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Exciting news! An Affectionate Heart took the bronze medal for romance in the Independent Book Publisher Awards for 2023! The Independent...

Regency romances often feature the threat of annulment or the fear of a partner asking for one. Sometimes the plot has an agreement to...

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...

I have a new goodie for newsletter subscribers. When you subscribe to my monthly newsletter, you'll get the unpublished epilogue to An...

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...

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...

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...

Elizabeth Elliot from Persuasion “had the consciousness of being nine-and-twenty to give her some regrets and some apprehensions: she was...

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...

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...

Thank you so much to everyone who entered the An Affectionate Heart swag giveaway! The lucky winner is Vicki Lynn Hale! Email me at...

The An Affectionate Heart blog tour is underway! Be sure to visit your favorite historical romance and Austenesque blogs to read...

My latest Austenesque release An Affectionate Heart is on presale now, and the paperback is already available! Are love and affection...

Research is a big part of writing historical fiction, especially if you value authenticity as much as I do. My background is in...

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...