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P&P The Untold Stories: Darcy Discovers Elizabeth is at Hunsford

Can she really be here?

March 23, 1812

Jane Austen does not tell us when and how Darcy discovered that Elizabeth was next door at Hunsford in Kent. We only know that he and his cousin pay a call soon after arriving at Rosings.

As the carriage turned onto the drive that led to Rosings, Darcy looked out the window and let out a gruff laugh. “I do not believe it!”

“What is it?” Colonel Fitzwilliam asked as he leaned forward to see what had his cousin’s attention. He saw someone peer across the lan...

P&P The Untold Stories: Fitzwilliam & Darcy on the Road to Rosings

Fitzwilliam & Darcy Discuss Their Upcoming Visit to Rosings

March 23rd, 1812

COLONEL THE HONORABLE RICHARD FITZWILLIAM of the ___rd Light Dragoons was trying to make himself as comfortable as possible in the rocking carriage—a mighty task, for the fineness of the Darcy coach could not make up for the ruts in the road through Kent. The other gentleman in the carriage had more success.

The colonel was just thirty years of age. Other than that, he was most unlike his companion. Fitzwilliam was o...

Masks & Masquerades: A Scene from A Match Made at Matlock

Every month at JAV we have a fun theme for the blog and this month’s is Masks & Masquerades.  It made me realize I have rarely written about them so look for more of those coming up soon!

I do have one to share that features Viscount Saye preparing to propose while masked. The scene is from A Match Made at Matlock and I hope you’ll enjoy! I’ll pick someone from among the commenters to win a copy or an audiobook code, so do have your say!

It was extraordinarily vexing to Saye that Aurelia should...

P&P The Untold Stories: Elizabeth in Kent

Elizabeth’s time in Kent before Mr Darcy’s arrival

March 19, 1812

As Elizabeth slowly strolled the paths with which she had recently become familiar near the Hunsford parsonage, she reflected on the two weeks she had been staying with the Collinses.

Another four weeks or thereabouts, and the visit will be over. I am glad I have come.

She had been reluctant to accept when Charlotte invited her. The days Mr Collins’s had spent at Longbourn the previous autumn had been long and tedious; to actuall...

Preview of The Courtship of Elizabeth Darcy

Preview of My Latest WIP, by Jack Caldwell

Greetings everyone. Jack Caldwell here.

No, I have not fallen off the face of the earth. Between the holidays, having audiobooks made for my backstock (look for PEMBERLEY RANCH soon),  and running Granddaddy Day Care for my baby granddaughter—Princess Sugar Pie—I have been trying to write a non-JA modern suspense thriller. However, the ol’ interfering Muse came up with the plot below.

This is my take on the FMS trope. If you are familiar with my work, i...

The Measure of Love Launch

I keep a little running list of plot threads that tickle my fancy. I think most authors do, and like most, that list is so much longer than the list of stories that will ever get published! Sometimes a couple of threads work together to turn into something bigger than either idea was on its own, and sometimes one little sentence, jotted down probably after waking up in the middle of the night, is enough on its own to stick in my head and make a little home for itself there.

Such was the case wit...

Reviewing Hallmark’s “Lovuary with Jane Austen”

I had a lot of interest when I published this post on my own blog (www.shannonwinslow.com), so I decided to give it an encore presentation here, for any of you who may have missed it. These are my reviews of Hallmark’s four featured February films:

I was skeptical when I heard of the Hallmark Channel’s plans for a month-long tribute to Jane Austen, dubbed Loveuary with Jane Austen. I’d been let down before by their attempts at Austen tie-ins, some of which displayed almost no resemblance to an ...

Snippet from my WIP: An Intriguing Connection

Now that Mr Darcy and the Enchanted Library has been polished and published, I realized that I haven’t given you any updates for some time on my writing progress.

Just to reassure you, the FOURTH and FINAL book in Mr. Darcy’s Magic is in progress. It is chugging along very well indeed [to use a post-Regency phrase]. I am also working on two other regular variations that I hope to publish once the magic book is out.

I thought it would be nice for me to share a short scene from one of my WIPs to g...

P&P The Untold Stories: Miss de Bourgh’s Expectations by Diana Birchall

Anne looks forward complacently to what she hopes will be a springtime wedding with Mr. Darcy…

March 1, 1812

Lady Catherine prided herself on her deportment, which consisted in a magnificently upright carriage, and a way of moving that might be called an arrogant glide. To display a need for haste, would be deserving of contempt; a lady did not hurry-skurry like a schoolgirl. Yet on this morning, Lady Catherine did enter the small summer breakfast-parlor at Rosings with such unwonted rapidity t...

A Pinch of Salt Release Celebration!

I’m so excited that release day for A Pinch of Salt has finally arrived! For those keeping count, which I expect is no one other than me, this is my tenth book!

I’m going to share another excerpt with you–you can find others here and here–but first I wanted to tell you just a little about the new characters who pop up, chiefly the judges and producer. There are other new people our lovely band of contestants meet along the way, but Cherry, Maggie, Gregor, Emma, and Ginny are the main people they...