Meagan McKinney Books

Meagan McKinney's novels shimmer with emotion and sizzle with sensuality. Now she sweeps us away to a magnifient estate outside London as a stranger arrives to possess it. Lady Brienne Morrow returned to Osterley Park, her father's opulent mansion, to discover that he had gambled it away. Penniless and alone, she was ready to succeed to the new owner, Avenel Slane. A pawn in Avenel's plans for revenge, Brienne is held against her will. As fear melts into trust, she risks her heart and soul for this sensual, masterful man who gave her... No choice but surrender.

"The Tudor era encompasses some of the greatest changes in our history. But while we know about the historical dramas of the times - most notably in the court of Henry VIII - what was life really like for a commoner like you or me? To answer this question, the renowned method historian and historical advisor to the BBC Ruth Goodman has slept, washed and cooked as the Tudors did - so you don't have to! She is your expert guide to this fascinating era, drawing on years of practical historical study to show how our ancestors coped with everyday life, from how they slept to how they courted. Using a vast range of sources, she takes you back to the time when soot was used as toothpaste and the upper crust of bread was served to the wealthier members of the house. Exploring how the Tudors learnt, danced and even sat and stood according to the latest fashion, she reveals what it all felt, smelt and tasted like, from morning until night."--Wheelers.co.nz

Highly readable and hugely practical this book is a valuable guide to creating something useful as you discover the art of slow technology. Create steam, weave cloth, purify water, make salt, bake bread, distil perfume, dye cloth, puddle clay and in doing so reconnect with your own practical and creative abilities.

TRAVEL BACK IN TIME WITH THE BBC'S RUTH GOODMAN We know what life was like for Victoria and Albert. But what was it like for a commoner - like you or me? How did it feel to cook with coal and wash with tea leaves? Drink beer for breakfast and clean your teeth with cuttlefish? Catch the omnibus to work and do the laundry in your corset? How to be a Victorian by Ruth Goodman is a radical new approach to history; a journey back in time more personal than anything before. Moving through the rhythm of the day, this astonishing guide illuminates the overlapping worlds of health, sex, fashion, food, school, work and play. Surviving everyday life came down to the gritty details, the small necessities and tricks of living and Ruth will show you how. If you liked A Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England or 1000 Years of Annoying the French, you will love this book. ***** 'Goodman skilfully creates a portrait of daily Victorian life with accessible, compelling, and deeply sensory prose' Erin Entrada Kelly 'We're lucky to have such a knowledgeable cicerone as Ruth Goodman . . . Revelatory' Alexandra Kimball 'Goodman's research is impeccable . . . taking the reader through an average day and presenting the oddities of life without condescension' Patricia Hagen

For the first time, social historian and TV presenter Ruth Goodman uncovers how the development of the coal-fired domestic range fundamentally changed our world - and how the Industrial Revolution truly started in the kitchen.

The black cast-iron range serves as a focal point for exploring the Victorian era's transformative relationship with coal. Ruth Goodman argues that this shift from wood to coal not only fueled domestic life but also sparked the Industrial Revolution. She chronicles the evolution from the reign of Queen Elizabeth I to Queen Victoria, highlighting the innovations driven by the women who managed these stoves. Through humorous personal anecdotes, Goodman illustrates how domestic needs catalyzed significant advancements in various industries, revealing the broader implications of this everyday appliance.

The beauty behind the black veil...Christal Van Alen was wanted from Maine to Missouri. Swathed in widow's weeds, she was running to Wyoming Territory...when the outlaw, Macaulay Cain, captured their stagecoach, and the aristocratic New Yorker was prisoner again. She couldn't trust the infamous outlaw; she couldn't share her real name or her secret past. Yet he was her only hope against the dangerous gang of gunmen that held her. And even as she clung to him for protection, she fought against the passions that threatened to betray her—until one explosive night when all secrets must be revealed—and she was a fugitive again.The cold-eyed outlaw would unveil her...He was a man who could take—or leave—a woman at will. Then Macaulay Cain encountered the mysterious, ravishing "Widow Smith." Her honor, her shattered innocence, became his obsession. She was a woman whose secrets he vowed to unlock even as she fled his embrace. Why did she run? If it took him years, he would find her, possess her, unlock her darkest secrets—even if it cost him his life.

Historian Ruth Goodman provides a history of offensive language, insulting gestures, insolent behaviour and scandal in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. With practical tips on just how to horrify the neighbours.

To celebrate this month's paperback release of McKinney's sizzling new historical novel, "The Fortune Hunter", Zebra is proud to reissue her classic tale of romance and suspense, dark shadows, and menacing secrets.

Offensive language, insolent behavior, slights, brawls, and scandals come alive in Ruth Goodman's uproarious history for mischievous Anglophiles.