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Regency Lexicon: Mawkish

By anneglover | March 14, 2011 - 9:35 pm |March 14, 2011 Regency Words

mawk·ish (môksh) adj. 1. Excessively and objectionably sentimental. 2. Sickening or insipid in taste. Sense of “sickly sentimental” is first recorded 1702. [From Middle English mawke, Continue →

Suzanne Enoch: A Lady’s Guide to Improper Behavior

By anneglover | March 7, 2011 - 8:37 pm |March 7, 2011 Book Review, Suzanne Enoch

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She (Theresa) is a lady well schooled in etiquette. He is a once carefree gentleman now wounded by a terrible secret experience in India and Continue →

Vanilla Hist-Ro

By Anne | February 28, 2011 - 12:48 pm |February 28, 2011 0-1 Flames

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I’ve noticed a lot of recent searches for historical romance titles without any bedroom scenes (ie sex free). Admittedly, as a teen I was turned Continue →

Regency H(N)ot Spots: Harrogate

By Anne | February 27, 2011 - 4:58 am |February 27, 2011 Regency Hot Spots

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High Harrogate and Low Harrogate came to birth around the 17th century as two separate developments. In north Yorkshire, it is an iron and sulphur Continue →