Authorpreneur Dashboard – Virginia Brown
Dixie Divas
Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
The Divas are a martini-drinking crowd of aging belles in a historic Mississippi town filled with money and mansions. When the ex-husband of Diva Bitsy is found murdered, and Bitsy is accused, the Divas set out to solve the crime. Book one of acclaimed author Virginia Brown's cozy mystery series.
Book Bubbles from Dixie Divas
The Draw(l) of the South . . .
Who can resist the heady fragrance of magnolia blossoms, and the delicate lace of Spanish moss? And of course, those sultry summer nights. Also, I find Southern men to be more chivalrous for the most part. Maybe it’s their slow drawl, as if they have all the time in the world to speak just to you. So many men still open doors for a woman, and I find that to be gallant and romantic.
Comanche Moon
Literature & Fiction
The Comanches did her a favor when they killed her loutish husband on her wedding night. But now this Southern belle is the possession of a fierce, blue-eyed warrior called Hawk . . . Zach Banning, known as Hawk among the Comanches, is caught between two races, two cultures, two lives. Deborah Hamilton is a Mississippi beauty who came to the Texas territory for an arranged marriage. Little did she know, her new husband’s people have earned the Comanches’ hatred. They enact their vengeance on her wedding night, kidnapping Deborah along with other women and also the settlement’s children.
Book Bubbles from Comanche Moon
As Myself
As Virginia Brown, I wrote books set in the Old West, the Regency era, about pirates, and one novel set in ancient Ireland. As Juliana Garnett, I write exclusively about the medieval era. I love that time period. When I’m writing a medieval, I immerse myself completely, with medieval music on the stereo, or a video playing Gregorian chants, or a video of the area where the novel is set. When I travel to England on research trips, I take hours of video of the terrain, castles, churches, even flowers native to the region. It really does help convey the mood, I think, and I’ve had readers write to tell me they felt as if they were seeing it quite vividly. That makes it worthwhile!
