Many congratulations to Colleen, who has won my February website contest, and a copy of Lord Greville’s Captive and the book of Edwardian paper dolls. Another big congratulations to Sue, whose name was drawn from the hat this morning to win the blog contest! Thank you to everyone who entered both contests. I had such [...]
Today is Leap Day and I’d like to wish a very Happy Birthday to all those born on 29th February! I hope you have a very special day. I’d also like to congratulate everyone who is taking this opportunity to propose. Good luck and best wishes for the future! Tomorrow, 1st March, is World Book Day. So [...]
Last week I was on my travels again, this time to Suffolk and to the wonderful Seckford Hall Hotel. If Seckford Hall had been designed with a historical romance writer in mind it could not be more perfect. There is everything here – a Tudor manor house with a fascinating history, wonderful rooms that retain so much [...]
Last weekend we visited Minster Lovell Hall. It was a very hot day and we walked through the watermeadows to the dovecote as well as exploring the ruins of the 15th century manor house. It was several years since I had visited and I always love a romantic ruin. I used Minster Lovell as the [...]
Happy Midsummer Day – or Midwinter Day if you in the Southern Hemisphere! I’ve had a busy time launching the UK edition of Whisper of Scandal (here I am at the Witney Book Festival on Sunday, where I was talking about Writing the Historical Romance) but now all my promotional events are over and thanks to the lovely people [...]
I’ve had such fun with the most recent blog contest answers – thank you all for sharing stories of the many and various prizes you have won. Special kudos to Maxine for her knot-tying prize, but the winner is Jennifer L for her prize awarded for care of a sheep. Congratulations, Jennifer! The Word Wench [...]
It’s winners day here on the blog! Congratulations to Earlene, who has won my November Website Contest of a set of the Brides of Fortune trilogy and another set to send as a gift. Don’t miss the December contest – there’s more Brides of Fortune books up for grabs plus a copy of Laurel McKee’s fabulous [...]
Today is UK publication day for The Heart of Christmas anthology! Not just that, but I hear that the book is also available in Australia under the title of A Regency Christmas. Thank you to reader Jennifer for letting me know! And in Holland the Dutch translation of The Undoing of a Lady has been [...]
It’s Friday, which means it’s winners day! Congratulations to Pamala, who has won the October Website Contest and a basket of books including a couple of my backlist and titles by Anne Gracie, Miranda Neville and Cara Elliot! Don’t miss this month’s contest to win a set of the Brides of Fortune trilogy for you [...]
Today on the Word Wenches blog Jo Beverley, doyenne of historical romance authors, is interviewing me about the Arctic background to Whisper of Scandal. Here is a taster: “Nicola, Whisper of Scandal is a lovely book, but also unusual. The phrase “Joanna and Alex travel to the Arctic” certainly isn’t run-of-the-mill Regency. I read on [...]