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Happy Launch Day to HER WILD IRISH ROGUE!
On October 16, 2018, my newest Regency romance, HER WILD IRISH ROGUE, became available for sale! It’s an exciting milestone in the creation of any book. HER WILD IRISH ROGUE is part of the “A Legend To Love” series, 11 books written by a wonderful group of historical romance writers. We all got together to write Regency romance novels in which the main character (or characters) are based on legendary heroes and heroines. In these books, you’ll meet Tristan and Isolde, Odysseus and Penelope, Pygmalion and Galatea, Mulan, Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Dracula, and Beowulf, in addition to my legendary couple, Cuchulainn and Emer. All of these legends have been…
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Sullivan and Dickens
One man was a mere 20-year-old, a musician and composer of modest origins. The other, at 60, was one of the most celebrated writers of his time. Yet it’s not surprising that young Arthur Sullivan could count Charles Dickens as a friend. Sullivan has been called a “born courtier,” so charming and delightful to be with that he could make friends with anyone. And his friendships with influential people over the years boosted his career amazingly – from his violin-playing friend Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, to the composer Rossini, to famous soprano Jenny Lind (the Swedish Nightingale). Even Queen Victoria admired him; she conferred a knighthood upon him in 1883…
