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Ruined by Rumor inspiration
Some of the inspirations for my 2012 regency romance.
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Though I originally had Simon Baker in mind, I think Ed Speelers (Jimmy from Downton Abbey) would make a fine George.
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Alex drives a curricle.
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George drives a high perch phaeton.
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Actress Dominique McElligott matches my image of Roxana (and even looks like the image on my book cover).
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The hock cart making its way through a village to a Harvest Home celebration.
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A setter puppy like the one Alex gives Roxana's little brother.
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Oliver Dean, the earl's secretary, looks like British actor Patrick Kennedy.
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Roxana's friend Fanny looks like British actress Claire Foy.
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The cover of Ruined by Rumor, from Carina Press.
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This walking dress of 1819 seems like something Roxana would wear.
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I pictured George looking like a young Simon Baker.
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1815 heavy cavalry. The officer in the center, just to the right of the one in dark undress, is wearing the uniform of George's regiment, the 5th Dragoon Guards.
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Roxana's family home, though certainly pleasant, is nowhere near as grand as Ayersley's.
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I pictured Alex looking something like actor Jake Gyllenhaal (with an English accent, of course).
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Alex's library was the setting for the book cover.
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Houghton Hall was the inspiration for Broadslieve, the Earl of Ayersley's country house.
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Actress Dominique McElligott, seen here in AMC's Hell on Wheels. I wish I had a picture of her in Roxana's regency era clothes.
