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When I was in college, one of my favorite instructors was a grad student who had met, proposed to, and eloped with the woman he married, all in the space of three weeks. They were blissfully happy together, and I hope that hasnt changed, because the theme of his story was the sheer madness of having married on such short acquaintance.

Henry VIII agreed to marry Anne after seeing this portrait by Hans Holbein.

Take the case of King Henry VIIIs marriage to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves....

My newest Italian translation. The couple is a good match for John and Caroline.

I love it when my publisher sends me a surprise in the mail. Today I learned I have a new Italian translation, L’errore di Caroline. It’s an Italian version of The Marriage Act. As in the case of An Heir of Uncertainty, the title pun must not work in Italian.

I was thrilled to discover (a few days after the fact) that The Marriage Act made Romance Novels for Feminists’ Best of 2015 list. You can read the entire list (which also features author Rose Lerner, one of my talented critique partners) by clicking here.

My thanks to Romantic Historical Reviews, and to reviewer Caz in particular, for including The Marriage Act on the site’s list of “Favourite Books of the Year.” You can read the entire list of 2015 HR highlights by clicking here.

I got a lovely surprise in the mail today–a new translation of AN HEIR OF UNCERTAINTY. The Italian title is “I misteri di Belryth Abbey” (the pun must only work in English) and I absolutely love the cover!

My newest regency romance, The Marriage Act, begins as a cross-country “road” story, with an unhappily married husband and wife forced to spend time in each other’s company as they travel through England. The road that the hero and heroine take out of London is a real thoroughfare, parts of which were already more than a thousand years old at the time of the Norman conquest. It’s called Watling Street, and it’s a Roman-engineered relic of the first century occupation of Britain.

Before the Ro...

Today (July 27) marks the release of my new regency romance, The Marriage Act:

London, 1821

When John, Viscount Welford, proposed to Caroline Fleetwood, the only daughter of the Bishop of Essex, he thought he knew exactly what he was getting—a lovely, innocent bride.

Five years later, he knows better. The woman who ran to another man on their wedding night—after they’d consummated the marriage—is hardly innocent. Years spent apart while John served as a diplomatic attaché have allowed them t...

“Off for the Honeymoon” by Frederick Morgan shows a regency couple about to embark on married life.

At All About Romance, reviewer Caz has posted her thoughts on The Marriage Act. She gives the book a grade of B+, writing, “I’m a sucker for a good second-chance romance, and this is one of the best I’ve read.”

Click here to read the full review.

Thanks, Caz!

The Marriage Act will be out on July 27–and I just found out about a lovely review from an advance reader, available here:

Click here to read author Sarah Price’s review of The Marriage Act.

Thanks, Sarah, and I’m glad you enjoyed the book!

Are you a “professional reader” of romance–a book blogger, librarian, reviewer, or member of the romance community who reads and recommends books online? Advance copies of my July release, The Marriage Act, are now available on Netgalley. Just click here to jump to its Netgalley page.

For those without Netgalley access, don’t despair. You can pre-order The Marriage Act now from Amazon. Just click on this link.