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Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Release Day! GIFTS GONE ASTRAY, Regency comedy

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Today is the release day for my latest Regency comedy novella, Gifts Gone Astray . BLURB: A gift is a wonderful surprise. Or maybe not. At ...
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Sunday, June 19, 2011

Prostitution during the Victorian era. ~ New Release SURRENDER TO DESTINY

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 The Great Social Evil, as prostitution became known in the mid-19th Century, was brought about by the shift from a moral/religious cause to...
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Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Now released! The House of Women

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I'm so excited that my historical novel, The House of Women, is now released. Blurb Leeds. 1870. Lonely and brokenhearted, Grace Woodr...
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Friday, June 10, 2011

Trencarrow Secret Released Today

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I am pleased to announce my Victorian Gothic Romance, Trencarrow Secret is released today by MuseItUp Publishing. Isabel Hart is afraid ...
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Friday, June 3, 2011

Suffragettes

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My latest title, Angels at War , out this month in paperback, is the sequel to House of Angels , although the story will stand alone. Again ...
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011

On olives, longevity and litigiousness

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There's something serious about olive-trees. Gnarled, ironhard, producing grey-green leaves and succulent salty fruits often for centur...
Monday, May 23, 2011

Regency Romance and Cats

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Grace Elliot - cat lover and romantic I recently met another English historical novelist on Facebook - Grace Elliot, and was interested to d...
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Friday, May 20, 2011

Macaroni! And I Don't Mean Pasta

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Every era has its extremes of dress. The Sixties had micro-minis. The Roaring Twenties had flapper dresses. Georgian England had macaron...
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Saturday, May 14, 2011

A Rake's Progress Through Literature

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  HOW TO TAME A RAKE Blake, Viscount Dangerfield must marry Wilhelmina Corbet, his cousin three times removed, or lose his inheritance. It ...
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Free historical short story

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My historical short story, A New Dawn, is now available for FREE on my publisher's website. http://www.knoxrobinsonpublishing.com/bin...
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Sunday, May 1, 2011

Ancient Greece for mystery-lovers... and for children

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As I wrote my ancient Athens mystery, A Pig in the Roses , I grew rather fond of the hero's family: Diokles himself, the determined but ...
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Saturday, April 23, 2011

Never let the facts get in the way of a good story

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A very fanciful news item made the rounds a few weeks ago: the discovery of the first gay caveman. When I saw the story, I figured the head...
Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Interview: Diane Scott Lewis

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Today at Historical Belles and Beaus we welcome historical author Diane Scott Lewis. Diane has a new historical release, Elysium, a story ...
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Friday, April 15, 2011

The Smuggler Squire

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During the English Civil War, a new tax on domestic consumption, excise, was levied by Parliament to pay for the war. By 1660, this applied...
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Historical Fiction Book Trailers - Guest Cynthia Neale talks about her trailer for "Norah"

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I met Cynthia Neale in the historical fiction group on She Writes. Her debut novel, Norah , about an Irishwoman in 19th century New York is ...
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