Historical Romance

Margaret Locke – Featured Beau Monde Author

Margaret Locke – Featured Beau Monde Author

Today’s featured Beau Monde author is Margaret Locke! A lover of romance novels since the age of ten (don’t tell her mom!), Margaret Locke declared as a teen she’d write romances when she was older. Once an adult, however, she figured she ought to be doing grownup things, not penning love stories. Thank goodness turning…

Janna MacGregor – Featured Beau Monde Author

Today’s featured Beau Monde author is Janna MacGregor! Thank you so much for allowing me this opportunity to introduce myself. I was born and raised in the bootheel of Missouri. I am delighted to announce that I’m a debut author with St. Martin’s Press. My first book in The Cavensham Heiresses series is The Bad…

Bliss Bennet – Featured Beau Monde Author

Bliss Bennet – Featured Beau Monde Author

Today’s featured Beau Monde author is Bliss Bennet! Bliss Bennet writes smart, edgy novels for readers who love history as much as they love romance. Despite being born and bred in New England, Bliss finds herself fascinated by the history of that country across the pond, particularly the politically-volatile period known as the English Regency….

Julie Daines – Featured Beau Monde Author

Julie Daines – Featured Beau Monde Author

Today’s featured Beau Monde author is Julie Daines! Julie Daines was born in Concord, Massachusetts, and was raised in Utah. She spent eighteen months living in London, where she studied and fell in love with English literature, sticky toffee pudding, and the mysterious guy who ran the kebab store around the corner. She returns to…

Suzan Lauder – Featured Beau Monde Author

Today’s featured Beau Monde author is Suzan Lauder! A love for Jane Austen’s novels and Regency and Austenesque romance novels inspired Suzan Lauder to write her own variations, which led her to a passion for Regency era history and costuming, as well as social media book marketing. She cherishes the many friends she’s made as…

September New Releases from Beau Monde Author

September New Releases from Beau Monde Author

September 2016 Releases Myretta Robens, Madeline Hunter, Caroline Linden and Megan Frampton Dressed to Kiss Anthology with Vine Street 2016 eBookTraditional Sensual (mild) True love never goes out of style… Once renowned for creating the most envied gowns in London, Madame Follette’s dressmaking shop has fallen far out of fashion. The approaching coronation of King…

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Julia Justiss – Featured Beau Monde Author

Today’s featured Beau Monde author is Julia Justiss! Award-winning historical romance author Julia Justiss has written more than twenty-five novels and novellas set in the English Regency. Her awards include the Golden Heart for Regency from Romance Writers of America, The Golden Quill, and finals in Romantic Times Magazine’s Best First Historical, the National Readers…

Wareeze Woodson – Featured Beau Monde Author

Wareeze Woodson – Featured Beau Monde Author

Today’s featured Beau Monde author is Wareeze Woodson! Wareeze Woodson, is a native of Texas and still lives in that great state. She writes period romance tangled with suspense. Years and years ago, she married her high school sweetheart. They raised four children and have eight grandchildren, and grandchildren are Grand. At the moment, all…

The 2016 Mini-Conference & Soirée

Each year on the day before National conference begins, many members of the Beau Monde chapter of RWA® gather for a day filled with Regency workshops and after the Literacy Signing they reconvene for our annual SoirĂ©e. This year’s gathering included breakfast and time to mingle and check-in for the conference, followed by the Annual…

Historical Romance and the English Country Home by Anna Bradley
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Historical Romance and the English Country Home by Anna Bradley

This post originally appeared on Anna Bradley‘s blog on November 23, 2014. Reposted with permission from the author. Historical Romance and the English Country Home Montisfont Abbey, Hampshire, England Rolling greens lawns, formal gardens and sultry conservatories—is it any wonder so many Regency romance novelists choose the English country house as the backdrop for their…