Coral Jewelry in the Regency Era
Have you ever looked at nineteenth century portraits and noticed all of the coral jewelry? After you’ve looked through a few dozen...
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Excessively Diverted
Heather Moll's Blog
- Jan 15
Cats during the Regency
My son keeps a cat and when he asked me if people in Jane Austen's time kept cats as pets, I had to think about it. I know that dogs were...
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- Jan 5
Book Review: The Call of the Wrens
Last month, I finished The Call of the Wrens and it turned out to be one of my favorite reads of the year. Out now from Harper Muse by...
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- Jan 1
Fireworks in the time of Jane Austen
Surely the idea of an evening out watching a fireworks display, possibly one set to music, is a modern notion, right? There is to be a...
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- Dec 18, 2022
Who needs a Persuasion short story?
Are there enough Persuasion-inspired stories out there? I didn't think so, and now you can read my new short story That Voice when you...
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- Dec 11, 2022
Derbyshire well dressing
When I visited Derbyshire in the summer of 2019 I saw a local custom that I just had to incorporate into a story set at Pemberley. In An...
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- Dec 4, 2022
Meet the original characters in An Appearance of Goodness
An Appearance of Goodness takes place in Derbyshire after Darcy’s failed proposal during the time when in canon Mrs. Reynolds told Mr....
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- Nov 27, 2022
Book Review: Better Than Fiction
Better Than Fiction by Alexa Martin November 8th 2022 by Berkley Books Book Review: Book hater Drew Young inherited her grandma’s...
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- Nov 20, 2022
Book Review: Pride and Protest
Pride and Protest by Nikki Payne. Berkley. November 15, 2022 Need something to read? What about Pride and Prejudice with diverse...
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- Nov 13, 2022
Can mysteries be romantic?
If you look at my Goodreads shelf, you’ll see I read a ton of mysteries, far more than romance or Jane Austen variations. After my mother...
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- Nov 6, 2022
Book Review: Sister Novelists
Have you heard of Jane and Anna Maria Porter? Well, if you're a fan of nineteenth century fiction, you should. The Porters—contemporaries...
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- Oct 30, 2022
Book Review: Unnatural Creatures
Unnatural Creatures: A Novel of the Frankenstein Women by Kris Waldherr from Muse Publications October 4, 2022 Do you like to read spooky...
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- Oct 23, 2022
Handwriting in the Regency
"Oh!" cried Miss Bingley, "Charles writes in the most careless way imaginable. He leaves out half his words, and blots the rest." "My...
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- Oct 16, 2022
Book Review: The Duke's Rules of Engagement
The Duke's Rules of Engagement by Jennifer Haymore. September 27, 2022 by Entangled In 1817, Joanna Porter is an outspoken and lively...
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- Oct 9, 2022
Book Review: Murder at the Serpentine Bridge
Andrea Penrose Kensington Books September 27, 2022 I love this series. Wrexford and Sloan are auto-reads for me; I don’t even have to...
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- Oct 2, 2022
An Appearance of Goodness Blog Tour and Giveaway
Next week starts the blog tour to celebrate the release of my Pride and Prejudice mystery variation An Appearance of Goodness! Can a...
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- Sep 25, 2022
Have a listen to An Affectionate Heart
An Affectionate Heart is now available as an audiobook! I'm so excited to bring this out. I've wanted to produce an audiobook as an indie...
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- Sep 18, 2022
Visiting the Bakewell of Nine Ladies
Unlike in Nine Ladies, you can't travel through time by standing in a stone circle during certain solar events. However, the places that...
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- Sep 11, 2022
Book Review: Killers of a Certain Age
Billie, Mary Alice, Helen, and Natalie have worked for “the Museum”, an elite network of assassins, for forty years. This all-female...
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- Sep 4, 2022
Book Review: The Lost Ticket
The Lost Ticket Freya Sampson Berkley August 30, 2022 Libby arrives in London dumped, homeless, and unemployed. On her way to crash with...
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