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Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween, everyone! In the spirit of the day, I’m dusting off a post from the archives. I hope you enjoy! 🙂 When most of us think of Halloween, we tend to envision ghosts and witches and mummies and things that go bump in the night. But did you know that there is actually a …

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Now in Audio: Mr. Knightley in His Own Words!

Just a quick blast to let you know that Mr. Knightley in His Own Words is now a available in audio! – as well as Kindle, Nook, and paperback. Yay! If you’re as big a fan of audiobooks as I am, perhaps you’ve been waiting for just this minute to sink your teeth – well, …

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Spiteful Spirits: A Top “Five” List of Spiteful Characters in Austen

What would Jane Austen have thought of our modern obsession with Halloween? Would she have ditched her Twinings tea for a pumpkin spice latte? Would she have given out unhealthy quantities of candy to trick-or-treaters—or would she have sent them home with nothing more than a witty insult? Somehow, I don’t think she’d be in …

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A Gentleman of Worth Audiobook release and Chapter 1 of A Worthy Woman

Good morning and happy Tuesday! I am so excited to let you know A Gentleman of Worth is out on audiobook! Deborah Balm offered to return to narrate the second installment of the Montford Cousins series, and she did a fantastic job as always. The audiobook comes out just in time since I’ve almost completed …

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A “Progressive” Book Launch for “Mr. Knightley in His Own Words”!

Have you ever participated in a “progressive dinner”? It was a fun, social thing they did back in the day – church groups, etc.. You all ate the appetizer at one person’s house. Then you moved on as a group to somebody else’s for the salad, then the main course at a third place, and …

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Mrs Bennet Makes a Match Release Day!

It’s release day for my latest novella, Mrs Bennet Makes a Match! 🥳 To help celebrate, I’m sharing a snippet  from Chapter 2. I posted an excerpt (Chapter 1) previously; you can find it here. In this segment of the second chapter, Mr Darcy and Mr Bingley have come to dinner, and the party is …

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Traces of Magic: Happy Release Day!! + Giveaway!

Traces of Magic Cover A woman in a white Regency gown with a gold sash looks over a balustrade at a purple magical burst. Book two of Mr. Darcy's Magic, a Pride and Prejudice Variation

Hello friends! I’m looking out of the window at the leaves turning color and I’m reminded that autumn is coming. Where did the summer go?  Yikes!  I suppose I was too busy working on Traces of Magic to notice the transition! I’m a summer baby, which is probably why summer is my favorite season.  Every …

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Strokes of Inelegance: the final part of a modern P&P story!

Greetings, friends! It’s almost the end of a “scandalous September.” (Did you do anything scandalous this month? For my part, I turned another year older…very scandalous indeed!) In March, I began an untitled P&P short story to help me get out of a writing funk. Now, as we approach October, I have finally finished! (Well, there’s …

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Sneak Peek: Traces of Magic, Book 3 of Mr. Darcy’s Magic

Traces of Magic Cover A woman in a white Regency gown with a gold sash looks over a balustrade at a purple magical burst. Book two of Mr. Darcy's Magic, a Pride and Prejudice Variation

It’s almost here! Almost means I’m still doing some edits and waiting impatiently for the book to come out on September 28th. It’s the third in the series (but not the last), and it goes in a slightly different direction from the first two. This is good news for those of you who’ve forgotten the …

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Mrs Bennet Makes a Match Cover Reveal & Excerpt

Hello! Isn’t cover reveal day always so exciting? I think it is, if only because it means I can talk about my latest creation more than I have in the past. I did make a wee post about my new novella, Mrs Bennet Makes a Match, last month, but today I will share an excerpt …

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