Regency Reader

Joan Smith: Blossom Time

By Anne | June 26, 2016 - 9:27 am |July 8, 2016 0-1 Flames, Funny Regencies, Joan Smith

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A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME One of those dashing rogues too attractive to ignore, Lord Harwell featured largely in Rosalind Lovelace’s fantasies. But she Continue →

Carola Dunn: Crossed Quills

By Anne | June 20, 2016 - 9:08 am |July 5, 2016 0-1 Flames, Book Review, Carola Dunn

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When Wynn Selworth implores Prometheus, a supposed male literary essayist who is actually Phillippa Lisle, to help him, Phillippa poses as Prometheus’ liaison since she Continue →

Joan Smith: Cousin Cecilia

By Anne | June 6, 2016 - 9:00 am |June 21, 2016 0-1 Flames, Book Review, Joan Smith

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Matchmaking was a talent of Cecilia Cummings, and she was happy to assist her cousins to bring their suitors to the sticking point. But Lord Continue →

Elizabeth Mansfield: The Phantom Lover

By Anne | May 8, 2016 - 10:28 am |May 18, 2016 0-1 Flames, Elizabeth Mansfield

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Fiery young “Nell” Belden went to Thorndene Castle to escape a lover, not to find one. She was bound by the strict conventions of England’s Continue →