Day 4 of the Valentine's countdown

 The Frog Earl--I was asked to write a Regency based on a fairytale (without the magic element) and I chose the Frog Prince. I had a lot of fun following the story using details appropriate to the period and throwing in a lot of watery, froggy stuff.

For instance, I had to have a Princess and the available real ones were all unsuitable, so my heroine, Mimi, is the Anglo-Indian granddaughter of a Maharajah. Having lived in purdah in India, she has a terrible time learning the boundaries of proper behaviour in England. Like the minx in the fairytale, she reneges on her promise to kiss the man who retrieves her gold bracelet from the water.

He, of course, is the frog of the title. Simon is heir to a marquis after his elder brother's death, but having been in the Navy he doesn't have the fashionable manners to go with the title. Both Society and his father make him feel like a lout--or a frog. He's determined at least to learn how to run the estate he will inherit. Acting as apprentice bailiff, he meets Mimi...and she owes him a kiss.

http://www.amazon.com/Frog-Earl-Carola-Dunn-ebook/dp/B00405R5MC/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1423090174&sr=1-1&keywords=the+frog+earl