Mrs Bennet Makes a Match: Novella Announcement

It feels like I was just recently telling you about a new release, and yet, here I am again! Today, I am happy to announce that Mrs Bennet Makes a Match will be released on Monday, 2 October. (You may have seen a date later in the month on Amazon; the release has been moved up a few weeks for scheduling purposes.)

I’ll be back in four weeks (12 September) to reveal the cover (spoiler: it’s super cute) and share an excerpt. For today, I have the blurb.

There is surely something about him to admire. I shall find it and use it to convince Lizzy she loves him—if she does not already.

Can a mother’s determined matchmaking make love prevail? When Mr Fitzwilliam Darcy returns to Hertfordshire and Elizabeth Bennet, the woman he loves, their relationship has changed since the previous autumn, when she despised him. Darcy is disappointed to be greeted by coolness, but he believes he understands her prejudice.

Elizabeth Bennet knows that any chance she had of finding happiness in marriage with Mr Darcy has been destroyed by Lydia’s elopement. Nothing suggests that he has any desire to rekindle the warmth between them that she felt at Pemberley. As much as they both long for each other, being together only increases the heartache. Mrs Bennet’s efforts at matchmaking are not subtle and, at times, are vexing. Will Mrs Bennet’s scheme work, or will it only push them further apart?

The story follows canon up to the point of Bingley and Darcy returning to Netherfield. As the blurb suggests, something piques Mrs Bennet’s interest in Elizabeth and Darcy’s interactions, and she develops a matchmaking scheme (possibly with the assistance of others—I’m not telling).

I had a great time writing Mrs Bennet, which is saying something! I wanted to take her from how I usually think of her and add a layer of depth. Since some of the story is in her point of view, it was an opportunity to explore what she thinks of her daughters and husband. Having said that, rest assured, the story does centre on Elizabeth and Darcy! There is a happily ever after (as always), I’d say low angst, and some humour along the way (I hope; I know writing humour is not my strength, but I’m trying!).

One final bit of information today: Mrs Bennet has a cat. I ❤️ Felly (the name is explained in the novella). My editor called her ‘a good girl’, and she certainly is.

Mrs Bennet Makes a Match is available for preorder. I’d love to know what you think—based on the little I’ve shared—and if you have any questions, I’ll do my best to answer them without giving too much away.

Thanks for reading!

Lucy