There are a few love -hate relationships in this little outtake from my latest WIP from my Jane Austen’s Dragons series. Actually it is not quite an outtake, but a little scene I wrote to better understand what was going on in the characters and the world, and wow, did I get a big surprise …
An advent treat! A gallery of costumes for a Twelfth Night ball!
It is always a relief to know some things will never change. October 7, 1814 Elizabeth and Jane spent a week complete spent at Netherfield, enough time to be well acquainted with the new denizens and to declare them welcome friends—and enough to satisfy Mama’s desire for a ‘proper’ length stay, whatever that meant. …
Dinner at Netherfield turns interesting The storm increased its severity after the local pompous knight departed with many bows and flowery, irritating words, giving Darcy a welcome excuse to keep to his room, reading Udolpho. Warm stained paneling, substantial wooden furniture and fine fabrics surrounded him—it was probably the best of the guest chambers …
An unexpected guest arrives… Part 4 After a pleasing, and relatively quiet dinner, Caroline led the way to the parlor. Since the Bennet sisters were still too unwell to attend dinner, there was no need to open the drawing room tonight. Paneled in dark wood and filled with a little too much furniture, the …
Join me for a little more inclement weather and a meeting with Mr. Bennet. Part 3 Two days later, Elizabeth coughed and fell back into a pile of soft pillows, nestling into the featherbeds in a very fine guest room at Netherfield. The rose and vine paper hangings on the wall were thankfully not matched …
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 …
A thunderstorm, a picnic, and some unexpected guests! “You call that a picnic? How can you call that a picnic? That is hardly sufficient to be called a picnic.” Mama paced back and forth through the yellow parlor, hands flailing, voice near a shriek. Afternoon sun peeked through the window, leaving the room just the …
Celebrating love and romance this leap month with a special excerpt and two day sale of A Most Affectionate Mother.
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 …
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