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April 30, 2024
New Book!
I have a new book coming out on Friday! Besotted is a collection of letters between Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy, from early swoony days to empty nest plans. Check it out!
The collection of letters between Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet spans more than thirty years of their marriage.
From the early days of courtship and the heady time of newlywed bliss, through children, family mishaps, and middle age, literature’s favorite couple navigates whatever comes their way with grace. Except for when...
April 29, 2024
His Family Objects: Cover Reveal & Excerpt
What better way to start a new week than with a cover reveal and excerpt! I first told you about His Family Objects, my new Regency Pride & Prejudice variation, at the end of March (see here), and today I’m ready to share more. The book comes out on Monday, 20 May (via Amazon in paperback, e-book, and via Kindle Unlimited). Be sure to comment on this post for the chance to win a copy of the e-book!
Let’s take a look at the cover. It was designed by Stephanie Fontecha at Beetiful Book Designs. I...
April 21, 2024
“Tomorrow,” an Elizabeth and Darcy short story
Happy April! Today, I offer a sweet and silly short story based on this month’s theme, “Arts and Allurements.” That phrase comes from Lady Catherine’s speech to Elizabeth outside of Longbourn (the same speech in which she calls Elizabeth an “obstinate, headstrong girl”):
“This is not to be borne. Miss Bennet, I insist on being satisfied. Has he, has my nephew, made you an offer of marriage?”
“Your Ladyship has declared it to be impossible.”
“It ought to be so; it must be so, while he retains t...
April 18, 2024
Consequence of Courage-A Few Thoughts
Hello, dear Janeites!
How happy I am to have a chance to chat with you today about my upcoming
book, “The Consequence of Courage,” set for release in early fall. This book is not like anything I have written before, as Mr. Wickham is a predominant character not associated with Lydia. I’m not a huge fan of Mr. Wickham. He’s not like Willoughby who you know has real feelings for Marianne but must marry an heiress. Instead he is what my 9th grade teacher would call ‘smarmy,’ and I have little pa...
April 15, 2024
My P&P Trilogy
There is a certain mystique about a trilogy, and I think most novelists dream of writing at least one – one that’s important, acclaimed… and preferably available as a beautifully boxed set! That was my dream.
Actually, when I wrote my first Pride and Prejudice sequel, I didn’t know there would be more. The goal was just to carry Darcy and Elizabeth into their married life and tell the story of Georgiana Darcy’s courtship. That’s what I did in The Darcys of Pemberley. But then my muse kept asking...
April 10, 2024
P&P The Untold Stories: Darcy and Fitzwilliam have a talk
April 11, 1812
“Darcy, that is the tenth time you have sighed tonight. I insist you tell me what has you so out of sorts!” cried Colonel Fitzwilliam as he stirred the fire in the library.
“I am not out of sorts,” grumbled his cousin.
Fitzwilliam guffawed. “Of course you are not. The Great Fitzwilliam Darcy is never out of sorts!”
Darcy let his head fall back against the chair and closed his eyes, effectively ignoring his cousin.
“You said...
P&P The Untold Stories: Fitzwilliam Takes His Leave of the Parsonage
April 10th, 1812
“ARE YOU COMFORTABLE, COLONEL?” asked Mrs. Collins.
“Perfectly, madam,” he replied.
“Of course Colonel Fitzwilliam is comfortable, Mrs. Collins!” cried Mr. Collins. “Did not Lady Catherine de Bourgh herself pick out these very chairs? I assure you, my dear colonel, that your most excellent aunt arranged this room just in this manner, and we have taken pains so see that nothing is out of place, even by an inch! Surely, Lady Catherine’s...
April 9, 2024
P&P The Untold Stories: Darcy Walking in the Grove
10 April 1812
Dawn’s dew rolled off the polished leather of Darcy’s boots with each meticulous step. He had paced this path in the grove twenty-three times already, but in such a straight, methodical trail that there was but a single line of steps between the ancient oak and the sapling beech tree. From the one, he could see almost to the very doorstep of Rosings and be forewarned if his cousin or some emissary of his aunt’s were to set out in search of him. From ...
P&P The Untold Stories: Darcy Writes to Elizabeth
April 9, 1812
Darcy walked so quickly on his way to Rosings from the parsonage that it might as well have been called running. Too many thoughts and feelings coursed through him to make sense of them. All he wanted was to be alone, and he muttered several prayers that he would be able to go to his apartment without seeing anyone, especially not his aunt, who would demand to know where he had gone and why he was so agitated. His co...
P&P The Untold Stories: After the Proposal
April 9, 1812
(BBC)
Fury choked him. All-consuming fury – at her, of course, but no less at himself for laying himself open to the abject humiliation.
Darcy tugged his gloves on and his countenance twisted into an almighty scowl.
Heavens above! How had he failed himself so utterly, so completely? He, who had always prided himself on his understanding, had been no better than a common addle-pate devoid of both reason and perception. Like the veriest clod, he had clos...
