Do you ever set a goal of reading more, or reading a certain number of books a year? Personally, while I don’t have a set number of books in mind, I’ve been trying to spend less time reading random stuff on social media and so on, and more time reading books. And we’ve been in a deep freeze lately, making
Category: Reading and Research
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
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.