Eccentric and Itching to Solve a Grand Mystery
There’s an unspoken rule that fictional detectives have to be eccentric. I suppose we can blame that one on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his… Read More »Eccentric and Itching to Solve a Grand Mystery
There’s an unspoken rule that fictional detectives have to be eccentric. I suppose we can blame that one on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his… Read More »Eccentric and Itching to Solve a Grand Mystery
I was raised on the King James Version of The Bible (the good ol’ KJV). In addition to its spiritual tutelage, this translation quite nicely… Read More »Standing on Formality
It never fails to amaze me the outrage that people can muster up about language use. An example from the recent past lies in the… Read More »Hopefully You’re Not Offended by This
Marriage conventions in the Regency period allow for a couple of fun—and perhaps alarming—tropes. Marriage Trope #1: Elopement Let’s talk about unintended consequences, shall we?… Read More »Marriage on the Lam
In Regency romance, any female rival is most likely a “diamond of the first water”: beautiful, poised, rich, accomplished, beautiful, well-dressed, beautiful. Did I mention… Read More »The Joys of Literary Beauty Pageants
There’s this age-old lie in romance novels that truly eligible men are looking for something new, something fresh in the woman of their dreams. Often… Read More »The Benefit of Bucking Traditional Values
Amid the plethora of Regency social rules is the expectation that young ladies entering Society have an established friend or relative of high reputation to… Read More »Gentlemen Fine and Dandy
A number of literary tropes occur in the Regency genre, but I’m only going to hit on a couple of them in this post (as… Read More »Crushing Debts and Incorrigible Rakes
When it comes to Regency Romance, there is one name that stands out as the paragon of the genre, at whose altar all other Regency… Read More »Regency Romance: The Grandmother of Guilty Pleasures
Every cover sends a message, but the message intended and the message received can differ drastically. It’s the reason authors and publishers field-test their images… Read More »A Message Whispering Sweet Nothings