Following Robert Langdon, a Journey Through Dan Brown’s Hidden Secrets

I love books featuring real-life locations. That’s why I write them. To read about a city steeped in history, to hear the pounding of a character’s steps and know that I can walk the same path! Finally, there’s less than a week to the release of Dan Brown’s new Robert Langdon mystery thriller, The Secret of Secrets. So I splurged into an imaginary journey of my own. Why don’t you join me?

Book Review: “The Secret of Secrets” by Dan Brown: a labyrinth of mind, mystery, and manuscripts. Read below.

04/08/202504/08/2025

8 Books Like When Secrets Bloom, Weaving Tone in Historical Fiction

historical fiction books like When Secrets Bloom

To a fiction writer, tone is more than just word choice; it is the whisper of a writer’s soul on the page. It colors every scene, shapes how the reader reads and hears your world, and shows not only what is told, but how we are supposed to feel it. The tone of historical fiction literature is inextricably linked to the time period depicted. The correct tone does more than just depict the past; it represents it. It represents the anxieties, silences, and dreams of those who experienced it. The appropriate tone can transport the dust from the battlefield into a room of silk and candles.

25/06/202525/06/2025

What Would You Do if Vlad Dracula Wrote to You?

When Secrets Bloom by Patricia Furstenberg, historical fiction set in Transylvania

In my new historical fiction When Secrets Bloom out 27 June, Vlad Dracula is no more than a memory, but oh, what a memory he is. He haunts the story not as a specter of horror, but as a mentor whose shadow shaped the life of the novel’s protagonist, Kate, a Saxon healer caught between duty and accusation in 15th-century Transylvania.

23/06/202525/06/2025

Cover Reveal: When Secrets Bloom, Historical Fiction

cover reveal When Secrets Bloom Patricia Furstenberg historical fiction Transylvania

Between oath and silence, two outcasts carry a kingdom’s oldest secret.
I’m thrilled to share that my newest historical fiction novel, Where Secrets Bloom, is now available for pre-order from Amazon worldwide for 0.99c / 0.99p!

Journey to 15th-century Transylvania, where Kate – a Saxon healer – faces accusations of witchcraft, and Moise – a young printing apprentice – finds himself entangled in a perilous weaving of secrets and shifting loyalties.

The e-book is ready for pre-order today from Amazon. Publication day: Friday 27 June!
I’ll keep you updated the moment the paperback and audiobook editions are released too.

Pre-order Amazon universal link

31/05/202531/05/2025

Poppies Pressed in Parting, a Short Story

German pointer dog in a field of poppies at sunset

Pressed Poppies is a short story told through two voices, echoing across the quiet space where hearts once met. It is a story of parting. A parting that is wordless, weighted, and irreversible. Where affection shrinks under the burden of duty or pain; where all that was left is unsaid. What remains is remembrance: delicate, haunting and full of questions. And red, as the poppies once shared.

Out on Spillwords Press today!