Author Archives: Morgan Wilder
When We Kiss…
“When we kiss, I taste the love on your lips.” When lovers’ lips touch, it connects two souls.
Free Eye Candy for Historical Romance Lovers
Recently I stumbled on a treasure trove of photographs of Civil War soldiers in the archives of the Library of Congress. I spent hours looking through the portraits of those long-ago heroes, most of whose names and stories are lost … Continue reading
Love is Friendship that has Caught Fire
There’s more than one kind of romantic love. There’s the kind we have all dreamed of, and a few of us have actually experienced — the love that falls on you like a thunderbolt, shocking you out of your … Continue reading
“Let the rain kiss you…”
I’ve been working at home on mundane projects for several days, scarcely leaving the house except to walk the dog. My husband and daughters are away. When I felt in need of a little romantic moment, I had to … Continue reading
Surrender at Appomattox, 150 Years Later
Appomattox Courthouse was the final battle fought between General Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia and General Grant’s Army of the Potomac. The reenactment took place exactly 150 years after the original battle, and the weather was much like that fateful day … Continue reading
Strange News on the Differences Between Men and Women
The sense of smell is one of the most primal parts of the human organism. Apparently, the deep limbic brain where smell is felt is more than twice as big in the average man as it is in the average … Continue reading
Hit Me with Your Best Shot
One of the major themes in Wounded is the conflict between what mid-nineteenth-century society expected women to be, and what my heroine, Sarah, wants to be. In her mild, quiet way, Sarah rejects the Victorian ideal of the submissive, passive, nurturing … Continue reading
End of the Civil War, 150 Years Later
The surrender of Robert E. Lee’s army to the Union forces led by Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia on April 9, 1865 was a bittersweet day for the Union forces. The war was over, and that was … Continue reading
