If you Google “Veuve Clicquot” you’ll find shopping links for this brand of fine French champagne. But the Veuve Clicquot was an actual person, a woman, Barbe-Nicole Clicquot, who led an international company through a terribly chaotic period in French … Continue reading →
Early this month I blogged about the glittering, garish fashions of men in the Georgian era. Dazzling Reflections In the dazzling world of the upper classes, fashion in dress reflected fashion in home decoration. The Corning Museum of Glass in … Continue reading →
Blunders and boo-boos I’ve just sent off my latest story Claims of the Heart, for developmental editing, and barely avoided a big “oops”. Given the multitude of distractions in my world, this was a really hard story to write and … Continue reading →
Men’s Fashions for Georgia-era Historical Romance Fans I love the early Georgian-set novels of Lucinda Brandt, Jo Beverly, and others. However, I confess that I find the men’s fashions off-putting. What?! A hero in red high heels with lacy cuffs … Continue reading →
If you read my latest novel, Fated Hearts, you know that one of the characters lost a hand in the Battle of Waterloo. That character is making a reappearance in my work-in-progress. In fact, he’s the hero, Tristan Hamilton Howton, … Continue reading →
Here I am, talking about the subject of eighteenth and nineteenth century smuggling again! Have you read my most recent release, The Comtesse of Midnight, in the Storm & Shelter Bluestocking Belles and Friend Collection? If so, you know that … Continue reading →
I’m reprising a 2014 post on coronets for dukes and other ranks of nobility. But first a reminder: The Duke She Despised is specially priced at 99 cents. Hurry! This is the last day for this sale! And on to … Continue reading →
I’ve stumbled into a fortunately not too deep rabbit hole over the issue of smuggling spirits, which led me back to some earlier research that I’ll share a bit further on in the post. And now, without further ado, I’m … Continue reading →
In the course of researching clothing for the hero in my work in progress, I’ve been thinking a lot about men in kilts. Kilt or Trews? My hero is an officer from a Scottish regiment in London in March 1815. … Continue reading →
First, a trigger warning (no pun intended) for anyone who is phobic about the subject of black powder flintlock pistols. Heroes and Heroines with Firearms Guns play roles in some of my stories, so this is a subject I’ve researched … Continue reading →