Category: Butterfly Games
Women, Law, and Lawlessness in 19th-Century New York
Posted on June 28, 2026 in Butterfly Games, Events
New York City-area friends: please join me on Tuesday, June 30, at 6:30pm at Jefferson Market Library for a Historical Novel Society–New York Chapter panel, “Women, Law, and Lawlessness in 19th-Century New York.” I’ll be moderating a conversation wit…
READ MORE
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…
READ MORE
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,…
READ MORE
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…
READ MORE
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,…
READ MORE
Interview with Kim Monaghan of Books Uplift (1/2/26)
Posted on January 2, 2026 in Butterfly Games, Interviews
I joined Kim Monaghan of Books Uplift for an author Q&A about my debut historical novel, Butterfly Games, the research behind its Swedish royal setting, and my journey from law to fiction. We talked about the real historical figures who inspired…
READ MORE
