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Without Undue Pride is here! I have an excerpt and a jewelry-themed giveaway. I feature Georgian jewelry in every Austen variation I write.

I use Georgian jewelry in my books because a) it’s gorgeous and b) there’s a lot of emotion in this era’s jewelry, so it’s a great way to...

Jane Austen’s letters are filled with her observations on fashion, and this includes jewelry. In her letter to Cassandra from May 26-27,...

I usually feature a piece of Georgian jewelry in my full-length Austenesque novels. I love the sentimentality and bold gems popular in...

I’m a fan of Georgian era jewelry and work a piece into most of my novels. When I decided to write a book about Eleanor Tilney, the decision

Have you ever looked at nineteenth century portraits and noticed all of the coral jewelry? After you’ve looked through a few dozen...

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...

If you hear "paste jewelry", do you think ugly knockoff or, worse, Elmer's glue? Paste jewelry was popular among Georgian society and was...

For those of you who follow me on social media, you know that I post weekly about Georgian- era jewelry. There's even a piece of jewelry...

I thought this blog post would be about cute earrings. I’d share more detail and pictures than I can in a #GeorgianJewelry tweet or FB...

Eye miniatures were a fad in Georgian England for a short time around the turn of the 19th century. They were popularized by the Prince...

Georgian jewelry was often sentimental and heart brooches were popular gifts. One style was an open heart brooch called a witch’s heart.

Simple and sentimental, posy rings are a gold band with a short inscription inside the band.

Who doesn’t love jewelry… and a sharp-dressed man? We tend to think of Regency-era women decked out in garnets, topazes, and emeralds,...