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A Fine (Georgian) Showmance...and its very embarrassing end

Every so often in the UK, with it being a monarchy, there comes the madness of a royal wedding and the increasingly insane media circus...

Beautiful castle, not a love story

It’s a beautiful day here, and a perfect one to go somewhere just as beautiful, famous for its great romance. Behold the splendour of...

True Romance: Lord March

Who says that love at first sight doesn't exist? And who says that historical tales of aristocrats falling madly in love forever are...

She would NEVER have done that!

When reading historical novels, it is all too easy to point the finger at the wilder heroines and declare, “She would NEVER have done...

Top places for *that* kiss...when you're normal

On top of the Empire State Building. On an obscure beach in Kiribati. In the gardens of a palace you will never be allowed into. You...

She married beneath her: a Tale of Two Marriages

When reading historical fiction, it isn’t uncommon to have a man marrying someone ‘beneath him’ – witness Mr Darcy, who for all...

How Far is too Far? - the Domineering Hero

When the celebrated Georgette Heyer discussed her heroes, she was clear that she deliberately put them into two categories, effectively...

For the love of a Redhead

It isn't a truth universally acknowledged, perhaps, but it still is one: while the redheaded heroine is always in vogue, romance novels...