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A Perfect Secret
(Rogue Hearts #3)
by Donna Hatch
Adult Historical Romance
Paperback, 348 Pages
December 14 2013
(Rogue Hearts #3)
by Donna Hatch
Adult Historical Romance
Paperback, 348 Pages
December 14 2013
Desperate to protect her father from trial and death, Genevieve breaks off her engagement with Christian Amesbury and marries a blackmailer. After a year of marriage, she flees her husband's violent domination only to have fate bring her back to Christian. Just when she thinks she's started a new life of safety and solitude, her husband tracks her down, stalks her, and threatens everyone she loves.
Still brokenhearted over Genevieve's betrayal a year ago, Christian can't believe she's come back into his life--and worse, that she's done it on the anniversary of his brother's death, a death that haunts him. Though tempted to throw her back into the river where he found her, he can't leave her at the mercy of the terrifying man she married.
When her husband torments Genevieve and puts his family in danger, Christian will do anything to protect those he loves...anything except give Genevieve another chance to break his heart.
My passion for writing began at the tender age of 8 and I’ve been hooked ever since. Of course, I also wanted to be an actress and a ballerina, but one out of three isn’t bad, right?
In between caring for six children, (7 counting my husband), my day job, my free lance editing and copy writing, and my many volunteer positions, I manage to carve out time to indulge in my writing obsession. After all, it IS an obsession. My family is more patient and supportive than I deserve.
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Guest post
The
Regency era brought dramatic changes in women's fashion. Those huge hoop skirts
and pinched waistlines popular in the Elizabethan Era disappeared in favor of
the Roman style gown with high waistlines and lighter fabrics.
Ladies of the Beau Monde changed her clothing at least three
different times a day depending on the time of day and her activities. Because
the aristocracy and upper crust were so steeped in tradition and manners, they
had no trouble following the rules. However, I have no doubt that arrivistes
and the rising middle class found this custom bewildering.
The term Undress, or dishabille, was the more casual or simpler
style of gown worn at home usually in the morning. These were loose,
comfortable gowns made with warmer fabrics and had higher necklines than gowns
worn later in the day. Ladies often wore a cap in the morning, too. Ladies wore
Undress gowns all morning until noon, depending on scheduled outings or
visitors. On a quiet day, a lady might wear Undress until four or five in the
afternoon. Sometimes undress gowns were quite decorative. I’ve noticed in Jane
Austen movies that the actresses playing the Dashwood women often wore an apron
or pinafore over their dresses when picking herbs or working in the kitchen. I
don't know how accurate this is, or if they only did so because they were not
overly wealthy and had to be very careful with their clothing.
Mornings were a time for solitude and tending to the house. For
the lady of the house, her morning activities were fairly regimented. After
rising, dressing, and eating breakfast, she consulted with her cook and
housekeeper, and caught up on her correspondence.
Young ladies such as Jane Austen often practiced the pianoforte
first thing in the morning. Ladies also read, sewed, wrote letters, made
preserves, and oversaw the gardens. All of these activities were done wearing
“undress.”
When I'm staying home, I like pajama pants or stretch pants and a
big soft T-shirt. (My favorite writing attire) Of course, if I were to tell my
husband I planned to wear undress today, he'd imagine something entirely
different ;-)
Other times ladies wore specific clothing was: riding habits,
carriage dress, walking dress, evening dress, ball gowns, and court dress.
Pictured here is an evening gown from 1816.
Each of these kinds of dress were as different as the activities
in which they participated. It almost sounds dizzying to think of all of the
different kinds of clothing they wore. But when we consider of the different
kinds of clothing we wear today based on our activities—exercise clothing,
jeans or shorts for casual wear, swim suits and cover ups for beach or pool,
professional attire for the office, slightly more dress up for an evening out,
a tea length dress for semi-formal occasions and dances, long gowns for formal
black tie affairs, and, something I’ve never attended, a white tie affair where
only the finest designer gowns are worn, it starts to put it all into
perspective, doesn’t it?
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