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#BookBlast: Claire Boston Under the Covers The Texan Quartet

Claire Boston is the best-selling author of The Texan Quartet. In 2014 she was nominated for an Australian Romance Readers Award as Favourite New Romance Author. Her debut contemporary romance novel, What Goes on Tour caught the attention of Momentum’s Joel Naoum when her first scene was read aloud at the Romance Writers’ of Australia (RWA) conference in 2013. This led to a four book contract for The Texan Quartet series.

Claire is proactive in organising social gatherings and educational oppo...

New #CurvyGirl reviews--thank you!

4 stars for Countess Curvy           
A romance fling that turns into more? It does happen. The author does a good job of describing Audrey's motivations and why she gave into a really bad case of nerves and fled back to her home. The reader doesn't get to look into the mind of Duncan, the hero, but she does a great job of making sure you know what he truly feels whenever he interacts with Audrey. I also liked the fact he was willing to...

Wednesday Regency: Milan Opera House

In Improper Wager, Isabella is in Milan where she frequents the gaming tables at the Royal Opera House, La Scala. I have no idea why gambling tables would be in an opera house, but apparently it was a frequent occurrence.

At least there was the possibility of good music while you gambled!




Sometimes the turn of a card changes your life.

Two years ago, Isabella Harrington defied her parents and society, and ran off with her lover to Milan. They thought they'd conquer the world at the gaming tables...

Improper Wager: Scandalous Encounters #Excerpt

Sometimes the turn of a card changes your life.

Two years ago, Isabella Harrington defied her parents and society, and ran off with her lover to Milan. They thought they'd conquer the world at the gaming tables. But her dream of happily-ever-after led to nothing but debts and a shattered heart.

Abandoned and left on her own in a foreign city with little but her wits and skill, Isabella managed to survive. Survive and thrive, commanding the cards until she won enough to send for a very particula...

Wednesday Regency: French Revolution-Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen ~
Approved by the National Assembly of France, August 26, 1789 and written by The Marquis de Lafayette, with help from his friend and neighbor, American envoy to France, Thomas Jefferson.

About 6 weeks after the Storming of the Bastille, The National Assembly of France passed their own Declaration.

The representatives of the French people, organized as a National Assembly, believing that the ignorance, neglect, or contempt of the rights of man...

Wednesday Curves: Curvy Girl's Trilogy

The first 3 titles in my Curvy Girls series are now in print! Curvy Girl's Trilogy has Countess Curvy, Boss Likes Curves, and Curvy's Cad in one print edition. (These 3 are also in audio from Amazon/Audible, if you're interested!)

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Countess Curvy: A Curvy Girl's Earl
Audrey Mills is in London to organize a charity fashion event, where she meets Duncan Collins, the Earl of Thronhill. Confident in her curves, Audrey doesn't expect Duncan to want more than a holid...

Wednesday Regency: Napoleon Invades Russia

And is defeated. Badly. Because he didn't plan. Maybe he wasn't as great a tactician as everyone thought. (Plus those poor horses!)
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I debated writing about this ages ago, as Napoleon marched through eastern Europe. It was going to be set in Austria, on the homefront, but there is little, okay, nothing written about the Austrian homefront during the Napoleonic Wars.

Or there wasn't when I wanted to write this. I wonder if I could find anything now?

So yes, I stalled and went on to write many oth...

Writing Update: Regency series

I didn't meant to drop off and not update anything, but it's been a busy (read: Stressful and Crazy) few weeks!

On the positive writing side, I've finished editing books 1 and 2 of my 4 book Regency series and am heavy into book 3. I hope to release these books once a month starting late summer/early fall. I'd hoped for earlier, but alas...life. It's so unpredictable!

Once I have final covers, I'll post them and of course when I have a release date I'll post that, too!

How's everyone else been?...

200th anniversary of #Waterloo

What is Waterloo?

An ABBA song,of course.
An island in the South Shetland Islands named after the battle...or well King George Island
As well as dozens of towns and other places in the world
A British cheese...seriously.


But it all started (mostly) with the Battle of Waterloo where Napoleon was finally and irrevocably defeated.

June 18, 1815, Napoleon led his army of some 72,000 troops against the 68,000-man British army, which had taken up a position south of Brussels near the village of Waterloo....

#Interview Dragon Kisses by @MZurloAuthor

I’m Michele Zurlo, author of over 20 romance novels. During the day, I teach English, and in the evenings, romantic tales flow from my fingertips.

I’m not half as interesting as my characters. My childhood dreams tended to stretch no further than the next book in my to-be-read pile, and I aspired to be a librarian so I could read all day. I’m pretty impulsive when it comes to big decisions, especially when it’s something I’ve never done before. Writing is just one in a long line of impulsive...