I know that “a comfortable coze” (this month’s theme here at the blog) comes from Mansfield Park and refers to a confab between Fanny Price and Mary Crawford. (Read more about that in Diana Birchall’s post.) But I admit that the phrase conjured up something a little different in my mind. First, you should know …
Hi everyone! Happy Friday! I had hoped the audiobook of His Perfect Gift would be released by today, but unfortunately the review isn’t complete yet. I was trying to figure out what to do, and found this old quickie I wrote years ago, which I thought would be appropriate since Veterans’ Day was yesterday. It …
Its been so exciting to see so many wonderful holiday tales coming out this year. I am never one for the scary stuff, and I love American Thanksgiving and the December holidays so I welcome November with open arms! So to kick things off, here is an excerpt from my recently released holiday novella …
It had been an exceptionally wet October with winds and gales blowing around Mansfield Park almost daily, and Fanny was thankful to have recourse to her own dear East Room. This had been the Bertram sisters’ former school-room, now Fanny’s own refuge; but it was a chilly refuge in the inclement weather, for Fanny was …
Don’t you think our Jane would agree that there’s nothing like reading a wonderful holiday story for real comfort? Curling up with a cup of warm tea or hot cocoa, snuggling under a blanket and getting lost in the world of Darcy and Elizabeth without overt interference by Mr. Wickham is how I long to …
His Perfect Gift is live!! If you’ve started reading, I can’t wait for to know what you think of it. If you love it, please think of stopping by Amazon or Goodreads and leaving a review or rating. I may not know it’s you (usernames and all that), but I do thank you for doing …
It’s finally here! Book 2 of The Elopement Project is available for pre-order on Amazon now. Click here for US store, here for the UK. In this story, Lydia and Wickham are foiled before they get too far into their elopement. Now that she is physically safe, what is to be done with Lydia? She …
The novella is now live on Amazon, and I really can’t wait to share it with all of you. I’m dying to know what you think! If you’ve read Fortune and Felicity, you’ll discover quickly that the two stories are pretty different. For one thing, A Longbourn Entanglement is quite absurd. For another, a great …
Happy Friday! I’ve been busy fixing up my house as well as proofing the audiobook for Rain and Retribution, which is extremely close to being submitted for approval. In the meantime, I hope you’re ready for the holidays because I have a Christmas story I’m prepping to come out next month. I don’t have a …
The only mention of the word harvest in Jane Austen’s major novels, as far as I can discover, takes place in Mansfield Park. Not surprisingly, her “harvest scene” provides us with another opportunity to observe the cleverness and deliberation with which Jane Austen reveals her characters through subtle details. Each of the two paragraphs …
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