Were Regency era beauty standards different from today’s? Yes and no! I’ll share everything I’ve learned about feminine beauty ideals in this era. I researched Regency era beauty standards when I was writing my romantic comedy novel Her Time Traveling Duke. My heroine in the book, Rose Novak, is plump, with curly hair. My hero, Henry Leighton-Lyons, is from Regency
Category: Reading and Research
I dug up some actual historical love letters from the Regency era because I was doing research for my forthcoming novel Her Time Traveling Duke. It’s going to be the sequel to my book Her Knight at the Museum ! I wanted to get a sense for how my hero would phrase things romantically in a couple of instances. I
Readers sometimes ask me about the best steamy romance novels… and of course, I can only talk about the best steamy romance novels I’ve read personally, which is only a teeny, tiny fraction of all of them out there. Additionally, all book opinions are very subjective, and that’s especially true of spicy romance books! One reader’s swoon is another
I came across some of these medieval love quotes when I was doing research for my forthcoming novel Her Knight at the Museum, which references both medieval songs and the story of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle. I always love romantic quotes, and I figured that Valentine’s Day week was a great time to share them! I should say,
I decided to do a roundup of the best books on confidence because a few years ago, “confidence” was my “word of the year“…and someone told me a few weeks ago that it was their word this year! I was also thinking about confidence because I was watching the last season of The Crown. Queen Elizabeth II always carried herself
I began wondering about symbols of peace because during the Christmas season, I always have thoughts and hopes of peace on earth…especially on certain years, like this one. I’ve often sent Christmas cards with the symbol of a dove carrying an olive branch, like the one on the left. I suspected there were other animal symbols of peace, too.
There’s just something about a cinnamon roll hero, don’t you think? An Instagram post by author J.R. Boles got me thinking about this! Don’t get me wrong—I enjoy all kinds of characters as a romance novel reader, and as a writer, too. But I have a soft, squishy, sweet spot for a cinnamon roll hero. What is a cinnamon