February 2013 - The Beau Monde

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February 2013
In this issue:
From the Editor’s Desk
February 2013 Print Releases
Article: No Bon-Bons for Prinny! – Kathryn Kane, Kalligraph
New in Ebook for February 2013
Article: 200 Hundred Years of Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice – Terey Ramin
Still Available in Print
Still Available in Ebook
Coming in March 2013
From the Editor’s Desk, February 2013
Many of us enjoy eating chocolate truffles, and other chocolate treats. In Kathryn Kane’s article,
No Bon-Bons for Prinny!, you will learn why those who lived during the Regency were not able
to enjoy these delicacies.
The bicentennial of the publication of Pride and Prejudice
occurred on January 28th. Terey Ramin covers the relevance of
the book today in her article, 200 Hundred Years of Jane
Austen’s Pride & Prejudice.
The Regency Reader has a new logo this month. I would like to
thank Gwendolyn Diaz for volunteering her time in creating the
logo for the newsletter.
This month’s book shopping list is available at the link below:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheRegencyReader/files/
The shopping list is also included as a .doc file attachment with the newsletter at the suggestion
of one of our readers.
Please feel free to send your Letters To The Editor to [email protected]. I will do
my best to address them as quickly as possible.
—Cynthia Young
Editor
Email: [email protected]
February Print Releases
Ann Lethbridge
HAUNTED BY THE EARL'S TOUCH
Harlequin Historicals
Regency Historical
Orphan Mary Wilder's hopes of a place at Beresford Abbey are dashed by the
enigmatic earl, Bane Beresford. He is as remote as the ghosts that supposedly
haunt the Abbey....
Occasionally she sees a different, more caring man behind the facade, so is she
foolish to long for a happy home...a family?
http://www.annlethbridge.com
http://www.regencyramble.blogspot.com
@annlethbridge
AnnLethbridgeAuthor
February 2013
Tracey Devlyn
CHECKMATE, MY LORD
Sourcebooks, ISBN: 978-1402258251
Regency-set Historical Suspense
A desperate mother falls in love with the spymaster she’s forced to betray.
“Devlyn’s seamless writing will entice readers and keep them eager for the next
installment.” ~ Publishers Weekly, STARRED review
http://traceydevlyn.com
https://twitter.com/TraceyDevlyn
https://www.facebook.com/AuthorTraceyDevlyn
Also available in all e-formats
February 2013
Michelle Willingham
UNDONE BY THE DUKE
Montlake Romance, ISBN 978-1611098839
Regency Historical
Victoria has a secret... Reclusive designer Victoria Andrews hasn't gone outside
in five years, though she yearns to escape the prison of her house. She designs
sensual lingerie for the most exclusive dressmaker in London, although she has
never known a man's touch.
A Duke in disguise... Wounded and stranded in Scotland, Jonathan Nottoway, the Duke of
Worthingstone, is avoiding the murderous scandal that darkened his family name. As his wounds
heal, he spends several sensual nights with the beautiful seamstress who knows nothing of his
true identity.
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A passionate awakening Can a woman trapped by her emotional scars be able to love a duke,
when it means abandoning her safe world to embrace the life of a duchess?
www.michellewillingham.com
www.twitter.com/michellewilling www.facebook.com/michellewillinghamfans
Also available in e-book (Kindle) format.
February 12, 2013
No Bon-Bons for Prinny! — Kathryn Kane, Kalligraph
And no strawberries dipped in chocolate, no truffles, no chocolate-covered cherries, no turtles,
no cashew clusters or orange creams, not even a plain chocolate bar. No chocolate for Prinny!
Poor Prinny! Had he been bad? Well, yes, he often was, but that is not why he was denied the
enjoyment of these delectable treats. No one else who lived during the Regency would have ever
sampled such delights either, because they did not exist. The usual way that a denizen of the
Regency era would have enjoyed chocolate was by drinking it, usually with their breakfast.
There were a few chocolate confections available during the Regency, but these treats were
either cakes or puddings, since both heat and fluid were necessary to make palatable the
chocolate solids which were available in the early nineteenth century. Occasionally, some people
did eat the hard, gritty chocolate “tablets” which were sold for making drinking chocolate, but it
would have been like eating a hard cookie made of chocolate sand. Few did it more than once.
The smooth, luscious "eating" chocolate, as we in the 21st century know it, was not developed
until the Victorian era.
Chocolate, originally a cold drink popular with the Olmecs, the Maya and the Aztecs, came to
England by way of Spain and Portugal, where it had become a hot drink. The first chocolate
house opened in London in the mid-seventeenth century. The grinding of cocoa beans was a
labor-intensive process that was partially mechanized in England during the Industrial
Revolution so that chocolate could be made more widely available, at a more reasonable price.
But even this product was still hard and gritty, and could only be made edible when it was
dissolved in hot water or milk.
The first step toward modern-day eating chocolate came in 1828, when the Dutch chemist,
Coenraad Van Houten, invented the cocoa press. The press made cocoa powder possible by
squeezing out the cocoa butter from the beans. Then the pressed beans were finely ground to
make cocoa powder similar to that which we use today. This cocoa powder was less expensive to
produce and of a consistent quality. But the real breakthrough came in 1879, when Rodolphe
Lindt invented the Conching machine. This machine made it possible to finally eliminate the
grittiness of the ground cocoa bean and to fully blend the powder with the cocoa butter and milk
to produce the smooth, melt-in-your-mouth, rich confection that many of us know and love.
The glorious chocolate delicacies which we enjoy today were not available until well into the
reign of Prinny’s niece, Victoria. So do not expect to find an historically accurate Regency
romance filled with characters enjoying chocolates at an afternoon tea, as part of the
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refreshments at a ball or as a gift from a besotted suitor. A knowledgeable Regency author may
well enjoy chocolates herself, but she dare not share them with her Regency characters without
doing violence to the history of chocolate.
© 2008 - 2013 Kathryn Kane, Kalligraph
Originally posted at The Regency Redingote <http://regencyredingote.wordpress.com>
Published in The Regency Reader by permission of the author.
New in Ebook
Kadee McDonald
AN ARRANGED VALENTINE
Aurora Regency (an imprint of Musa Publishing)
Traditional Regency Novella
In the coldest days of February, can St. Valentine create enough heat to melt
two hearts into one?
Miss Penelope Braxton has never met either sensible George Harburton or his
dashing younger brother, Henry, but she agrees to grant her dying father peace
of mind by considering marriage to one of them.
The advantage of the match for the brothers is evident in the form of Miss Braxton’s substantial
dowry. But her money takes second place when both George and Henry realize the extent of
Penelope’s courage, wit, and devotion.
Will either gentleman be able to compose the perfect poetry to win Penelope’s heart?
www.MusaPublishing.com (Category: Aurora Regency)
www.KadeeMcDonald.com
http://www.auroraregency.blogspot.com
@KadeeMcDonald
Facebook: Kadee McDonald author
February 8, 2013
Ava Stone
HEROES RETURNED TRILOGY
Night Shift Publishing, 9781301560349
Regency Historical
Three officers return to England following the Napoleonic Wars. This is a
compilation of three books. MY FAVORITE MAJOR - More than just his
honor urges Major Philip Moore to protect a pretty damsel in distress from the
wicked intentions of the girl's villainous ex-fiance. THE ENGLISH
LIEUTENANT'S LADY - Lieutenant Tristan Avery returns home from war and promptly falls
in love with his brother's fiancee. Now he's caught between his love and his honor. TO CATCH
A CAPTAIN - Rakish Captain Russell Avery thinks he's found the perfect distraction to keep his
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mind off his recent troubles. Unfortunately, the maid in question is more than he bargained for.
http://www.avastoneauthor.com/
http://www.ladyscribes.blogspot.com/
https://twitter.com/Ava_Stone
http://www.facebook.com/AvaStoneAuthor
Available at Amazon, B&N, iBooks
February 2013
Claudia Dain, Michelle Marcos, Deb Marlowe, Ava Stone
AN ENCOUNTER AT THE MUSEUM
Night Shift Publishing
Regency Historical Anthology
In CLAUDIA DAIN’s A Chance Encounter - Jamie Caversham is a bastard,
quite literally. He is bound for Canada and a new life after one last visit to the
British Museum . . . where he meets Elizabeth Ardenzy. Elizabeth is betrothed
(nearly), her life planned to perfection by her father. Unless a bastard convinces
her to run away to Canada first.
In MICHELLE MARCOS’s Bad Luck Encounter - Anyone would think that a bookish spinster
with bad eyesight has had her share of bad luck. But when "accidents" begin to happen just as
her younger sister is trying to find a husband, Isha Elmwood spots the perpetrator: Mr. Bad Luck
himself. Trouble is, she's the only one who can see him. Isha must find a way to put a stop to
this handsome knave without subjecting herself to the worst luck of all: losing her heart.
In DEB MARLOWE’s An Unexpected Encounter - Tall, practical girls might not be worth much
in a man's world, but Miss Lisbeth Moreton knows she's worth more than the squire's prized
heifer. To change her fate, she's run off to a date with destiny at the British Museum. Her
would-be swain never shows, but an unexpected encounter with Lord Cotwell and his lonely
ward might lead to altogether new prospects . . . and perhaps to love.
In AVA STONE’s Encounter with an Adventurer - Lucinda Potts would do just about anything
to get out of her brother's home and out from under her hateful sister-in-law's thumb. After an
encounter with the gadabout and notorious Lord Brookfield, Lucy is more determined than ever
to escape London for a life of adventure. Unfortunately, the his lordship seems just as determined
to stand firmly in her way.
http://www.claudiadain.com
http://www.michellemarcos.com
http://www.debmarlowe.com
http://avastoneauthor.com
Available at Amazon, B&N, iBooks
February 2013
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Regina Scott
A DANGEROUS DALLIANCE
Traditional Regency
When art teacher Hannah Alexander agrees to accompany four of her students
on a country house visit before Easter, she never dreams of entering into a
dalliance with the owner, David Tenant, the handsome new Earl of Brentfield.
But one moment in David's company, and she's in danger of losing her heart.
And as events unfold at Brentfield, Hannah quickly learns that loving David
comes at a price, to her future plans of being a portrait painter, to her
position as a teacher, and to her very life. A clean romance set in the
Regency, with a touch of romantic suspense.
www.reginascott.com
www.nineteenteen.blogspot.com
www.facebook.com/authorreginascott
Available at Smashwords, Amazon, and Barnes and Noble
February 2013
Victoria Hinshaw
MISS PARKER’S PONIES
Traditional Regency
Miss Caroline Parker must find a husband with a substantial fortune. Captain
Thomas Ogden needs a mate with a large inheritance. Caroline’s aunt provides
a list of Eligibles: men with handsome incomes. Thomas’s mama has a list of
Suitables: rich young ladies ripe for marriage. When they discover their mutual
pursuit, Tom and Caro pledge to help find each other the right match.
But as the London Season whirls, they find a multitude of complaints about each candidate for
the other’s hand. They discover a shocking fact: neither can bear to lose the other...love has
caught them unawares.
www.victoriahinshaw.com
www.onelondonone.blogspot.com
@summitwahl
www.tinyurl.com/azlgald
e-book release of a Zebra 2002 novel
February 2013
Regan Walker
THE SHAMROCK & THE ROSE (short story)
Boroughs Publishing Group
Regency Historical
Set in London in 1818, it's the story of Rose Collingwood, daughter of a baron,
who wanted to play Portia in The Merchant of Venice. To accept the part at the
Theatre-Royal at Hay-Market, the very proper young lady assumed the disguise
of Miss Lily Underwood, the actress. Who knew all of London would soon be at
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her feet sending her love notes? One such Valentine goes awry only to be found by the dashing
Irish barrister, Morgan O'Connell. Though he would have seduced the actress, Morgan must
court the lady. Given three choices much like Portia's suitors, can she resist the handsome Irish
rogue?
http://www.reganwalkerauthor.com/
http://reganromancereview.blogspot.com/
https://twitter.com/RegansReview
http://www.facebook.com/regan.walker.104
February 2013
Suzi Love
EMBRACING SCANDAL
Crimson Romance - ISBN 1440560498 (ISBN13: 9781440560491)
Regency Historical
After Lady Rebecca Jamison, a mathematical genius, saves her family from
financial ruin by secretly investing in railway stocks on the London stock
exchange, a greedy syndicate, desperate for Becca’s calculations and
predictions, murders her friend and threatens the Jamison family, forcing Becca
to beg assistance from her childhood friend, Cayle St. Martin.
The newly titled Duke of Sherwyn has returned to London after five years on the continent
extending his family’s shipping interests. He’s shunned his privileged London life and his
father’s unbending attitudes, and becomes committed to employing the spying tactics he learned
on the continent to help Becca indict the syndicate—and using his skills as a lover to seduce her
into his bed.
But how will Cayle be able to convince Becca, a determinedly self-sufficient spinster, that he
can be more to her than just a protector?
http://www.suzilove.com
Twitter: suzilove
Facebook: Suzi Love Author
February 18, 2013
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200 Hundred Years of Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice — Terese Ramin
Jane Austen (1775 – 1817) painted by Cassandra Austen
January 28th marked the two hundredth anniversary of the publication of
one of the world’s most beloved books: Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.
The story of Elizabeth Bennet, her family, their trials and tribulations, and
her romance with Mr. Darcy is one that translates the world over,
regardless of culture or era. It is as much about the search for self as it is
about class and culture, money, matchmaking and marriage, reminding us
that discovering “who we are” takes place as much amid the day-to-day of
small talk and petty circumstance as it does in the hunt for adventure or folly.
“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must
be in want of a wife.
However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a
neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is
considered the rightful property of
some one or other of their
daughters.”
A variety of Pride and Prejudice cover
images
With the book’s opening lines we
are swept into Mrs. Bennet’s hunt
for suitable life partners for Lizzie
and her sisters, caught up in the sly
and often misguided search for
romance and happily ever after to
which the Bennet sisters succumb.
We are also made abundantly aware that the man in question is as of little consequence as his
views on the subject of matrimony as long as he is well fixed and able to provide — and likely to
eventually succumb to the machinations of matchmaking mamas.
“In her own past behaviour, there was a constant source of vexation and regret; and in the
unhappy defects of her family, a subject of yet heavier chagrin. They were hopeless of remedy.
Her father, contented with laughing at them, would never exert himself to restrain the wild
giddiness of his youngest daughters; and her mother, with manners so far from right herself, was
entirely insensible of the evil. Elizabeth had frequently united with Jane in an endeavour to check
the imprudence of Catherine and Lydia; but while they were supported by their mother's
indulgence, what chance could there be of improvement? Catherine, weak-spirited, irritable, and
completely under Lydia's guidance, had been always affronted by their advice; and Lydia, selfwilled and careless, would scarcely give them a hearing. They were ignorant, idle, and vain.
While there was an officer in Meryton, they would flirt with him; and while Meryton was within a
walk of Longbourn, they would be going there forever.”
In short, P&P is about everything we still go through today: the search for happiness and love;
the desire to make not only a palatable but joyful future; the realization that both who we are,
where we come from, and how we go on can aid or impede the successful progress of our lives.
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Pride and Prejudice has been filmed more than once for both movies and television, including an
India-set musical that I love. It has been translated into hundreds of languages and reached
millions of readers.
Like much of Austen’s work, Pride and Prejudice has been reinterpreted numerous times, in a
variety of venues, including the zombified version, “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.”
By far my favorite interpretation of any of Austen’s works is the absolutely brilliant Tooth &
Claw by Jo Walton, which does Sense and Sensibility using dragons.
Terese Ramin is the author of ten contemporary romances, the creative force behind the
charitable collaboration Bewitched, Bothered & BeVampyred, and numerous shorts. Her work is
newly digitized and available via Amazon.com and Barnesandnoble.com. She is in the process of
completing her first Regency set historical romance (among other things.)
Still Available in Print:
Cheryl Ann Smith
A CONVENIENT BRIDE
Berkley Sensation, 978-0-425-26065-4
Regency Historical
www.cherylannsmith.com
December 31, 2012
Ann Lethbridge
In CASTONBURY PARK: LADIES OF
DISREPUTE: #4 Lady of Shame
HQN 978-0373777945
http://www.annlethbridge.com
January 2013
Mary Moore
BEAUTY IN DISGUISE
Love Inspired Historical, 9780373829491
Regency Inspirational
www.marymooreauthor.com
January 2013
Stefanie Sloane
THE SCOUNDREL TAKES A BRIDE
Ballantine, 0345531159
Regency Historical
http://www.stefaniesloane.com
January 2013
Still available in ebook:
Wendy Vella
THE RELUCTANT COUNTESS
Random House-Loveswept
http://www.wendyvella.com/
January 2013
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Kadee McDonald
MARISA’S CHOICE
Aurora Regency
Traditional Regency
www.KadeeMcDonald.com
January 11, 2013
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Valerie Bowman
A SECRET PROPOSAL (book 1.5 in the
Secret Brides series)
St. Martin's Press
Regency
http://www.ValerieBowmanBooks.com
January 2013
Bess Gilmartin
CONVINCE ME
Sexy Regency novella
http://www.bessgilmartin.com
December 2012
Victoria Hinshaw
THE FONTAINEBLEAU FAN
Traditional Regency
e-book release of a Zebra 2002 novel
www.victoriahinshaw.com
December 2012
Victoria Hinshaw
THE ELIGIBLE MISS ELLIOTT
Traditional Regency
e-book release of a Zebra 2003 novel
www.victoriahinshaw.com
December 2012
Susana Ellis
TREASURING THERESA
Ellora's Cave
9781419944093
Traditional Regency
http://www.susanaellis.com
January 2013
Coming in March 2013
Ashlyn Macnamara
A MOST SCANDALOUS PROPOSAL
Ballantine,10: 0345534743,13: 9780345534743
Regency Historical
http://ashlynmacnamara.net
February. 26, 2013
Sally MacKenzie
SURPRISING LORD JACK
Kensington Zebra, ISBN-13: 978-1-42012322-7
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www.sallymackenzie.net
March 2013
Alyssa Everett
LORD OF SECRETS
Carina Press, B00APEYANY
Regency Historical
http://alyssaeverett.com
March 2013
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Sabrina Jeffries
BY LOVE UNVEILED
Pocket Books ISBN 978-1-4516-9838-1
Regency Historical
www.sabrinajeffries.com
March 2013
Regina Scott
THE HEIRESS'S HOMECOMING
Love Inspired Historical, ISBN 978-0-37382956-9
Inspirational Regency
www.reginascott.com
March 2013
Regan Walker
AGAINST THE WIND
Boroughs Publishing Group
Regency Historical
http://www.reganwalkerauthor.com/
March 2013
Shana Galen
IF YOU GIVE A RAKE A RUBY
Sourcebooks Casablanca, 9781402269769
Regency Historical
shanagalen.com
March 2013
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