Category: Melanie Rachel

Release Day for The Marriage Trap! (excerpt inside)

IT’S RELEASE DAY FOR THE MARRIAGE TRAP! Buy or download your copy here! https://readerlinks.com/l/5186464 The Marriage Trap has officially arrived! šŸŽ‰ If you love forced marriages, sharp-tongued banter, he-falls-first, slow burn romance with a lot of laughs but a serious emotional spine, then I think you’ll love this story. I had so much fun writing …

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When History is Convenient: The Act of Union and The Princess Problem

One of the pleasures of writing in the wider Regency world—though The Princess Problem is technically set in 1809, two years before the official Regency—is finding those moments when history offers a novelist exactly the complication she needs. In the years after the Union with Ireland, questions of title, influence, and political advantage still felt …

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St. Patrick’s Day in the Regency: Before Green Beer and the Parade

When we think of St. Patrick’s Day now, we tend to picture a great deal of green, a great many decorations, and more shamrock-themed enthusiasm than anyone in the Regency would have recognized. In Austen’s era, March 17 was first and foremost the feast day of St. Patrick, Ireland’s patron saint. It was a religious …

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Austen Variations 2025 Advent Calendar

the number 20 in gold

Welcome to the 2025 Austen Variations Advent Calendar, where our amazing authors will bring you a new gift every day from now until December 24th. Christmas at Pemberley is no longer the quiet, solemn affair it once was. After their first full year of marriage, the great house glows with a new warmth: candlelight shimmers …

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Austen Variations 2025 Advent Calendar

Welcome to the 2025 Austen Variations Advent Calendar, where our amazing authors will bring you a new gift every day from now until December 24th. Dear Readers, Ā  HAPPY FESTIVE SEASON!!!! For today’s December 1st Advent calendar offering at Austen Variations Mr. Darcy’s Christmas Letters is FREE: readerlinks.com/l/4029848 If you enjoy: A swoony second chance …

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Pride & Prejudice: Prelude to Pemberley: Darcy’s Disappointment

Welcome to our Pride & Prejudice prequel! P&P: Prelude to Pemberley tells the story of the time leading up to the events of Pride & Prejudice, including what Darcy and Elizabeth were doing and thinking, Georgiana Darcy’s story, the events of Ramsgate, how Mr. Bingley came to lease Netherfield, and much more! Join us on …

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P&P Prelude to Pemberley: Darcy Races to Ramsgate

Welcome to our Pride & Prejudice prequel! P&P: Prelude to Pemberley tells the story of the time leading up to the events of Pride & Prejudice, including what Darcy and Elizabeth were doing and thinking, Georgiana Darcy’s story, the events of Ramsgate, how Mr. Bingley came to lease Netherfield, and much more! Join us on …

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The Slipper Scandal Game–With a Giveaway!

🧐 BONUS QUESTION GAME for The Slipper Scandal Readers! The Slipper Scandal was released last Friday and is available in Kindle Unlimited–reviews have been great, so thank you for that! Now, let’s play a game, so you can win a prize! In The Slipper Scandal, Elizabeth almost leaves London—but at the very last moment, she changes …

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Bullock’s Museum and The Slipper Scandal

The cover of The Slipper Sandal by Melanie Rachel

When I was writing The Slipper Scandal (which will be released into the wild tomorrow!) I wanted to think up some lesser used sites in 1811 London where ODC could meet. The story takes place in January/February of 1811 (yep, a little pre-canon), so these places needed to be indoors. The main one I decided …

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It’s a Drawing Mr. Darcy SALE!

This Saturday and Sunday, Drawing Mr. Darcy, The Duology is only $1.99 on Kindle Countdown! AND once you buy the ebook, you will qualify for the Whispersync price on the EIGHTEEN HOUR AUDIOBOOK, narrated by Harry Frost!!! https://readerlinks.com/l/4029846 Excerpt from Drawing Mr. Darcy: Spring, 1801 ā€œIt shall not be Jane,ā€ Mrs. Bennet declared. ā€œAnd the …

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