Risky Regencies. History Hoydens. Plotmonkeys. The Goddess Blogs. Word Wenches. Susan here, very pleased today to be interviewing Jo Beverley about her latest release, A Shocking Delight, new this week in stores and online--and already getting much-deserved praise, including a Top Pick from RT Book Reviews: "Beverley, with her masterful writing and keen knowledge of the Regency, sets the tone for a new novel in the Rogues series. With her ability to build sexual tension and emotional intensity into a lively story, she combines dynamic characters with a secret, smugglers, and a cast of secondary characters, including a few of those wickedly handsome rogues from previous novels to round out the plot.
Simply savor this read. " The man she shouldn’t want. The woman he shouldn’t marry... David Kerslake, smuggling master from The Dragon's Bride, is now Earl of Wyvern and must survive the ton as well as the Preventive Officers. Susan: Jo, please tell us something about A Shocking Delight. It came directly from Lucy, from this passage. Jo: Definitely. And Cupid laughs. Plotters & Manipulators United. September 16, 2013 The three last endnotes today. [23] The golden age of elemental magic is generally considered to have ended nearly a millennium ago with the passing of Leopold Sidorov and Manami Kaneshiro, who spent their careers in a virulent rivalry and died in a duel that killed both, along with a number of unfortunate spectators. Hundreds of years went by without the next truly great elemental mage coming along.
It had become accepted wisdom that another one would never be witnessed when Hesperia the Magnificent came into her powers, one of the greatest among the great. It rather gives us hope that we might yet see an immensely formidable elemental mage in our lifetime. —From The Lives and Deeds of Great Elemental Mages [22] The establishment of a permanent no-vaulting zone require a heavy initial investment of time—it cannot be hurried.
A few friends on a camping trip can manage a temporary no-vaulting zone around their tent in about an hour. —From The Dragon Watcher’s Field Guide.