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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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- Aug 21
Ratafia Cakes in 2022
After my young helper didn't care for the last regency thing we baked (Georgian Chocolate Tart) because it wasn't sweet enough, I thought...
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- Aug 14
An Affectionate Heart Epilogue
I have a new goodie for newsletter subscribers. When you subscribe to my monthly newsletter, you'll get the unpublished epilogue to An...
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- Jul 31
Nerdy writer details: fun with words and n-grams
Ever wonder how I decide if a word or phrase is appropriate for 1812? Watch the video to see one of the ways I check. P.S. There's a...
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- Jul 24
Book Review: A Dress of Violet Taffeta
In 1893, this story jumps into Lucy Wallace’s dire situation: abandoned by her alcoholic husband, out of money, down to one mediocre...
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- Jul 17
Regency Income: 500 versus 10,000 per year
Jane Austen always informs us about the financial status of her characters. It wasn't a taboo topic like it often is today. James Morland...
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- Jul 10
His Choice of a Wife Book Birthday Interview
Happy book birthday to His Choice of a Wife! This is the first novel I ever wrote and it turns three-years old this month! His Choice of...
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- Jul 3
Book Review: A Matter of Temptation
A Matter of Temptation by Stacy Reid June 28, 2022 Six years ago, Mina Crawford made one mistake and is ruined in the eyes of society....
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- Jun 26
Someone call an apothecary
When you read a regency and someone falls ill and calls for an apothecary, do you wonder, “Why don’t they call a real doctor?” We modern...
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