As I say in My Reading, as soon as I discovered Georgette Heyer, I was captivated.
It had never occurred to me, however, that anyone else wrote them until I was in WH Smiths one day and saw a large
display of Mills&Boon Historicals.
"I know a lot about that era", I thought, and by the time I got home a plot was shaping in my head. But oh, the research! Days and days on the Internet. Scrupulous checking of language and fabrics and furnishings and maps and etiquette.
I ended up with a book that - even though I say it myself - Georgette Heyer might not have thought too shabby. Sadly, I couldn't discover anyone who was taking comedy-of-manners-with-a-whiff-of-adventure Regencies, so The Kydd Inheritance, Fair Deception and Fortunate Wager (sequels set in Newmarket, my nearest town and Very Big in Regency sporting circles) remained unsold on my computer.
UNTIL NOW!!!
I'm delighted to announce that Robert Hale Ltd have taken Fair Deception!! No publishing date yet, but do read the first chapter below and whet your appetite. (I'm working on them to take the others...)