Jealousy in July: Excerpt Mr. Darcy’s Rival

Is Caroline Bingley green with envy as she notices Mr. Darcy’s attentions to Elizabeth Bennet? Does Emma Woodhouse wish unspeakable horrors on Harriet Smith because of Harriet’s crush on Mr. Knightley? After Willoughby, does Marianne covet Elinor’s more sensible behaviour? We could go on for ages, but it’s only for this month so don’t miss …

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Austen at the Seaside: Regattas and Romance

Summer is here! Time for days at the beach with lots of sun, sand, and romance. Grab your sunblock and join your favourite Austen characters in their adventures at the sea. In this excerpt from What Would Lizzy Bennet Do?, Katie Oliver takes us to a regatta race on a summer’s day on the South Devon coast. …

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Austen at the Seaside: An Excerpt from PERSUADED TO SAIL

Summer is here! Time for days at the beach with lots of sun, sand, and romance. Grab your sunblock and join your favourite Austen characters in their adventures at the sea. The Cajun Cheesehead returns to give a couple of bits from his unpublished sequel to PERSUASION.       Ahoy, maties—Jack Caldwell is back. …

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Jane Austen Regency Week 2016

If you follow me on my own blog and this one, you might get a little bit of repeat when covering my time at Jane Austen Regency week this year. Unfortunately, I couldn’t stay for the entire week but I did try to pack my time with as much as I could when the weather …

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Mr. Darcy’s Pride and Joy

It’s been a long journey from start to finish but here it is, finally! Mr. Darcy’s Pride and Joy is now available on Amazon Kindle and paperback in Barnes and Noble, and will shortly be in other formats, too. Mr. Darcy’s Pride and Joy concludes The Darcy Novel series, but it can easily be read as …

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Austen at the Seaside: Morning Light

Summer is here! Time for sun, sand, and romance. Grab your sunblock and join your favourite Austen characters on their seaside adventures. My second Woods Hole novel, Morning Light, starts at the seaside, but not with a traditional beach scene. Please enjoy the excerpt below!           Last week I posted an excerpt …

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Austen at the Seaside: What the Sea Meant to Jane

Summer is here! Time for days at the beach with lots of sun, sand, and romance. Grab your sunblock and join your favourite Austen characters in their adventures at the sea. As we move toward midsummer, our thoughts may naturally turn toward the seaside, and to wonder what the seaside meant to Jane Austen, what …

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Austen at the Seaside: An Excerpt from Stranger on the Shore

Summer is here! Time for days at the beach with lots of sun, sand, and romance. Grab your sunblock and join your favourite Austen characters in their adventures at the sea. Marianna & Ellen — two polar-opposite sisters inspired by Jane Austen’s Dashwood ladies — encounter new summertime adventures at the seashore in Marilyn Brant’s …

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Austen at the Seaside: Swimming with the biolumes

Summer is here! Time for sun, sand, and romance. Grab your sunblock and join your favourite Austen characters on their seaside adventures. The seaside village of Woods Hole on Cape Cod is the setting for my two modern books. This excerpt is from The Man Who Loved Pride & Prejudice (also published as Pemberley by the Sea), …

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Wicked Twickenham

On my recent trip to England, in May, my first order of business (or rather, pleasure!) was to spend a day with my friend Ron Dunning, who is not only a descendant of the Austen family (multiple great grandson of Francis Austen), but knows his Jane Austen well, and is possessed of an acute historical …

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