A Perfect Plan

A Perfect Plan is a historical novel based on the lives and the love of Catherine Nelson and George Matcham. Set in 1780s Norfolk, England, it offers an intimate, affectionate view of the family of British hero Horatio Nelson through the eyes of his youngest sister. It tells of a young girl coming of age, and of a love that lasted a half century, in a rich historical context.

A Perfect Plan is the first book of the series, Helena’s Stories which offers personal perspectives of historical times and traces the development of an American family through their ancestral stories. The second book, Rule! tells nine true tales from empires – set in the England, Scotland, Ireland, India in the 1850s, 13th Century France, and Charlemagne’s empire. The third book, Promise, will tell of American pioneers from the 17th into the 20th Centuries.


Readers say of A Perfect Plan:

“A joy to read. The setting is enthralling, the writing exquisite, the characters attractive, the historic detail superb. (The reader) is transported into the British village of Burnham Thorpe in Norfolk. Village life, and Kitty Nelson, her father the Reverend Nelson and Kitty's older sister Nancy, spring alive in the very first pages of the book.” Alexander H. ter Weele, author of, among others, We Escaped: A Family's Flight from Holland during World War Two.

“(Ms. Osborne has) the period down very well. I loved the characters and the story.” Romance writer Caryn Moya Block, Moonkissed Series.

“A delightful telling of who these folks might have been. It seems as if they were your neighbors.” M. Steen

“Given that I read World War II histories and maybe one fiction book a year, I did not expect to like it. I really enjoyed it!! Excellent detailed portrait of the time and place. I liked a story from the point of view of a female: I enjoyed her unsaid thoughts. Kitty - what a wonderful hero!” D. Ljung