Tag: Abigail Reynolds

Austen at the Seaside: Swimming with the biolumes

Summer is here! Time for sun, sand, and romance. Grab your sunblock and join your favourite Austen characters on their seaside adventures. The seaside village of Woods Hole on Cape Cod is the setting for my two modern books. This excerpt is from The Man Who Loved Pride & Prejudice (also published as Pemberley by the Sea), …

Continue reading

Mr. Darcy’s Journey is here!

          Mr. Darcy’s Journey is finally here, and I couldn’t be happier! It’s taken a long time, but I’m thrilled with the end product. Even Snowdrop likes it! And now it’s time to celebrate with an excerpt and a giveaway! But first of all, here’s the blurb: Mr. Darcy is at his wits’ end. …

Continue reading

Mr. Darcy’s Journey – an excerpt

  Releasing a new book is already such a thrill, and when I see how many readers have already pre-ordered Mr. Darcy’s Journey, I can’t tell you how honored I feel that you’ll buy it sight unseen! Still, since it’s due to be released on June 10, it must be time for a nice, juicy excerpt, right? Okay, it’s a …

Continue reading

Darcy among the Luddites

My plots come to me in the strangest ways. Once during the remnants of a hurricane, I was listening to the news telling us not to go out because of downed power lines across the roads, and I thought, “Darcy would not have had that problem during a hurricane!” Thus began Mr. Darcy’s Refuge. My …

Continue reading

A walk in Kent in Jane Austen’s footsteps

Welcome to All Things Austen in April! Today Abigail Reynolds takes us on a walk in Jane Austen’s footsteps in Kent. In 1796, Jane Austen spent several months in Kent visiting her brother, Edward Austen Knight, and his wife, Elizabeth, whose parents lived at Goodnestone (pronounced gun-stun) Park. It’s easy to imagine Jane Austen dancing the …

Continue reading

When Pride & Prejudice Meets Mansfield Park

Have you ever wanted to read how a conversation would go between Darcy and Captain Wentworth? Have you ever wished Caroline Bingley might make the acquaintance of Sir Walter Elliot? Have you ever thought Mrs. Norris and Lady Catherine could be best buds? Then you’ll love March Madness where we combine characters from Jane Austen’s …

Continue reading

The 12 Days of a Jane Austen Christmas – Snowstorms & Snowdrop

Here on unseasonably balmy Cape Cod, I haven’t even put on my winter jacket and snow still seems far away. It’s hard to remember it’s mid-December and almost Christmas when I’m walking Sippewissett wearing a sweater, but that’s okay by me. Sippewissett feels differently, since she loves snow, and the more the better. But we …

Continue reading

P&P: Behind the Scenes – Lady Catherine Calls on Darcy

Lady Catherine gives Darcy hope when she calls on him in London after her visit to Longbourn. October 10, 1812 Darcy was not accustomed to having to make excuses. He had manufactured enough business to keep him in London for over a sennight, but now he had to make a decision: either return to Netherfield as …

Continue reading

P&P: Behind the Scenes – Wickham Makes a Plan

A look inside Wickham’s scheming mind on the day he meets Elizabeth in Meryton for the first time. November 20, 1811 Wickham appreciatively eyed the assets Miss Lydia Bennet purposely flaunted in front of him. If the flirtatious and forward Miss Lydia was an example of the pleasures Meryton had to offer, perhaps he would enjoy …

Continue reading

Jane Austen at Epcombs: In search of Longbourn

I didn’t intend to go hunting for Longbourn, but I like to have a mental image of a setting when I write. So when I started on Alone with Mr. Darcy, I wanted to find a picture of the road to Longbourn Darcy and Elizabeth would be walking along. Of course, it had to be the real road, so …

Continue reading

Load more