A Day Out of Time.
Fun is the word whenever I welcome Lavinia Kent to the Riskies. Lavinia is a good friend of mine and though we write in the same genre we are miles apart in our approach to the period. I tend toward the … Continue reading
Fun is the word whenever I welcome Lavinia Kent to the Riskies. Lavinia is a good friend of mine and though we write in the same genre we are miles apart in our approach to the period. I tend toward the … Continue reading →
I apologize for the delay in announcing the winner of Lady Vengeance, the giveaway book by Sarah Eagle offered in her two-part post about the Waterloo Anniversary at the end of last month. The delay is entirely my fault, not … Continue reading →
Let’s face it, there are a lot of icky things about the Regency (dukes, for instance) as well as the things we love (well, dukes, I guess). But one of the stranger and ickier things I came across recently was … Continue reading →
Congratulations Deiatra and DA–you have each won a copy of P.S. I Love You. You should have received an email from me. Thanks for playing, everyone!
Welcome Miranda Neville to the Riskies! She’s giving away two copies of her novella P.S. I Love You. See below on how to enter. Borrowing from history, myth, fairy tale, or other authors’ works is a time-honored tradition. The … Continue reading →
As you may have noticed, I love sharing plot bunnies, or ideas for novels I get while researching. These are books I really really want to read but am not going to write. This month, I’ve come up with a … Continue reading →
A little over two months ago now, my husband, my daughter and I boarded this plane–a LONG direct flight from SeaTac to Heathrow–for the beginning of our European adventure. I thought that over my next few blog posts, I’d share … Continue reading →
We’ve been having a truly awful heatwave here in Northern California. My house is overrun with ants and I’ve been hearing half the people I know complain about sudden outbreaks of fleas (no outbreak here *knock on wood*), but it … Continue reading →
As I begin the series that has been the subject of the occasional post here on Risky Regencies, I’ve been thinking about my hero and heroine, John and Mimi, and what makes them the unique and intriguing people they are. … Continue reading →
I’ve been thinking a lot about Gail’s post last week “About Those Dukes”, and also about this this article in the Smithsonian Magazine, “Why Can’t Romance Novels Get Any Love?” The article talks about Germaine Greer’s “feminist call to arms”, … Continue reading →
New from the Riskies!
Her Gallant Captain at Waterloo by Diane Gaston
Lord of Her Heart by Gail Eastwood
The Wallflower's Mistletoe Wedding by Amanda McCabe
A Pregnant Courtesan for the Rake by Diane Gaston
How to Find a Duke in Ten Days by Grace Burrowes, Shana Galen, and Carolyn Jewel
Look for some changes in the Riskies community soon!
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