My new contemporary romance series — “Mirabelle Harbor” — is beginning in a month, and I can’t tell you all how excited I am about this project 🙂 . It’s been a long time coming! Let me tell you a little story… Once upon a time, there was an aspiring writer who lived in the …
Yay! The cover for my upcoming release is now finished and ready to show off a little! Short of holding the first copy of your new book in your hands, there’s not much that beats seeing the completed cover design. I’m sure that for authors who have very little input, that moment can be either …
Here’s the next episode of Miss Darcy’s Parisian Pin – you can find the other chapters here if you’ve missed any – I hope you enjoy it! Jane Georgiana dressed with care for her first ball at Bath. She was delighted with her new gown of finest embroidered muslin and chose a necklace of seed …
Balls and assemblies form a regular feature of Georgian and Regency era historical novels. Often heroes and heroines meet, flirt, fight, and even fall in love on the ballroom floor. But what was it really like to attend a ball? Recently I got to find out first hand. My husband, eldest son and his wife, …
Mrs. Bennet’s famous reaction to Elizabeth’s marriage in Pride and Prejudice contains this rhapsody: “Oh! my sweetest Lizzy! how rich and how great you will be! What pin-money, what jewels, what carriages you will have! Jane’s is nothing to it – nothing at all.” Pin-money was money given to a wife for her private expenses.  Pins were expensive …
We are all familiar with Mrs. Reynolds of Pride and Prejudice. She is the friendly housekeeper who leads Elizabeth Bennet and the Gardiners on their tour of Pemberley. In the process, she espoused the wonderful attributes of her master and provided further evidence that Wickham is not to be trusted, immediately endearing herself to reader …
Here’s the next chapter of Miss Darcy’s Parisian Pin, the sequel to Mrs Darcy’s Diamonds – if you missed the first three episodes click for one, two  and three here. It’s a complete tale in itself so you don’t need to have read Mrs Darcy’s Diamonds if you missed it. I hope you enjoy it! Jane Chapter …
In 1799, Jane Austen and her mother accompanied her brother Edward Austen Knight and his wife to Bath where they resided at 13 Queen’s Square for a month, which encompassed part of May and June of that year. Three of Miss Austen’s letters from her month in Bath mention Sydney Gardens, so it can be …
My husband and I have been charged with the monumental task of going through my parents’ house and all their stuff. They’ve both moved on now (one to heaven and the other to assisted living), leaving all their worldly goods behind. As we have sorted through, we’ve found lots of things that should have been …
Fathers in Austen-world [Note: The following is an edited version of a post at another site in 2012] Good day, everyone. Father’s Day is fast approaching, so I’m going to speak of St. Patrick’s Day first. There’s a method to my madness. March 17th is the feast day of the patron saint of Ireland, Saint …
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