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Courtship in the Regency Period

by Guest Blogger 05.04.2011

by Susan Adriani, guest blogger and author of The Truth About Mr. Darcy If you think it’s difficult to find a man like Mr. Darcy in the twenty-first century, just imagine attempting it in the nineteenth, where propriety was demanded at all times—especially during courtship. In Regency England, a woman’s sole occupation was to attract [...]

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Review: From Lambton to Longbourn by Abigail Reynolds

by Keira 04.13.2011

Abigail Reynolds writes Pemberley Variations. For the uninitiated this means that she takes the classic story of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice and plays a what-if scenario. For instance in From Lambton to Longbourn the what-if is what if Darcy and Elizabeth disclosed their feelings before parting ways after Lydia’s fall from grace? The characters [...]

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Review: What Would Mr. Darcy Do? by Abigail Reynolds

by Keira 03.27.2011

This Pride and Prejudice Variation explores the idea of what would change if Darcy and Elizabeth declared their feelings to one another before Darcy left the Lambton Inn after hearing the news of Wickham’s treachery in running off with the youngest Bennet sister, Lydia. If you think that would clear everything up in a jiffy, [...]

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Review: Sinjin by Julia Templeton

by Keira 01.13.2011

Looking to add some spice to your Regency romances? Try Sinjin by Julia Templeton! This erotica novel focuses on the main romance but you’ll also get to experience some other sexy scenes featuring the hero’s brothers and their current paramours. There’s a lot of sex some of which features a little voyeurism and a little [...]

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Review: A Courtesan’s Scandal by Julia London

by Keira 12.04.2010

Considering how courtesan romances usually go it’s easy to think Kate Bergeron is not really a courtesan, but she is in fact one. While I very much like that she really is a courtesan, I wasn’t a big fan that Kate was victim of rape and lusty determined privileged men (her first benefactor and the [...]

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Review: A Match for Mary Bennet by Eucharista Ward, O.S.F.

by Isabel G. 09.29.2009

by Isabel G., guest reviewer The main character, Mary Bennet, is not the most interesting person and the story was slow to develop. With that said, I am not sure this book would have mass appeal. The author does not reveal if she chooses to marry until the last fifty pages. What kept me reading, [...]

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Review: The Perfect Wife by Victoria Alexander

by Keira 04.08.2009

The Perfect Wife by Victoria Alexander follows not one but three couples on their journey to love. Luckily two are more peripheral and have overall less air time in the novel. The main couple is Sabrina Winfield and Nicholas, Earl of Wyldewood. The other couples are Sabrina and Nicholas’ offspring from their first marriage, and [...]