Follow Me!
-
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
reginajeffers on Life Below Stairs ~ Part Four… reginajeffers on Life Below Stairs ~ Part Three… reginajeffers on Life Below Stairs ~ Part Three… Jennifer Redlarczyk on Life Below Stairs ~ Part Three… Jennifer Redlarczyk on Life Below Stairs ~ Part Four… Archives
- January 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
Categories
- Act of Parliament
- acting
- Africa
- Age of Chaucer
- America
- American History
- Anglo-Normans
- Anglo-Saxons
- Appalachia
- architecture
- Austen actors
- Austen Authors
- ballads
- Barbara Kyle
- Bells
- birthdays
- Black Opal Books
- blog hop
- book excerpts
- book release
- books
- British currency
- British history
- British Navy
- buildings and structures
- business
- Canterbury tales
- castles
- Chaucer
- Christmas
- Church of England
- citizenship test
- commerce
- company
- contemporary
- contemporary romance
- customs and tradiitons
- dancing
- Declaration of Independence
- Do You Remember?
- Dorset
- drama
- Dreamstone Publishing
- dueling
- eBooks
- editing
- Education in NC
- Edward III
- Elizabeth I
- Elizabethan drama
- England
- estates
- etymology
- euphemisms
- excerpt
- exploration
- family
- fashion
- film
- film adaptations
- food
- food and drink
- George IV
- George Wickham
- Georgian
- Georgian England
- Georgian Era
- giveaway
- gothic and paranormal
- Great Britain
- Gretna Green
- Guest Blog
- Guest Post
- heraldry
- herbs
- heroines
- historical fiction
- history
- holidays
- horology
- Industrial Revolution
- Industry News/Publishing
- Inheritance
- interview
- inventions
- Ireland
- Jane Austen
- JASNA
- King Arthur
- kings and queens
- language choices
- legacy
- legends
- legends and myths
- Levirate marriage
- lexicon
- literature
- Living in the Regency
- Living in the UK
- love quotes
- Mansfield Park
- manuscript evaluation
- marriage
- marriage customs
- marriage licenses
- medicine
- medieval
- military
- modern adaptations
- music
- mystery
- Napoleonic Wars
- Northanger Abbey
- paranormal
- peerage
- Pegasus Books
- Persuasion
- Peterloo Massacre
- playwrights
- poetry
- political stance
- Pop Culture
- presidents
- Pride and Prejudice
- primogenture
- publishing
- quotes
- reading
- reading habits
- real life tales
- Realm series
- Regency era
- Regency personalities
- Regency romance
- religion
- research
- review
- romance
- romantic verse
- royalty
- science
- science fiction
- Scotland
- Sense & Sensibility
- servant life
- Seven Years War
- Seven Years' War
- Shining Light on Our Ladies
- South Wales
- spooky tales
- sports history
- St. Andrew
- suspense
- tall tales
- tea
- Thanksgiving
- theatre
- titles of aristocracy
- toys and games
- tradtions
- travel
- trilogy
- Tudor
- Tudors
- Ulysses Press
- Uncategorized
- Vagary
- vampires
- Victorian era
- vocabulary
- Wales
- war
- War of 1812
- weaponry
- weather
- West Virginia
- Whigs
- White Soup Press
- William IV
- witchcraft acts
- word choices
- word choices
- word origins
- word play
- world history
- writing
Meta
Category Archives: blog hop
Catholic/Protestant Marriages During the Regency + “The Earl Claims His Comfort”
Catholic/ Protestant Weddings During the Regency Era On 25 March 1754, the Hardwicke Act went into effect in England. It was designed to prevent Clandestine Weddings (Read More on Clandestine Weddings HERE) and to force couples marrying in England to … Continue reading
Posted in Black Opal Books, blog hop, book excerpts, book release, British history, Church of England, excerpt, George IV, Georgian England, historical fiction, Ireland, Living in the Regency, marriage, marriage customs, marriage licenses, real life tales, Regency era, Regency personalities, Regency romance, research, romance
Tagged Black Opal Books, book excerpt, book release, British history, Catholic, Catholic Emancipation, Church of England, George IV, Hardwicke Act, Ireland, Maria Fitzherbert, marriage, Protestant, Regency Era, religion, Romantic Suspense, The Earl Claims His Comfort, William Pitt the Younger
Leave a comment
Realities of Marriage in the Regency Era + the Release of “The Heartless Earl” + a Giveaway
In chapter six of volume one of Pride and Prejudice, Charlotte Lucas and Elizabeth Bennet provide us several tidbits regarding the success of a marriage during the Georgian era. ~ “If a woman conceals her affection with the same skill … Continue reading
Posted in America, American History, Austen Authors, blog hop, book excerpts, book release, British history, eBooks, excerpt, family, George Wickham, Georgian England, Georgian Era, heroines, historical fiction, Jane Austen, literature, Living in the Regency, marriage, marriage customs, Pride and Prejudice, reading habits, Regency era, religion, tradtions, Vagary
Tagged book excerpt, book release, British history, Church of England, Georgian Era, marriage, Publishing, Regency, The Heartless Earl, writing
14 Comments
Celebrating the Release of “A Holiday to Remember” from Jennifer Redlarczyk + a Giveaway
Regina, thank you so much for having me back on Every Woman Dreams with my new book, A Holiday to Remember. This time last year I was giving voice lessons over at Merrillville High School in Indiana when I … Continue reading
Posted in blog hop, book excerpts, book release, contemporary romance, eBooks, excerpt, giveaway, Guest Post, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Vagary
Tagged A Holiday to Remember, blog hop, book excerpt, book release, contemporary romance, eBooks, giveaway, Jane Austen, Jennifer Redlarczyk, Pride and Prejudice, variation
33 Comments
The Taming of the Shrew’s Connection to “Pride and Prejudice and a Shakespearean Scholar” Excerpt + Giveaway
One of the main themes in my upcoming release of Pride and Prejudice and a Shakespearean Scholar: A Pride and Prejudice Vagary is the use William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew as a basis of the interaction between Darcy … Continue reading
Posted in Austen Authors, blog hop, book excerpts, book release, British history, drama, excerpt, film adaptations, Georgian Era, historical fiction, Jane Austen, Living in the Regency, marriage, Pride and Prejudice, Regency era, Regency romance, romance, Vagary
Tagged book excerpt, book release, compromised marriage, historical fiction, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Pride and Prejudice and a Shakespearean Scholar, Regency romance, Shakespeare, Taming of the Shrew, Vagary
25 Comments
How Is Pride & Prejudice & a Shakespearean Scholar Connected to Gorhambury House?
Several months back, I landed upon an idea that has become part of my latest Austen-inspired book. You see, there is this whole faction of people/experts who believe that Francis Bacon and others within Bacon’s circle wrote Shakespeare’s plays. And … Continue reading
Posted in Austen Authors, blog hop, book excerpts, book release, British history, drama, excerpt, Georgian England, historical fiction, Jane Austen, Living in the Regency, playwrights, Pride and Prejudice, publishing, reading habits, Vagary
Tagged book excerpt, book release, drama, Elizabethan England, giveaway, Gorhambury House, Hertfordshire, Pride and Prejudice, Pride and Prejudice and a Shakespearean Scholar, Sir Frances Bacon, Sir Nicholas Bacon, Vagary, variation
16 Comments
How Did an American Author of the 1840s Influenced “Pride and Prejudice and a Shakespearean Scholar” + a Giveaway
Born in Tallmadge, Ohio, in February of 1811, Delia Saltar Bacon was an American author who was among the first to purport what is known as the Baconian theory, which perpetuates the idea that Sir Francis Bacon and others were … Continue reading
Posted in Austen Authors, blog hop, book excerpts, book release, British history, buildings and structures, eBooks, Elizabethan drama, estates, Georgian England, Georgian Era, giveaway, historical fiction, history, Jane Austen, Living in the Regency, marriage, marriage customs, Pride and Prejudice, publishing, reading habits, real life tales, Regency era, Regency romance, research, Vagary
Tagged blog hop, book excerpt, book release, British history, eBooks, Elizabethan drama, estates, Francis Bacon, Gorhambury House, historical fiction, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Pride and Prejudice and a Shakespearean Scholar, Publishing, Regency romance, Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, Vagary
14 Comments
Proving Lines of Succession + Release of “The Earl Claims His Comfort”
Succession for a Peerage What happens to a peerage if the peer cannot be found or is presumed dead? What becomes of his wife? His children? This is a familiar plot in many Regency novels. I used it in the … Continue reading
Posted in Act of Parliament, Black Opal Books, blog hop, book excerpts, book release, British history, eBooks, estates, excerpt, family, Georgian England, historical fiction, Inheritance, primogenture, Regency era, Regency romance, research, romance, suspense
Tagged Act of Parliament, Angel Comes to the Devil's Keep, Black Opal Books, book release, British history, except, House of Lords, inheritance, Regency, romantic, succession, suspense, The Earl Claims His Comfort, the Twins' trilogy
