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MacCorp News February 2025

The Jasper Brooch Update Characters in THE JASPER BROOCH just met Sean MacKlenna in 1928, but which Sean is he? Sean I, Kit's mother's twin brother, hosted Kit and Cullen at the farm in The Ruby Brooch in 1852. Is this Sean II, III, or IV?    If I had known in 1997 that I'd still be writing this series…

MacCorp News January 2025

One of the lead characters in THE JASPER BROOCH is Bastien Bonnard LeBlanc Here's a short bio: Bastien is a 34-year-old Army veteran with brown hair and green eyes and 6 feet tall. He was part of a NATO convoy near Kandahar when a Taliban suicide bomber targeted the convoy. Bastien's Humvee was hit with shrapnel and a piece of…

MacCorp News September 2024

What’s New in MacKlenna World? Fall has arrived! If you’re like me, you might have whiplash from the seasons changing so quickly. After months of summer heat (high 90s), I’m ready for crisp autumn temperatures and beautiful fall foliage. The landscape around me hasn’t transformed from greenery to the rich fall colors of gold, crimson, orange, and brown, but it…

MacCorp News July 2024

News from Katherine I hope you’re enjoying your summer. I am, although I’m not traveling this year. I’m staying home doing some remodeling, enjoying my flower garden, playing with Maddie, watching Hallmark movies, going to high school volleyball tournaments, and reading. At least a couple of hours a day, I try to write a few pages, but the story isn’t…

MacCorp News May 2024

What Have I Been Reading?  I was writing The Jasper Brooch and couldn’t get into Remy’s head, so I stopped and reread the entire series, except for one book. I read The Topaz Brooch first and The Pearl Brooch last. It was a weird order. I hadn’t read The Sapphire Brooch in a decade and was surprisingly enthralled. It took five…