Leslie Diamond

L.L. Diamond is more commonly known as Leslie to her friends, Mom to her three kids, and servant to her three cats. A native of Louisiana, she has been a wanderer for the past 20 years, living in Mississippi, California, Texas, New Mexico, Nebraska, England, and Missouri before settling in Maryland. One day, Leslie may decide what she wants to do when she grows up but for now, she enjoys writing the stories that live in her head and coaching age group swimming. She has degrees in biology and studio art, certifications to coach swimming in the United States and Britain, and numerous fitness certifications. Leslie is also a member of the Jane Austen Society of North America. Her accomplishments include drawing, watercolor, and playing flute and piano, but much like Pride and Prejudice’s Elizabeth Bennet, she is always in need of practice! After watching Sense and Sensibility with her mother, Leslie became a fan of Jane Austen, reading her collected works over the next few years. Pride and Prejudice stood out as a favourite and has dominated her writing since finding Jane Austen Fan Fiction. Aside from mother and writer, Leslie considers herself a perpetual student. She has degrees in biology and studio art, but will devour any subject of interest simply for the knowledge. As an artist, her concentration is in graphic design, but watercolour is her medium of choice with one of her watercolours featured on the cover of her second book, A Matter of Chance. She coaches swimming and holds a variety of fitness certifications. She is also a member of the Jane Austen Society of North America. Leslie also plays flute and piano, but much like Elizabeth Bennet, she is always in need of practice!

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Confined with Mr. Darcy Audiobook Release Celebration!

Can you believe it’s August already? This year is just flying by! Today, I’m excited because even though the audiobook of Confined with Mr. Darcy released a little over a week ago, today is the release celebration! It’s easily found at Audible and Amazon. At just shy of 3 hours, it’s a fun listen for …

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Undoing: The Scandalous Duke of Cumberland

Guess what’s out on audiobook! Undoing features the inspired narration by Stevie Zimmerman is available on Audible and Amazon!  I’m so excited for everyone to hear Stevie’s amazing work. But first, I thought some who hadn’t read the inspiration behind my character of Thomas Osborne, Duke of Leeds, might love learning about the story that …

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Confined with Mr. Darcy Wrap Up and Thank You Gift!

Can you believe it’s July already?! This year is just whizzing by and taking us on the craziest roller coaster ride ever. I hope you and your families are well and managing with everything that’s been happening in the world and your own neighborhoods. June was a great month for Jane Austen House Museum! Their …

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Confined with Mr. Darcy Release Day Celebration

It’s release day! Confined with Mr. Darcy is out and about on Kindle and Kindle Unlimited and paperback. Hopefully, you’re all reading about Darcy and Elizabeth and contributing to the Jane Austen House Museum’s Covid-19 Survival Appeal at the same time. Firstly, I’d like to thank everyone who preordered! It probably sounds a bit silly, …

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Chapter 1 – Confined with Mr. Darcy

Happy Tuesday, everyone! I made the announcement on Friday, telling you about my new story, and now, it’s time to start previewing! I’ve seen the preliminary sketches from Andrea for the cover, and she assures me everything is going well. I can’t wait for you to see the final. Her sketch of Pemberley is awesome …

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Will You Free Book!

Hello, everyone! I hope you enjoyed last month’s proposal stories because we’ve put them into a free book for you to enjoy.  We love our readers and we know you’re always looking for something to read, so we thought you might like to have these as an option when you’re perusing your to-read list 🙂 …

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Will You: A Quarantine Love Story

For the last Will You…? post of April, I’ve written a bit of a quarantine story. I hope you’ll forgive me for writing a Pride and Prejudice love story out of our current predicament, but it was what was in my head. I’ve been crazy busy between the book release and a few courses I’ve …

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Release Day Celebration – Undoing

It’s release day!! I hope you’re as excited as I am! If you just want to read Undoing now, click here to buy! I’ve never done this, but this morning I entered Undoing in Kindle Unlimited! Happy Reading! Paperback is up! The Kindle and paperback aren’t linked yet, so here is the link!   First, …

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Chapter 1 – Undoing

Happy Monday, everyone! We have one more preview before release day, which will be hosted here on Wednesday. I hope you’ll stop by! In the meantime, I hope you enjoy! Undoing hit Amazon early! Find your copy of Undoing here! Please stop by on Wednesday! We’re still having the release day post! Chapter 1 Friday …

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Prologue – Undoing

Hi everyone! I know I’ve posted the prologue before, but I have made one or two tweaks. Nothing major, but release is almost here! I hope you’ll join me for these chapters I’m posting before it goes live. It’s still being proofed, so hopefully, the chapter is clean! Let me know what you think in …

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