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James Gillray’s THE FINISHING TOUCH shows “celebrated Amazon” Lady Archer at her dressing table.

I’m at Romancing the Past for my July visit, this time blogging about Sarah, Lady Archer, and why she was a favorite target of late Georgian caricaturists like Gillray and Rowlandson. Was it her politics, her gambling, her looks?

Or was it that nobody puts Lady Archer in a corner?

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I just discovered today that back when A Tryst With Trouble was supposed to come out in January of this year–specifically, in June, 2011–Publisher’s Weekly included it on their list of “Damsels Who Rescue Themselves” book picks. PW called Tryst “a passionate Regency romance debut.”

Here’s hoping the book will be released one day soon.

There’s a bit of breaking new this morning about Dorchester Publishing, the now-defunct publishing house that holds the rights to my first regency, A Tryst With Trouble. Digital Book World is reporting that unless another bidder steps forward, Amazon will acquire Dorchester at auction in August.

The article–available here–reports, “In practice Amazon, or any firm that outbids Amazon in an auction to be conducted in August, will tender amendments to authors and agents transferring rights to the...

On Friday, I posted about the review of Ruined by Rumor on Book Lovers Inc. That review was written by Stella, and her home blog is called Ex Libris. I hope you’ll check her blog out here–not just to see how pretty her review of my own personal book looks on her site (and it does! Her rating system even calls the book “Novellus Superbus!”) but because all Stella’s reviews are thoughtful and informative.

Just click the blog name above to jump to the Ex Libris site, or click anywhere in this sen...

Ruined by Rumor received 4.5 stars in a charming and thoughtful review on the Book Lovers Inc. site today. ”Despite the humour and wittinessRuined by Rumorwas an angsty Regency romance of the best kind: the type where the reader is constantly biting their nails and having trouble swallowing as they are too anxious to see how the hero and heroine will finally find their way to each other.” The reviewer, Stella, even included a link to my Pinterest board. Thanks so much for reading and reviewin...

Today I’m at , blogging about nicknames of the regency. Stop by to learn how Thomas Raikes came to be called Apollo, and why Balloon Foley probably hated his nickname.

His engagement to actress Maria Foote was responsible for one of Joseph Haynes's three nicknames.

Courtesy of a very thoughtful person (thanks, Kathy!) here’s a picture of me at the Lori Foster Reader & Author Get Together, signing Ruined by Rumor posters. I don’t usually wear glasses except for reading and signing, but I think they make me look rather writerly in this case.

Signing posters at the Lori Foster book signing

Jennifer at Feminist Fairy Tale Reviews gave Ruined by Rumor four stars and a lovely review, saying it has “well-written characters, a simple plot, elegant writing, and some amazingly tender moments.” Thanks, Jennifer!

To read the full review, click here.

As part of the Digital First Read-A-Thon (DFRAT), I’m at the Romance Reader At Heart site’s Novel Thoughts column, blogging about why I’m a digital believer. I hope you’ll stop by and leave a comment!

I’m heading to the Lori Foster Reader and Author Get Together this weekend, June 1st and 2nd, in Cincinnati. If you’re attending, please stop by the Friday night signing between 7 and 9 and say hi. I’ll have Carina Press coupons and Ruined by Rumor posters to give away, and I’d love to meet you!