By 1985, however, the genre had exploded, and over 50 new historical romances were being published each month, many of them full-length historicals set in the Regency period like McNaught's.
Men 1985 hade genren ”exploderat”, och över 50 nya historiska kärleksromaner publicerades varje månad, många av dem var fullängdsromaner placerade i Regencytiden liksom McNaughts romaner.