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Donna Hatch

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Born

in Phoenix, AZ, The United States

February 08

Website

http://www.donnahatch.com

Twitter

https://twitter.com/donnahatch

Genre

Romance, Historical Fiction, Christian

Influences

My mother, English teachers, Jane Austen

Member Since

October 2008

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Multi-award-winning author of more than twenty best-selling Regency Historical Romances, Donna Hatch is a hopeful romantic and an adventurer at heart. Each book she writes is filled with wit and heart and plenty of swoon-worthy romance. Donna sings, plays the harp, and loves to ballroom dance. Her family, including six children and two cats, recently left their native Arizona for the Pacific coast of the US. No matter where they live, she and her husband of over twenty years are proof that there truly is a happily ever after.

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Average rating: 4.0 · 16,116 ratings · 2,842 reviews · 43 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Stranger She Married (Rogue Hearts, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 3,154 ratings — published 2008 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Guise of a Gentleman (Rogue Hearts, #2) 4.18 avg rating — 1,619 ratings — published 2010 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Suspect's Daughter (Rogue Hearts #4) 4.34 avg rating — 957 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Queen in Exile 3.91 avg rating — 1,038 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Perfect Secret (Rogue Hearts #3) 4.02 avg rating — 989 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wedding Wagers (Timeless Regency Collection, #11) by Donna Hatch (Goodreads Author), Heather B. Moore (Goodreads Author), Michele Paige Holmes (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 589 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Reluctant Bride 3.45 avg rating — 624 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Courting the Countess 3.94 avg rating — 527 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Not a Fine Gentleman (Rogue Hearts, #6) 4.38 avg rating — 357 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unmasking the Duke (Rogue Hearts, #5) 4.16 avg rating — 369 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Did ladies wear pantaloons during the Regency?

by Donna Hatch

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I recently taught a workshop at a writer's conference on Regency Ladies Fashions. One attendee asked what ladies wore underneath their skirts. You should have heard the gasps when I told her, "Nothing." So, this seems to be a good time to revise and repost this blog post about the somewhat controversial topic.

Historians, researchers, and authors agree that lad

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Rogue Hearts (6 books)
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Courting (2 books)
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“Just because I haven't found anyone to give my heart to, doesn't mean I don't know how to go about doing it properly when I do.”
― Donna Hatch, Queen in Exile

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“He smiled again and Elise marveled how one family could have produced such magnificent men.”
― Donna Hatch, The Guise of a Gentleman

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“He frowned. “I’m not grumpy…I just don’t like most people.” “Ah,”
― Donna Hatch, The Suspect's Daughter

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“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”
― Ernest Hemingway

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“Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.”
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“The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter. ’tis the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.”
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“Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it.”
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“Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.”
― Anton Chekhov

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message 9: by Christine

Sep 27, 2009 05:58PM

Hi Donna,just dropping by for a visit. I would like to invite you to check out Shadow Forrest Authors for charity and help support illiteracy issues.
http://www.shadowforestauthors.com
We also have a SFA group here on goodreads. Have a great week.
Blessing CJ

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message 8: by Christine

Jul 27, 2009 09:23PM

Hi Donna, stopped by to see what's new on your page. Have a great week.
Blessings CJ

Mariard Volume 2 Glass Pawns by Christine Jones

Join shadow forest authors and help stop illiteracy worldwide.
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message 7: by Donna

Jun 11, 2009 01:54PM

Hi, Hywela. Great to see you here!

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message 6: by Hywela

Jun 10, 2009 02:44PM

Thanks so much for addng me to your friends, Donan.

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message 5: by Ida

Feb 05, 2009 08:49PM

Hi Donna!
Thank you for befriending me on goodreads.

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message 4: by Donna

Jan 26, 2009 01:26PM

Hi CJ. Hope you have a great day!
Donna

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message 3: by Christine

Jan 25, 2009 04:56PM

Greetings from down under Donna. Stopped by to see what’s new with a goodread friend. Have a great day.
Blessings CJ

http://www.shadowforestauthors.com
http://www.cjbooks.net

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message 2: by Jeannie

Dec 10, 2008 04:44PM