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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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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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A New Book Is Coming!

As many of you know, I have been doing a series lately of Unusual Tales. It’s still regency England, and still Elizabeth and Darcy,  but someone has a special ability, their world holds unusual secrets, or Fate is overly involved. It has been fun to let my imagination run wild. The story I’m wrapping up …

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Part Eight of a Modern P&P Story

Happy September! So, I have good news and bad news. Good news first, right? In a previous post, I lamented the lack of a title for this story. Together, Alexandra and Adelle devised a suggestion I love: Strokes of Inelegance! What do you think? Alexandra came up with “strokes” (thinking of swim strokes and the …

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Cover Reveal for “Mr. Knightley in His Own Words”

It’s been quite a harrowing journey, but COVER REVEAL DAY IS FINALLY HERE! Like Fitzwilliam Darcy’s and Colonel Brandon‘s books, for Mr. Knightley in His Own Words, I wanted to feature an artist’s interpretation of the title character as portrayed in one of the film adaptations. But which Mr. Knightley should I use? Whose face …

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Mr. Darcy and the Governess Pre-Launch and Giveaway

It seems I’ve been storing it all up! I’m back today with an update about another Darcy and Elizabeth story that has me giddy and giggling. I do love a bit of good banter between these two. But here’s some news: Mr. Darcy and the Governess is scheduled to release on September 26!  This is a …

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