Axel von Fersen’s Last Days: Marie Antoinette, Jacquette’s Aunt Emilie, and the Real History Behind the Butterfly Games Prequel, The Marshal’s Warning
Posted on June 4, 2026 in Butterfly Games, Jacquette, Monthly Blog
If you have watched the BBC/Canal+ series Marie Antoinette—or seen it on PBS Masterpiece—you may have wondered about the handsome Swedish aristocrat who captured the queen’s heart. I’m Kelly Scarborough, author of Butterfly Games, a historical novel…
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Butterfly Games in the Hamptons: Featured in James Lane Post
Posted on May 27, 2026 in Butterfly Games
This Memorial Day weekend in the Hamptons, the weather was perfect—for reading. And ducks. Fortunately, in collaboration with Bedside Reading, the East End’s finest luxury hotels treated their guests to copies of Butterfly Games in paperback, ebook,…
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A Summer in Sweden (No Passport Required)
Posted on April 30, 2026 in Butterfly Games, Travel
You don’t actually have to travel to Sweden to wander its royal parks, step inside its palaces, or follow in Jacquette’s footsteps. Every summer, I start to feel it—that familiar pull toward travel. Longer days. Lighter evenings. The sense that somew…
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What if the scandal wasn’t the whole story?
Posted on April 30, 2026 in Butterfly Games, Characters, Jacquette, Newsletter
When I first came across Jacquette Gyldenstolpe, I wasn’t struck by what history said about her. I was struck by what it didn’t. Here was a woman who lived at the center of power in early 19th-century Sweden—a countess moving in royal circles,…
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Q&A with Janis Robinson Daly, Author of Under Two Flags
Posted on March 4, 2026 in Interviews, Newsletter
Q&A with Janis Robinson Daly, Author of Under Two Flags For Women’s History Month, I’m delighted to share my conversation with Janis Robinson Daly, author of Under Two Flags: A Novel of World War I. Based on the memoir of Josephine Therese Marzyn…
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Emily Matchar Q&A
Posted on February 6, 2026 in Favorite Authors, Interviews, Monthly Blog
Having read and loved Emily Matchar’s debut historical novel, I was so pleased when she agreed to join me for a conversation about her upcoming historical fiction release, The Lost Girl of Craven County. Kelly: Emily, your background is in journalism…
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