Regency Wagers (Part 2)

During the Regency, sport, gambling and trials of strength and stamina were woven into daily life at every level of society.
The Earl of March, or OldQ as he was also known, once bet that he could cause a letter to cover 50 miles in an hour. The bet was duly accepted, but generally deemed impossible [...]

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Regency Wagers (Part 1)

Woohoo! My new Regency romance, Ice Angel, is officially published tomorrow (30th June), and as a wager features in the book, I thought I’d blog on the fascinating subject of Regency wagers and gambling in general.

There will be three parts in all, posted on consecutive evenings, so here goes with Part (1) …

Gambling [...]

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Mr Darcy, Vampyre: Interview with Amanda Grange

In a joint blogcast with my fellow Regency Romance author Elizabeth Hanbury, it’s our great pleasure to welcome historical romance writer Amanda Grange to my blog.
Amanda is the author of adventurous historical romances set mainly in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. She also writes Jane Austen-inspired novels from the heroes’ points of view, including the [...]

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Mr. Darcy, Vampyre: Pride & Prejudice with a difference

As part of the celebrations for the joint June 30th release of our new books – ICE ANGEL and THE OTHER MR DARCY —

authors Elizabeth Hanbury and Monica Fairview have teamed up to bring  you a special announcement and exclusive interview.  Best selling author Amanda Grange has a new novel coming out [...]

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Attingham Park, wallpaper tax, a famous courtesan and Nicola Cornick!

I re-visited Attingham Park recently and now technically-challenged moi has finally managed to download photos to my PC, here’s my blog report.
Attingham Park is one of the greatest country houses in Shropshire.  Built between 1782-5  for Noel Hill, 1st Lord Berwick, it was designed on an impressive scale so that Lord Berwick could outshine one [...]

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A Night to (Try and) Remember!

Now that the effects of the champagne have worn off, I’ll do my best to remember the highlights of this week’s Melissa Nathan Award ceremony.
The company: my favourite publisher – Lyn of Choc Lit.
The venue: Café de Paris, off Leicester Square. Actually, once we got inside, it could have been anywhere – it was pretty [...]

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New Moon Trailer out now

I’m a massive Twilight fan, and I was very excited to see that the first teaser trailer for New Moon (the second book in the Twilight series) is out now. If you haven’t read the book yet (Elizabeth and Georgia), the trailer contains MASSIVE spoilers….you have been warned!
A link to the trailer is here.
Jenna
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