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I have a blog post up at Risky Regencies today about eighteenth-century working-class poets! There were actually a fair number of working class poets in eighteenth-century England, though their work has been excluded from the canon. A few of my personal favorites are: 1. Mary Collier. Wikipedia notes: “She read Stephen Duck‘s The Thresher’s Labour […]

Come help Christy Carlyle celebrate the release of her third Avon Impulse novel, One Dangerous Desire! With a Facebook party full of readers, authors, and lots of prizes, we’re going to have fun. :) As you can see, I’m hosting 8-8:20 Eastern time. I’ll be giving away 3 e-books so if you got Sweet Disorder free […]

HEYO!! Guess what?? This week me and SEVEN other authors are giving away FREE BOOKS!!!! That’s right! Go here and get a direct download of any or all of the eight books pictured above, no muss no fuss! I’m giving away Sweet Disorder, my Regency romance about a depressed veteran who’s trying to find a […]

The Gambled Away cover reveal is LIIIIIIVE! Come over to Heroes and Heartbreakers to ogle our beautiful cover and our jaw-dropping list of contributing authors (and confirm your guesses from yesterday)!!!

So you know that anthology me and Molly O’Keefe have been teasing FOREVER?? Well it’s coming out on May 31 and tomorrow we reveal the cover at Heroes and Heartbreakers! It’s called Gambled Away: Get revenge. Pay a debt. Save a soul. Lose your heart. Spanning centuries and continents, five brand-new novellas from beloved historical […]

This post lists all the online extras for All or Nothing, my contribution to the Gambled Away anthology! EXTRAS COMING SOON. Click here to go to the book’s main page. * Deleted scenes: Warning: may contain SPOILERS. * Tie-in stories: * Research: * Pinterest boards: Dreamcasting Reference images * Blog tour: * Want to talk […]

One of my pet peeves is when people post a series of related tweets and don’t thread their tweets. “Threading” means linking related tweets so when someone clicks on one, they can see the whole series. I figure some experienced users choose to do this for reasons of their own that I don’t know about. […]

Hi all! It’s Purim, maybe the best holiday ever? The story of Purim was one of my favorite stories as a kid, I made my mom tell it to me all the time. Vashti and Esther are bosses and hamantaschen are delicious. So to celebrate, I’m writing mini-stories! Give me a prompt, related to any […]

Well…we didn’t make it to Round 2 of the DABWAHA. But we were pretty darn close! (Like, 3 votes close.) So I’m not posting the first two chapters of my upcoming novella All or Nothing, but I AM posting just the first chapter early, as a thank you. Chapter 1 London June 1819 Simon Radcliffe-Gould […]

DABWAHA voting for True Pretenses is open NOW! (Until midnight Eastern time.) It is neck and neck! I am TWO VOTES ahead right now. We could really do this! Please vote! Please get your friends and housemates and family members and coworkers to vote! Vote here: http://dabwaha.com/ Remember, if I get through this round, I will […]