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...
View ArticleThe Surrender of Lady Jane by Marissa Day in Stores Today!
Giving in to the pleasure… Centuries ago, Sir Thomas Lynne was seduced by the faery queen Tatiana. He does her bidding while Tatiana’s magic keeps him young. Now she orders him to gain entrance to...
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I don’t do recipes. I’ll happily eat or drink anything anyone wishes to fix for me, within reason, but my cooking involves opening the freezer door. If I’m lucky, I’ll find something edible (not...
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View ArticleBVC Announces All a Woman Wants by Patricia Rice
All a Woman Wants by Patricia Rice “Mac” MacTavish impulsively steals his late sister’s neglected children, only to discover it’s easier to handle a clipper in a hurricane than steer two ornery brats....
View ArticleBVC Announces JAMES FAIRFAX by Jane Austen and Adam Campan
James Fairfax by Jane Austen and Adam Campan Foreword by Adam Campan Jane Austen It’s been two centuries since Jane Austen’s Emma appeared. Austen’s popularity has experienced a tidal ebb and...
View ArticleHaunted 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...
View ArticleStory 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...
View ArticleBVC 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...
View ArticleBVC 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,...
View ArticleRegency 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...
View ArticleBVC 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...
View ArticleBVC 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...
View ArticleBVC 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...
View ArticleBVC Announces Dash of Enchantment by Patricia Rice
Dash of Enchantment (previously: Touched by Magic) Sample Chapter Patricia Rice Chapter 1 March 1816 Soaring marble columns bearing gilded sculptures carried the gaze upward to an arched ceiling...
View ArticleBRIDGERTON 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...
View ArticleThe 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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