Isabelle Goddard was born into an army family and spent her childhood moving around the UK and abroad. Unsurprisingly it gave her itchy feet, and in her twenties she worked as cabin crew, determined to see the world.Marriage, children and cats meant a more settled life and gave her the opportunity to go back to 'school' and eventually teach at university. The 19th century was her special period so when she began writing herself, the novels had to be Regency romances.Lucy Ashford, an English Studies lecturer, graduated in English with history at Nottingham University, and the Regency is her favourite period. Lucy, who has always loved to immerse herself in historical romances, has had several novels published by Mills & Boon. She lives with her husband in an old stone cottage in the Peak District, near to beautiful Chatsworth House and Haddon Hall, all of which give her a taste of the magic of life in a bygone age.

Isabelle Goddard was born into an army family and spent her childhood moving around the UK and abroad. Unsurprisingly it gave her itchy feet, and in her twenties she worked as cabin crew, determined to see the world.Marriage, children and cats meant a more settled life and gave her the opportunity to go back to 'school' and eventually teach at university. The 19th century was her special period so when she began writing herself, the novels had to be Regency romances.Lucy Ashford, an English Studies lecturer, graduated in English with history at Nottingham University, and the Regency is her favourite period. Lucy, who has always loved to immerse herself in historical romances, has had several novels published by Mills & Boon. She lives with her husband in an old stone cottage in the Peak District, near to beautiful Chatsworth House and Haddon Hall, all of which give her a taste of the magic of life in a bygone age.

Isabelle Goddard was born into an army family and spent her childhood moving around the UK and abroad. Unsurprisingly it gave her itchy feet, and in her twenties she worked as cabin crew, determined to see the world.Marriage, children and cats meant a more settled life and gave her the opportunity to go back to 'school' and eventually teach at university. The 19th century was her special period so when she began writing herself, the novels had to be Regency romances.Lucy Ashford, an English Studies lecturer, graduated in English with history at Nottingham University, and the Regency is her favourite period. Lucy, who has always loved to immerse herself in historical romances, has had several novels published by Mills & Boon. She lives with her husband in an old stone cottage in the Peak District, near to beautiful Chatsworth House and Haddon Hall, all of which give her a taste of the magic of life in a bygone age.