For Romance Readers

After browsing recently through a collection of 18th and 19th century recipes, I thought I’d share a few of them on here.  Hannah Glasse and Eliza Acton were two of the greatest English cookery writers from this period and most of the recipes come from their famous publications:  Hannah Glasse’s The [...]

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Does everyone have that special place – or is it just me? Mine is Lyme Regis in Dorset. Going there makes me happy, walking on the famous seawall, The Cobb, makes me feel at peace with the world and leaving gives a tug to the heart that’s painful.
Lyme Regis – ah Lyme Regis! How can [...]

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As a fan of Georgette Heyer since my teens, yours truly was delighted to be asked to take part in a month-long celebration of her work over at Laurel Ann’s fantastic blog, Austenprose.com. The event coincides with Heyer’s birthday on 16th August and will feature thirty-four book reviews of her romance novels, [...]

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Georgian London loved masquerades.
Promenades, assemblies and balls were all in the spirit of the era, but dressing up in exotic costumes with the added frisson of excitement brought about by disguise, gave masquerades and masked balls a touch of glamour.
The first person to introduce masquerades into England and stage them commercially [...]

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With Midsummer Eve just days away, E-Scape Press interviewed Elizabeth Hanbury about her collection of Regency short stories set on this magical night….

You normally write novels, what inspired you to write a collection of short stories?
I’ve always loved reading short stories so it was a natural progression to write them. Midsummer Eve at [...]

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Hi Everyone, this is a looong post, but I am part of a mass-giveaway (well my book is) for the summer. Please see below for details and how to enter.
Jenna
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Welcome to our second annual “Summer Treasure Hunt: Dig for Clues and Win” Contest! Last year, some author friends and I put together a month long [...]

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Valentine’s Day still has me thinking…
… about the lost art of letter writing. It was sparked off by a line in Christina Jones’s book Moonshine. The sixteen year old Elvi is hopelessly lost in first love and can’t text her beloved for fear of having her phone confiscated. How she longs to contact her boyfriend [...]

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Today is Oak Apple Day – hurrah!
Cue applause, cheering and general merry-making.
But hold on … what exactly is Oak Apple Day? Well, it commemorates when Charles II rode into London on 29th May 1660 and restored the monarchy to England.
Charles II was said to have hidden in an oak [...]

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Ever heard of one of these? There’s one at Hanbury Hall in Worcestershire which I visited again recently. ‘My’ house *g*.  If only! As I type this, I realise I’m not certain where to put the apostrophe in snobs tunnel (should it be snob’s or snobs’? I’m guessing [...]

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Well readers, this country mouse went up to the Big Smoke to attend the Romantic Novelists’ Association Summer Party to hear the winner of the Joan Hessayon New Writers’ Award announced. Sad to report that it wasn’t me but very glad to say it went to Lucy King for her book Bought: Damsel in Distress. [...]

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