Excerpt from my Work In Progress: Fortune and Felicity -2

Here’s the first chapter from my Pride & Prejudice variation Fortune & Felicity. It’s my second post, so if you haven’t read it yet, I would recommend reading the Prologue first. As you can see from the date, the actual story starts seven years after Darcy’s disastrous proposal at Hunsford. I will leave you to …

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Leap into Love: Excerpt from a New Novella by Nicole Clarkston

The month of love is almost over, but the scenes keep coming! I’m sharing a rather half-romantic scene. Well, it’s not actually romantic at all, except that it serves as a meet-cute for our dear couple and sets the stage for the beginning of their relationship in my newest book. Quirky? Yes. Irritating?  He can …

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Preview of Persuaded to Sail #4

Preview of PERSUADED TO SAIL, Chapter 7, Part 1 Greetings, everyone. Jack Caldwell here, jumping about again. Happy Mardi Gras! You’ll have to wait until PERSUADED TO SAIL is published to see what was in Chapter 6. As for this one, I’m going to break it up for this posting and the next one. It’s …

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Leap Into Love-An Excerpt from a Forthcoming Novella

Our month of love is nearly at its end but before it concluded I wanted to throw in my bit, a post on an upcoming novella, A Fine Joke, which will release in July! And so I can reassure everyone–NO! Darcy is not actually dying in this story but he does believe he is at …

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Leap into Love

Choosing a romantic scene to share was not an easy choice to make. I have my favorites, of course, but I didn’t want to drop spoilers or confuse people out of context. Ultimately, I decided to share this scene from Green Card. It was one of the first scenes I wrote for this story and …

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Excerpt from my Work In Progress: Fortune and Felicity -1

It’s been a while, but I’m back again, ready to share my current WIP, Fortune and Felicity. For some reason, this novel took longer to write. Every time I thought I knew where it was going, it would take me in a different direction, which involved endless rewrites of earlier chapters. I’m done with the draft, though, so hopefully, there aren’t going to be any more surprises!
Fortune and Felicity is a Pride & Prejudice what-if variation, and it picks up just after Darcy’s disasterous proposal to Elizabeth at Hunsford. I’ll be posting chapters here on Jane Austen Variations while I work on edits. I’m looking to publish sometime towards the end of March, so keep checking the blog for updates.
So here it is. Enjoy! 
Mr. Darcy spent the night battling his demons, urging them to come under his control.

Leap into Love – An Excerpt

Valentine’s Day may have come and gone, but here at Austen Variations we are still celebrating this leap year with our monthly theme on all things romance! And what better way to do it than with excerpts highlighting one of our favorite couple’s leap into love! Today I’ll be sharing a passage from my Pride …

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Leap into Love – An Excerpt from Marilyn Brant

What better way to celebrate this month of love (especially one with an added Leap Day!) than to have a chance to post a story excerpt for you all & to give away a little something, too! 😛 In honor of the release of the brand new “Emma” movie (finally coming to theaters this Friday …

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Leap into Love – D&E Excerpt by Shannon Winslow

With Valentine’s Day, love is in the air. And it’s a Leap Year besides! So we’re celebrating all this month with romantic excerpts and special giveaways! Today it’s my turn, and I have a romantic ‘Darcy and Elizabeth’ chapter from The Darcys of Pemberley, my first (and still most popular) novel.  Even if you’ve read …

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Leap Into Love: Bay Leaves and Valentines

A touch of Valentine’s fun, Georgian style!

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