I know. Jo is an absolutely WILD departure from Jolene. WILD.
Don’t we all just wish for a Sarcasm Font?
ANYWAY. These stories are squeaky clean! Send them to your conservative gran, to your middle schooler…whatevs.
More on the way?
Welp. Since a bunch are half done…probably yes.
THE KINSLEY SISTERS SERIES
I was Heather Chapman’s editor for quite a few stories. I remember mentioning that it would be fun to collaborate with her at some point, and a while later, she came to me with the idea of this series. I got to write all the male love interests and had a BLAST.

Isabelle Kinsley set out to her first, and only, season of London in hopes of securing an advantageous match for herself and, consequently, providing more possibilities for her two younger sisters. The small pool of suitors in their seaside village of Bridlington offer very little in the way of suitable companionship. Isabelle quickly learns, however, that daughters of country physicians are not considered suitable for gentlemen of means. Discouraged, Isabelle believes a house-party invitation from Anna Somerville, a wealthy and accomplished friend, is her last providential hope—until she realizes the man she has come to care for is the desired match of her friend.
Simon Windham has spent the last two years of his life on a tour of Europe, in part hoping that Anna, the younger sister of his best friend, would finally find interest in a gentleman other than himself. He is not so fortunate, however. Upon arriving at Haven’s Landing, Simon immediately befriends Isabelle, the strange young woman he met in a London bookshop. Their connection is immediate, but to seek out her attention would be to not only betray long-time family friends, but his parents expectations as well.
As the month-long party draws to a close, Simon and Isabelle struggle to overcome their feelings for one another. Has fate thrown them together to secure their happiness or their misery in knowing their match would mean the unhappiness of others they love?

Juliet Kinsley is a dreamer, preferring poetry and novels to anything aside from the chance at experiencing the world she’s only read about. When a mysterious man washes ashore in her small town of Bridlington, Juliet assists her father in caring for the gentleman’s injuries. Instant connection and mutual attraction sparks Juliet’s interest in the new stranger, but how can she possibly decide her future without fully knowing what else the world has to offer?
After months of silence, Miles Harding is desperate to locate his grieving father, even if it means traveling across all of England. Ever the honorable son and tradesman, Miles has little time for love, and even less thought for a future other than growing his already successful trading company. Providence, however, takes matters into Her own hands and decides to toss him, quite literally, at the feet of love. But with little experience and demanding business concerns, the chance at familial happiness might slip through his fingers…

For Charlotte Kinsley, the adventures of the sea and home are far superior than London and high society. If she had her way, time would have stopped altogether and she would still be a child, running the beaches with her best friends, Benjamin and Alexander.
Time, however, continued onward, making a naval captain of Benjamin, a baronet of Alexander, and an accomplished lady of Charlotte. Her childhood friends are no longer boys, and their intentions toward her are not those of children but of a future.
Benjamin is home, wealthy, and a rising star within the Navy–he’s come home to ask Charlotte for her hand. Sir Alex is bound by duty, and as much as he loves his childhood friend, is terrified to tie the woman he loves to the duties of a baronet’s wife. One promises adventure and the sea, while the other offers stability, kindness, and the adventures of a title.
Ever wild at heart, Charlotte must come to grips with growing up and the new challenges that adulthood brings. She fearlessly navigates the waves and weather of her home in Bridlington, but can she be brave enough to try for the greatest adventure of all—love?
The following are stories that I wrote for various charity anthologies, and becuase I’m ME, I put them together in a series. They’re quick, fun, light reads. Victorian Era. And yes, there are horses.

As children, Della and Archie were nearly inseparable. They raced horses. They played cards. They made bets. But Della has loved Archie as long as she knew what love was and Archie has been clueless for that very same time.
When Della is sure Archie will propose, and he instead leaves on a tour of the continent, Dells swears she’ll never allow her heart to be trampled on again—certainly not by Archie. So when her best friend becomes engaged to Archie’s older brother…and Della knows they’ll be forced to be together…she is more determined than ever to keep old feelings asleep and buried.
Archie has always assumed that Della would be there for him when he was ready to marry, but her coldness over the past several years makes little sense, and neither does the stiff manner in which she greets him now. Determined to win her heart and right his wrong, Archie sets himself on a path to convince the only woman he’s ever loved that he is worthy of a second chance.
Della and Archie is a Victorian-Era romantic comedy and is inspired by the fairytale, Sleeping Beauty.

Cora Brava has known only the abandonment of her mother and the harsh reprimands of her severe aunt. She has found solace while singing on the stages of Europe, and in her 21st year, Cora’s opera voice is the toast of the London season. But rather than being able to enjoy her notoriety, her aunt keeps her in the tower suite of a prestigious London hotel.
As the younger brother of a duke, Wesley assumed that he would have far more freedom than he does. But his older brother’s antics have forced Wesley into being the responsible brother—until he hears Cora sing. Every bit of propriety and caution that he has gained throughout his life are tossed to the wind as he attempts to discover ways to spend time with her.
As Wesley begins to research who she is and where she comes from, Cora’s past is not all it seems. He is more determined than ever to free her from the tower that her aunt has her locked up in for a chance at her heart.
Cora & Wesley is a Victorian-Era romance inspired by the fairytale, Rapunzel.

Eliza and Ernest is what happens when a Cinderella story is mashed together with a 3 wishes story, takes place in the Victorian Era, and the main characters are a maid and a duke…who have known each other since childhood.
This is the third, and final, installment of the Once Upon a Fairytale series by Jo Perry.
But wishes are only granted in fairy tales. – Simone Elkeles
