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Josefina and Father Alonso, sitting in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g!

June 11, 2021 by Claudia Long Leave a Comment

[A blast from the past! Josefina de Castillo, happily married to Manuel Castillo, rediscovers her passion for a redheaded priest. And worse yet, he’s now a Bishop!] Mexico, 1690 Estimada […]

Filed Under: advice, Books on Parade, love, Mexico, Sor Juana Tagged With: #josefinassin, #lovelorn #MadamMariana, #MadamMariana, #newbook #womensfiction #Latina, #SorJuana, #womensfiction, inquisition, Josefina's Sin, Madam Mariana, Sor Juana

How to not marry Igor, or, He got the estate, now he wants me!

May 20, 2021 by Claudia Long Leave a Comment

CP Lesley Song of the Sisters

[In which Madam Mariana travels back to Moscow, 1543, to help the lovely Russian noblewoman, Darya Petrovna, avoid her cousin Igor’s grasping ways: He got her daddy’s estate, and now […]

Filed Under: advice, artists, From Russia with love, Journeys, love, Russia, Uncategorized Tagged With: #indiewriter, #lovelorn #MadamMariana, #MadamMariana, #newbook #womensfiction #Latina, #womensfiction, advice, historical fiction, historical romance, Women's Dreams

Look who’s back! The original Mariana!

May 13, 2021 by Claudia Long Leave a Comment

Ciudad de Mexico, 1587 Estimada Madam Mariana, I am caught between two suitors–again! My brother in law, Jorge de Almeida, remember him? the “other Jorge,” my sister Leonor’s husband? Anyway, […]

Filed Under: advice, Journeys, love, Mexico, silver mining, Uncategorized Tagged With: #bigamy, #MadamMariana, #mercurypoisoning, #silvermining, historical fiction, inquisition, Jewish, Mexico, Women writers, Women's Dreams, writing

Madam Mariana fields a question from…a dog!

April 29, 2021 by Claudia Long 2 Comments

In which Madam Mariana fields a question from…a dog! Yes, even dogs have questions about love, about life… Dear Madam Mariana,   I am a Scottish Terrier named Bilbo, and […]

Filed Under: advice, artists, Books on Parade, Dog's Life, Dogs, Food, Journeys, love, San Francisco, Uncategorized Tagged With: #AskMadamMariana, #dogs, #dogslife, #GreyfriarsBobby, #indiewriter, #MadamMariana, #obituaries, #ScottishTerrier, #typecasting, advice, love

Breaking up with a killer? Here’s how!

April 22, 2021 by Claudia Long Leave a Comment

Dear Mrs. Know-it-all, aka Madam Mariana: I am the taller, more beautiful sister of the notorious Zara Persil-Pendleton, who is getting all of the attention as usual. As if money-management […]

Filed Under: advice, artists, Books on Parade, Food, Journeys, love, San Francisco Tagged With: #bestsellingnovel, #booksonparade, #coittower, #MadamMariana, #moneymanagement, #siblingrivalry, #tellallnovel, advice, Jewish, Women writers, Women's Fiction

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