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Reviewers, do you enjoy a bit of banter in your regencies? A little mystery, perhaps? A TRYST WITH TROUBLE is now available for preview on Netgalley.

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One of the most exciting parts of bringing out a new book is seeing the cover art for the first time. Now the characters that have so far been only in my head have faces and bodies (very nice bodies, in most cases!). Here’s the new cover image for my September 23 release, A Tryst With Trouble.

The cover for A Tryst With Trouble. I got the busty redhead I was hoping for!

Isn’t it gorgeous? The redhead is Lady Barbara Jeffords, and the very attentive gentleman behind her is Ben, short for the Mar...

The stormy marriage of “Monk” Lewis’s parents was almost as full of twists and turns as his lurid gothic novel. (Painting by Dutch master Cornelis van Haarlem.)

What happened when Matthew “Monk” Lewis’s mother ran off with a music master? Today I’m at Romancing the Past, looking at a Georgian marriage gone bad.

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The 1820 raid on Cato Street, which led to the last sentence of drawing and quartering in England.

Today I’m at Romancing the Past, blogging about the Cato Street conspirators, and why until 1814 British law was still condemning certain prisoners to have “your privy members be cut off, your bowels taken out and burnt in your view.”

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I just learned yesterday that Ruined by Rumor has been translated into an Italian edition, called Scandali e Altri Rimedi (Scandals and Other Remedies). One of the tags is “matrimonio riparatore,” which is apparently Italian for “shotgun wedding.”

Click here to see the Italian edition. I love the cover!

Today I’m at Romancing the Past, blogging about why 19th century portraits often depict young boys in dresses, and how you can tell the boys from the girls.

Why is this child holding a whip? You’ll find the answer at Romancing the Past.

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There’s a new review of LORD OF SECRETS up today. Kate of Reading Under the Willow Tree calls the story “a lovely romance…with real emotional impact and relatable characters.”

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I just got back from the Romantic Times Booklovers Convention in Kansas City, where a snow storm hit just as the e-book Expo began. I want to thank all the readers who stopped by to say hello–I had a great time meeting you!

Meeting readers at the RT Expo in Kansas City.

This week I’ll be attending the 2013 RT Booklovers’ Convention in Kansas City, MO. I’ll be signing at the RT E-book (also Indie Published and Graphic Novel) Expo on Thursday, May 2, from 4 to 6. I hope to see you there, but whether you’ll be attending or not, you can access my author page for the Expo using this QR code:

Scan this code to visit my author page for the 2013 RT Expo.

If you do plan to attend, don’t be shy about saying hello and hitting me up for my free swag, a microfiber cloth yo...

This student wears the academic robes of a wealthy Gentleman Commoner, the second-highest rank of student at Oxford during the regency.

What was a tufthunter, and whose tuft was he hunting? I’m at Romancing the Past today, discussing the social pecking order at Oxford University during the regency.

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