Confined with Mr. Darcy Audiobook Release Celebration!

Can you believe it’s August already? This year is just flying by! Today, I’m excited because even though the audiobook of Confined with Mr. Darcy released a little over a week ago, today is the release celebration! It’s easily found at Audible and Amazon. At just shy of 3 hours, it’s a fun listen for …

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Amazing Grace: a Must-See Movie

For the last month, I’ve been busy with the blog tour launching my latest novel: Murder at Northanger Abbey. Next up? I have just a few chapters written so far of another P&P book, this one from Mr. Darcy’s point of view. Also, I have not one but two audio books in production! Leap of …

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The Boer War

I will be honest. Research is at the same time the most boring and the most exciting part of writing. Boring when you are flipping through topic after topic,  trying to dial in your facts and make sure you have all the right details in place. Exciting… when all those details tell the story for …

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A Little Inclement Weather part 2

Join me for a little more inclement weather and an introduction to a very different Caroline Bingley Part 2 Darcy tried to fix his face into something more neutral and less judgmental. He had been told often enough that even when he was just thinking, his expression was most severe. While that was hardly a …

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Interview with Cover Designer Susan Adriani

We’ve all heard the old adage: Never judge a book by its cover. However, I think most of us would agree that we do, in fact, take a book’s cover into consideration when selecting a title to read. Cover design is an integral part of the publication process, and authors and publishers know that a …

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Looking Back, Looking Forward ~ People of Colour in Georgian England

As Maria Grace’s and Lucy Marin’s posts have shown, Georgian England was far from a monochromatic tapestry. People from a variety of backgrounds could be found in different walks of life. Among them, several Black Britons stand out – remarkable people who left their mark on the world around them, on the social and cultural …

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Ignatius Sancho

I was looking for a British composer from the late 1700s or early 1800s to use in a short story recently and came across a man by the name of Ignatius Sancho. He wasn’t what I was looking for—I needed someone who was not as popular or as well-known long after his death—but what I …

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Undoing: The Scandalous Duke of Cumberland

Guess what’s out on audiobook! Undoing features the inspired narration by Stevie Zimmerman is available on Audible and Amazon!  I’m so excited for everyone to hear Stevie’s amazing work. But first, I thought some who hadn’t read the inspiration behind my character of Thomas Osborne, Duke of Leeds, might love learning about the story that …

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New Audiobook: A Matter of Honor

What could be better than a Pride & Prejudice variation set in Scotland? Hearing the audiobook version with all those luscious Scottish accents! Yes, the audiobook of A Matter of Honor is available now from Audible, Amazon, and iTunes. Narrator Elizabeth Klett did her usual fabulous job bringing Elizabeth and Darcy to life – her …

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Black Communities in Jane Austen’s England

While there is no way to know for certain who made up Jane Austen’s circle of acquaintance during her lifetime, it was highly likely that Black Britons were among those with whom she would have been familiar. The Earliest Black Britons Evidence of Black Britons exists all the way back to Roman Britain. Archeological analysis …

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