In this Interview with Paullett Golden, we dive into the incredible testimony behind her writing journey—from a near-death cancer diagnosis to becoming a beloved author of sweet, closed-door historical romance. In this powerful and heartfelt episode, Kelly chats with Paullett about how faith, healing, and second chances wove their way into her personal story and the pages of her books. Paullett also opens up about her newest release, A Sporting Affair, a lighthearted Regency rom-com brimming with charm, emotional depth, and swoony romantic tension. This one’s packed with inspiration, laughter, and a gentle reminder that God’s plans are always greater than ours.

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Meet Paullet Golden

Paullett Golden writes sweet and closed-door historical romances that give voice to the outliers and survivors, the wallflowers and overshadowed. With her sensual portrayal of love and historical authenticity, she promises enchanting immersion in Georgian England, from mores to moorlands. She holds a PhD, MA, and BA with specializations including Georgian and Victorian era British Lit, Arthurian Legends, Rhetoric, and Creative & Professional Writing. After establishing her career as a university professor, she learned from an oncologist she had only three months to live. And so, she did. She aimed to survive by writing her first novel, a novel she claims saved her life. While she wrote to live, she now lives to write. 

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Bible Verse for Encouragement

Isaiah 41:10 (NKJV)
“Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.”

Paullett Golden’s New Book: A Sporting Affair

Pursuit at Point of Release

Rafe Fitz-Stephens lives a charmed life: good friends, loving family, academic success, and exclusive membership in the Vitruvian Society, a gentleman’s sporting club. When the annual village competition calls him home from London, he’s ready for a hero’s welcome–after all, there is no one better to win the games than a well-trained Corinthian. If only his training had included how to avoid tripping into a leg-shackle.

Genevieve Slade dreams of a stable home with a stable gentleman, stable friends, and, perhaps, a stable. Her father, however wealthy, moves his family from manor to manor, living as veritable gypsies to escape that horrifying word no one in the Slade household dares utter: responsibility. As she settles into yet another new home in yet another new village, both dreams and disposition are shaken when a madcap stranger tumbles, literally, through her bedchamber window.

Join Rafe and Genevieve as these enemies-of-circumstance race to break the betrothal before either stumbles headlong in love with the other.

Genre: historical romantic comedy, Regency
Sweetness: sweet romance, courtship, clean language
Tropes: enemies to lovers, forced proximity, village/small town setting, alpha hero, obstinate and headstrong heroine, sporting events, opposites attract, compromised

💞 Tropes in A Sporting Affair

  • Enemies to Lovers (but make it internal conflict!)
  • Opposites Attract
  • Small Village Setting
  • Forced Proximity
  • Secret Sporting Society
  • He’s a Charmer, She’s Not Impressed
  • Found Family (through community connections)
  • “I have a plan, but you’re not in it” twist

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Finding Forevermore Novel

Finding Forevermore is available today!

Her family secrets. His guilt. One road trip that changes everything.

Raven Cunningham has built a quiet life between the shelves of a small-town bookshop, ghostwriting stories for others while hiding her own. She’s long believed her father abandoned her, until a letter from her late grandmother reveals a shocking truth.

Convinced the reclusive author J.C. Nevermore is her father, Raven sets out to uncover the real story. When her childhood friend Cole Walker, a former Army medic wrestling with his own scars, offers to help, she’s not sure if she can trust him . . . or herself.

As they chase clues and revisit old memories, what begins as a search for answers becomes a journey toward something deeper.

Finding Forevermore is a heartfelt story about faith, family, and the kind of love that’s anchored in God’s unfailing grace.

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