Historical Romance

Slow Burns.
Long Letters.
Different Endings.

Jane Austen variations, Regency romance, Tudor courts, and the historical love stories that history forgot to record.

Latest Release

The Letter Returned

JAFF Slow Burn Letters

In the canon, Mr Darcy hands Elizabeth a letter at Rosings and they do not meet again for months. In The Letter Returned, a footman’s mistake brings the letter back to Pemberley unopened — and Mr Darcy, against every instinct, sends it again. Elizabeth Bennet receives a second letter at Longbourn the morning of her sister’s wedding.

“A second letter. A different morning. The same two hearts, in better weather.”

choose your era

Six Eras. Endless Romances.

Different centuries. The same heart. Find the period that calls to you.

Jane Austen Variations What if Darcy posted the letter twice? What if Elizabeth read it? The canon, with one small thing different — and everything that follows. Browse this era → Regency Mayfair drawing rooms, country estates, returning soldiers, and the seasons that change quiet women into the centres of their own stories. Browse this era → Tudor Whitehall and Hampton Court. Anne Boleyn’s ladies-in-waiting. The whispered romances that the historians refused to record. Browse this era → Georgian The long candle-lit century before the Regency. Powdered hair, salon politics, and the cousins who came back from the Continent changed. Browse this era → Victorian Gaslight, propriety, and the parlour conversations that ran far deeper than anyone in the room was prepared to admit. Browse this era → Edwardian Country houses on the brink of the war that ended them. Lost summers, last letters, and the loves that didn’t survive the century. Browse this era →

“A different ending. The same hearts.”

About the Author

Meet Vivi Harlowe

Vivi Harlowe writes historical romance — JAFF in the morning, Tudor in the afternoon, Regency in the evening, and whichever century best suits the weather in between.

Her books are about long letters, second proposals, court intrigue, country houses, and the quiet moments at the edges of the historical record where the romances actually happened.

When she’s not writing, she’s rereading Austen for the dozenth time, mispronouncing French at the Wallace Collection, or arguing that Anne Elliot is the most underrated heroine of all time.

Notes & Marginalia

Craft pieces, period research, and the stories behind the stories.

Why I Write JAFF

A defence of the Jane Austen variation — and the small differences that change the whole book.

Writing the Tudor Voice

On research, register, and the precise wrong word that ruins a court scene.

The Slow Burn Letter

How a single piece of folded paper can carry the weight of a whole romance.

Slow Burns.Long Letters.Different Endings.