Regency romance, romantic mysteries, & writing tips too.
A snippet from The Lady And The Rake: A Scandalous Arrangement: Melly considers Linton’s offer… ”An engagement to Lord Linton could have much in common with trying to manage a fractious horse, she mused. She couldn’t see him taking well to being driven in harness.”
Did Jane Austen sew her own dresses? I’ve recently taken up sewing again, mainly to relieve stress, but also because “fast fashion” annoys me. Since I love the Regency period, and Regency fashions are easy to sew, I wondered about Jane Austen. Jane Austen: did Jane sew her own dresses? Google to the rescue — … Read more
Do you enjoy Regency romance? Here’s a fun snippet from The Lady And The Rake: A Scandalous Arrangement, Melly’s story. Melly has become the focus of unkind gossip, so Lord Linton has taken her for a turn around the park in his phaeton. Regency romance: the pretend betrothal Linton stepped up into the phaeton and … Read more
Here’s the cover for the latest novel in the Regency romance series, Eardleys of Gostwicke Hall . Lady Julia’s Destiny: A Love To Treasure is the seventh novel in the series, BUT you don’t have to read the entire series to make sense of the novels. Each novel stands alone. Regency romance: Lady Julia’s story … Read more
Does Regency romance speak to your imagination? In many ways the decades before the Regency marked the end of the human age, and ushered in the age of machines. The 1783 Vigée Le Brun portrait, Marie Antoinette en Chemise set a fashion for cotton among the upper classes, and: … flipped the textile industry on … Read more
Currently I’m writing the seventh novel in Regency romance series, The Eardleys Of Gostwicke Hall. (A reader asked whether she needed to read the novels in order. No — all the novels in the series can be read as standalones. The sixth novel, The Lady And The Devil: If You Knew Me, is the latest.) … Read more