Sabrina in the News

You’ll find Sabrina popping up all over the literary world this summer. Check out these interesting reads!

1. Read more about Sabrina’s take on “historical accuracy” in female-centered historical romance novels in a Washington Post article by fellow author, Vanessa Riley.

2. See what happens when a historical romance-reading newbie tries out Undercover Duke and breaks down the “fake dating” trope in an article on Frolic.

3. Find out which Undercover Duke scene Sabrina would pitch to a producer if the book were optioned for a movie, plus other fascinating hot takes in this interview with Harlequin Junkie.

Undercover Duke is a bestseller!

Thanks to wonderful readers like you, Undercover Duke earned spots on several bestseller lists including:

#9 on the Publishers Weekly mass market paperback list

#42 on the USA Today list

Rave Reviews for Undercover Duke!

“Smart, sexy historical romance…a perfectly fashioned love story rich in smoldering sexual chemistry, sharp wit, and a dash of danger.” —Booklist

“Undercover Duke was a great finale. The whole family made appearances, and the epilogue was a wonderful ending to the series.”—Novels Alive

“UNDERCOVER DUKE is a brilliant conclusion to a fun and entertaining series. I hear the author plans to write a Christmas novella involving the playwright, Juncker. I cannot wait!”—Romance Junkies

“Fans will delight in revisiting Sheridan’s large family in this heated, twisty tale of love and deception.”—Publishers Weekly

NEED MORE REGENCY?

If you love historical romance novels and the Regency era in particular, you’ll find tons of fascinating facts in the Regency Tidbits section of my website. Just click on “The Regency” on the navigation bar to have immediate access to a host of knowledge about the vibrant and decadent Regency period. Enjoy!

PREORDER UNDERCOVER DUKE – NOW WITH LARGER PRINT!

In the fourth Duke Dynasty novel, readers will delight in this enchanting Regency romance with a mystery at its core, as half siblings investigate the truth about their mother’s succession of beloved husbands. The May 25 release will include a new “mass max” book size which is slightly bigger than a traditional mass market paperback and with larger print. Be one of the first to check out this conveniently sized novel by preordering a copy of UNDERCOVER DUKE now to start reading on May 25.

Guns during Regency

Guns during the Regency were sometimes things of beauty, like the one I describe in The Bachelor that Thorn offers to Joshua as payment for his being bodyguard to Gwyn. If you want to see what it looked like, I based it on an actual set of dueling pistols, a picture of which is on Pinterest here and here. I also have an image of Joshua’s seven-shot flintlock pepperbox pistol, made by Henry Nock of London around 1800, which looks big enough to use as a club after you run out of loaded barrels. Of course, it would take you a while to run through them all since the barrels had to be turned by hand! My Pinterest page for the book also features a number of blades in canes, pistol canes . . . everything you need to be a bodyguard.

Rave Reviews for Who Wants to Marry a Duke

“Holy hotness!!! This was absolutely one of the most sizzling historical romances I’ve read in forever!” —Goodreads reviewer

“I just love Sabrina Jeffries’ spin of Regency-style, dysfunctional families.” —Romance Junkies

“The chemistry is as intense in the bedroom as it is in the science lab in Jeffries’s intoxicating third Duke Dynasty Regency romance.” —Publishers Weekly

What they’re saying about Seduction on a Snowy Night!

“These steamy short stories from three masters of the genre are perfect to recommend to readers even beyond the holiday season.” —Library Journal, starred review

“This fanciful Regency anthology will keep readers warm all winter.” —Publishers Weekly

“Three beloved Regency romance authors join forces in this heartwarming holiday anthology…. It’s clear that these historical romance dynamos know their craft and can make any dubious reader believe in a happily-ever-after.” —Kirkus Reviews

Scavenger Hunt!

The Bachelor named one of 2020’s most anticipated romance titles!

Some of the upcoming year’s most anticipated romance titles are excerpted in #BuzzBooksRomance including Sabrina’s late February 2020 book release, The Bachelor. Get a free copy of the book of excerpts here!

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Regency Tidbit

The hanging of greenery was the most common Christmas custom practiced by folks in the Regency. Dating back before our era was the custom of hanging a “kissing bough.” It could include not just mistletoe, but holly, ivy, rosemary, bay leaves, and laurel leaves. It was essentially a big ball of greens. And every time a gentleman kissed a lady (or a maid or a dowager or any female), he had to remove one of the mistletoe berries. Once the berries were gone, no more kissing was allowed. What great fun! If you’d like to see some actual kissing boughs, as well as prints of the kissing going on beneath them, be sure to check out my Pinterest page for What Happens Under the Mistletoe.

One thing that comes from England is fruit cake (our version of plum pudding), and there’s both goose and turkey in Scrooge’s story. Also, the Yule log and the hanging of holly, ivy, and mistletoe are English. You can thank those ancient Celtic druids for mistletoe—they loved it in their winter celebrations. No one is entirely sure whether the Yule Log originated in Anglo-Saxon times or much later, in the 17^th century (the first English reference to it is dated from then), when someone brought the custom over from Europe. But it tended to be a regional phenomenon in our period. Those in North England called it the Yule Clog, and it was generally started from a piece of the previous year’s log that was kept all year to bring good luck and protection from evil to the household.

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