Heidi Ashworth

Heidi Ashworth writes Regency romantic fiction shaped by social rules, comic misunderstandings, and spirited dialogue. Miss Delacourt Speaks Her Mind introduces the plainspoken Ginny Delacourt and the convention-minded Sir Anthony Crenshaw, whose reluctant journey develops into a series of mishaps and changing judgments. Avalon Books first published the novel, and Thorndike Press later issued a large-print edition. A Midwinter Ball is a collaborative collection with Annette Lyon and Michele Paige Holmes; Ashworth contributed the novella Much Ado About Dancing. That story returns to the formal world of assemblies, courtship, and reputation that informs her longer fiction. Across both books, Ashworth uses period manners as a source of comedy and as a practical obstacle her characters must learn to negotiate.