Doppelgängers Unlike a lot of paranormal phenomenon, myths and fantasies, Doppelgängers have only been around for just over two centuries, yet the name is firmly entrenched in the England language and western society. We often refer to people who share similar physical appearances as someone’s doppelganger. Doppelgängers were the invention of Jean Paul, an eighteenth […]
Continuing this month’s (quite accidental) theme of “lasts” associated with historical events, here’s another one. Today marks the 48th anniversary of the Beatles’ last live performance (1966). They appeared at Candlestick Park in San Fransisco. The Beatles broke up as a band in 1970, but all of them went on to enjoy independent career success.
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Please take note of the date of this post! If you’re reading this somewhere in the future, the book is probably no longer available for free and I don’t want you to be disappointed. Check the date line! 🙂 _____________ Forbidden is book one of the Scandalous Sirens series, and it’s free until Sunday. I
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Today, please welcome guest blogger and historical romance author Marlow Kelly, who’s first book, A Woman of Honour, is due to be released in two day’s time. (And I love that the spelling of “honour’ in the title is the English version, too, which fits with the setting.) Here’s Marlow: ___ Most people have heard
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It’s a week for a lot of historical events, but this one is one of the more interesting events for me personally. I seem to have grown an interest in volcanoes over the last few years. One of my favourite movies is Dante’s Peak, which was a fictional volcano that blew in much the same
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Richard III was two Richards on from the Lionhearted one, who ruled over three hundred years before. This Richard, the Third, died on this day, 529 years ago in 1485. He only held the throne for two years, but his death was the marker for a slew of other “lasts”: He was the last Richard
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Please take note of the date of this post! If you’re reading this somewhere in the future, the book is probably no longer available for free and I don’t want you to be disappointed. Check the date line! 🙂 _____________ Carson’s Night is the first book in the vampire + gargoyle series, The Stonebrood Saga.
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Two thousand years ago today, Caesar Augustus died, and his role as the emperor of Rome was handed on to his adopted son Tiberius, and the peace that Rome had enjoyed for twenty years (known as Pax Romanus) came to a crashing end. Augustus’ reign was an interesting one for a number of reasons: 1)
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Marlow Kelly is a new historical romance author who, by sheer coincidence, also happens to hail from my home province, Alberta. She writes…wait for it…Scottish romances. (Deep breathe, deep breathe!) Her first highland romance is being released on the 25th of this month, which is when she’ll be guesting here. Marlow will be talking about
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We’re in the dog days of renovations at the moment – I don’t get to read much at all, except for odd nights when we just can’t move anymore, and we go to bed early to read. (Translation: stare at the book for thirty seconds while the words blur, then wake up a few hours