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Fascinating Facts about Vikings!

In my research for my Medieval Warriors series, I have learned much about the Nordic peoples who at one time raided and ultimately settled in England and Scotland. These included the Danes, who settled in Yorkshire and what became known as the Danelaw, as well as other Nordic groups.

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Twelfth Night in Merry Old England

The twelve days of Christmastide, as celebrated in Georgian England began with Christmas Day (“First Night”) and continued to Twelfth Night, or January 5th, followed by the Feast of the Epiphany in celebration of the Magi arriving in Bethlehem to worship the new King, the Christ child.

In country homes and estates, decorations went up on Christmas Eve and stayed up until Epiphany, the official end of the Yule season, when the greens would be burned in the fireplace.

Twelfth Night has its origins... Read more.

My Favorite Heroes & Heroines in Historical Romance!

It’s that time of year when I share my favorite heroes and heroines. In addition to being an author, I have read and reviewed over 850 historical romances and in those novels that I have rated 5-stars there are some wonderful heroes and heroines…noble men who overcome tortured pasts, flaws and the odds against them to love; and heroines who persist against great obstacles to be with the man to whom they would give their heart—strong, intelligent women of character. Every one a worthy hero and heroine.

See my list of favorites, my Christmas gift to you, HERE! This just might be your next year’s reading list...

Merry Christmas!

Spend Christmas in Medieval York with a Handsome Knight!

In 1069, William the Conqueror spent Christmas in York, England. You can be there too!

Three years after the Norman Conquest...

The North of England seethes with discontent under the heavy hand of William the Conqueror, who unleashes his fury on the rebels who would dare to defy him. Amid the ensuing devastation, love blooms in the heart of a gallant Norman knight for a Yorkshire widow.

“Fast paced, action packed, thrill ride of emotions from angst to passion to healing and love. A true storyteller! Another hit!!”             -- My Book Addiction

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The Shooting Party in Regency England

In England, during the Regency period (1811-1820), when the London Season ended in mid August, the season of house parties in the country began. They could last from a weekend up to several weeks. Included in the activities for the invited nobility and gentry would be shooting of game birds and fox hunting. (Fox hunting, or “riding to hounds” began after the first frost and ended after the last frost.) Shooting parties extended over the fall and winter and shooting was regarded not only as a sport but exercise, an antidote to gout.

If you'd like to see my post on this major event in the social life of the upper classes, see more here. And if you'd like to read a story that takes you through Christmas and show you a shooting party up close, try my story of The Twelfth Night Wager !

Best Historical Romance Trilogies!

Looking for historical romances in three's? It takes talent to write one but three? Now you're talking!
See my new "best list".

Best Medieval Romances!

Who among us ladies hasn’t dreamed of a knight in shinning armor? Or, of living in a time when valor prevailed and honorable men did great deeds and women of character loved them? (I did say we were dreaming, right?) Well, these historical romances will take you back to those medieval times. See the list.

The colors they wore in the Medieval Era...

One of my readers asked me about the colors of the medieval era (from the 5th through 15th centuries). And this got me to thinking. For my own medieval stories, including my most recent book, Rogue Knight, my research told me the people preferred bright colors and scarlet was often the color of nobility, including the English, French, Scots and Danes in my story. But I had not looked beyond this until now to the source of those colors.


Today we often dress in subtle colors: cream, beige, pale pink and blue and gray, and some outlandish neon ones. But the people who lived in medieval times would not have dressed in either extreme.  See MORE.

Herbs in Medieval Medicine

While doing the research for Rogue Knight , my new medieval set in 11th century England, I learned a lot about the herbs they grew in gardens or were found in the wild. They were, after all, the only medicine they had. So they used herbs and plants, individually or together, in infusions, teas, salves and other forms to treat their various illnesses and maladies. See more.