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March 16, 2021
The Recovery of Fitzwilliam Darcy Sneak Peak
Hello everyone!
Today, I’m sharing a sneak peak at my upcoming release, The Recovery of Fitzwilliam Darcy. I spoke about it a bit earlier this month when I revealed the gorgeous cover. You can find that post here.
On to the start of the story. I will be sharing more over the next couple of weeks as we approach publication day, Tuesday, 6 April.
Prologue
The Morning Post
15 March 1789
Servants speak about child’s kidnapping.
John Dickson
Readers of this fine publication have been as Shocked and ...
March 14, 2021
Dangerous Magic: Book Launch & Giveaway
It seems like I’ve been waiting forever for DANGEROUS MAGIC: A PRIDE AND PREJUDICE to come out. I wrote this novel last year, during lockdown, and I wanted to escape to a kingdom far, far away. What better place to escape to than Jane Austen’s England — don’t we all love to go there? — except that this Regency world has the added element of magic. As you can see on the book cover, I have a golden coach at the top. It’s a symbol of her journey away from the comfort of Longbourn and to a new life...
March 10, 2021
Gossip and Scandal in Jane Austen’s World
The more things change the more they stay the same. Comeuppance in Jane Austen’s World could come in the form of gossip columns.
It seems people have always been hungry for news. Not unlike today with abounding media outlets, newspapers proliferated during the Regency era. In spite of heavy taxation, high costs, and government censorship (that could include prosecution for libel!) by 1816, thirty one national newspapers were published in Britain, including fourteen in London itself. Some publi...
March 4, 2021
Wickham’s Comeuppance: How shall we punish him?
There are some characters we simply love to hate: Lady Catherine, Miss Bingley, Wickham.
I hope you enjoyed Lady Catherine’s comeuppance in Shannon Winslow’s post the other day. So delicious!
A few years ago, I posted a couple of short stories where I poked fun at Miss Bingley. If you haven’t read them, these links will take you there: An Eventful Morning and Miss Bingley’s Last Picnic.
Miss Bingley and Lady Catherine are such perfect targets, with their airs and graces and their noses in the ai...
March 2, 2021
Comeuppance: Lady Catherine Gets Hers
Happy March! This month, some of us will be posting on the theme of COMEUPPANCE, which is defined as “something unpleasant regarded as just punishment.” And who is more deserving of it than Lady Catherine?
In P&P, we know she gets her just punishment when Darcy defies her edict that he must marry Anne. But we miss out on most of the fun, because it happens off stage. We don’t get to see their confrontation, the one about which Darcy later tells Elizabeth, “It taught me to hope.”
I decided that s...
March 1, 2021
The Recovery of Fitzwilliam Darcy Cover Reveal!
I am so excited to be here today to reveal the cover for my upcoming release, The Recovery of Fitzwilliam Darcy.
Quills & Quartos is giving away a $20 (US dollars) Amazon gift card; the draw is open internationally. All you have to do to enter the draw is comment on this post.
Before I show you the amazing cover, I want to tell you a little something about the book. I wrote The Recovery of Fitzwilliam Darcy because I wanted to explore the ‘Elizabeth is not a Bennet’ trope from a different angle....
February 25, 2021
Mr Darcy Proves His Point
Good morning to all in the JAFF world! We’re winding up our month, with its theme of Love/Hate relationships and I thought I would dust off an old short story of mine for you. Hope you enjoy this tale of a quick path from hate to love for D&E.
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The ball given at the elegant town house in Mayfair was unlike anything the eldest Miss Bennets had ever attended. Elizabeth had anticipated the evening with both delight and dread, simultaneously longing to study the characters of the ton ev...
February 24, 2021
Excerpt Love-Hate New Release and Giveaway
Brrrr!
At least, that’s what I’ve been saying a lot lately, and I’m sure there are those of you in colder parts of the country than Oregon. Whose idea was it to have a winter storm in February, anyway? Foul, I say!
Anyway, I hope you’re all keeping safe and warm. My contribution to our February theme of Love/Hate is a book that kicks off a Battle of Flirting. It’s a game of one-up-man-ship as Darcy and Elizabeth try to get the better of each other by making each other blush. Who do you think wil...
February 23, 2021
Love/Hate: Excerpt from To Conquer Pride
As you may have noticed, February’s theme here at Austen Variations is love/hate relationships, which, for those of us who read and write JAFF, probably brings to mind Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet above any other couple.
So, although I am *this close* to typing “The End” on my current WIP, I thought for today’s post I would dip back into the archives and share an excerpt from my first novel, To Conquer Pride. This scene takes place towards the end of the book, and, to be honest, probab...
February 22, 2021
What I’m writing – old and new!
It’s been a busy couple of weeks for The Price of Pride, with not one, but two, of the best reviews I’ve ever had. I’m all a-twitter, feeling like Mrs. Bennet clutching for her smelling salts! Ten thousand a year! A house in town! Two glowing five-star reviews! Here’s a quote from From Pemberley to Milton:
The Price of Pride is one of the most beautiful love stories I’ve ever read with intense and electrifying scenes between Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth. They have a long road to go through to find t...
