Love is worth the risk
Highlighting facts behind Historical Romance with Hallie Alexander and her Widow’s Guide to Scandal. A broken ankle in the 18th Century requiring the patient to stay abed for 6-8 weeks was inconvenient at best, unless the accident causing the fracture occurred at the home of your love interest. That’s what happened to the hero in […]
Highlighting Historical Romance with Eleanor Webster and the secret life of Dr. James Barry Sir, It has been stated to me that Inspector-General Dr James Barry, who died at 14 Margaret Street on 25 July 1865, was after his death found to be female. This was included in a letter sent by the British General […]
Highlighting Historical Romance with Michael Scott who uncovers Weeksville a little known part of African American History. I’m continually amazed how I as a Brooklyn-bred native New Yorker lived so ignorantly of all the history around me. Case in point: the free-Black community of Weeksville. When I pastored in Bedford-Stuyvesant almost thirty years ago I […]
Highlighting Historical Romance with Tabetha Waite who shares thoughts on mental illness in the Regency period I have loved writing every single book of the Season of the Spinster series, this one set in autumn, but I’ve heard many of my readers tell me that this is their favorite book thus far. Most people are […]
Highlighting Historical Romance with Cathleen Ross who mixes psychic elements in Scottish historical fiction. When I was doing my research for Highlander Romances, I came across a fascinating blog post about The Brahan Seer, or Coinneach Odhar who is famous in Scotland for predicting the future. Apparently, the Scottish had a different view about seers […]