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August 24, 2015
Before Mendoza, boxers generally stood still and merely swapped punches
Today at Risky Regencies, I’ve come up with a Jewish-themed list of awesome Regency romance scenarios, since the dearth of Jewish historical romance became pretty obvious when people started asking for recommendations after the whole For Such a Time imbroglio. I’d love to read ALL of these ideas. Bodysnatchers, boxers, and Brighton, oh my!
August 20, 2015
New contest: “Fool Me Twice” by Meredith Duran
Duran’s Lady Be Good (about an ex-thief trying to go straight, who must do one last job for an aristocratic and very angsty veteran) smashed my reading slump into bits at RWA, and I can’t wait to read the next one, about the ice queen manager of the auction house, so I thought this would […]
July 27, 2015
the Russians with fire and passion prefer Borsch
My Risky Regencies post today is a repost of my scans and excerpts from Barbara Cartland’s amazing “romantic” cookbook, The Romance of Food. This was one of my very first blog posts ever, so if you are a new reader and haven’t seen them, you owe it to yourself to check it out. A sample […]
July 14, 2015
New contest: “In for a Penny” paperback!
Hey all! I realized I never properly celebrated In for a Penny‘s paperback release…so, I’m giving away a signed personalized copy. Regency penny photo credit: Detecting via Wikimedia Commons. If you haven’t read it, this was my first book, and some people liked it! “In for a Penny is a charming and original Regency that […]
June 22, 2015
I was trying to find the artist who painted Nathan’s portrait and the second google hit is for a forum titled “How the Jews Stole Britain”
Today at Risky Regencies, I posted an updated and expanded version of my old post about historical urban legends, and the Rothschilds and the news of the victory at Waterloo.
June 18, 2015
Mini-stories for Waterloo Bicentennial!
Today is the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo. (My critique partner Susanna Fraser is in Belgium right now for the reenactments and I am so jealous!) Now you may remember that A Lily Among Thorns ends with news of the battle of Waterloo reaching England (which of course didn’t happen until days later). […]
June 9, 2015
I made a survey!
I made a short survey about whether romance readers sympathize more with heroes and heroines, and whether they more often sided with their mom or dad (if they had both) growing up. I’m super curious about the results, so if you have time to take it, please do! Survey
May 25, 2015
“A human leg and thigh in armour, couped, and dropping blood, all proper, garnished, or”
Today’s Risky Regencies post is about historically accurate names, including resources and hilarious examples! (In particular, the Page-Turner family continues to amaze and delight me.) I also found some great family crests as you can see from the title of this post.
May 22, 2015
Goodreads giveaway for TRUE PRETENSES
I’m doing a giveaway for the paperback edition of True Pretenses. Check it out! (US/Canada only, sorry readers who live elsewhere.) Goodreads Book Giveaway True Pretenses by Rose Lerner Giveaway ends August 01, 2015. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter to Win
May 20, 2015
Funny search terms: Dec 2014 – April 2015
These are all terms people searched for that somehow brought them to my site! December: nicholas and his brother fall in love with the same woman novel iron cage on a tower in paris January: author rose lerner jewish? [awwww! I have done similar searches SO MANY TIMES. I hope they discovered that yes, I […]
