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Not a Ladies' Man

It's always fun when writing a hero to decide his characteristics - for all my top ten essentials on what he needs to have, the variation...

My Lady Original - top 10 Christmas and a special offer!

My Lady Original is out this month and is on the top 10 list of Christmas books at Romance.au: https://www.romance.com.au/10-books-to-add...

Sexism in a tweed jacket: Romance matters

The late great Barbara Cartland had no doubt what to think of people who called her romantic novels trashy, ridiculous or unrealistic. ...

A realistic Prince Charming? My Lady Original

To make my day, My Lady Original is coming out with Escape publishing in December! Woooooo! This is always the good bit, and I had a...

Why I just can't make my British heroes too "traditional"...and an offer to US readers

Look up the HarperCollins 360 promotion 'Backlist Gems' and discover the joys of energetic fake governesses, stiff-necked stroppy...

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...

What every hero needs to have: top 10 attributes

There are hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of romances in the world, some more convincing than others. This means hundreds of...

Back again!

I'm mortified - it's been five months since I last posted anything. Five! This is terrible. It's also been down to the perfect storm:...

Mystery medieval romance chez Elise!

I live in an old house. It’s 500 years old, it leans all over the place, and it still has the original Tudor bread oven working. It’s a...

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...