Tag: seaside

Austen at the Seaside: Regattas and Romance

Summer is here! Time for days at the beach with lots of sun, sand, and romance. Grab your sunblock and join your favourite Austen characters in their adventures at the sea. In this excerpt from What Would Lizzy Bennet Do?, Katie Oliver takes us to a regatta race on a summer’s day on the South Devon coast. …

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Austen at the Seaside: An Excerpt from PERSUADED TO SAIL

Summer is here! Time for days at the beach with lots of sun, sand, and romance. Grab your sunblock and join your favourite Austen characters in their adventures at the sea. The Cajun Cheesehead returns to give a couple of bits from his unpublished sequel to PERSUASION.       Ahoy, maties—Jack Caldwell is back. …

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Austen at the Seaside: Morning Light

Summer is here! Time for sun, sand, and romance. Grab your sunblock and join your favourite Austen characters on their seaside adventures. My second Woods Hole novel, Morning Light, starts at the seaside, but not with a traditional beach scene. Please enjoy the excerpt below!           Last week I posted an excerpt …

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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), …

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Austen at the Seaside: Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth in Brighton

Summer is here! Time for days at the beach with lots of sun, sand, and romance. Grab your sunblock and join your favourite Austen characters in their adventures at the sea. In this excerpt from the second of The Darcy Novels series, Mr. Darcy’s Challenge, Mr. Darcy and the Bennets have gone to Brighton to find …

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Austen at the Seaside: An Excerpt from THE LAST ADVENTURE OF THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL

Summer is here! Time for days at the beach with lots of sun, sand, and romance. Grab your sunblock and join your favorite Austen characters in their adventures at the sea. For this edition of the Cajun Cheesehead Chronicles, Jack Caldwell offers a seafaring preview from his upcoming novel, THE LAST ADVENTURE OF THE SCARLET …

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Austen at the Seaside: Jane Visits Sidmouth

Summer is here! Time for days at the beach with lots of sun, sand, and romance. That’s our theme in June, so grab your sunblock and join your favourite Austen characters in their adventures at the sea. The Austen family, during their years in Bath, spent summer holidays at seaside locations. This exclusive excerpt from …

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Gratitude and Gifts by the Shore & More by Marilyn Brant

This Thursday, we’re celebrating Thanksgiving in the States and, for a number of reasons, the spirit of this holiday has long made it one of my favorites. The focus is on gratitude, and I know I have a lot of gifts to be thankful for this year. Some of those are known only to me …

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Gifts by the Shore (Part 4) by Marilyn Brant

In Gifts by the Shore (Part 1), I introduced you to my main character, Marianna Greggor, a 39-year-old divorced mom of a college-aged daughter. Her older sister Ellen owns a bungalow in Sarasota, Florida, which Marianna is staying at for the summer. In Part 2, Marianna meets Gil Canton, a local businessman and artist, but they don’t exchange …

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Gifts by the Shore (Part 3) by Marilyn Brant

In Gifts by the Shore (Part 1), I introduced you to my main character, Marianna Greggor, a 39-year-old divorced mom of a college-aged daughter. Her older sister Ellen owns a bungalow in Sarasota, Florida, which Marianna is staying at for the summer. In Gifts by the Shore (Part 2), Marianna meets Gil Canton, a local businessman and artist, …

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