80 years ago when a young Georgette Heyer sat down to write her first, and arguably the world’s first, Regency Romance: Regency Buck I like to think she knew exactly what she was doing. Anyone who puts as much attention to detail …
Review: Playing By The Greek’s Rules by Sarah Morgan
When I was deciding what to kick off Romance Fiction February off with, a really brilliant Mills & Boon was the only logical choice. That’s because whenever I’m in the mood for sheer, unadulterated romance fiction only a Mills & Boon will …
The Female Scriblerian’s Romance Fiction February
Hi everyone and happy February to you all! Since February is officially the month of Love I couldn’t resist running a series called ‘The Female Scriblerian’s Romance Fiction February’ or RFF for short! Basically, it’s an excuse for me to …
Re-Reading Books: An Ode to Friday’s Child by Georgette Heyer
Friday’s Child by Georgette Heyer is, without a doubt, my favourite book. I’ve re-read it so many times that I can nearly quote it and yet it never fails to make my laugh out loud or feel warm and fuzzy …
Review: Butterflies in November by Arđur Ava Ólafsdóttir
Once, coming back from a university conference in Dublin, my friends and I got chatting to one of the other attendees about what he was writing his PhD on. He answered Picaresque novels and we all nodded sagely and said it …
Hello 2015…Hello Blogosphere!
Happy New Year! January in the blogging world seems to be filled with mission statements and renewed resolutions, or so it seems. I think we all like to take the chance once a year to reassess what we want …