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Rochester Cathedral and the Villages Surrounding It During the Regency Era and How They Fit Into My Writing Process

Posted on September 18, 2026 by Regina Jeffers

I wrote this post on New Year’s Eve 2025, with the idea I would need this information for the release of the 5th book in my Dragonblade mystery/romantic suspense series, which officially released 17 June 2026. Yes, I know that … Continue reading →

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Breaking Regency Myths: A Lesson for Beginning and “Season”ed Writers on What Could and Could Not Happen Regarding a Regency Era Marriage

Posted on September 16, 2026 by Regina Jeffers

I belong to a Facebook Group called Regency Kisses: Lady Catherine’s Salon. Many of those found on the group are authors of Regencies novels (but not necessarily authors of Jane Austen Fan Fiction novels). These are often people who have … Continue reading →

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Traitor Tuesday ~ Celebrating 250 Years of the United States as a Separate Nation: Samuel Huntington, Signer of the Declaration of Independence and First President of the United States

Posted on July 21, 2026 by Regina Jeffers

Samuel Huntington was a 45 years of age when he signed the Declaration of Independence. He was a lawyer by trade and the father of two. He died in 1796 at the age of 64.  Born on 3 July 1731, … Continue reading →

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Rochester, England, Part of the Plot Line for “Lyon on the Inside” from Dragonblade Publishing

Posted on July 1, 2026 by Regina Jeffers

I have set the latter part of my latest Dragonblade novel in and around Rochester, England. One of the characters introduced in the novel “Lyon on the Inside” is a Scottish “gentleman,” who is familiar to both Lord Macdonald Duncan … Continue reading →

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Coaching Inns Between London and Kent + the Upcoming Release of “Lyon on the Inside” from Dragonblade Publishing, Arriving 24 June 2026

Posted on May 25, 2026 by Regina Jeffers

In this last installment of my Lyon’s Den Connected World seires, Lady Freya Cunningham decides she will visit with her Aunt and Uncle Turner in Kent, while her friends are all at Thom Manor, a mere two miles away. To … Continue reading →

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What Might Be Served in a Regency Era Tearoom? + the Upcoming Release of “Lyon on the Inside” from Dragonblade Publishing, Arriving 24 June 2026

Posted on May 22, 2026 by Regina Jeffers

Lady Freya Cunningham, the heroine of book 5 in this series, “accidentally” encounters Lady Emma Orson (Richard’s wife), Miss Victoria Whitchurch (Benjamin Thompson’s betrothed), and Lady Annalise Beaufort (Navan’s wife) leaving Madame Emmeline’s modiste. The ladies ask Freya to accompany … Continue reading →

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Newgate, Marshalsea, Coldbath Fields and Fleet, Prisons in the Regency + the Upcoming Release of “Lyon on the Inside” from Dragonblade Publishing, Arriving 24 June 2026

Posted on May 15, 2026 by Regina Jeffers

The hero of Lyon on the Inside has a leg that has been twisted out of place and a scar on his face. For those of you new to the series, Lord Aaran Graham’s mother dropped him when he was … Continue reading →

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Traitor Tuesday: Celebrating 250 Years of the United States as a Separate Nation: Thomas Jefferson, the Signer Who Wrote the Declaration of Independence

Posted on April 21, 2026 by Regina Jeffers

Thomas Jefferson was a plantation owner, but also a lawyer and a scientist. He was only 33 years of age when he signed the Declaration of Independence. He was the father of 6 and lived to age 83, not leaving … Continue reading →

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Freemasonry in the Regency Era

Posted on April 13, 2026 by Regina Jeffers

The oldest document that makes reference to Masons is the Regius Poem, printed about 1390, which was a copy of an earlier work. In 1717, four lodges in London formed the first Grand Lodge of England, and records from that … Continue reading →

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Traitor Tuesday ~ Celebrating 250 Years of the United States as a Separate Nation: Stephen Hopkins, Surveyor, Astronomer, and Signer of the Declaration of Independence

Posted on March 10, 2026 by Regina Jeffers

Stephen Hopkins was 69 years of age when signed the Declaration of Independence. He had been married twice and had fathered seven children. He died in 1785 at the age of 78. Stephen Hopkins was born on 7 March 1707 in … Continue reading →

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