Standalone Novellas
Fresh starts, small rebellions & second chances...
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Midlife Magic & Money (A Fun Paranormal Novella)
When Ava reaches forty in 2000, she realises she’s been trapped under her wealthy husband’s thumb. Is it time for a divorce?
To help her decide, she visits a therapist who seems stuck in the 1970s. It turns out that she is, and when Ava wishes to revisit her, she must use a time-travelling car - a humble Morris Minor.
To complicate matters, an inheritance from her late grandmother takes a chilling turn when Ava stumbles upon a dead body, a grim obstacle barring the rose-adorned entrance to her new cottage.
With the aid of a magical talking cat and the Morris Minor, she embarks on a time-travel journey. Her mission is to stop the murder and liberate herself and others from the clutches of an oppressive force. Failure doesn’t bear thinking about.
If you enjoy humorous women’s fiction with a hefty dose of magic, a dash of mystery, and a light kiss of romance, you’ll love Janet Butler Male’s Midlife Magic and Murder.
Lady Adelia's Secret (A coming-0f-age romcom novella)
A secret sweetheart. An unwanted husband. And a pug who cannot be trusted with sandwiches.
Lady Adelia Audley has been raised to obey, behave, and marry the man her father chooses.
Unfortunately, Adelia has other ideas.
Armed with a secret supply of scandalous romance novels, a mischievous governess and a pug with no respect for unattended food, she dreams of passion, adventure and a husband with a more romantic name than Cyril.
Then she arrives in London for her first Season and discovers that Cyril is not at all what she expected.
With family secrets emerging, forbidden attractions causing trouble, and respectable society proving far less respectable than it appears, Adelia must decide whether to follow her father's plans—or create a far more entertaining future of her own.
A bright, witty Victorian romp filled with romance, rebellion, eccentric relatives, hidden desires, and one extremely greedy pug.
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Lady Adelia’s Secret (above) is part of Corsets and Capers, a collection of witty historical standalones that can be read in any order.
Also in the collection:
The Lost Duchess – a short Edwardian caper
The Emancipation of Emily – an Edwardian novelette of marriage, mischief and one broken window
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No Bunting Required (A Later-Life Novella)
At sixty-eight, Margaret is recently widowed and absolutely not interested in reinvention.
She still wears the sensible clothes her late husband preferred – practical, understated and largely the colour of cooled porridge.
Her acquaintances expect dignified grieving, soup-based socialising and perhaps a rambling group. Her neighbour Pam has embraced sequins, salsa classes and a suspiciously attentive “toyboy”.
Margaret responds by throwing a pastel novel about new beginnings into the bin, buying red lipstick and deciding she has spent quite enough of her life being agreeable.
Then she notices that Pam’s charming new man seems unusually devoted to more than one affluent widow.
With the help of a dry-witted former classmate and a charity shop called Protect the Newts, Margaret begins asking questions. But the closer she looks, the clearer it becomes that Stuart may be more than a harmless flirt.
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