Joana Starnes

Joana Starnes lives in the south of England with her family. She swapped several hats over the years – physician, lecturer, clinical data analyst – but feels most comfortable in a bonnet. She has been living in Regency England for decades in her imagination, and plans to continue in that vein till she lays hands on a time machine. She loves to look for glimpses of Pemberley and Jane Austen’s world, and to write about Regency England and Mr Darcy falling in love with Elizabeth Bennet over and over and over again. She is the author of twelve Austen-inspired novels: From This Day Forward ~ The Darcys of Pemberley, The Subsequent Proposal, The Second Chance, The Falmouth Connection, The Unthinkable Triangle, Miss Darcy’s Companion, Mr Bennet’s Dutiful Daughter, The Darcy Legacy, The Journey Home To Pemberley, A Timely Elopement, Twists of Fate and Snowbound. Joana is also one of the contributing authors to the Quill Ink anthologies.

Most commented posts

  1. Coming Soon ~ The Journey Home To Pemberley — 189 comments
  2. New Year, New Book — 154 comments
  3. ‘Twists of Fate’ ~ Excerpt and Giveaway — 153 comments
  4. Coming soon, Macaroons! — 152 comments
  5. Cover Reveal, Excerpt & Ongoing Giveaway — 126 comments

Author's posts

Advent Calendar Day 11 ~ The Christmas Bough

Hello, everyone! Today’s treat is some time under the Christmas Bough. Even in Jane Austen’s time, the Christmas Bough was an old tradition. It had made an appearance in the 14th century as an effigy of the Holy Family surrounded by a couple of hoops festooned with greenery – holy, ivy, mistletoe, bay, rosemary or …

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Advent Calendar Day 4 ~ A Festive Dish

Hi! Today’s Advent treats are a brass band, a vignette and a virtual bite of Christmas pudding and the festive dish that went before it. Did you know that the Sunday before last (22 Nov) was Stir-up Sunday? That’s when families (those who still make their own Christmas pudding instead of buying it from the shop) …

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Sailing Ships and Nutty Wish-Lists

  Hello again! Soo, I’ve been hiding under the bonnet for a while, caught in a tug-of-war between two stories that want to be written: one short and happy, with pretty much all of Elizabeth’s reasons to dislike Mr Darcy cleared at the drop of a hat – and a longer one, where our favourite …

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Darcy and Elizabeth: Their Wedding Night, Their Private Haven

For my  After the Wedding post, I thought I’d choose Darcy and Elizabeth’s wedding night from The Journey Home to Pemberley. If you haven’t read the book yet, you might be surprised to find that, in this scenario, they marry at Pemberley (because that’s where their sweet reunion was: at Pemberley, in Mr Darcy’s private …

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A Timely Elopement ~ Audiobook Launch

Good morning! I’m thrilled to announce that the review of my latest audiobook is finally completed, and A Timely Elopement, exquisitely narrated by Stevie Zimmerman, is now available on Audible, Amazon and iTunes. Would you like to listen to the sample?   Actually, I’m not just celebrating this release today, but also the ever-so-kind nudge …

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Looking Back, Looking Forward ~ People of Colour in Georgian England

As Maria Grace’s and Lucy Marin’s posts have shown, Georgian England was far from a monochromatic tapestry. People from a variety of backgrounds could be found in different walks of life. Among them, several Black Britons stand out – remarkable people who left their mark on the world around them, on the social and cultural …

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A Timely Elopement Launch Day

   And… they’re off! The runaways are speeding away from Rosings as we speak, with Mr Darcy and Colonel Fitzwilliam in hot pursuit. If you’d like to follow them, now I believe you can. I hope that something good comes out of these troubled and distressing times. Stay safe and strong, and see you …

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More from ‘A Timely Elopement’

Good morning! Thanks for stopping by last Monday for a peek at my upcoming book. If you missed that post, you can find it here. But in a nutshell, this is the premise: “What if Mr Darcy’s first proposal was interrupted by a bearer of ill tidings? The worst tidings: an elopement! Ah, but whose elopement …

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Coming soon, Macaroons!

Good morning, and I hope you’re safe and well. Thanks for stopping by for a chat. You bring your tea or your coffee, and I’ll bring the snacks. Virtual ones, but hey, what can we do? A while ago, I was searching through Regency cookbooks for some nibbles that could feature in a scene in …

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Will you?

Hello again in this month of proposals! Hope you’re keeping well and that you’re most agreeably engaged 😊 Thanks for stopping by ten days ago to read my ‘blast from the past’ (if you haven’t read it, you can find it here). And now here comes the ‘new-one-never-before-seen.’ Sending hugs and good wishes from across …

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