Women Warriors

Although women have participated in wars throughout history, women soldiers during the American Civil War were unheard of. After all, the 1860s was the height of the Victorian era, where women—at least high and middle class ones—were thought to be delicate creatures, who needed to be taken care of and protected by their men. The [...]

Kiss of Scandal

Yesterday my new book, Kiss of Scandal came out from Ravenous!
I love the Victorian Era, so much happening, changing, evolving. Course over the nearly seven decades that’s not surprising but that’s what makes it so fun! There were monarchs who wanted reform but couldn’t execute it, and monarchs who didn’t but hadn’t the choice. Trains, [...]

What a find!

            Since I have a little boy in my story, The Colonial and the Cottontail (part of the Northern Roses and Southern Belles Civil War anthology from The Wild Rose Press), I thought I’d blog about Canadian mothers in Victorian times.
            That’s when I found this website.  I may find something about mothers and children [...]

Erin’s Rebel is a Reviewers Top Pick at Night Owl Romance!!

Night Owl Romance reviewer Melinda says, “Susan Macatee did a great job in showing the full details about the Civil War and lovers reuniting. This is definitely a book worth reading for it brings the war into real focus. Betrayal and a romance that spans all time are brought to life.”
 
 
 
 
See the full review here [...]

Traveling in the mid-nineteenth century – Part III

In the third part of my series discussing travel in the mid-nineteenth century, the subject is hotels and inns.
Here is quote from The American Guide-Book, “The largest hotels are always supplied with polite and efficient waiters, excellent cooks, and almost every convenience. The beds and furniture are perfect, the means of ablution are clean and [...]

Upstairs/Downstairs: The Victorian Maid

This is a series of short blogs on the differences between the classes. From maids to the ladies they served, from merchant gentlemen to their valets. Yes, there are a lot of little positions, but I’ll generally cover them over the next few months.
The housemaid rises between 5 and 6:30 a.m. and accomplished many of [...]

The Portal to Hell

When I decided to focus this month’s blog topic on the Confederate Prisoner of War Camp in Elmira, NY, I was amazed to discover how many websites out there are devoted to this subject.  Many, many years ago, in the days BC (before computers, LOL—or at least before everyone had computers) I attempted to [...]

Early Entertainers and Theaters of the West

Everyone likes to be entertained.  The arrival of a theatrical troupe or a famous personality has always been exciting, and the early days of the West were no exception.  Entertainers were always a welcome sight, especially in the mining towns and camps of the Mother Lode where the audience was mostly masculine.  The miners wanted [...]

Northern Roses and Southern Belles

Not your mother’s Civil War Romance…
Thanks Slip into Something Victorian for having me…I say tongue firmly planted in cheek. Yes, I’m a member of this group and blog, but my mother raised me to always be polite and thank my hostesses. J When our group of Victorian writers started talking about doing an anthology, I [...]