Aubrey had not read the novel by Lord Graves’s playwright acquaintance. He had however heard its details discussed at length over the course of several dinners. He knew that it involved a beautiful youth who had a devilish portrait painted to age in his place, and for every sin the dissipated lad committed, the portrait grew more hideously withered. Aubrey had no such portrait. His own sins could only bear out upon his flesh, and he supposed, with more resignation than bitterness, that given the life he’d led it was more surprising he hadn’t found anything more than a single grey hair ‘til now.

Joining me on Patre♡n will give you access to “drawer fic” – aka the 500k+ words worth of manuscripts that have been shelved until I figure out how to fix or finish them. You’ll also be invited to join an exclusive Discord server just for patrons!

A new chapter or story will go up every week. Missing (unwritten) scenes will be indicated by brackets describing what would probably happen if the scene were written. Example: [in this scene Aubrey and Lindsey ride a carousel]

Currently posting…
♡ A Mirror for the Prince’s Shadow (historical m x nb romantasy)

Completed works…
♡ the Aubrey & Lindsey solar fantasy project (mm)
♡ A Willing Canvas – John Halloway x Lord Cyril Graves (mm)
♡ The Train Job – Rowena Althorp x Rebekah (ff)
♡ Hold Fast 2 – Hold Faster (mm)
♡ Vampires Vampires Vampires (mmm)
♡ The Sebastian Nothwell Contemporary Expanded Universe (mmm+)
♡ Theo. (transmasc historical mm romance)

See you on Patre♡n!

The Mr Warren’s Profession audiobook is here!

I’m so excited to finally share with you just how Gary Furlong has brought our Victorian lads to life.

Kickstarter backers have already received their download links. It will take a while for the audiobook to upload to all the major retailers (Audible, libro.fm, Chirp, etc.) as well as library apps like Libby and Hoopla.

In the meantime, however, you can preview the first chapter in the YouTube video above, and you can listen to the whole book right now thanks to my author storefront over on Payhip!

To celebrate this new audiobook release, use the coupon code “Nothwell” at check-out for 20% off your entire purchase. (A wonderful opportunity if you wanted to grab the Oak King Holly King audiobook or any of my ebooks while you’re over there.)

However or wherever you acquire your audiobooks, thank you for listening.

Research Reads – Mr Warren’s Profession

Mr Warren’s Profession, pictured here with some of the books that helped me write it!

It took me four years to write my first book. Partly because, y’know, first book. And partly because I had to start from scratch with my knowledge of the Victorian era. So I threw myself into research and the story grew along with it.

Books shown here include…

• How to be a Victorian by Ruth Goodman
• Food and Cooking in Victorian England by Andrea Broomfield
• Daily Life in Victorian England by Sally Mitchell
• Inside the Victorian Home by Judith Flanders
• The Victorian City by Judith Flanders
• Consuming Passions by Judith Flanders

Solar Fantasy – Aubrey & Lindsey Retold – Ch. 30 up on Patreon!

Scene 30 of Solar Fantasy – Aubrey & Lindsey Retold is up on Patre♡n! Wherein we have 4.3k words of Aubrey meeting his birth family.

“Mum—”

The voice at the door cut off just before Aubrey whipped ‘round to see who’d spoken.

A young woman stood on the threshold, one hand on the door-frame, suggesting she’d braced herself against it to halt when she realized a stranger sat in the house. She had a heart-shaped face, with high cheekbones and a sharp nose. Her black hair, tucked haphazard under a kerchief, had a wild curl to it not unlike his mother’s. Her bow lips parted in shock, thick black brows raised in astonishment, and enormous brown eyes with heavy lids flew wide with surprise.

No doubt she felt as bewildered to see her older brother as he did to see his younger sister.

Did you want more Aubrey and Lindsey – but in a whole new world?

Joining me on Patre♡n will give you access to “drawer fic” – aka the 500k+ words worth of manuscripts that have been shelved until I figure out how to fix or finish them.

A new scene will go up every week. Missing (unwritten) scenes will be indicated by brackets describing what would probably happen if the scene were written. Example: [in this scene Aubrey and Lindsey ride a carousel]

Currently posting…
♡ the Aubrey & Lindsey solar fantasy project (mm) (90k)

See you on Patre♡n!

Solar Fantasy – Aubrey & Lindsey Retold – Ch. 27 up on Patreon!

Scene 27 of Solar Fantasy – Aubrey & Lindsey Retold is up on Patre♡n! Wherein Carlisle has a proposal for Aubrey.

“As Lindsey has likely told you,” Lord Carlisle went on—Aubrey thought he put rather too much emphasis on Lindsey’s name minus its title, “I have a number of industrial concerns. Mining. Manufacturing. Boilers. Engines. Trains. Even muslin and, yes,” he added with another chuckle, “now pen-nibs. What, in your opinion as an engineer, do you believe to be the most interesting area of scientific development?”

The question stank of a test. Its purpose seemed self-evident; a determination of his worthiness. But how such determination would be derived from the question asked or the answer given, Aubrey couldn’t fathom. He decided to give Lord Carlisle the honest response he professed to desire. “Hydro-electric power.”

“Ah, yes, Lindsey did mention something about your work in that area upon his hunting lodge. Very interesting indeed. I wonder if, perhaps, you might wish to work upon the problem as a professional, rather than an amateur?”

Aubrey told his second lie of the interview. “I’m afraid I don’t follow.”

Did you want more Aubrey and Lindsey – but in a whole new world?

Joining me on Patre♡n will give you access to “drawer fic” – aka the 500k+ words worth of manuscripts that have been shelved until I figure out how to fix or finish them.

Currently posting…
♡ the Aubrey & Lindsey solar fantasy project (mm) (90k)

See you on Patre♡n!