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October 13, 2020
It's Release Day for As Only Mr. Darcy Can
Isn't this something? I met my summer writing goals, so I have a new book for you. Yay!
As Only Mr. Darcy Can is a feel-good Regency Romp, featuring all your friends from Pride and Prejudice. Intrigue, romance, and laughter are waiting.
This one's an Elizabeth and Darcy romance, and it's delightfully escapist. What's not to love, right?
What pre-release readers are saying ...
"I just love, love, love this!"
"Fantastic!"
"So much action, so much humor, and alliances you have always wanted to see. It is believable yet very refreshingly new!"
"Amazing story! It gets better and better!"
"This is wonderful."
"A jewel of a story."
As Only Mr. Darcy Can is now available for purchase at Amazon .
If you're a Kindle Unlimited girl, it's ready and waiting. You can start reading today.
Would you like to add it to your TBR pile here? As Only Mr. Darcy Can at Goodreads
I've put together a little tour with my book blogging friends. This gives you opportunities to win an eBook of your very own.
To enter your name in each of the drawings, simply post a comment at these blogs.
As Only Mr. Darcy Can Giveaway Opportunities
Austenprose
: October 7 (enter by October 15)Diary of an Eccentric: October 13 (enter by October 18)
Babblings of a Bookworm: October 16
Austenesque Reviews: October 20
From Pemberley to Milton: October 29
September 3, 2020
Chatting with Chautona #BecauseFiction podcast
Today I'm chatting about my Austen-inspired novels (and quirky sense of humor) with author and #BecauseFiction host, Chautona Havig.
Did we have fun or what?
Gotta love Chautona!
Grab a cup of coffee and come have a listen.
A Chat with Laura Hile about Austen Retellings
Oh, and Chautona is giving away an eBook too, winner's choice of any of my books.
To enter the drawing, leave a comment, telling Chautona who your favorite Austen character is and why.
July 28, 2020
Another chance to win So This Is Love
Rita enjoyed So This Is Love so much that she wrote a review at From Pemberley to Milton. Yet another heart is captured by Captain Blunt (in addition to mine)!
Rita is also hosting an eBook giveaway.
Summer is not over, friends. This book is just right for vacation reading.
To enter your name in the giveaway, follow the link to Rita's blog and post a comment. She wants to know why you'd like to win this book.
Like that's a hard question?
#BringOnASwoonyBookBoyfriend.
From Pemberley to Milton's review and giveaway for So This Is Love.
Rita will draw a winning name on August 6, 2020
June 25, 2020
Giveaways Galore! (So you want to win an eBook?)
Here's what's going on right now, promotion-wise, for me.
If you'd like to get your name in for these drawings, it's easy. Simply cruise by the host blog and leave a comment. Blog names are links.
SO THIS IS LOVE
Austenesque Reviews -- enter by June 29, 2020
Diary of an Eccentric -- enter by July 1, 2020
Austenprose (featured July 29) -- two eBook prizes will be offered. Details to follow.
A VERY AUSTEN ROMANCE
Diary of an Eccentic -- enter by July 2, 2020
There will be more anthology giveaways coming in July, so stay tuned.
Exciting times! I so enjoy meeting new friends at each of these blogs.
June 16, 2020
EBook Giveaway for So This Is Love this week
There's another eBook #giveaway going on right now at Rita Deodato's From Pemberley to Milton blog. ❤️
Plus, Rita has an exciting excerpt for you. Bring on the swashbuckling romance, we say!
This book is ideal for summer reading.
To enter your name in the giveaway, follow the link to Rita's blog and post a comment. She wants to know if you enjoy stories that feature Jane Austen's secondary characters, like Charlotte Lucas.
From Pemberley to Milton's excerpt and giveaway for So This Is Love
Plus, Rita has an exciting excerpt for you. Bring on the swashbuckling romance, we say!
This book is ideal for summer reading.
To enter your name in the giveaway, follow the link to Rita's blog and post a comment. She wants to know if you enjoy stories that feature Jane Austen's secondary characters, like Charlotte Lucas.
From Pemberley to Milton's excerpt and giveaway for So This Is Love
June 13, 2020
Ceri's eBook Giveaway for So This Is Love
Would you like to win an eBook?
Well, sure! Especially if it's this one!
This week, Babblings of a Bookworm is hosting a Kindle eBook giveaway for my new Charlotte Lucas romance, So This Is Love.
Do stop by and read the excerpt -- about Mr. Collins (oh dear).
It's easy to enter the drawing. Just leave a comment by June 19, 2020, and your name will go into the hat.
This is a fun read. You're going to want this book.
June 12, 2020
Ebook Giveaway for A Very Austen Romance
Today we're celebrating the eBook release of A Very Austen Romance. We're very excited to offer our third anthology to you.That's right, another book that friendship built.
This time, Chautona Havig is joining us as guest author.
This is the perfect summertime read, a delicious escape to Jane Austen's Regency world. And girlfriends, this book is LONG.
You'll smile, you'll sigh ... and you'll laugh, because my contribution combines romance with comedy. What can I say? Scheming Lady Catherine is up to no good ...
To celebrate, I'm giving away one eBook copy this week.
Will the prize be coming to your Kindle?
To enter, simply comment to this post on my blog, linked here. I'll draw a winner on June 19th, 2020.
International readers, I'm not sure how we'll work out the prize delivery. Amazon has become annoyingly difficult when it comes to gifting eBooks outside the author's home country. Perhaps you'll get an Amazon gift card so that you can buy it for yourself?
If I can gift that to you ...
Kindle Unlimited subscribers, A Very Austen Romance is ready and waiting!
Here's what's inside:
The King of Hearts by Robin Helm
Twenty-year-old Kitty Bennet, the only unmarried Bennet sister, goes for an extended visit with Mr. and Mrs. Darcy in London where Elizabeth decides to host a coming out ball in Kitty’s honor.
Four eligible bachelors compete for Kitty’s favor, but only one can win her hand.
Kitty has the wonderful, awful task of selecting one from a field of no bad choices. Which man will she choose?
A Step Too Far by Wendi Sotis
While touring his friend’s new estate, Fitzwilliam Darcy comes across a young lady in jeopardy. Even though coming to her aid could also ruin her reputation, he refuses to risk her life by leaving her in such a perilous situation.
During her daily amble, Miss Elizabeth Bennet takes one step too many. Is she in love with the man who saved her life, or is it simply a deep sense of obligation that will fade with time?
John Knightley Takes a Wife by Barbara Cornthwaite
Young John Knightley is in love—so in love that he agrees to invite the beautiful Miss Maria Dudley's wild younger brother for a visit to the family estate at Donwell Abbey. John finds he's got his work cut out for him thanks to Dudley's fondness for pranks and port. But when Dudley sets his sights on Isabella Woodhouse—or, rather, her fortune—John's views on love and honor are challenged and he must decide what kind of man he really wants to be.
In the Looking Glass by Mandy H Cook
Fanny Bingley, twenty-year-old daughter of Jane and Charles Bingley, chafes under the restrictions placed upon women of her time period. She decides to take matters into her own hands, and unlike her ten siblings, charts her own course to love, finding a husband in an unlikely manner.
Charming Miss Dashwood by Chautona Havig
All Conrad Thayer wanted was a respite in the country and the luxury of days spent in a fine library. However, Margaret Dashwood and a roving band of "highwaymen" have stolen that opportunity, and in regard to Miss Dashwood, his heart along with it.
You've Got to Kiss the Girl by Yours Truly (Laura Hile)
It is Darcy’s duty to marry Anne—and Lady Catherine is determined to see that he does. Even if she must have him abducted! But her nefarious plan goes horribly wrong, for the kidnappers seize the wrong girl ...
May 30, 2020
It's Live! So This Is Love
It's here! Like, today! My new Charlotte Lucas romance is up at Amazon, just in time for summer reading.
When a project comes together during the school year, careful promotional planning goes out the window. I simply become too excited.
When a book is ready to go, I've got to hit the "publish" button so that you can get a copy of your very own.
And this one's really good, my girls.
So This Is Love is a joyride of a Regency, bringing whirlwind romance and happily-ever-after to Jane Austen’s staid and practical Charlotte Lucas.
It’s a warm and witty “beach read” Regency that's just plain fun. Complete with a swashbuckling and swoony book boyfriend ...
So This is Love is available on Amazon / Kindle Unlimited now.
AM I EXCITED ANY?? Oh yes!
“I am not romantic, you know. I never was.”
Newly escaped from a loathsome engagement of convenience, Charlotte Lucas has no interest in romance. More than ever, she is convinced that no man would—or could—love her. As companion to an aging aunt, Charlotte’s new life is as predictable as it is circumspect.
But then she is rescued from a robbery by her uncle’s heir, a masterful man who is disastrously handsome. Why has he remained as a guest in the house? Why is he so determined to draw Charlotte out and make her talk? And what of his invitation to visit his home by the sea?
Romance is not on the chart for Captain Jack Blunt. Never again will he be played for that kind of fool! He is ashore only to heal from an injury and see to business, nothing more. And yet the pointed disinterest of his cousin’s pert niece is intriguing. She is forthright, refreshingly honest—and altogether lovely. She will make a fine wife for one of his officers. But not, of course, for him.
“Absolutely perfect, hitting every note with all the feels.”
– Robin Helm, author of Understanding Elizabeth and More to Love
Because after our girl Charlotte kicks Collins to the curb, doesn’t she deserve a swashbuckling hero?
When a project comes together during the school year, careful promotional planning goes out the window. I simply become too excited.
When a book is ready to go, I've got to hit the "publish" button so that you can get a copy of your very own.
And this one's really good, my girls.
So This Is Love is a joyride of a Regency, bringing whirlwind romance and happily-ever-after to Jane Austen’s staid and practical Charlotte Lucas.
It’s a warm and witty “beach read” Regency that's just plain fun. Complete with a swashbuckling and swoony book boyfriend ...
So This is Love is available on Amazon / Kindle Unlimited now.
AM I EXCITED ANY?? Oh yes!
“I am not romantic, you know. I never was.”
Newly escaped from a loathsome engagement of convenience, Charlotte Lucas has no interest in romance. More than ever, she is convinced that no man would—or could—love her. As companion to an aging aunt, Charlotte’s new life is as predictable as it is circumspect.
But then she is rescued from a robbery by her uncle’s heir, a masterful man who is disastrously handsome. Why has he remained as a guest in the house? Why is he so determined to draw Charlotte out and make her talk? And what of his invitation to visit his home by the sea?
Romance is not on the chart for Captain Jack Blunt. Never again will he be played for that kind of fool! He is ashore only to heal from an injury and see to business, nothing more. And yet the pointed disinterest of his cousin’s pert niece is intriguing. She is forthright, refreshingly honest—and altogether lovely. She will make a fine wife for one of his officers. But not, of course, for him.
“Absolutely perfect, hitting every note with all the feels.”
– Robin Helm, author of Understanding Elizabeth and More to Love
Because after our girl Charlotte kicks Collins to the curb, doesn’t she deserve a swashbuckling hero?
April 24, 2020
Springtime Bliss 99 cent Sale
So we're sheltered at home. Still.
In times like these, we book lovers comb the shelves, eager for a happy escape.
You know the kind. "Comfort reads," we call them -- with all the feels and satisfied sighs. Including the all-important happy ending.
Heartwarming stories that bring a smile.
I just might have you covered.
Now through April 27th, the Kindle editions of our Austen Anthologies are marked down to 99 cents each.
If you subscribe to Kindle Unlimited, the news is even better, because both A Very Austen Valentine and A Very Austen Christmas are enrolled.
In times like these, we book lovers comb the shelves, eager for a happy escape.You know the kind. "Comfort reads," we call them -- with all the feels and satisfied sighs. Including the all-important happy ending.
Heartwarming stories that bring a smile.
I just might have you covered.
Now through April 27th, the Kindle editions of our Austen Anthologies are marked down to 99 cents each.
If you subscribe to Kindle Unlimited, the news is even better, because both A Very Austen Valentine and A Very Austen Christmas are enrolled.
March 28, 2020
Book Boyfriend eBook Sale
"Sheltering at home" is not easy, but why should we do it alone?Long stories with handsome heroes can fill the hours delightfully.
Now through March 31st, my novels are marked down to 99 cents each.
Darcy By Any Other Name has never been this low!
And you can pick up the entire Mercy's Embrace trilogy for less than a cup of designer coffee!
If you subscribe to Kindle Unlimited, the news is even better, because all are enrolled.
Happy Reading!
