Irene Davis

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Heading home from the bookshop, ready to make a cup of tea and let it go cold while I lose myself in a new book... (aka Parisienne place de la Concorde by Jean Beraud, circa 1885)

The historical heroine heading into the black moment.... (aka Study in Black and Green by John White Alexander, 1906)

A goldfish will never join the Bad Decisions Book Club.... (aka An Idle Moment by John White Alexander)

The author approaching the third act of their book draft (aka The Parisian Sphinx, by Alfred Stevens, 1875-77)

And if he doesn't propose, then you must bite his ankles! (aka Will you go out with me, Fido?, by Alfred Stevens, 1859)

"I told Daddy he should have bought me a new Worth wardrobe." (AKA Morning News by Ellen Day Hale, 1905) #romancememes #amreadingromance #romancereader #worthgowns #gildedageromance

Here's where I am on my epic fantasy romance draft: it's officially the longest thing I've ever written!

Secondary characters waiting for the author to write their stories. (aka Neapolitan Beauties, by Vittorio Matteo Corcos, 1885)

I guess I'm glad I looked at the bird app today and saw this A+ bird content.

In the black moment (aka The Green Calash by Ellen Day Hale, circa 1900)

The author considering whether this is complete trash, or her best work yet, or possibly both. (aka Go Lovely Rose! Tell her that Wastes her Time and Mine, by Herbert James Draper)

DEVOTION There once was a fellow most kind, Who, when loving, went at it quite blind. He said, "That's all right," But she's so out of sight That I can't keep her out of my mind!" From "The limerick up to date book," 1903, by Ethel Watts Mumford Grant archive.org/details/cu3192…

"Her book ended on a cliff-hanger." (aka Hypnotic séance, by Swedish artist Richard Bergh, 1887) #amreading #readingmood #amreadingromance

Yay cover! My space opera Atalanta story is in this rad anthology, which you can preorder now.

Here’s a little survey, if you have a moment to remind @redbubble they only exist because of artists. #deadbubble redbubble.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3x…

"I heard he danced with her three times. Three!" "I wonder if it will do more damage to her reputation--or his." "Imagine a wallflower like her with a rake like him." (A Cup of Tea, Lilian Westcott Hale, 1909) #amreadingromance #historicalromance #romancememes

A TRIBUTE TO HER JUDGMENT ADA: "Why should you think that I will ever be willing to marry you?" JACK: "Because I have so high an opinion of your good sense." Vogue, April 12, 1894

INFORMATION furnished in regard to ante-nuptial settlements, marriage, alimony; husband's duty to wife; wife's necessaries' women's separate control of her property; husband's and wife's interest in others' real estate; rights of surviving husband or wife, etc., etc.. Vogue 1894