suspense – Briana Una McGuckin

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A white woman with curly hair and round glasses (the author) sitting in the sun, eyes closed, sniffs an open perfume oil bottle of BPAL's A Wet Moon, Putney Road

April 16, 2022

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The Write Scent: Noisy Goose Moon & A Wet Moon, Putney Road

Using scent to tell a story — scent reviews and inspired prompts for fiction and non-fiction writers.

Book cover, with title, "On Good Authority (a suspense)" in bright gold Gothic font. Author, Briana Una McGuckin, in white Gothic font. Background image is of a woman in a white corset and deep red skirt, shown from behind, with her hands loosely bound behind her back with a single, dark purple ribbon.

March 31, 2022

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Cover Reveal for ON GOOD AUTHORITY

“…The way some women long to be rescued, I have always longed to be captured.”

A collage of images to represent the novel, including: the torso of a footman in a tailcoat, a warm-hued mansion, the silhouettes of a Victorian man and a woman with flowers in fancy dress, a young woman with brown hair from behind, a servants' bell-board, and some rope.

February 14, 2022

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It’s VALENTINE’s Day: Is Valentine Hobbs YOUR Valentine?

My debut novel, ON GOOD AUTHORITY, is a responsibly kinky, Victorian, Romantic Suspense/Gothic Romance–and at the center of that sensual darkness is a justice-junkie footman called Valentine Hobbs. In honor of Valentine’s Day, I made a BINGO card to help you decide if MY Valentine… Read More

April 5, 2019

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Scene and Theme in Before the Door Closes

I’m glad I read Before the Door Closes (by Judith Hall Simon) directly after Keeping My Balance. This, after that, reminds me that good writing is not so simple as replacing summary with scene, always; rather, good writing has both in moderation. If writing were as simple… Read More