Sourcebooks has released reissues of some of the most beloved works from the prolific, and dare I say authoritative Regency romance writer, Georgette Heyer under its Casablanca label. 

Whether you’re a long-time fan or a new convert, there’s bound to be one amongst these six reissues that will capture your imagination. And the gorgeous new covers are not the only reason to check these Spring Heyer Titles out, amongst which these caught my eyes:

False Colours sounds like double trouble to me … especially when Christopher “Kit” Fancot is asked by his financially desperate mother to masquerade as his missing twin brother, Evelyn and ended up falling in love with Evelyn’s betrothed, Cressy Stavely! 

Being no stranger to Lynn Kurland’s sweet time travel romances, I was naturally delighted to discover that she has published two romantic fantasy works under the Nine Kingdoms trilogy and needed no persuasion to get the series. 

Turns out Star of the Morning and The Mage’s Daughter were every bit as brilliant as the back covers promised. Readers who were introduced to her novellas in To Weave a Web of Magic and The Queen in Winter would be thrilled at these two full length novels. 

I was simply enchanted by this tale of dragons and mages, elves and warriors, woven around a romance that is as sweet and chaste as the Arthurian tales of knight errands and chivalry. Lynn Kurland peppered the story with her trademark subtle humour, timeless ideals of romance and honour, powered by her lyrical prose, interesting plot turns which make this tale of adventurous quests an epic fantasy worth staying up late for just to finish the last page. And the witty quips she gives to her characters. They’ve entertained me far more than I dare to admit — just ask my bewildered husband, who thought I’d gone mad, chuckling while reading the books.

News of these two interesting new books arrived in my mailbox recently. 

In bestselling author Linda Francis Lee’s new novel, THE EX-DEBUTANTE, hot-shot Boston divorce lawyer and heiress, Carlisle Wainwright Cushing, is lured back to Texas to deal with her mother’s latest divorce which has the whole town talking, and the family-sponsored 100th annual debutante ball which is on the verge of collapse. In the midst of teaching eighteen year olds to balance books on their heads, and trying to figure out how to tell her mother that she is engaged to a Yankee, who should show up but old flame Jack Blair, whose actions left her wondering if the man is going after her mother in the proceedings, or her. 

This story about “the risks one woman must take if she stands a chance of finding herself, real love, and her place in that crazy thing we call family” is already on sale since 1 April. Read more about the book and Linda Francis here. While you’re at it, check out the letter from Carlisle, the heroine. 

When Kristie decides to take up a cause, you can trust her to go all out for it. Just look at her crusading efforts and the converts she has made, and you can surely guess at the passion that stirs inside her heart. Why, if you need conviction, ask the readers whom she’s successfully persuaded to read Dreaming of You by Lisa Kleypas last year.

So, when she started crusading for readers and friends to give the BBC drama series North & South  a try, I decided to get the video and watch the series myself. Turns out all that swooning over le Armitage was no exaggeration and the series itself is every bit worth the lavish praises Kristie and her friends, and the many fan converts she’s made since the crusade began, had heaped on the story, plot development and the characters, and more!

From the first encounter between Margaret and John, I was drawn to the internal struggles and conflicting emotions fleeting across the heroine’s faces, and the quiet admiration shining through the eyes of the absolutely drool-worthy Armitage. As their inevitable attraction unfolds in the four-hour drama, I started cataloguing the intense looks and brooding glances which spoke volumes without John ever uttering the redeeming three words, and sometime after the second episode, I lost count and simply gave myself up to the thrill of ‘the look’ every time it happens.