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My mind hasn't stopped buzzing since coming home from the...

My mind hasn't stopped buzzing since coming home from the RNA Conference this weekend. All the books I'm going to write, the publishers I shall court, the romantic novels I mean to read. The months ahead are going to be busy, busy, busy… Conference is always a lively affair, but this year we excelled ourselves.

The Romantic Novelist Association is celebrating 50 years this year, quite an achievement, and chose as their venue the Old Royal Naval College at Greenwich. The historic setting was fa...

Charles IX

Writing about the Valois was fascinating as they were such a troubled family. All Catherine's sons seemed to be blighted, probably as a result of inherent syphilis, and all suffered from consumption. Yet they were highly intelligent, well educated, and with the exception of poor Alençon, good looking. Their tutor was the Humanist Jacques Amyot. He wrote poetry and a work on hunting, and his happiest moments were when he would sit up late into the night talking to writers and musicians. On th...

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Just returned from the Napoleonic wars Raul Beringer discovers that as well as contending with the enmity of his younger brother, Maynard, the legacy of his late father's wine business in Madeira must be shared with a penniless orphan, Coriander May. Whoever makes the most profit from their inheritance in a year will win overall control of the company. But is there more than money at stake?




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Review of The Perfect Royal Mistress by Diane Haeger

Born into poverty and raised in a brothel, Nell Gwynne sells oranges in the pit at London's King's Theatre, newly reopened after the plague and the Great Fire devastated the city. Soon, her quick sense of humour and natural charm get her noticed by those who have the means to make her life easier. But the street-smart Nell knows a woman doesn't get ahead by selling her body. Through talent, charm, intelligence, and sheer determination - as well as a keen understanding of how the world operate...

Historical Fiction

I've always had a passion for historical fiction. I read all of Jean Plaidy's novels as a girl, also Norah Lofts, Anya Seton, Mary Stewart, and others. I'm still addicted. Now I enjoy Susan Holloway Scott, Elizabeth Chadwick, Alison Weir and Philippa Gregory, among others. I've recently finished reading Royal Affairs, by Leslie Carroll. Described as 'A Lusty Romp Through the Extramarital Adventures that Rocked the British Monarchy.' It's non-fiction but great fun. Each section is quite short ...