Modern hunts tend to proceed rather slowly with the field walking along behind the beagles, but sources indicate that it used to be a running sport. So by making my hero a beagler, I gave him an opportunity to become a good runner. Then I remembered a sport introduced to my husband by one of his colleagues: beagling.ĭefinitely doesn’t sound very masculine, does it? The sport is very similar to fox hunting, but the quarry is a hare and it is usually chased on foot. I made him a fast runner, but Regency gentlemen did not compete in track meets, so I needed a reason for him to run – and chasing after the heroine didn’t count. He needed to be athletic, but without engaging in the traditional exercise of gentleman, such as hunting and fencing. The challenge was to devise characteristics that would make him seem odd and even unmanly to those in Regency society, but still masculine and appealing to modern readers. And, oh yes, she’s offering a free download of Deceptive Behavior or one of her print backlist to one lucky person.įor the third book in my “Love and Lunacy” series, I wanted a hero who was a bit different. So naturally she’s chosen a very non-PC topic. The thing I love about Kate’s books is that she includes some very risky topics and that makes her a natural here. That’s her version, so I’ll add that she’s a brilliant and productive writer, a very well-informed historian, and a good friend and critique partner. And she shares her home with both dogs and a rabbit. Her third Regency, Deceptive Behavior, comes out today in ebook format. Our guest today is Kate Dolan who writes traditional Regency romances for Blush (formerly Cerridwen) Cotillion as well as a variety of other totally unrelated books and articles.

Deceptive Behavior by Kate Dolan