Category Archives: regency

WWW Wednesday 4-17-13

Posted on April 17, 2013 by

WWW Wednesday. This meme is from shouldbereading. Jennifer Stevenson here, reporting for WWW Wednesday. To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions… • What are you currently reading? Uneasy Money by P.G. Wodehouse. This is a paperback Penguin edition … Continue reading →


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Mapping creative influence

Posted on March 31, 2013 by

        How many of us of a similiar age shared key influences forming our tastes—and for that matter what can be considered key?   In the New York Review of Science Fiction, in 1991, editor and genre raconteur … Continue reading →


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Raptor Red: A Very Short Review

Posted on January 29, 2013 by

By Brenda Clough I cannot resist ending our commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the publication of Pride and Prejudice by reviewing one of my most favorite versions of all time.  Raptor Red is authored by Robert T. Bakker, one … Continue reading →


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Free Sample Chapter: The Irish Duchess by Patricia Rice

Posted on November 6, 2012 by

The Irish Duchess Patricia Rice Sample Chapter: Three Halting on the castle’s stone staircase the next morning, Fiona gritted her teeth and studied her nemesis. The duke loomed in her path, blocking her way to the medieval front doors. Tinted … Continue reading →


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Hapax and Heyer, Austen and Irony, or, What I should have said.

Posted on February 5, 2012 by

by Sherwood Smith The other day I was with a group of people, and one of the subjects that came up was favorite books, and the defense thereof. One person was defending romances, saying that the fact that she’s getting … Continue reading →


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Alternate History and Miss Tolerance

Posted on October 9, 2011 by

by Sherwood Smith Cross-time, time-splitting and alternate history themes have become so closely interwoven that it is impossible to discuss them fully apart from one another. “Alternate History” extrapolates “what if” sometimes from pivotal points in history, and sometimes from … Continue reading →


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Lost Books You Should Find: The Gabriel Lacey Series

Posted on October 5, 2011 by

Several of my close friends are also genre fiction writers. Several of them, in fact, were my friends before they were published writers. One of those is Jennifer Ashley who writes mostly historical fiction, romance, and erotica. I, however, have … Continue reading →


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The Surrender of Lady Jane by Marissa Day in Stores Today!

Posted on July 5, 2011 by

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 Kensington Palace, where he’s to … Continue reading →


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Book View Cafe Welcomes Shannon Donnelly

Posted on June 15, 2011 by

Shannon Donnelly’s writing has won numerous awards, including a RITA nomination for Best Regency, the Grand Prize in the “Minute Maid Sensational Romance Writer” contest, judged by Nora Roberts, RWA’s Golden Heart, the Laurel Wreath, the Winter Rose, the Bookseller’s … Continue reading →


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Marissa Day Guest Blogs

Posted on February 15, 2011 by

Marissa Day guest blogs on LOVE AND THE REGENCY at Monica Burns’s blog party.  Think it was all dances and younger sisters behaving badly?  Think again… NOW AVAILABLE FROM BERKLEY HEAT: The Seduction of Miranda Prosper by Marissa Day Read … Continue reading →


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