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Farr uses accurate and period-appropriate language and is careful with her historical details, as are most traditional Regencies. Her books are more enjoyed by those who prefer a sweet, mildly sensual story, which is period-appropriate. However, her stories tend to be character-driven rather than
332:) weren't marketed properly, and didn't sell as much as expected. In the mid-2000s, Signet stopped publishing traditional Regencies and Farr lost her writing contract, shortly after publishing four longer traditional Regencies (which were wrongly marketed as 382:, published 1944) and his horse mentioned in Chapter One, and the hero and heroine attending a ball given at Alverstoke House, owned by another of Heyer's heroes the Marquess of Alverstoke ( 351:, and four short plays published by Russell House. Some of her books, long out of print, have been republished as e-books and are now available through the usual sources. 704: 719: 714: 709: 699: 388:, published 1965). For those who enjoy reading Heyer, this particular book may be more enjoyable for its allusions to some of Heyer's more popular heroes. 664: 689: 684: 399:
Farr has described her style of writing and why she does not write sex scenes, as well as given some tips to aspiring writers in electronic chats.
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magazine's Reviewers' Choice Award for "Best First Regency" in 1999. RITAs are awarded annually by Romance Writers of America
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6 March 2006, e-chat on the journey from unpublished to published, website Writing to Publish. Retrieved 28 February 2013
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21 March 2005, e-chat on how to edit and format a manuscript with website Writing to Publish. Retrieved 20 January 2013
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plot-driven, and some readers may be put off by that. One novel which is also plot-driven is
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which featured no sex scenes or mild sensuality (and were thus classified as
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was a finalist for the "Best First Book" RITA award and won
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Signet Regency (1999), republished with some additions as
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