Interview with Justin Cox of The Writing Cooperative (11/19/25)
Posted on December 11, 2025 in Butterfly Games, Interviews
Write Now with Kelly Scarborough Today’s Write Now interview features Kelly Scarborough, author of BUTTERFLY GAMES. Justin Cox Follow 5 min read Nov 19, 2025 @kaitlyncassocreations Who are you? I’m a lifelong reader and history lover who took the sce…
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Gibson’s Bookstore, Concord NH – 01/21/2026
Posted on November 30, 2025 in Butterfly Games, Events
Join me at Gibson’s Bookstore in Concord, New Hampshire on January 21, 2026 at 6:30 p.m. to celebrate the launch of my historical novel Butterfly Games. I’ll share a brief reading, answer questions, and sign books—perfect for readers who love histori…
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Butterfly Games—The Story Behind the Book
Posted on November 5, 2025 in Butterfly Games, Newsletter, Swedish Royals
A French General, a Broken Kingdom, and A Countess Want to know the story behind Butterfly Games? When people think of the early 1800s, they picture Napoleon storming across Europe or Marie Antoinette meeting her tragic end in the 1790s. Few realize…
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Six Degrees of Separation, Butterfly Games Edition–Napoleon to Jacquette
Posted on September 24, 2025 in Behind the Scenes, Butterfly Games, Newsletter, Swedish Royals
What do Napoleon Bonaparte and a Swedish countess named Jacquette have in common? More than you’d think! Here’s the whirlwind version: 1 As a young army officer, Napoleon proposed marriage to Désirée Clary, the daughter of a silk merchant from Marsei…
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📝 Writing Butterfly Games #2 in Sweden — August 2025
Posted on August 3, 2025 in Monthly Blog
Greetings from Sweden, friends! 🇸🇪 I’m lucky to be spending the month writing the second book in the Butterfly Games historical fiction series in a grand circa-1901 apartment in the Haga neighborhood of Karlstad. Yes, Karlstad—not Stockholm, not Goth…
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Historical Fiction Book Covers: Butterfly Games: Behind the Scenes
Posted on July 11, 2025 in Behind the Scenes, Butterfly Games
Discover the story behind the book cover of royal historical fiction novel Butterfly Games by Kelly Scarborough. Meet the artists who designed the fern embroidery and cipher pin worn by ladies in waiting at the Swedish royal court. Preorder Butterfly…
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Q&A with Michelle Cameron: On Napoleon’s Mirage and the Illusions We Hold
Posted on July 11, 2025 in Favorite Authors
I love Napoleonic tales, especially those with far-flung settings distant from Bonaparte’s seat of power in Paris. Having already read and loved Michelle Cameron’s Beyond the Ghetto Gates, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on a copy of Napoleon’s Mirag…
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Q&A with Jude Berman: On The Vow, Angelica Kauffman, and Reimagining a Forgotten Icon
Posted on May 8, 2025 in Favorite Authors
This month, I had the absolute pleasure of interviewing Jude Berman—historian, novelist, and all-around master of time travel (of the literary kind, that is). Her novel The Vow reimagines the life of 18th-century artist Angelica Kauffman, a name that…
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