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Meta Mathews - Blog Tour Stop with Crystal Blogs Books

In my erotic romance, Defying the Duke, the heroine is visited by the spirit of a Regency duke who, based on Amelia’s scanty clothing, assumes she is a courtesan and treats her accordingly.
 
To me, one of the most fascinating aspects of the Regency period was the world of the courtesans, some of whom wielded great power and accrued wealth along the way.
 
Writing Defying the Duke made me curious about how the courtesans of this period actually lived. My research led me to a book by Katie Hickman named Courtesans: Money, Sex and Fame in the Nineteenth Century. Ms. Hickman discussed five famous courtesans, but the one of most interest to me, because she was influential during the Regency, is Harriette Wilson.

Meta Mathews - Exclusive Author feature

How did you find writing about ghostly characters?

I won’t say I enjoyed writing about the spirits who appear in Defying the Duke because they are not particularly nice characters. However, I did enjoy writing about the interactions between the spirits and my hero and heroine.

Meta Mathews - Female First Feature

In Defying the Duke, my recent book for Totally Bound, the modern-day American heroine is visited by the spirit of an English Regency-era duke. Briefly, the plot revolves around Amelia’s research into the duke’s mysterious disappearance almost two hundred years earlier. She is joined in this research by the hero, Jack, who also begins receiving the unwanted attentions of a spirit from the past.
 




Meta Mathews - USA Today feature

Three of my favorite desserts:

• My mother's butterscotch cream pie. In my experience, not many people can make good butterscotch pies. Not many people even try. But my mother could stir up a luscious filling the color of light brown sugar and top it with a beautiful meringue that would tantalize your taste buds.

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