Book News! by Jennifer Altman

Hi, all! I’m thrilled to announce that my second novel, Faults of Understanding, is in its final round of edits, and will release on May 27th! I’ve shared a few excerpts on the blog over the past year, and I am extremely grateful to everyone who offered support and encouragement throughout the (very) long writing …

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Sonnets and Bonnets by Diana Birchall

I take a personal interest in this month’s theme of Sonnets and Bonnets, because as it happens I am the daughter and the wife of poets. My father, Paul Eaton Reeve, was a fairly well-known avant-garde Greenwich Village poet who did most of his writing and publishing in literary magazines in the 1930s and 1940s. …

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New Book Out Today!!!

My newest book baby, How to Fall in Love with a Man You Thought You Hated, was released to the big wide world TODAY! You can find it almost anywhere you buy books, in paperback and e-book, and soon in audio. This book is light and fun and filled with flirtation and banter – one …

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Sonnets and Bonnets

I have to admit that I have never been much of a poetry reader, and asking me to write a poem is liable to send me into a panic. But I decided to jump right into the Sonnets and Bonnets theme and see what I could come up with. One type of poetry I  enjoyed …

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Launch Day for Dragons Beyond the Pale

Lord Matlock warns Darcy, things are not what they seem.

A Fool in Love: a Sonnets & Bonnets post

I don’t know a whole lot about poetry, and I definitely didn’t want to subject anyone to my attempt to write a poem (I had something rhyming harridan and Meryton and then I stopped) so I am giving you a scene from A Wilful Misunderstanding (Chapter 34) for this months theme of Sonnets and Bonnets. …

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Sonnets and Bonnets

    When ‘Sonnets and Bonnets’ was chosen as this month’s theme, the first one I could think of was the sonnet that seems to say it all about the guiding thread in Pride and Prejudice:       Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments. Love is not love Which alters …

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Dangerous Magic Tour: Deleted Chapter

When he arrived at Rosings Park, Darcy sent a footman to fetch his cousin, then stepped went into the orangery where they could have some privacy. The glass building was his favorite place in Rosings. He and Anne had spent hours together practicing their spells there, and occasionally hiding from Lady Catherine after they had gotten into mischief.

Dragons Beyond the Pale Excerpt 2

Lady Matlock offers her (unsolicited) advice.

Exciting Cover Reveal for “Fitzwilliam Darcy in His Own Words”

The day is finally here: the cover reveal for Fitzwilliam Darcy in His Own Words! Next to the actual launch, the cover reveal is the most exciting part of bringing a new book out into the world… at least for me. My mom was an artist, and so I very naturally developed an interest in …

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