Vernon Cottage, Shanklin, Isle of Wight

Vernon Cottage, Shanklin, Isle of Wight is one of my favorite places to go on the island. It has lovely gardens, often has entertainment, great food and a fascinating history, not to mention a beautiful thatched roof. It is two hundred years old this year, to find out the history, you can go here:
http://www.vernoncottage.co.uk/p/history.html
or just to check out the menu etc:
http://www.vernoncottage.co.uk/

Ryde, Isle of Wight

A Beautiful Day at Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight

Simply Adored, A Sensual and Playful Regency Romance

When Viscount Caspian Wane decided it was time to choose a bride from the Season’s new crop of debutantes, he knew finding the right one wasn’t going to be easy. How on earth did one get to know a shy and shielded young woman who was always surrounded by chaperones? Until now his sensual pleasures have been fulfilled by the girls of The Bella Donna House, a discreet high class London pleasure house that caters to the individual. Caspian has his own suite there, and has always been happy with their services, the six girls who pleasure him are his alone and they cater perfectly to his taste for long slow sensual nights. But Caspian has one thing that he is saving for marriage. His virginity. He does not want to share the final act with anyone but his wife. But can he find a suitable bride, one who will share his life, his bed, and his penchant for long slow evenings of sensual pleasures?

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Alum Bay and the Chair Lift, Isle of Wight

You can take a chair lift down to Alum Bay and then catch a boat ride around the needles, or just ride the chair lift down to the beach, you can either walk the steps and footpath back up or take the chair lift on a round trip. It's a spectacular view.

The Needles, Isle of Wight

You can take a boat ride from Alum Bay to the Needles, it's beautiful up close, you cannot get off there though. I took this picture on the boat.

A View From The Garden

These small steps lie in the corner of the garden at Haddon Hall, Derbyshire, which dates back to medieval times, remember throughout history our ancestors were much smaller than we are today, so standing on steps was probably essential in order to get a good view of the surrounding countryside.

The Kitchens at Hardwick Hall

The kitchens at Hardwick Hall are large and extensive

Two little buddies at the Isle of Wight Garlic farm

Two newly shorn buddies in one of fields at the Isle of Wight Garlic Farm

The document room at Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire also known as The Muniment Room

Inside the document room/muniment room at Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire. Hard to imagine that all of those estate documents could be housed on a simple memory stick or laptop these days, though I'm sure there is nothing like viewing the original documents. Probably available to historians only though.

Hardwick Hall's Four Poster Beds

Hardwick Hall is one of England's best furnished national treasures, I've always loved it. If you're a history buff like me, and happen to live in the vicinity, they need lots of volunteers, the ones we met were fun and knowledgeable and loved working there. I've always loved the four poster beds!

My Books

About my books

I write playfully sensual lighthearted romance, currently I have three Regency titles available, The Third Dance, Simply Adored, and an Aspiring Courtesan, each one is filled with lots of sensual scenes, funny moments and a happy ending. I have also have one historical fantasy style book written in the same vein named Just A Dream Away.

I hope you will check them out.

The Third Dance

Rex Rosslare, the Duke of Remstone, is back in England, it’s not his favorite place, but duty calls. He’s a self-sufficient adventurer who has spent more than a decade travelling the world and has learned a task or two most dukes would never contemplate undertaking themselves. So when his horse casts a shoe and the blacksmith is somewhat ‘indisposed’, he takes on the challenge himself; his prize Thoroughbred is more friend than mount and he wants to assure his well-being. But while rendering the new shoe in the blacksmith’s stead, he meets Lady Caprice, a capricious young woman whose horse has also cast a shoe. Caprice, he’ll never think of her as anything else! Young Lady Caprice is enjoying one last afternoon of freedom before going to London to begin her Season, in a compromise with her grandmother she informs him, she has agreed to attend just the Little Season. She is a year or two older than the typical debutante, and a whole lot more worldly-wise. She rides astride without a groom in tow, carries a small flask of brandy on her hip. And is not remotely cowed by meeting him—an unknown man complete with scars and an eye patch—wielding the heavy tools in the blacksmith’s place. He agrees to shoe her horse for her, but in return he requests one small thing—a kiss—and he is instantly aware that the kiss is her first.

Unfortunately, she is leaving for London the following day. So obviously he must follow. Daggert, his manservant/friend and helper is highly amused by the way Lady Caprice is able to twist his jaded employer around her little finger. But then Daggert has never seen the man fall in love before.

Only days into his sojourn in London, Caprice is tying Rex in knots. And Daggert can’t wait to see what will happen next. The girl doesn’t even bat an eyelid when Rex, who is known for his infamous temper, roars like a baited lion when she attempts to sneak into his home via the garden trellis.

But the question is, when Caprice asks Rex for the one thing a debutante would never dare risk, a third dance with the same man, almost the ton’s equivalent of a public declaration, will he comply? Has he met his match? Or does the thrill of travel and adventure call once more?

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Simply Adored

When Viscount Caspian Wane decided it was time to choose a bride from the Season’s new crop of debutantes, he knew finding the right one wasn’t going to be easy. How on earth did one get to know a shy and shielded young woman who was always surrounded by chaperones? Until now his sensual pleasures have been fulfilled by the girls of The Bella Donna House, a discreet high class London pleasure house that caters to the individual. Caspian has his own suite there, and has always been happy with their services, the six girls who pleasure him are his alone and they cater perfectly to his taste for long slow sensual nights. But Caspian has one thing that he is saving for marriage. His virginity. He does not want to share the final act with anyone but his wife. But can he find a suitable bride, one who will share his life, his bed, and his penchant for long slow evenings of sensual pleasures?

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An Aspiring Courtesan

Essex 1812

Olivia Everton—Livvy wants to be a courtesan. She has a naturally sensual nature and a good idea of what the position entails, thanks to a little verbal tutoring from her aunt who was once a courtesan herself. The only problem is, she has absolutely no experience, at least… not yet.

Livvy’s older cousin Alina has been head housemaid to Derek Hansford, the Earl of Devensley for more than ten years, he’s a kind man, the job is secure and comfortable, and he has a delicious friend in Dalton Bayworth, the Duke of Borden, who has been Alina’s occasional lover on his many visits to Devensley Castle for years. The only problem with this arrangement is that Alina has now determined to marry George the head footman, so her dalliance with the delightful duke must come to an end. And Livvy’s can begin, that is, if the sensual rogue is willing to take on and train a young and willing virgin as his lover. And to assist her on her path to becoming a high class courtesan.

The duke agrees to allow Livvy to spend the week with him during his stay at Devensley Castle, while he dodges the matchmaking machinations of two visiting families, and soon finds himself entranced with the naturally sensual beauty and her eagerness to learn.

Livvy’s impact stretches to his best friend the earl, and a curious young debutante in this playfully sensual and erotic tale.

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Just A Dream Away

Princess Selana of Damaria has recently been married by proxy to Prince Daliant of the neighboring state of Admavaria, uniting their two nations as one and ending centuries of feuding over territory. The negotiations seemed endless, and now the time has finally come to meet the man who will rule at her side. But Princess Selana is worried. Will the notoriously handsome and experienced prince be happy with her, a young woman who is pale, not dusky like the women of his land, and more used to trampling around her lands in riding boots than attending balls or flirting? The peace of their nations depends upon their ability to work together. Will he be a kind co-ruler of their two newly joined nations, or arrogant, spoiled and degenerate?

Prince Daliant of Admavaria is renowned for his love of women, a reputation he fully earned. But the new alliance and terms of the proxy marriage forbids him to share intimacies with anyone but his princess bride for the rest of his days. Can he keep to the treaty? The two have never met. Will his princess be a joy to behold, and a playful bed companion, or an ice queen as the pale glacial blue eyes of her portrait suggests?

But only days after their marriage, Selana awakens in another world, one that is not her own. Or is it? Was Prince Daliant real? Which world is the dream world and which the reality?

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