Tag: The One That I Want

Release Celebration for STRANGER ON THE SHORE

I’ve been long awaiting the day that I could celebrate the release of STRANGER ON THE SHORE with you all!! You were the first group of readers to see scenes from this story, back when it was called “Gifts by the Shore,” and when my tale of two very different sisters found a home in …

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Austen at the Seaside: An Excerpt from Stranger on the Shore

Summer is here! Time for days at the beach with lots of sun, sand, and romance. Grab your sunblock and join your favourite Austen characters in their adventures at the sea. Marianna & Ellen — two polar-opposite sisters inspired by Jane Austen’s Dashwood ladies — encounter new summertime adventures at the seashore in Marilyn Brant’s …

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Release Celebration YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME!!

The Mirabelle Harbor series is well underway, and I can’t express how excited I am about the release of the latest story — YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME!!! (It’s available on Amazon Kindle worldwide and, also, in paperback!) And today we’re going to have a PARTY!!! What’s most exciting about getting to celebrate the …

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Austen Actors Try New Roles…and One Author Does Too!

Much as I love books — and reading is my very favorite pastime — I’m also a hopeless TV and movie buff. I can’t get enough of whatever the latest compelling television series might be or the newest film releases to hit the DVD racks. For years, I’ve closely followed the leads from all the …

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The Joy of Book Clubs

On Friday night, I had the great pleasure of visiting a suburban Chicago book club to discuss TAKE A CHANCE ON ME and THE ONE THAT I WANT, the first two stories in my new Mirabelle Harbor series. It was a blast!! I knew going in that it would be, though, since I’d been invited to join …

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The Difficult Hero by Marilyn Brant

In the eyes of their respective heroines, Mr. Darcy was a difficult hero. So was Capt. Wentworth. They were men of high principles, to be sure, and, as readers, we knew they were good guys deep down… But we also knew they weren’t easy men to please. Unlike Mr. Knightley or Mr. Tilney, for instance, they weren’t …

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Take a Chance on Me & The One That I Want – Double Release Celebration!

It’s a party — with giveaways 🙂 . My new Mirabelle Harbor series just launched with a double release this past week, and I’ve been looking forward to getting to celebrate here with all of you!! As some of you may remember from my last AV post — A Visit to Mirabelle Harbor — this contemporary …

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A Visit to Mirabelle Harbor by Marilyn Brant

My new contemporary romance series — “Mirabelle Harbor” — is beginning in a month, and I can’t tell you all how excited I am about this project 🙂 . It’s been a long time coming! Let me tell you a little story… Once upon a time, there was an aspiring writer who lived in the …

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WANDERLUST IN SUBURBIA by Marilyn Brant – Launch Party!

“A mother would have been always present. A mother would have been a constant friend; her influence would have been beyond all other. ” ~Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey It’s celebration time! I have a different kind of book release out this week—my first nonfiction essay collection—and I’m so excited to get to share a little …

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