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Top 10 Favorite Clean Masquerade/Mistaken Identity Theme Reg Roms

One of my favorite Regency plots is the masquerade or mistaken identity.  I have compiled a list of ten favorite clean (kisses only) masquerade/mistaken identity themed Regency Romances for your wish...

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Regency Words: Quiz

  Grose’s Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 1823 The term quiz didn’t start appearing in cant dictionaries until the 19th century. I found the usage of quiz to mean an odd fellow in a Maria...

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Georgette Heyer: Bath Tangle

The Earl of Spenborough has always been noted for his eccentricity. Leaving a widow younger than his own daughter Serena is one thing, but quite another is leaving Serena’s fortune to the trusteeship...

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Regency Reader Question: Turnip as an Insult

Regency Reader Question In Georgette Heyer’s novel, “The Grand Sophy”, the heroine goes to a backstreet, crooked moneylender, Goldhanger by name, and recovers Hubert’s pledge Continue →

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Regency Reader Questions: Corinthian and Heyerism

Regency Reader Question I began to wonder about the term Corinthian as described in Georgette Heyer’s books. It seems to have become a part of Continue →

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Top 10: Kisses Only Regency Mysteries

thereader Hi!! I’m looking for mystery books set in the Regency Era with clean romance…. Any recs? Thanks! Thanks for the inspiration for another top Continue →

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Regency Reader Questions: Maudling Your Insides with Tea

Moniker/Name noagnes Source of Question Just curious Your Question What is the context of the phrase “to maudle one’s insides with tea”? I can understand Continue →

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Regency Reader Questions: Eel-Backed

Just re-read Heyer’s _Cotillion_ and twice it uses the idiom “eel-backed”–can’t find that anywhere, does anyone have a notion what is meant? Thanks for the Continue →

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