Jo Beverley here. I'm currently in that early part of a book that requires regular spot research on this and that. Traveling times, Port...

This is the American cover for Forbidden Lady. The English version will be out in April/May time. LETTERS FROM A REGENCY LADY TWO Letter fr...

I love all the research involved for a new book especially when a new piece of a jigsaw fits into place. I've read Jane Austen's Per...

I read Frenchman's Creek by the legendary Daphne du Maurier many years ago and for a long time wanted to write my own story set in roman...

Some years ago I came across a wonderful collection of advertisements in ‘The Times’ from the 1870s. It’s been a source of inspiration ever...

The new year has got off to a very good start for me and I hope it's the same for everyone else! The first good thing was a sight of the...

Digging through my stash of original 19thc newspapers I found several copies of The Globe for January 1809 and discovered that the weather t...

Here in Hereford, we’ve had snow since before Christmas but not a huge amount—about 6-8 inches, I suppose, 15-20 cms. We British aren’t ver...

Eyton is out! It's the fifth Richard and Rose book, and the first new one for four years. Poor Rose has been holding her baby in for l...

The photo is from a bedroom window looking out over our orchard - I can't remember seeing so much snow since we were marooned here in th...

As I write this I am snowed up in our Oxfordshire hamlet, looking out over trees bent almost double under the weight of snow and ice. It al...

At last I have a new book coming out! A new Sarah Mallory hits the shelves in February and it is one of my all-time favourites (in fact I l...

Snow, cold and rain brings out my natural instinct to curl up by a log fire with a glass of mulled wine and some energising chocolate and re...

Letters from a Regency Lady Here is your first letter. The story will unfold as the letters are exchanged. To Captain Robert Jenson, from ...

Happy Christmas everyone! I've recently finished writing Mr Darcy's Secret, which is to be published by Sourcebooks. Here's a sm...

The final cover for Krakow Waltz, my "Polish Regency", to be published next year, has arrived (left). The photograph used for the ...

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2009 I am eight years old and live at Hall Garth, a large country house in Co. Durham, with my parents and my three br...

For several months before Christmas I buy research books, justifying them as my Christmas presents to myself. (The rest of the year the jus...

As a writer fascinated by history I thought it might be interesting to look back and discover where some of the customs we take for granted ...

It’s easy to forget how different Christmas was before the Victorians imported so many customs from Germany. We owe them Christmas trees, fo...