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January 9, 2023
The Truth About Family Release Day!
The Truth About Family is now available in e-book and via Kindle Unlimited, as well as in paperback! To celebrate, today, I have another excerpt to share with you. In the last excerpt, which you can find here , Lady Anne forced Elizabeth to go to Rosings. (The cover reveal and bonus material can be found here.) Things happen, and Elizabeth ends up at Longbourn. It is the first time in fifteen years that she has been “home”.
The following scene comes from Chapter 6. I drew some inspiration for El...
January 6, 2023
New Year’s Resolutions with Jane
Happy New Year, dear readers! I hope your 2023 has started out safe, healthy and prosperous!
Many of us enjoy Pride and Prejudice as an insight into the Georgian culture; a romance with refinement; a testament to the sharp wit of a female writer. However, did we ever consider it to be a compass for New Year’s resolutions? Have you begun writing yours?
Jane Austen gave us a multitude of advice to follow, from striving to be an accomplished woman to heeding the wisdom of our elders.
(After all w...
January 4, 2023
The Truth About Family Excerpt
Happy New Year!
Thank you all for the warm welcome you gave to my first post on The Truth About Family, my new book, which is out next week (book, e-book, KU; the audiobook is will be out soonish, I hope). If you missed the cover reveal and bonus material I posted last month, you can find it here. As well, you can read the first three chapters at Book Funnel.
Today, I have an excerpt from just a little further into the book. We are now in August 1811, and the earl and countess of Romsley have ar...
January 1, 2023
The Darcys in Venice – Part 12
“And so another New Year begins,” Darcy said thoughtfully gazing out at the Grand Canal. Large flakes of snow were gently falling, and decorating the iron railings above the water. A little ice tinkled about the edges, but the canals were not frozen, and light from the candelabra in the palazzo opposite reflected in the dark water. “A fine snowy night to greet 1817.”
Elizabeth shivered a little and drew her furred wrap around herself, on the divan where she was seated by a noble fire in the g...
December 28, 2022
A Sneak Peek at Mr. Knightley’s Story
It took me a while to get started, but now I’m making steady progress on what will become my 12th novel: Mr. Knightley in His Own Words. So today I want to share a brand new excerpt with you! – a scene from chapter one.
This book won’t be simply a retelling of Emma from Mr. Knightley’s point of view (although that’s part of it). As with my other two hero’s stories (Fitzwilliam Darcy in His Own Words and Colonel Brandon in His Own Words), it’s going to include tons of entirely new material. In fa...
December 26, 2022
A Christmas Scene from A Remedy Against Sin
Happy day-after Boxing Day! Am I allowed to wish you a happy Boxing Day even if I’m an American living in America who has never in her life celebrated Boxing Day? It’s one of those holidays that I’m sure I’ve romanticized, so if you do celebrate Boxing Day, I’d love to hear what the day was like for you!
No matter what holidays you call your own, I hope every one of you is having a lovely last few days of 2022!
Today I’m posting a scene from A Remedy Against Sin, the first book I published. Hone...
December 25, 2022
Sale on Mr. Darcy’s Noble Connections
Along with my best holiday wishes, I’ve got a special bargain for you this week – my national bestseller Mr. Darcy’s Noble Connections is on sale for 99 cents! It’s available at online booksellers internationally, including Amazon, Kobo, Barnes & Noble, iBooks, and more. It’s a personal favorite of mine, with a particularly swoon-worthy Darcy, a heather-covered moor, and some highly significant diamond hairpins.
Here’s the blurb:
There’s only one fact that notorious rake Lord Charles Carlisle an...
December 21, 2022
Mr. Darcy Steals a Kiss + Giveaway
Heigh-ho, and Merry Christmas (or Happy Hanukkah)!
I’m back today with the final excerpt from Mr. Darcy Steals a Kiss, as well as a giveaway. But first, I thought I’d share a bit about the historical backstory. As you know, authors often get lost in this time-suck vortex known as the Research Rabbit Hole. Sometimes the Rabbit Hole inspires the story, and sometimes it’s the reverse.
This time, the history found me. Fell into my lap, actually. You see, there was this dude called Thomas Bruce, 7th...
December 19, 2022
New release Brother of the Bride
THE LAUNCH OF BROTHER OF THE BRIDE
Official Launch for BROTHER OF THE BRIDE, a sequel to Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, by Jack Caldwell
Greetings, everyone. Jack Caldwell here. I am proud to announce the release of my twelfth novel, BROTHER OF THE BRIDE, a sequel to Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Book Four of JANE AUSTEN’S FIGHTING MEN.
Book Four? What a minute! You thought ROSINGS PARK was Book Four!
Well, it wasn’t.
In 2020, I was writing ROSINGS PARK, the sequel to my first book in the JAFM ...
An Unexpected Merry Gentleman
Happy Holidays, Dear Readers!
I don’t know about you, but I feel as if the season has snuck up on me. Between grading essays, football season and preparing for next term, I didn’t realize it was almost Christmas until…well…it was.
There is nothing I love more during the month of December than to read a sweet and cozy Holiday story about Obstinate and Headstrong Elizabeth Bennet and the last man in the world she would EVER be prevailed upon to marry (Fitzwilliam Darcy, of course).
Certain there ...
