This is my first post at Romancing the Past and I want to thank my fellow Carina Press historical authors for letting me hang out here. I...

Eliza Knight -- Courtesy of Katherine Brandon. Picture taken by a 19th Century bridge in Eliza's village. This is my very first po...

Letting one's imagination run completely wild becomes slightly more complicated when you're writing historical. How far can you abus...

by Susanna Ives Several years ago, I agreed to help the Regency expert extraordinaire Nancy Mayer start her Regency Researcher web site. Li...

I started Always a Princess in the 1990s with the germ of an idea…what if two people met at a gala London ball, both planning to steal the s...

Back in March I blogged about my ten favorite historical romances . This month, as a little change of pace, I’m going to talk about some fa...

From the Oxford English Dictionary: Chav: Pronunciation: Brit. /tʃav/ , U.S. /tʃæv/ Etymology: Probably either < Romani čhavo unmarried...

As novelists we strive to add a touch of realism to our purple prose, especially when we're writing about centuries past and want to cr...

I've always read. A lot. Even at school, I'd average about 2 books a week (except at exams time) and these days there's just so ...

I took the photo at a local bookstore. Like so many others, time and change took its toll on the bookstore.  Take a good look at this pho...

You've all heard about Jeannie Lin's awesome idea of Romance Trading Cards by now, haven't ya?  If not, check out the great R...

I love historical romances, especially the sorts of stories in which the high-and-mighty English lord of the manor finally meets his match ...

My new Regency historical romance, A Marriage of Inconvenience , releases this coming Monday, April 11. It's something of a Cinderella ...

Whatever the era with historical heterosexual fiction, once the hero and heroine have been through the required conflict, warred with their ...