Here’s the next chapter of Miss Darcy’s Parisian Pin, the sequel to Mrs Darcy’s Diamonds – if you missed the first two episodes you can find one here and two here. It’s a complete tale in itself so you don’t need to have read Mrs Darcy’s Diamonds if you missed it. I hope you enjoy …
Mr. Darcy’s Rival Launch
You Are Invited to Celebrate with Me! It is with great delight that I announce the launch for Mr. Darcy’s Rival! The book started showing up in online booksellers last week, and is now available online on Amazon (paperback and kindle), on Barnes and Noble (paperback and nook), and the iBookstore. It will also be …
Monica Fairview Release: Regency Quintet Summer edition
Well, I haven’t yet finished my third novel in The Darcy Books series, but meanwhile I’ve been busy with another project. I’m delighted to announce the release of our multi-author Regency Quintet Summer edition. I was thrilled when I was asked to contribute to the collection as all of the other authors have such an …
At last! Mistaking Her Character by Maria Grace
I’m excited to announce, at long last Mistaking her Character (formerly Wholly Unconnected to Me) is ready to be released into the wild. To celebrate I want share a new excerpt with you. Some of you have asked why the title change. I admit, I loved the original title, but it was kind of clumsy …
Miss Darcy’s Parisian Pin – Chapter Two – Jane Odiwe
I’m sorry it’s taken me a while to post this chapter but writing Miss Darcy’s Parisian Pin is taking a little longer than I expected. I’d hoped to have this out for May, but I’ve been a little distracted by a few ongoing writing projects so its publication has been postponed. I’m working on a …
Coincidentally Speaking
While I wait for Mr. Darcy’s Rival launch, which is next Thursday, June 4 (the Kindle is now on pre-order, and other formats may go live sooner!), I thought I would take a look at the coincidences we see in Pride and Prejudice. According to the dictionary, the word coincidence means: ‘a striking occurrence of two or …
Pride, Prejudice & Propriety
Just how proper were Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy? We all know that etiquette and proper behaviour were de riguer in the Regency period. Unmarried women had to be chaperoned at all time, they could not correspond with unmarried gentlemen, they were expected to be pure in mind and body, etc. But where there are human beings …
Young Darcy Inherits Heavy Mantle of Responsibility: excerpt from a WIP
Miss Georgiana Darcy of Pemberley, which will debut later this summer, is a Pride and Prejudice sequel told from Georgiana’s perspective, meant to go hand-in-hand with my earlier novel The Darcys of Pemberley. While I’ve been impatiently awaiting it’s release, I have enjoyed sharing a few excerpts with you here at Austen Variations! (See dates …
The Enigmatic Miss Darcy
Who is Georgiana Darcy, anyway? I was halfway through the book I was writing about her, and I still wasn’t sure I had all the answers. I think most of us have this vague idea about Miss Darcy from Pride and Prejudice – that she’s a sweet, soft-spoken girl – but that’s hardly a well-rounded, …
A Sneak Peek: Mistaking Her Character
I had hoped to have a book launch to announce today, but alas it was not to be. Life conspired against me and things are running just a little late. As I wait for my cover designer and my faithful proofreaders to finished with the manuscript, I couldn’t resist sharing another sneak peak of Mistaking …
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