Regency

Review: Pretty Persuasion by Olivia Kingsley

by Carla F. 01.24.2012

Reviewed by Carla F. At the age of 10, Lady Georgiana Montford is introduced to her betrothed, Robert Balfour, who will one day be the Earl of Sheffield. Robert is already a young adult, but he treats Georgie with kindness. A friendship develops, and Georgie falls in love with Robert. She is then devastated to [...]

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Audio Review: First Comes Marriage (Huxtable Quintet, Book 1) by Mary Balogh

by Keira 01.22.2012

Narrator: I am on an audio book kick. I loved this narrator. Anne Flosnik is great! She makes the book come alive. It’s like listening to a movie with all of her voices. I wanted to drive more around town just for the opportunity to get further in the book! Heroine: Vanessa Dew is the [...]

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Review: The Landlord’s Black-Eyed Daughter by Mary Ellen Dennis

by Hannah Abbey 10.26.2011

Reviewed by Hannah For all those girls who love bad boys, this is the book for you. A cavalier thief (aka “highwayman”) not only works to steal your heart, but also your baubles and pocketbook. Hero: Rand is tall, dark and handsome. And if that already isn’t enough, he’s got the Robin Hood persona down [...]

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Jane Austen and Regency Courting Etiquette

by Guest Blogger 10.20.2011

Guest post by Abigail Reynolds, author of Mr. Darcy’s Undoing Courting in the Regency period was strictly circumscribed by inflexible rules of behavior, especially for women. Most fans of Regency-set novels are already familiar with them and they have been well-documented elsewhere, so I’ll just give a quick review here. A single woman may never [...]

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Scandal!!! 11 Things You Do Today That Would Have Got You into BIG Trouble in Jane Austen’s Time!

by Guest Blogger 10.10.2011

Rebecca Ann Collins, guest blogger and author of Expectations of Happiness and the Pemberley Chronicles series Thank you very much for your invitation to contribute to your blog. “Scandal- just what were the dreaded consequences?” On the first question- it is difficult to answer this question fully without “letting the cat out of the bag” [...]

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Review: A Dash of Scandal by Amelia Grey

by Susan S. 10.06.2011

(Reissue) Originally published in 2002 by Jove Books, The Berkley Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Putnam, Inc., New York My Dear Readers, A mind changed against its will is of the same opinion still. Which is why Millicent Blair, heroine, refuses to believe Lord Dunraven’s rakish days are a thing of the past. Chandler [...]

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Review: A Hellion in Her Bed by Sabrina Jeffries

by Keira 09.21.2011

A Hellion in Her Bed is book two of the Hellions of Halstead Hall series by Sabrina Jeffries. The Sharpe family consists of five children raised by their grandmother. Their parents died under mysterious circumstances which set tongues wagging throughout the ton and shadowed their lives growing up. When all the children were grown but [...]

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Review: Regency Nights by Kitti Bernetti

by Sharon S. 08.07.2011

by Sharon S., guest reviewer I really enjoyed this story. It is a Regency set in London. I am not an expert on Regencies, but the author did an excellent job of representing how the men and women of that time behaved based on what I have read. I loved the two main characters. Cavendish [...]