A Lie Universally Hidden- An Excerpt

  Hello, dear readers! As the month of love is coming to a close, I have been reflecting on what makes a wonderful story; what draws us in and makes us want more. I think we all enjoy the point when our favorite characters arrive at their happily ever after, but I think there is …

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Another magical excerpt!

I’ve been in the mid-book doldrums for months on my new magical Pride & Prejudice variation, but the good news is that I’ve figured out where I’m stuck, even if I haven’t quite figured out the way out yet. Still, that’s where story magic comes in! Anyway, I’m behind in providing these excerpts, so here’s …

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Bay Leaves and Valentines

A touch of Valentine’s fun, Georgian style!

Betrothed ~ The Sweet HEA

So, ‘Love Is In The Air’ is this month’s theme, and Valentine’s Day is coming. Isn’t this a good time for sweet happily ever afters? I often wonder how readers feel about the final chapters of P&P variations. Too long? Not long enough? How much time do you enjoy spending with our favourite characters once …

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Love is in the Air–a Sneak Peek at a work in progress…

Good morning! Hope you all will enjoy this little nugget which is a part of a larger work I have going.  We begin in London where Darcy has been summoned to the Matlock town house by his cousins for an important announcement! No one has edited this and I am probably the worst proofreader in …

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Musings with My Mikey

Happy Tuesday, dear readers! I hope the weather in your corner of the world is pleasant. If not, I hope you have a cup of tea and a good book or movie to keep you company. Because, after all there is nothing like staying home for real comfort, is there? And as they say, home …

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Now Available!

Now Available on Audible: The Dragon Keepers’ Cotillion Territory challenges. Dragon battles. Baby dragon debutantes. When will the chaos end? Dragon Sage Elizabeth Darcy longs for life to return to normal, at least as normal as it could be for a Blue Order officer who lives with more household dragons than most small villages. Having …

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From High Sensibility to Having More Sense

In case you haven’t heard, I’m working on a Sense and Sensibility book: Colonel Brandon in His Own Words. From the title (or if you read Fitzwilliam Darcy in His Own Words), you will have guessed that this novel will be told completely from the hero’s point of view, covering the scope of the original …

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Celebrating Threads of Magic release with a Giveaway🎉!!!

Hello Everyone! I’m very excited to be celebrating the release of Threads of Magic here on Austen Variations as part of my blog tour. Well, my second book in my series Mr. Darcy’s Magic is now out, and I’m already working on the next one. Some of you have been asking how many books there …

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Happy 209th Birthday, Pride and Prejudice!!!

“I want to tell you that I have got my own darling Child from London;–on Wednesday I received one Copy, sent down by Falknor, with three lines from Henry to say that he had given another to Charles & sent a 3d by the Coach to Godmersham.” letter to Cassandra, on receiving her first copy …

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