The St. Lawrence River’s moods
As in all my Thousand Islands Gilded Age stories, in Colleen’s Confession, Colleen Sullivan comes to love the St. Lawrence and Comfort Island. She loves to draw it and dreams of growing in the craft. But tragedy strikes… Read More
Painting the Scars
Are you artistically inclined? Each of us have a propensity to create, whether it’s through baking, crafting, woodworking, gardening, writing, painting—or whatever. When we create from our deepest self, that when beauty can really rise from the ashes…. Read More
Meet author Susan G Mathis
Just for fun, I thought you’d enjoy a Meet the Author blog with me. Tell us about your newest book. It’s the summer of 1914 and Colleen Sullivan conceals secrets when she joins her aunt on Comfort Island… Read More
My newest BOOK BABY!
Colleen’s Confession Thousand Islands Brides, Book 4 Colleen’s Confession is set in 1914 on Comfort Island. Colleen Sullivan conceals secrets when she joins her aunt on Comfort Island to work in the laundry and await her betrothed’s arrival…. Read More
Casa Blanca, New York
The wonderful white summer home, Casa Blanca, is one of the most well-preserved Gilded Age cottages along “Millionaire’s Row” in the Thousand Islands and the setting for my latest novella, Reagan’s Reward. Set on the downriver tip of… Read More
Halley’s Comet
Think the world is coming to an end? In February 1910, astronomers announced that the Earth would pass through the cyanogen-laced tail of Halley’s Comet. Poisonous gas, Cyanide, would snuff out all life and end the world as… Read More
Dark Island’s Singer Castle
Dark Island is the setting for what’s now named Singer Castle—originally called “The Towers— on one of the Thousand Islands in the St. Lawrence River. Frederick Bourne affectionately dubbed it his “hunting lodge.” It’s the only fully completed… Read More
The Thousand Islands Gilded Age
The American Gilded Age was a time of rapid technical advances, industrialization, and thousands of new inventions from about 1870-1910. Mark Twain coined the term in his 1873 novel The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today that satirizedthe era… Read More
Thousand Islands Vacation Planner
After reading my Thousand Islands Gilded Age books, dozens of you have said that the Thousand Islands is now on your Bucket List. So, to help you plan for your great adventure, I thought I’d give you some… Read More
A Christmas Eve Wedding
Here’s a short excerpt from Reagan’s Reward, for your Christmas enjoyment: Reagan giggled as she led him to a nearby loveseat and bid him to sit. She kissed his cheek. “Nothing could dampen this day, not even this… Read More