Well, I’m drowning in this deadline, but I have a fun contest going on over at the Dawn Halliday site! Go check it out at www.dawnhalliday.com. You could win an advance copy of A HIGHLANDER CHRISTMAS, an anthology containing one of Dawn’s stories that will be released in November.

I’ve been doing a lot of research and learning a lot about the medicine of the time (remember, pus is a good thing! They wanted to see lots of nice, healthy pus! LOL!). Once I have a moment, I can’t wait to post some of the other wild and crazy stuff I’m reading on the blog!

Until then, wish me luck. Must…finish…book……….

Oh man, it’s been a crazy week. I finished A SEASON OF SEDUCTION only to realize almost instantly that a big chunk out of the middle of the book needs to be rewritten! So I’m scrambling to get this done before the October deadline. It hasn’t been pretty around here!

In any case, I took a short break today to look at all the contest entries, in which you all took the time to send me some fabulous historical romance titles. Many I’ve already read (and yes, I loved all the ones you mentioned–authors like Loretta Chase, Elizabeth Hoyt, Julie Garwood, Laura Kinsale, Judith McNaught, Sarah McCarty, Diana Gabaldon all of whom I’ve glommed in the past. ) and titles like Outlander, Gone With the Wind, and Wuthering Heights. Many of the above titles/authors were listed more than once!

Some additions to the list:

The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie by Jennifer Ashley (I’m in the middle of this one right now! So good!)
Seduce Me at Sunrise by Lisa Kleypas
Shana by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
Ashes in the Wind by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
The Wolf and the Dove by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss (2 recommendations!)
A Rose at Midnight by Anne Stuart
Scandal by Carolyn Jewel.
Winter Garden by Adele Ashworth
Dreaming by Jill Barnett
Tender Is The Storm by Johanna Lindsey
A Kiss in the Dark by Kimberly Logan
Candle in the Window by Christina Dodd
The Heart’s Desire by Gayle Wilson
Dr Zhivago by Boris Pasternak (we have the movie and I love it, but I haven’t read the book!)
Rosamund by Bertrice Small
Skye O’Malley by Bertrice Small
The China Bride by Mary Jo Putney
A Knight In Shining Armour by Jude Deveraux (2 recommendations!)
The Velvet Promise by Jude Deveraux
anything by Hannah Howell
Kresley Cole’s MacCarrick Brothers Series (I actually have the first one at the top of my TBR!)
After Innocence by Brenda Joyce
The Fulfillment by LaVyrle Spencer
Night Fire and Rebel Bride by Catherine Coulter
Persuasion by Jane Austen (also on my list–I have 2 more Austen books to read and this is one of them)
Stormfire by Christine Monson (I looked this one up…wow! I don’t have the fortitude to read it now, but maybe someday! LOL!)
Cambridge Fellows series by Charlie Cochran
Lady Jane’s Ribbons by Sandra Heath
The Merry Widow Trilogy by Candice Hern
Rhett Butler’s People by Donald McCraig
Marry in Haste by Jane Aiken Hodge
The Wicked Ways of A True Hero by Barbara Metzger

Today’s winner, selected by random.org:

First Name: Bonnie

Last Name: F.

Email: bonnieferguson@r…

Congratulations, Bonnie! Please go to my contest page and select the two books you’d like. Then email me with your books and your snail mail address.

This week’s question is:
Name one of the authors Jennifer is currently reading and enjoying.
(Hint: check the the top ten lists at the bottom of the About Jennifer page.)

Please head on over to my contest page and enter! Have fun!

Hi, everyone! I’m over at Petit Fours and Hot Tamales today, and I’m giving away a copy of A HINT OF WICKED, so please come on over and say hi!

And now for the Fun Fridays Winner:

First Name: Jo

Last Name: W.

Email: nmjaw@y…

Congrats! Jo, please go to my contest page and select the two books you’d like. Then email me with your books and your snail mail address.

Thanks to all of you who entered! And–yay!–almost everyone had the right answer! Tristan is the hero who had dreams of traveling to Egypt when he was young.

Here is the question for this week:

What is your favorite historical romance or historical fiction book of all time?

You can also let me know why you loved it so much if you like (but this is not a requirement!). I’m looking for new books for my to-be-read pile!

So head over to my contest page and enter! Have fun!

Hi everyone! I’m over at Romantic Crush Book Junkies today! I’m talking about A Hint of Wicked and its sequels, where I get ideas for my books, and lots more! I’m also giving away a copy of A Hint of Wicked to one responder. Please come stop by and say hi!

http://romanticcrushjunkies.blogspot.com/

Today’s winner, selected by random.org:

First Name: Pam

Last Name: P.

Email: pambook@o…

Congratulations, Pam! Please go to my contest page and select the two books you’d like. Then email me with your books and your snail mail address.

Thanks to everyone who entered! The answer to the question “Who is Jennifer’s alter-ego and what is her current release?” is “Dawn Halliday and Highland Obsession.” Just about everyone got it right!

This week’s question is:
Which character in A HINT OF WICKED dreamed about visiting Egypt when he was younger?
(Hint: read the excerpt of A HINT OF WICKED)

So head on over to my contest page and enter! Have fun!

I’m blogging over at Grand Central Cafe about the end of summer today! What’s going to be most memorable to you about this summer?

Please come on over and say hi.
http://grandcentralcafe.blogspot.com/

Today’s winner, selected by random.org:

First Name: Brenda

Last Name: R.

Email: dancealert@a…

Congratulations, Brenda! Please go to my contest page and select the two books you’d like. Then email me with your books and your snail mail address.

Thanks to EVERYONE who entered! Of course, the two most common answers to the question “A TOUCH OF SCANDAL features one of the heroes from A HINT OF WICKED as its hero. What is his name?” were “Tristan” and “Garrett.” I’m not going to tell you which one is right!

This week’s question is:
What is the name of Jennifer’s alter-ego, and what is the title of her current release?
(Hint: check the blog archives, the answer is found in August 14th’s post…)

So head on over to my contest page and enter! Have fun!

I’m researching the eating habits of the 1820′s. It’s easy to find massive amounts of information on breakfasts and social dinners, but lunch seems to be the ignored meal, and I think I’m figuring out why. It’s because lunch is for ladies! Its purpose is to provide a light meal. Heh…here’s a description of this “light” meal:

London persons breakfast at nine, ten, eleven, and even twelve o’clock and dine at eight or nine. Between these meals comes the luncheon composed generally of cold meats such as pates, fowls, pheasants, partridges, ham, beef, veal, brawn, and generally whatever is left fit to be introduced, part of which is to be placed on a side table. On the table is to be served a little hashed fowl and some mutton cutlets broiled plainly with mashed potatoes. The repast itself is insignificant…

Insignificant? LOL! I love it…

But, you see, real men don’t eat lunch! The true purpose of lunch is to give the ladies something to eat so that they’re not so hungry at dinner they make piggies of themselves:

[Luncheon] is only taken by certain young ladies who wish to preserve the elegance of their figures, the beauty of their complexions, and above all the becoming manners of good society which interdict as vulgar eating at table like gluttons. For unless frequent meals are taken too much must be eaten at once.

So there you go. Lunch was invented so ladies could pretend to eat like birds and hence carry forth the image of being elegant and beautiful (basically, so that nobody would see them truly eat with a healthy appetite…).

Sigh.

FROM: THE FRENCH COOK, A SYSTEM OF FASHIONABLE AND ECONOMICAL COOKERY ADAPTED TO THE USE OF ENGLISH FAMILIES By Louis Eustache Ude, 1829