Behind the Book

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A Killer in the Crystal Palace
     Five Things Even a Modern Woman Would be Shocked to Find at the Great Exhibition!
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    Why Do Earls Fall in Love?
     Those glorious Vauxhall lights!
A Cup of Cheer
Wassailing and Singing to the Trees!
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      An Unexpected Encounter
      Giraffes?  In the Regency?
The Love List
Inspiration:
Was There a Love List?
How to Marry a Rake
HTMAR is set in Newmarket and the exciting world of Regency horse racing.  Want to know what a ‘black leg’ is?  Or how a Thoroughbred could end up being fed opium balls?  Click here to learn more about the very different and sometimes scandalous world of racing!
Scandalous Lord, Rebellious Miss
A Bit of Inspiration
I had a great time writing Sophia Westby and researching her love of design.  Click here for a glimpse of a historical house that inspired me!
An Improper Aristocrat
I wrote this short article about my Historical Man Crush, Giovanni Batista Belzoni, for the Romance Reader.  An amazing man!  I couldn’t help but make him a minor character in AIA!  Check it out here.
Her Cinderella Season
The Evangelicals were very active in the Regency, working for change in both politcs and society.  Lily Beecham, the heroine in Her Cinderella Season, has to find a way to merge the Society she was born into and the Evangelical world she’s been immersed in.  I wrote this short article about the Evangelicals for The Regency Reader.  Click here to find out more about them!