Love is worth the risk
Today I am delighted to welcome Regina Jeffers, and her wonderful insights into weaponry of the Regency era. ____________________________________________________________ The first seven books of my award-winning “The Realm” series took place during the height of the Regency Era. Book one (A Touch of Scandal) began in early 1814, and Book 7 (A Touch of Honor) […]
Jamie Heyworth harbors secrets to protect his heart. Nora Haley fears deception will destroy everything she desires. Will love—and the truth—bind them both together? Buy it now for .99 See more here Pinterest Board http://bit.ly/1GfRHE3 Why Did Jamie Run: http://tinyurl.com/l5cm7ns IdTale http://bit.ly/1Ma2GDP
Last week while meandering through the Barnes Foundation with a friend, I came upon Monet’s Boat Studio. The Barnes forces viewers through a series of rooms laid out by Albert C. Barnes to show the relationships among paintings in terms of such elements as line, color, use of light and so on, rather than in […]
Dangerous Weakness, now available for pre-order on Amazon, will be released in the wild on September 30. Between now and early November, I plan to tour the InterWebs introducing the characters, teasing readers with excerpts, and talking about my hobbyhorse, historical research. Look for an announcement in a few days about a prize package linked […]
First line Friday: If women were as easily managed as the affairs of state—or the recalcitrant Ottoman Empire—Richard Hayden, Marquess of Glenaire, would be a happier man. As it was, the creatures made hash of his well-laid plans and bedeviled him on all sides. Dangerous Weakness. One of the hardest things with a book is […]
As a new author one of my challenges is obtaining numbers of reviews. Amazon likes numbers. The more reviews you have, the better they like you. Numbers. Really. I’ve been blessed that most of the reviews for Dangerous Secrets have been five stars. None have been less than three. Everyone likes to read those five […]
In a previous piece I described how I look for public domain graphics to illustrate blog posts, Facebook posts, and memes about the Regency era. Today i want to write about a particularly knotty problem. How do I find a portrait to stand in for my hero? When I envisioned Richard Hayden, the Marquess of […]
Books be damned and women with them. So begins Dangerous Works First line Friday is a great time to celebrate the best first lines in books, but why not tell you about my own. Next week: Dangerous Secrets.
If you read my blog posts here, on the Teatime Tattler, or on History Imagined, you will have noticed they are frequently illustrated with paintings. They provide period atmosphere and imagination starters. Since the Dangerous Works, Dangerous Secrets, and Dangerous Weakness are all set during the late Georgian period of English history (also know as […]
What books did you love growing up? What is the first romance book you read and loved? Who is your all time (go way back now) favorite author? Romance author? Some corners of the Interwebs have designated Thursday “Throwback Thursday.” This is the first of what I hope will be a regular series of posts […]