St Valentine’s Day is coming, love is in the air and, as luck will have it, it’s a leap year. So what better way to celebrate our favourite couple and their Leap into Love than with romantic excerpts from our books and gifts for our readers? (Such a great idea, Jennifer!!) I think my readers …
Austen by the Fireside is this month’s theme, and it’s such a cosy one! Perfect for January. This is the time for cosiness, for wrapping up warm and curling up with a good book – or with several. It would be ever so nice if we could curl up before an open fire, but these …
Two turtledoves and dreams of their merry, merry Christmastimes at Pemberley or at their house in town. In early wedded bliss, perhaps – or surrounded by (more or less welcome) guests – or later, when there are children at Pemberley and the new custom Prince Albert had brought from his home country had begun to catch …
Happy Thanksgiving! Sneaking this in for those of you reading in bed after a day of indulgence. 😉 Find chapter 2 here. 3 They left the restaurant and walked several blocks to a chocolate bar and ordered a few different desserts that they all shared in addition to another round of drinks. At some point …
So, Nosy November… 😊. Three cheers for Amy D’Orazio for suggesting such a fun theme for this month! ‘Follies and nonsense, whims and inconsistencies do divert me, I own, and I laugh at them whenever I can,’ Elizabeth said to Mr Darcy, and we have good reason to believe that Jane Austen shared that view, …
Here’s chapter 2! Find chapter one here. 2 “Lizzy!” She looked up when she heard her name called. Charles Bingley was making his way across the room toward her. “Hey, Charlie!” They kissed each other’s cheeks and he placed a hand on her elbow and guided her to the corner. “How long do you …
Hello, all! This story has been hanging around my hard drive unfinished for a couple of years now, and I’ve finally decided to finish it and let it see the light of day. It’s a modern comedy and eight short chapters that I will post relatively quickly. Happy reading! 1 From: Elizabeth Bennet To: …
THE JOURNEY HOME TO PEMBERLEY is now out on Amazon. Huge thanks for following my posts last month and for leaving all those wonderful comments – they really made my day! I’m so glad you enjoyed the excerpts, and I hope you’ll like the full story too. BOOK TRAILER You can …
As I considered the Stormy September theme this month, I had several books to select passages from. Storms seem to be a popular (at least to me) plot element in writing. I would have liked to include something new, but my life the past few days has been turned upside down – not by a …
It’s picnic time! June is a great time for picnics, with or without our Regency glad rags on. I love writing about picnics. In The Second Chance there’ s one at the seaside (but on a pebbly beach and sitting on deck-chairs, so hopefully they didn’t have to worry about sand in their …
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