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Haunted by Jane Austen
A literary ramble through England: “We’re being haunted by Jane Austen,” my husband Thor declared by the midpoint of our recent two-week jaunt through the midlands and southern England. It seemed that...
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Story Excerpt Sunday: from The Spanish Marriage by Madeleine Robins
The Spanish Marriage by Madeleine Robins A sound like a low-voiced groan brought her out of her fine reverie of vengeance. Surely it was impossible, a man’s voice within the convent enclosure, but it...
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BVC Announces Formidable Lord Quentin by Patricia Rice
Formidable Lord Quentin Rebellious Sons 4 by Patricia Rice He’s a tradesman; she’s a marchioness. They have only one thing in common…. Having married once out of desperation, the Virgin Widow Lady...
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BVC announces Devilish Montague by Patricia Rice
Devilish Montague Rebellious Sons 2 by Patricia Rice Blake Montague’s draconian temper and clever mind belong on the Continent, decoding French communications. Instead, as the youngest son of a baron,...
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Regency Romance–still new after 200 years
Regency romances have been a “thing” since the Silver Fork novels of the 1830s, which I suspect Georgette Heyer grew up reading. I started reading Heyer as a teen, which taste combined with my love of...
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BVC Announces Lord Rogue by Patricia Rice
Lord Rogue Rogues and Desperadoes 1 by Patricia Rice Philadelphia heiress Alicia Stanford has a thousand reasons never to trust a man again. Only, when she flees to hide her shame in the western...
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BVC Announces Artful Deceptions by Patricia Rice
Artful Deceptions Love and Laughter, Book 3 by Patricia Rice Eldest daughter of an eccentric art collector, Arianne Richards has become the caretaker of the family’s empty coffers and her irrepressible...
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BVC Announces Love Forever After by Patricia Rice
Love Forever After Dark Lords and Dangerous Ladies: Book 1 by Patricia Rice As a vicar’s daughter, quiet Penelope Carlisle is accustomed to living on the thin edge of poverty. She’s content with her...
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BRIDGERTON and Regency Romance
Regency romances have been a “thing” since the Silver Fork novels of the 1830s, which I suspect Georgette Heyer grew up reading. I started reading Heyer as a teen, which taste combined with my love...
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The Romance of the Regency: Jane Austen, Georgette Heyer, and Silver Fork Novels
I discovered Georgette Heyer in high school, after reading an entire issue of the fanzine Niekas devoted to it, somewhere around 1967-8. At that time I hadn’t yet read Jane Austen, though I’d loved...
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