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October 15, 2024
Before the Opera – The Darcys in Venice Chapter 26
Opera Dresses, 1796
Lord Byron sent over a note to say that he had ordered tickets for the opera at Teatro la Fenice for the whole party. Contessa Guiccioli had already arrived and was in residence, and they would travel in the two gondolas, Byron’s own and Mr. Darcy’s.
“I long to see her,” enthused Lydia as they were dressing, “That maid Elise told me she is the most beautiful creature in the world.”
“I am surprised you are at all eager to see a woman you must perceive as a rival,” commented El...
Release Day and Giveaway: Entwined Magic!!
The bewitching, much-anticipated conclusion of the award-winning Pride and Prejudice variation!!
Elizabeth and Darcy dream of a peaceful life together in idyllic Pemberley, but when rumors start circulating that Napoleon intends to invade the Kingdom by sea, they are sent with a group of Royal Mages to the coast of Kent to discover the truth.
But the truth is hidden under multiple layers of uncertainty, an...
October 13, 2024
The Measure of Honor Launch and Giveaway
The last of The Triplets is going live by tomorrow! If you preordered The Measure of Honor, start watching your device, because it’s landing soon!
This series has been so much fun for me. That should tell you something about me… Torturing Darcy appears to be my idea of “fun”. You should feel sorry for my husband right now. 
Seriously, it has been amazing to return to the angstier type of stories. Each of these stories shares the theme of Darcy being forced to overcome something that changes his...
October 9, 2024
Entwined Magic is coming! A Sneak Peek from Book 4 of Mr. Darcy’s Magic
As you will have guessed from the title, Book 4 of Mr. Darcy’s Magic is ready to go. Just a few more days and it will be in your hands, gentle readers, and I can’t wait to hear your reactions!
In my humble opinion 
this is the best book in the series, even better than the first one, Dangerous Magic. Especially since this is the final book in the series, with Elizabeth and Darcy finding their happy ending at last!
As I finish the final edits on Entwined Magic, I can’t help feeling torn. I am thr...
The Spinster is now available! Join me for an excerpt and a giveaway!
The Spinster, Book 2 of the Rags to Richmonds regency romance series is available today! You don’t
absolutely have to have read book 1 to enjoy book 2 but it does help! In any case leave a comment for me and you could win books 1 AND 2 and of course the entire series will be available in Kindle Unlimited.
How about a preview for the entire series? Click HERE to get a downloadable ebook which contains the first chapters of the entire Rags to Richmonds series.
Scarlett Margrave is the unmarried da...
October 6, 2024
P&P:TUS Darcy Talks to Mr. Bennet
Darcy Talks to Mr. BennetOctober 7, 1812
Darcy paced the Netherfield library. The fool room was far too short and the threadbare carpet muffled what should have been a satisfying thud from his boots.
He had faced many intimidating men in his life. Men more educated them himself; men wealthier; men more powerful. None ever caused him a moment’s anxiety.
So why should an insignificant country gentlemen turn his insides into a wobbling mass of jelly?
None of those men ever had a...
Date correction
You just received an email announcing the release of The Measure of Honor “tomorrow”. Ah…. My mistake.
I’m not sure how that date moved on me. Happy thumbs, perhaps, or a bit too much astigmatism as I squinted at the scheduling calendar. That post was supposed to go live NEXT Sunday, October 13, because The Measure of Honor goes live on the 14th.
My apologies for the confusion! Be sure to watch for that post to come around again next week so you can get entered in the giveaway.
-Alix
The post ...
October 3, 2024
P&P The Untold Stories: Mr. Bennet Hears from Mr. Collins
October 4, 1812
Mr. Bennet reposed in his library after breakfast, his feet propped up on a stool and a highly enjoyable book before his nose. With the most troublesome of his daughters permanently gone from the house and the most angelic one advantageously engaged, he had little left to wish for but that the peace of his household might last. He did not expect it to, however. Just as the little tyrant across the channel could not...
P&P The Untold Stories: Lady Catherine Leaves Longbourn in a Dudgeon by Diana Birchall
October 2, 1812
Lady Catherine de Bourgh sat very straight in her seat in the chaise. Her always formidable mouth was compressed into an angry, thin line, and there were patchy spots of red on her cheeks. The waiting-woman, Mrs. Dawson, a widow forced into service owing to her poverty, shrank back onto the other side of the seat. Since tersely directing the coachman to drive at all speed ...
October 2, 2024
P&P The Untold Stories: Lady Catherine Calls on Darcy
October 3, 1812
Darcy was not accustomed to having to make excuses. He had manufactured enough business to keep him in London for over a sen’night, but now he had to make a decision: either return to Netherfield as he had told Bingley he would, or come up with another excuse for the delay. The logical option would be to return to Pemberley, but that would be intolerable. Georgiana was waiting there for him to return with news of his engagem...
