The Story Behind The Lady of the Thorn A Regency Romance Rooted in Arthurian Legend There are certain legends that never truly leave us. They linger at the edges of the countryside — in thorn trees that bloom when they should not, in rivers that feel older than their banks, in family stories that refuse …
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. A Very Accidental Mistletoe: Part 2 The week after Christmas at Netherfield had been a parade of gentle absurdities. First: Lydia had declared that “we must begin celebrating at once,” …
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. A Very Accidental Mistletoe: Part One Someone—Lydia, almost certainly Lydia—had declared that every doorway in Netherfield must have mistletoe, and now the entire house looked as though a flock of …
Georgiana Has Feelings September 10, 1811 — Darcy House, London The morning room felt stuffy and dry. Georgiana sat near the window where the light was strongest, a half-finished sampler balanced in her lap. She was meant to be working on a border of small green leaves, but she had lost count somewhere near the …
🎉 Book Launch Day: After some unfortunate delays on my end, Make Your Play is Here! 🎉 It started with a jest. A silly, offhand bargain between two people who could barely stand each other: If we’re both still single in five years, we’ll marry each other. Naturally, Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy never expected …
Georgiana’s New Household May 7, 1811 The moment the sea came into view, Georgiana pressed her nose to the glass like a child. The coach had been groaning over hills for the better part of the afternoon, and the rutted lanes leading into Ramsgate had begun to wear on her nerves—but now, at last, the …
George Wickham Persuades Mrs. Younge April 30, 1811 The whisky was not his favorite, but it was cheap, which suited George Wickham’s mood well enough. He slouched deeper into the battered armchair, boot propped on the opposite seat, cradling the cut glass like a relic of better days. A scorched log shifted in the grate, …
Well, here we are at the end of February, and I am happy to wave goodbye to this month! My town has been experiencing hurricane warnings, flooding, power outages… all par for the course for late winter/early spring in our area, but I’m happy to be putting it behind us. Just 3 more weeks and …
Happy 2025! I’m kicking off the new year with a plot I’ve actually been playing with for almost a year and a half. What if Elizabeth took a bet that she could win Darcy, just so she could have the pleasure of rejecting him as soon as she had won him? The shoe would be …
A Long-Awaited Homecoming 23 November 1812 Elizabeth Darcy alighted from the carriage with a sense of wonder that even she could scarcely suppress. She tilted her head to survey the grand façade of Pemberley once more, now a place not merely of awe but of belonging. The late afternoon sun cast a golden light across …
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