Tag: Marilyn Brant

P&P The Untold Stories: Caroline Bingley’s Generous Appraisal of the Evening

Caroline Bingley reflects on the Netherfield Ball with her usual benevolence and kindness of spirit… November 26, 1811 Insupportable. Really, there was no other word for it. Caroline Bingley had done her level best to point out to her brother how unnecessary and ridiculous it would be to have such an event in their home …

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‘Christmas Celebrations’: An Anthology of Jane Austen Short Stories

Cover of Christmas Celebrations Anthology stories by Monica Fairview, Joana Starnes and Leslie Diamond Dark starry night with a white tree

I’m very excited to let you know that I have a little GIFT for you for the Holiday Season. I have a FREE SHORT STORY in a Holiday-themed anthology. And I’m not the only one. Apart from me, are three other Austen Variations authors in the anthology: Joana Starnes, Marilyn Brant and Leslie Diamond. In …

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Something Persuasion-ish

Talk of Persuasion is all the rage these days. 🙂 Whereas P&P calls to mind grand estates and balls and long walks in the prettyish wildernesses of private gardens, when I think of Persuasion, I think mostly of rugged seascapes and of Bath. A few years ago, I wrote a duet of second-chance loves stories …

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2022 Austen Variations Summer Book Sale

The 2022 Semi-Annual Book Sale! It’s summertime and the living is easy! Time to buy your beach reading. Jane Austen Variations will help you out with this generous Book Sale! Enjoy novels by Marilyn Brant, Jack Caldwell, L.L. Diamond, Amy D’Orazio, Monica Fairview, Lucy Marin, Anngela Schroeder, and Joana Starnes! Sale runs July 1-3, 2022 Books …

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The Secret Life of Maggie Blake – Book Release & Giveaway!

WINNER UPDATE:Thank you to everyone who read & left a comment on this post!! I just did tonight’s drawing  & ForeverHis/Jeannette is the winner of my book prize — congrats!!! 🙂  Please email me (MarilynBrant AT gmail DOT com) with the list of my books (up to $20 U.S. worth) that you’d like & the …

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2021 Austen Variations Summer Book Sale

The 2021 Semi-Annual Book Sale! It’s summertime and the living is easy! Time to buy your beach reading. Jane Austen Variations will help you out with this generous Book Sale! Enjoy novels by Elizabeth Adams, Jennifer Altman, Marilyn Brant, Jack Caldwell, Nicole Clarkston, L.L. Diamond, Amy D’Orazio, Maria Grace, Lucy Marin, Christina Morland, Joana Starnes, …

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Drinks, Desserts, and a Free Short Story!

My Dear Austen Friends ~ To say it’s been a strange & stressful past few months would be a serious understatement (at least in our house!), but I definitely warmed to the idea of sharing some recipes in May and just had to share a few on the blog. Here’s hoping the selection I’ve included …

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Leap into Love – An Excerpt from Marilyn Brant

What better way to celebrate this month of love (especially one with an added Leap Day!) than to have a chance to post a story excerpt for you all & to give away a little something, too! 😛 In honor of the release of the brand new “Emma” movie (finally coming to theaters this Friday …

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12 Days of Christmas – 4th Day!

Happy 4th Day of Christmas!! In my newest novel, The Knight Before Christmas, my characters, Emma Westwood & Austin Knightley, make a special dessert — a chocolate-apricot torte, reminiscent of the famous Viennese Sachertorte. My husband and I were in Austria back in the mid-1990s, and we each enjoyed a generous and oh-so-chocolaty piece of …

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The Knight Before Christmas – Book Release Celebration!

Dear Austen Friends, It’s been over two years since I released a new novel…but I’m absolutely thrilled to share this Austen-inspired Christmas romance with you all! I’ve wanted to write a story with a modern Emma & Knightley for ages—there’s just something deliciously fun about an independent woman who has almost everything, except for the …

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