Victorian

Review: A Midwinter Fantasy

by Lynn Reynolds 10.10.2011

Reviewed by Lynn Reynolds This anthology, by Dorchester Publishing, is like getting three books for the price of one. The first story is “A Christmas Carroll” by Leanna Renee Hieber. The prologue, for me, starts the story in some confusion. We know the story is a historical romance because it is set at the end of 1888 and [...]

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10 Reasons to Marry an Earl

by Keira 10.01.2011

This list of reasons is for the young miss of the Georgian, Regency, or Victorian era. Entering into matrimony is not a decision to be made lightly. While it is important that you make a good match, every young lady should choose her future husband with great care. Below I have compiled a list of [...]

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Top 10 Reasons to Travel to Victorian England

by Guest Blogger 09.27.2011

by Isabel Cooper, guest blogger and author of No Proper Lady When Joan, the heroine of No Proper Lady, finds herself back in Victorian England, she’s pretty happy about it. Sure, she takes issue with some expectations for women—but compared to the post-apocalyptic future she came from, where demon lords rule the Earth, 1888 is [...]

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Review: Suddenly You by Lisa Kleypas

by Zarabeth Golden 09.18.2011

By: Zarabeth, guest reviewer This is a fantastic spinster story set in 1836 England. Our heroine, Amanda, is a 30-yr old spinster supporting herself as a novelist who has decided to do something for herself, for once in her life. As we well know a never-married 30 yr old woman is quite on the shelf, [...]

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Review: Miss Foster’s Folly by Alice Gaines

by Keira 09.17.2011

This Victorian romance is the very opposite of sexual restraint. If you’re in the mood for something hot and spicy with a wide streak of naughtiness you’ll want to read this book! You’ll love it from the very first page. Miss Juliet Foster upon her father’s death is given all of his wealth while her [...]

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Review: Love and Scandal by Donna Lea Simpson

by Keira 07.09.2011

A lady in Victorian times had little options when it came to acceptable jobs. Writing novels was simply not one of them and certainly not publishing them. That’s why Collette Jardiniere hides her authorship of The Last Days of a Rake behind the pseudonym Collin Jenkins. That is until some trumped-up peacock of a rake [...]

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Review: Carnal Machines edited by D.L. King

by Sandra Scholes 06.25.2011

by Sandra Scholes, guest reviewer In Victorian times the emphasis on women and men was of being courteous, proper and reserved, yet in society that didn’t sit well with many of the people of the day, especially the well off and super rich who held lavish balls and parties at their huge estates where who [...]

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Illegitimacy in the Regency

by Guest Blogger 06.06.2011

by Grace Burrowes, guest blogger and author of The Soldier This topic is of sufficient depth that several PhD’s could spend several thoroughly enjoyable lifetimes researching it, and still have plenty of areas for fascinating debate. That said, I am not a PhD, so disclaimers are in order: I’ve done research, but my efforts are [...]