Music Monday – Leenie Brown

Man Going Down – Period Dramas (P&P, N&S, S&S)

Although this video is not new to YouTube, it is new to me. I just came across it when doing a search for something to share today, and it made me think of an Austen character that I have written as a romantic hero who was no such thing in the original story. 😉

I’m talking of course of Wickham in my story Through Every Storm. He and Lydia had fun falling in love and flying too high (as the lyrics say) when they were young. However, eight years have passed between when they were forced to marry and when the storm that will either shatter or cement their marriage begins. And what Lydia needs in this story is a “man going down” — someone who can find the strength to not only weather the storm himself but help her through it as well.

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360 Degrees of You (SHeDAISY)

I came across this song used with some clips of period drama men on YouTube, but that video would not let me share it on my blog other than as a link >> this link. So, I searched for another video with this song that would let me share. (That’s obviously the video below. ;))

I could just see the lovely Miss Grace Love, from Her Secret Beau, singing this song to her romantic hero. It seems to be the style of song she would like. (Not that she would sing it in company, of course, but definitely in private. She’s sneaky like that. LOL)

Her romantic hero is Walter Blakesley, and he’s the sort of gentleman who would enjoy having this song sang to him in private. (Because he enjoys Grace’s mysterious side. He did call her his mysterious angel in the chapter from which the excerpt below is extracted.)

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Period Drama Men // Sharp Dressed Man

When I was scrolling through my playlists on YouTube looking for a video to share today, this one just shouted Charles Edwards at me as I scrolled past it. So, I stopped, went back, and decided that yes, this song seemed to go well with a scene from his book where he’s helping a couple of young lads learn the skills needed to be a valet. The feel of the song seems to fit Charles as well since he is a rascal in the process of changing his ways but still very much willing to stroll along the borders of propriety.

**All he wanted was a kiss. What he got was so much more.**

Charles Edwards is no stranger to scandal. He lives an easy, carefree life, floating from one moment of pleasure to another. Or, at least, he did until one fateful night when two young ladies asked him to come to their aid. Since then, Charles has been hiding from society until his injuries heal, which is what he was attempting to do when one of those ladies – the one with the kissable lips – re-enters his life.

Period Drama Montage: It’s Raining Men

After last month’s series of music lessons, I thought why not have a bit of a fun break this month and spend a few weeks focusing on some of the gentlemen in my stories.

The fellas in this month’s theme graphic are from four of my book covers that don’t have a couple on them, but rather feature only a gentleman. Before you scroll down and I tell you, do you know which books they are?

I’m not going to feature all of them in excerpts this month as I have already done one of these books just last month. However, I am sharing from one of them this week.

Ok, here are the answers of which face belongs to which book, moving from left to right: Persuading Miss Mary, Henry: To Prove Himself Worthy, Cherishing Kitty, and Tom: To Secure His Legacy. Did you get them all?

The excerpt below, which is from Tom: To Secure His Legacy, is part of the scene where Tom meets the heroine Faith.

Tom: To Secure His Legacy is book 4 in my Other Pens series.

Find Tom’s stor y and all the other books in this series here.

Mozart Horn Concerto No. 4 on the Natural Horn

I have been enjoying this month of learning about various instruments that were around during the Regency period and that Georgiana might have at least heard in her fictional lifetime. 🙂 For our last installment of music lessons pulled from Georgiana’s Music Folder, we have the natural horn and a concerto from Mozart. The first video tells a bit about how the horn is played, and the second video has the concerto without interruptions for instruction.

I have never had Georgiana play the horn in a story, nor do I currently have any plans for her to play one. It just doesn’t seem like her sort of instrument. However, I could possibly see her cousin Colonel Fitzwilliam playing it. It sounds like him to me. What do you think?

Below is an excerpt from a story where Georgiana does not play a lead role, but she does play a major supporting role. The in this scene from Christmas in Gracechurch Street, Darcy is once again shopping with his sister, and she is hinting/teasing that she thinks he is more than just friends with Miss Elizabeth.

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