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  Victorian San Francisco Stories

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  Madam Sybil’s First Client

  Dandy Detects

  The Misses Moffet Mend a Marriage

  Mr. Wong Rights a Wrong

  Victorian San Francisco Stories (Collection)

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  Paradisi Chronicles series

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  Between Mountain and Sea (Caelestis Series Book 1)

  Under Two Moons (Caelestis Series Book 2)

  Through Ddaera’s Touch (Caelestis Series Book 3)

  Caelestis Series Books 1-3 Plus Aelwyd

  “Aelwyd: Home” in Chronicle Worlds: Paradisi

  The Stars are Red Tonight (Canistro Series Book 1)

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  About the Author

  M. Louisa Locke, a retired professor of U.S. and Women’s History, has embarked on a second career as a writer of historical mysteries and science fiction.

  Her best-selling Victorian San Francisco Mystery series features Annie Fuller, a boarding house keeper who supplements her income as a clairvoyant and business consultant, and Nate Dawson, her lawyer beau. All the novels and short stories in this series explore the experiences of women who worked in San Francisco at the end of the 19th century, based on Dr. Locke's doctoral research.

  Not just content with writing about the past, Locke has recently turned to writing about the future as one of the founders of the Paradisi Chronicles, an open-source science fiction world created by multiple-authors. So, if you’ve read all her Victorian San Francisco series, you might give her science fiction a try, since they include a similar mix of mystery, suspense, humor, and light romance—only set in the future rather than the past!

  Locke is an active member of the Historical Fiction Authors Cooperative, and you can find more about her journey as an indie author and gain a deeper glimpse into the worlds of Victorian San Francisco and New Eden, Paradisi, if you check out her website at http://mlouisalocke.com/

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  Acknowledgments

  I would like to particularly thank James and Victoria Brown, some of my oldest friends and staunchest supporters, for the excellent suggestions they made that vastly improved the final work. In addition, I would like to thank Casey Jansen Jones and Robin Gandy-Harsh, who have become my go-to beta readers from among my fans, for their insightful comments. My thanks also goes out to Sally Hawkins for her continued eagle eye for typos, and my copy editor, Jessica Meigs, for ensuring my grammar doesn’t embarrass me. And, as always, a special thanks to my cover designer, Michelle Huffaker, who continues to turn out such gorgeous covers. Finally, my second career as a novelist would never have been possible or nearly as much fun if it were not for the continued support of my husband of more than forty years, Jim Jacobs, and the motivation provided by my daughter and her family.