An IPPY award for An Affectionate Heart
Exciting news! An Affectionate Heart took the bronze medal for romance in the Independent Book Publisher Awards for 2023! The Independent...
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Excessively Diverted
May 7, 2023
Annulments in Regency England
Regency romances often feature the threat of annulment or the fear of a partner asking for one. Sometimes the plot has an agreement to...
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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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Aug 14, 2022
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 When you subscribe to my monthly newsletter, you'll get the unpublished epilogue to An...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 17, 2022
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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Jun 26, 2022
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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Jun 12, 2022
Mourning Jewelry: creepy or cool?
I feature a piece of jewelry in every full-length Regency novel I write. Usually, jewelry is associated with glamor and wealth, or is a...
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May 22, 2022
Single women in Georgian England
Elizabeth Elliot from Persuasion “had the consciousness of being nine-and-twenty to give her some regrets and some apprehensions: she was...
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May 15, 2022
Carriage and Horse Accidents in An Affectionate Heart
As delightful as it might sound to us to ride in an open carriage, driving and riding in Georgian England wasn’t as carefree as you might...
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Apr 24, 2022
What's a turnpike road?
In An Affectionate Heart, Elizabeth speaks to Darcy for the first time at the pedestrian path next to a tollgate, and later in the book a...
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Apr 11, 2022
An Affectionate Heart giveaway winner
Thank you so much to everyone who entered the An Affectionate Heart swag giveaway! The lucky winner is Vicki Lynn Hale! Email me at...
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Apr 1, 2022
An Affectionate Heart blog tour and giveaway!
The An Affectionate Heart blog tour is underway! Be sure to visit your favorite historical romance and Austenesque blogs to read...
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Mar 13, 2022
Complete the crossword for clues
My latest Austenesque release An Affectionate Heart is on presale now, and the paperback is already available! Are love and affection...
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Feb 13, 2022
I look up weird stuff
Research is a big part of writing historical fiction, especially if you value authenticity as much as I do. My background is in...
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May 21, 2020
Furniture is Fun, and an Accurate Setting Matters
I’m often asked how much research I do for my books. The answer falls somewhere between a lot and too much! I have strong opinions about...
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