About the Author

MARILYN CLAY is the award-winning author and respected historian of the English Regency period. For sixteen years, she published THE REGENCY PLUME, an international newsletter featuring articles on 18th and early 19th C English history. In addition, she has written and had over twenty books published, including twelve historical novels, two books for children and numerous non-fiction titles. All back issues of her newsletter, and a wealth of research material on the Regency period are available from her website at: http: //theregencyplume.tripod.com/ A former University Editor with The University of Texas at Dallas and a professional commercial artist for many years, Marilyn also designed the Romance Writers of America's RITA award statuette and received the first RITA award ever presented at the RWA Conference in San Francisco when the new RITA award was unveiled. Many of Marilyn Clay's previously published novels are currently available on-line as e-books. Her Regency romance titles include: Bewitching Lord Winterton, A Pretty Puzzle, Brighton Beauty, The Hyde Park Spectacle, Miss Darby's Debut, Felicity's Folly, Miss Eliza's Gentleman Caller, The Unsuitable Suitor and her newest Regency Romance, The Wrong Miss Fairfax, which is available in print and e-book editions. Historical suspense novels by Marilyn Clay include: DECEPTIONS: A JAMESTOWN NOVEL; DANGEROUS SECRETS; A PETTICOAT AND LAMBSKIN GLOVES, and BETSY ROSS: ACCIDENTAL SPY set in Philadelphia in 1776, originally released by Mayfair Mysteries and now available in trade paperback and as an e-book. All of Marilyn Clay's non-fiction titles, 18th AND 19th CENTURY ENGLISH WOMEN AT SEA; A HISTORY OF THE WATER CLOSET and three books on REGENCY PERIOD FURNITURE were named to Amazon's Top 100 Best-selling E-books lists and stayed on the lists for several months. 18th & 19th CENTURY ENGLISH WOMEN AT SEA is now available as an e-book and in print from Amazon. The author lives in Oklahoma. To learn more about Marilyn Clay's novels and artwork, please visit her website at: "Marilyn Clay, Author"