Claire Hadleigh

Tugging on your heartstrings . . .  Okay, Regency readers, just remember this:  I love you all and I love that you love my Regency romances!  Thank you from the bottom of my heart.  But my poor contemporary romances are languishing on the digital shelves . . . sigh!  :-(    Why?  I'm not sure because my beta readers and those who've reviewed them seem to like them, and I certainly enjoy writing them "almost" as much as I do my Regencies.   So, I'm asking:  can you give them a shot?  These are not trashy stuff, I assure you.  Hey, I attended Catholic school from elementary through high school!  God forbid Sister Mary Joseph ever found out, I'd be dead meat .  . . To start you off, my Crescent Bay series, book #1 and #2, go on sale tomorrow (May 2) through May 7 -- both will be free on Apple, B&N, Kobo and more -- here are the links for Hold You in My Heart and Straight from the Heart .  Unfortunately, Amazon will not let me reset the price to free unless I

 Last entry I promised a list of favorite historical romance authors that you could easily download and print out for your TBR list.  Or your lists (plural) if you're like me, as I tend to jot titles down and then lose the list.  Hence, my house is scattered with bits of paper here and there.  Someday, I'll figure out a better way to do this . . . In the meantime, here's my list.  These are "inspirational" authors, meaning there are no steamy scenes that may disturb some readers.  Why do I read them, although I do write steamy scenes?  Because I've found that these authors pay close attention to historical details and events, many of which are based in various time periods in American history, not just Regency England.  For me, it's a switch that I enjoy personally as I am a lover of American history and live in New England; thus I am surrounded by history on a daily basis. I created this on Canva based on my own tastes; yours may be different.  However, I

 It's been a while since I posted to the blog -- my bad, but Spring sucks me out of the house, away from my PC and into the garden -- or what's left of it after a winter season has its way with it.  Add to that a ton of rain in the past week or so, and the poor thing is under 6 inches of water!   Well, I'm taking a break for a bit from that project and back to working on "Lady Caro and the Count".  If you recall, I left Romancing the Rogue in a bit of a cliffhanger with Caro fainting at the sight of Julien Alphonse Roberge, the man who tried to win her away from her second husband, the Count Roberge back in the early 1800s (you can find more details about that in the first book of The Merry Widow series, Snowbound Seductions ).   Anyway, this romance will feature a country house party, a passel of young ladies seeking betrothals and Lady Caro and the Dowager Rutherford struggling to keep up with their new clients, Julien's nieces, and the Dowager's grandd

  Yes, after six years The Darcy Variations has been released for your reading pleasure!  It's been a long time in the making, often neglected in a digital drawer, waiting patiently for me to return and set it free.  My bad. But life gets in the way while you're planning  for it, right?  And that's what happened to Kate Malone and Anthony Slade (aka Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy in the 21st century). However, they kept tap, tap, tapping at my little brain box until I pulled up the draft and dusted it off, read through what I had written back in 2017, and decided to give them my best efforts. Keep posted on my social media sites  and here for some fun Darcy trivia questions, information about narrowboats, the tango and other fun stuff. linktr.ee/clairehadleigh   Happy Reading & Thank you for your continued support!

 The Final Day of NanoWriMo '22:

  This is a short, difficult week for keeping up with your NanoWriMo word count.  Many are traveling, whether by car on the interstates or flying and dealing with airports, security, delayed flights and more.  For those who are home and hosting, different scenarios but still stressful.  So today's tips are simple and something you can check out when you've got a quiet moment or two. inkarnate.com This is an online tool, available in free or paid models, that allows you to create and save maps for fictional worlds.  Whether you're world-building for fantasy, science fiction, paranormal or small-town mysteries and romances, inkarnate will help you visualize and create maps to keep your worlds organized. One Look & Reverse Dictionary Reverse dictionaries are more than thesauruses - they can help you search for that illusive word that's just hovering on the periphery of your tired brain because it describes what the word represents.  Feel like you're repeating the s