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Virtual Q&A & Book Sale & Signing 14 April

One thing I’ve deeply missed during the year of self-quarantine is the opportunity to get out and talk to readers. That, however, has not stopped me from talking, usually in a small rectangular box on a screen. On the plus side, these virtual events have offered opportunities for...

Dukes Prefer Blondes eBook for $1.99

This just in: If you haven’t already downloaded the fourth book in my Dressmakers series, Dukes Prefer Blondes, now would be a great time. It’s only $1.99, and for a short time only. I don’t know when the deal ends, exactly, but it started today.

Location, location: Scenes from Ten Things I Hate About the Duke

In a previous post, I showed you the Green Man Inn as it was. It’s still there, not quite the same, but easy to recognize.

Litchfield House aka deGriffith House, is the building on the left with the trees on the balcony.

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Rediscovering an American Community of Color

William Bullard, Portrait of the Thomas A. and Margaret Dillon Family, about 1903, courtesy of Frank Morrill, Clark University and the Worcester Art Museum

A little over a hundred years ago, a white photographer named William Bullard took hundreds of pictures of people...

Ten Things I Hate About the Duke, limited time only eBook deal

And the deals keep coming.

Now it’s Ten Things I Hate About the Duke. Book Two in the Difficult Dukes series is Ashmont’s story, in which I take great liberties with Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew.

Amazon has dropped the Kindle price to $1.99 now until 14 February, in time ...

Audible Deal on a Duke in Shining Armor

For those of you who listen to books—

A Duke in Shining Armor, Book One of the Difficult Dukes series, is on sale at Audible. The theme is “allow listeners to travel back in time, be more productive, solve a murder mystery before m...

The Third Duke book & other items, including a deal

Curious about the Cossack trousers Cassandra wore? Here’s the inspiration. Cossack trousers United Kingdom Textiles and Fashion Collection. 1820-1830 (made) Artist/Maker: Unknown Materials and Techniques: ilk, lined with cotton, hand-sewn. Credit Line: Given by Mr Frederick Gill M...

A bouquet of gratitude

Dear Readers,

Before we take a break for the holidays, please let me acknowledge the many gifts you have given me.

Your encouraging messages cheered me while I struggled with an uncooperative book. OK, sometimes you cracked the whip a little, but very gently and kindly.

When Ten Thi...

Cruikshank's Prints in "Ten Things I Hate About the Duke": Jealousy

Jealousy by George Cruikshank, 1 November 1825, courtesy Lewis Walpole Library.

Once again, I recommend you click on the link, in order to zoom in on the image and enjoy the details. Apparently, the letter signed Anonymous, under the gentlemans hand, suggests that his lady is untrue, and several images suggest that her lover is an officer. At least two of the imps wear cuckolds horns, one pointing to the lady whos climbing down the rope ladder to run off with an officer, while the night...

The fascinating Baron de Bérenger

Yes, the Baron de Bérenger did exist.

A few years ago, while in London, I had the privilege of visiting the Kensington Central Library and exploring its archives under the guidance of Dave Walker, Local Studies Librarian. It was Dave who introduced me to the Baron de Bérenger, via the barons gun. Until then, Id never heard of the man, but upon learning he had a flamboyant character, with a shade of fraud around the fringes, I became deeply interested. No, let us say, obsessively interested,...