{"id":4627,"date":"2026-05-01T17:25:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T17:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianregency.com\/blog\/?p=4627"},"modified":"2026-05-01T17:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T17:25:08","slug":"reminiscing-about-the-traditional-regency-novel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/01\/reminiscing-about-the-traditional-regency-novel\/","title":{"rendered":"Reminiscing about the traditional Regency novel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi, readers! Susan here with another blast from the past — 1987 to be exact. I expect many of you inspirational Regency-lovers are like me…you loved the older, clean Regencies that were so readily available a few decades ago, published by Signet (my faves), Zebra and the like.<\/p>

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In fact, my efforts toward a fiction-writing career began with a desire to try my hand at writing one of these thrilling, yet clean, romances…with a dash or more of the Christian faith included as a character developing element…sometimes even as a plot twist or a conflict-causing, stake-raising factor.<\/p>\n

So today, I am bringing you a review of an old favorite, Mary Jo Putney’s “The Diabolical Baron.”<\/p>\n

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Don’t let the title throw you, the book is a charming tale of true love, the twists and turns and the happily ever after. With two attractive suitors trying to lay claim to her heart and a father insisting she marry for a fortune, she has deep waters to navigate all the while trying to protect her beloved sister.<\/p>\n

If you can find this title, I believe it might be one of your favorites too — though it is not a true inspirational romance. My hopes are that the Regency genre will grow in popularity again, with Christian writers bringing it to the fore.<\/p>\n

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Originally posted 2015-06-29 09:31:56. <\/small><\/p>

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Hi, readers! Susan here with another blast from the past — 1987 to be exact. I expect many of you inspirational Regency-lovers are like me…you loved the older, clean Regencies that were so readily available a few decades ago, published by Signet (my faves), Zebra and the like. In fact, my efforts toward a fiction-writing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6,49,3,9,4],"tags":[502,555,209],"class_list":["post-4627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-reviews","category-books","category-history","category-recommended-reading","category-regency-romance","tag-christian-regency-fiction","tag-christian-romance","tag-susan-karsten"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t