Winner of Barbara Monajem‘sa novella duet ebook – winner’s choice – of The Wanton Governess/The Unrepentant Rake, The Magic of His Touch/Bewitched by His Kiss, orUnder a Christmas Spell/Under a New Year’s Enchantment is Ashley Y! Winner of Julia Justiss’s The Rake … Continue reading
Welcome our guest today–Julia Justiss who is here to talk about her new release, The Rake To Rescue Her (Harlequin Historical, March 2015). Julia is giving away one copy of The Rake To Rescue Her to one lucky commenter, chosen … Continue reading
Coming in June, PBS presents the new Poldark, and to put it mildly, I can’t wait. Here’s a preview. Starring the lovely and talented Aidan Turner (and some other people, but don’t worry about them too much), the series is … Continue reading
Today we have a guest author, Barbara Monajem. Barbara Monajem wrote her first story in third grade about apple tree gnomes. An embarrassing number of years later, she still sneaks magical little creatures into her books, although they’re romances for grownups … Continue reading
I’m delighted to announce the winner of Margaret Evans Porter’s giveaway from her guest interview last week. Kristen H is the winner of a print copy of Margaret’s newly reissued romance, The Proposal!! Congratulations, Kristen. We’ll put Margaret in touch … Continue reading
My ideas come from all over, but the primary place they come from is research. Here are no less than FOUR wonderful settings or hooks for a romance that I came across just this week! 1. Humphrey Ravenscroft, inventor of … Continue reading
This post was originally posted on the now-defunct Romancing the Past blog back in 2011, but on re-reading it I decided it was timely enough (for Risky Regencies values of timeliness) to bear recycling! It has occurred to me that, … Continue reading
Recently, an article about whether or not Mr. Darcy’s fortune was based on slavery set my Twitter feed alight. And I thought, well of course it was (in one form or another). This is the dark side of our wealthy, … Continue reading
Today the Riskies welcome guest Margaret Evans Porter! Margaret and I have been friends since early days in my career, and I was a huge fan of her work even before that. The Proposal is one of my absolute favorites … Continue reading
The snow piles around my driveway have melted a bit. I can see over them now! I have to work at it, but I do imagine there is grass under there somewhere. And flower bulbs… I’m not seeing them yet, … Continue reading
