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Today, I'm sharing a fabulous Super Book Blast from Goddessfish Promotions: Discover all about  The Marble Duke by US author Dawn Ireland ! If you love historical romance, this Duke might be the one for you... Blurb: Known as The Marble Duke amongst the Ton, Garret Weston, the Duke of Kendal sets himself apart from his peers. Nothing will hinder his guilt-driven attempt to become a perfect duke.  Nothing that is, save the alluring and imaginative betrothed he’d thought dead. His intended believes- of all things -that she is a Vicar’s daughter. The “perfect” duke needs a “perfect” duchess, but how was he to discern her suitability? Employing her as a governess to his niece seemed like an ideal solution. But whose “suitability” is being tested? His betrothed refuses to see he is beyond redemption. And most grievous of all, she stirs his blood, making him forget what’s important.  Cara believes fairy tales really can come true, until she meets the unrelenting an...

Today, I'm hosting regency romance author  Hazel Statham on her successful blog tour promoting her latest release, For Love of Sarah . Hazel has offered some fabulous prizes - including jewellery! Tempted? Read on! But first of all, here's Hazel telling us who inspired her writing... Inspiring Authors of Regency Romance When I first started writing I was influenced by authors such as the Bronte sisters, Austen and Sabatini but when I read my first Regency Romance , Regency Buck by Georgette Heyer, I knew I had found my era.   Heyer has remained my main inspiration ever since and I am never more pleased than when my writing is likened to hers.   I love her wit and humour and the ability she has to bring the romance and elegance of the period alive to her readers.   However, Regency isn’t the only era she portrays and all her books are as historically correct as she can make them whether it be The Peninsular War or the Battle of Hastings, with only a few...

When Cathie asked me to kick off her “My Place” of guest blog posts, I was thrilled! I love sharing information about the setting for my Victorian historical, ‘The Arrival of Lily Curtis’ and where it all began. I write contemporary and historical but my historicals will always be set in the famous Georgian City of Bath because it is literally at my doorstep. I can go there as often as I want, when I want with little expense and a wealth of history at my fingertips. Let me tell you about ‘Lily’… My Place - Bath / Lucknam Park: The idea for the story all started when I was treated to afternoon tea at the beautiful stately home of Lucknam Park  in Colerne, one of the many surrounding villages outside Bath. As soon as my mum and I walked into this amazing house, I knew I had found the home of my next hero, who eventually became Viscount Andrew Westrop. We had a gorgeous tea of dainty sandwiches, cream cakes and tartlets while sitting in an immaculate late 17 th century drawing r...