Loving Lydia – Page 13

Music Monday: Only You – Sinéad O’Connor (The Young Victoria)

“An assembly?” Clara questioned as if uncertain that such a thing was a good idea.

“It will be two years next month,” Mr. Watson said softly. “I think it is time.”

Clara drew and released a small breath. “You are likely correct.”

Her eyes dropped to study her hands. It was the first time since meeting her that Thomas had seen Mrs. Clara Watson look anything less than assured of herself.

[From Apple Blossoms, an original sweet Regency romance short story, and the current Sweet Tuesdays story]

Published to YouTube by Edelweiss on December 31, 2017.

Happy Victoria Day!

I just could not let this day pass without a holiday-appropriate music video, 🙂 and I think the bittersweet tone of the song goes with the above snippet from Apple Blossoms, as well as the tone of tomorrows story excerpt.

Now, I do not have an excerpt from any new story to share in today’s post because I am ‘between stories,’ but I will share a bit from a previously published story. However, that will come after I update you on my writing news.

If you saw the Friday Feature post last week, you will know that I have several books on sale from now until May 27, 2019. You can find the details about that sale here.

Continue reading Music Monday: Only You – Sinéad O’Connor (The Young Victoria)

Promenade Dress 1824 (Rudolph Ackermann)

Fashion Plate (Promenade Dress). England, London, October 1, 1824. Rudolph Ackermann. Los Angeles County Museum of Art [Public domain] via Wikimedia Commons

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“Oh, do skip over the people I know, Reginald.” She huffed. “Why must you insist on being such a trial?”

“Because I am much like you?”

“Reginald Arthur Fitzwilliam, do your duty as you should,” Lady Matlock retorted.

Westonbury chuckled. “My full name and not even five minutes have passed. That must be a record.”

“Indeed,” his mother replied dryly but with a smile for her eldest son. “Now, get on with it. And do it properly.”

[from Loving Lydia, book 3 in the Marrying Elizabeth Series]

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Confounding Caroline, book 1 ~ Delighting Mrs. Bennet, book 2

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A Doctor and a Sick Boy (Ralph Hedley)

A doctor placing his hand on the head of a sick boy, outside a country cottage. Photogravure after R. Hedley, 1898. Iconographic Collections Keywords: Ralph Hedley. Wellcome Images (public domain) via Wikimedia Commons.

A/N: We are not going to meet Lady M this week. The residents of Netherfield and Longbourn are just preparing for her arrival, and this image made me think of her.

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“It is good to see you in the drawing room,” Darcy looked up from the book he was reading as Richard entered the room with his brother standing watchfully at his side.

“I hear Mother is to arrive. I thought it best to look as fit as possible so that she would not send for every doctor in London.”

“And a few from other locales,” Westonbury quipped.

Lady Matlock had never been one to just allow her children to recuperate as the good Lord deemed, as her husband said it. As certain as her husband was about the fact that medication and doctors were not needed for every ailment, she was equally as certain that if doctors and medication were not needed then the good Lord would not have allowed them to exist. Therefore, if her children did not regain their health and vigour within a specified window of time – more or less mutually agreed upon between Lord and Lady Matlock – a physician would be sought.

[from Loving Lydia, book 3 in the Marrying Elizabeth Series]

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Confounding Caroline, book 1 ~ Delighting Mrs. Bennet, book 2

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Music Monday: I Will Never Stop Trying (Emma and Knightley)

“Diana,” he called to his sister before he followed the Uptons into the library.

She turned toward him.

“I’m sorry.”

She stood looking expectantly at him.

“For making a mess of things.”

She smiled at him.

“You will tell Victoria that?

[from His Darling Friend, A Touches of Austen Novella, and the current Sweet Tuesdays story]

Published to YouTube by xxnumber27xx on February 10, 2013.

Tomorrow’s chapter of His Darling Friend is the final chapter. The book will be going on pre-order tomorrow, and so, ahead of that, I have password protected most of the chapter posts so that Amazon will hopefully not flag the story as being available elsewhere and refuse to list it until the story is removed. The password for all protected chapters of His Darling Friend is ROGER2019.

In other writing news: Continue reading Music Monday: I Will Never Stop Trying (Emma and Knightley)

After the Ball (Charles Joseph Chaplin)

Charles Joshua Chaplin [Public domain] via Wikimedia Commons

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“What are you two to doing this afternoon?” Richard asked.

“I am continuing my lessons. We have just completed the duties of the footmen and maids,” Lydia replied. “There is a lot to remember, but Miss Bingley is very patient. Surprisingly so.”

“Is that so?” Amusement had been so far from Richard for so many weeks that it was quite refreshing to feel it now.

[from Loving Lydia, book 3 in the Marrying Elizabeth Series]

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Confounding Caroline, book 1 ~ Delighting Mrs. Bennet, book 2

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