As promised, here is the third episode of the new book I’m working on, Fortune & Felicity. If you haven’t read the first two episodes, you can catch up with the Prologue here, and Chapter 1 here. Chapter 2 Elizabeth winced with pain as she stepped on a tin soldier left in the hallway by …
I already did one post on this month’s theme, but I just couldn’t let LEAP into LOVE slip by without tying it to my novel LEAP of HOPE. The two were practically made for each other. The colors even match! Besides, February 29th is kind of a bonus day, so I figured it deserved a bonus …
Today should be the last day of February, but it isn’t, so I still have a chance to Leap into Love. For today’s romantic moment, I’ve decided to share one of my early Pride & Prejudice sequels, The Darcy Cousins. Of course, I have to put up a *spoiler alert. I do love this scene, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
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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