Welcoming Author Summer Hanford

Hello Everyone!

My name is Summer Hanford, and I was recently invited to join the wonderful community of Austen Variations. I’m very excited to be here!

You may know me from some of my solo work, like Mr. Darcy’s Bookshop, or (more likely) from my years of working with Renata McMann, with whom I’ve co-authored quite a few novels, novellas, and short stories over the past decade (‘quite a few’ is my way of saying that I’m too lazy to go over to our website and count).

And if you do not know me from either, it’s very nice to meet you. I look forward to becoming better acquainted.

I also look forward to learning how I will fit into this vibrant community of Austenesque writers, and to learning how I can add to the wonderful collaborations and celebrations that Austen Variations regularly brings to you. I’m certain, with the Yuletide Season already upon us, that I’ll find out soon.

Wishing you all happiness, joy, and the best reading possible,

Summer

Summer

Since the moment she read her first novel, Summer’s passion has always been writing. As a child growing up on a dairy farm, she built castles made of hay and wielded swords made of fence posts. She is also passionate about animals, travel, and organizing her closet. Nothing pleases her more than a row of tops broken down by sleeve length and ordered by color…except working on her latest novel with her cat in her lap, her dog lounging on the rug dreaming of squirrels, and a cup of tea at hand.

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    • Robin G. on December 5, 2024 at 12:05 am
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    It will be wonderful to read your posting here, Summer. Welcome!

    1. Hi Robin! Thank you 🙂

    • Sheryl on December 5, 2024 at 12:22 am
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    Welcome! Coincidentally before this announcement I read a Caroline book preview on Kindle that you wrote with Renata. Your books look interesting so I might purchase some. (Especially since my mind can’t make up what it wants for Christmas).

    1. Hi Sheryl. Thank you for the warm welcome. Hopefully you’ll try (and like) some of my work 🙂

  3. Welcome aboard, Summer! I’m looking forward to getting to know you and working with you here on Austen Variations!

    1. Thank you, Shannon. I look forward to getting to know you as well!

    • Audny on December 5, 2024 at 2:21 am
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    I love your books! Mr. Darcy’s Bookshop is among my favorites. Thank you for writing!

    1. Thank you! I’m so glad you enjoy Mr. Darcy’s Bookshop. It’s among my favorites, too!

    • tgruy on December 5, 2024 at 4:50 am
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    Wonderful news!!! I’m so glad you’re here!

    1. Thank you so much!

  6. Welcome, Summer! I’m so happy you joined us!

    1. Thank you, Joana! That’s very kind of you.

    • Rebecca L McBrayer on December 5, 2024 at 6:39 am
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    I look forward to reading your posts! Your books with Rennata were some of my very first JAFF reads.

    1. Hi Rebecca! Thank you. Don’t worry, Renata and I aren’t done writing together. She has a manuscript waiting for me, just as soon as I finish my current solo variation.

    • Linda on December 5, 2024 at 9:11 am
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    I love your books, anything you have touched. So I am grateful to be able to welcome you here.

    1. Thank you, Linda. You’re too kind.

  9. Welcome, Summer! I’m thrilled you’ve joined our merry band!

    1. Thank you, Abigail. I’m very happy to be here!

  10. Welcome to the party!

    1. Lol Thank you!

    • Glynis on December 5, 2024 at 10:37 am
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    It’s lovely to see you on this site. I’ve read many of your books and I must say that Mr Darcy’s Bookshop was wonderful, although I admit I cried at Darcys situation, I felt so, so sorry for him. Thank goodness for Elizabeth and his cousins.

    1. I’m so glad you enjoyed Mr. Darcy’s Bookshop, Glynis. I didn’t mean to make you cry over poor Mr. Darcy, with his one blanket, and winter nearly upon him, and barely enough money to buy tea.

    • Glory on December 5, 2024 at 1:08 pm
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    welcome & look forward for what you have to share

    1. Thank you, Glory 🙂

    • SamH. on December 5, 2024 at 1:09 pm
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    Welcome!
    So glad you and the others joined this already wonderful group!

    1. Hi Sam! Thank you!

  14. Welcome, Summer! It’s so great to have you as a member of the AV community! I’m looking forward to getting to know you more through your posts and writing!

    1. Thank you, Christina. I appreciate the opportunity to be here.

    • Debbie on December 5, 2024 at 9:43 pm
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    So happy to see you here.

    1. Hi Debbie. Thank you. It’s good to see you here, too.

    • J. W. Garrett on December 5, 2024 at 10:34 pm
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    Summer Hanford is in the house! Welcome to a lively group, Summer. We are so glad you are here. It will be fun having your smile brighten our day. The icing on the cake will be you giving us swoon-worthy moments with our favorite couple. Blessings.

    1. Thank you. That’s very kind of you. I’ll do my best!

    • Char on December 6, 2024 at 1:37 am
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    Hello Summer! I have read a few of your books including your collaborations. I love the Mr. Darcy’s Bookstore. I love the Anne DeBourgh series…Anne as an Hoyden, I love it! I look forward to more !

    1. Thank you so much, and thank you for giving Anne’s stories a try. I do hope to write another novella about her. Now that she’s saved Richard from disaster, we need to hear about how she saves Darcy from marrying her and convinces him that he should cut all ties and go to London (from her point of view, it is all her idea, of course!)

    • Liz Stalker on December 7, 2024 at 2:36 am
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    Welcome! I have read many of your co-authored books with Renata McMann, and enjoyed. Looking forward to more books!

    1. Hi Liz! Thank you so much. Don’t worry, Renata is only waiting for me to finish my Bennet Gang book and then we’ll be working on another together.

    • TC on December 10, 2024 at 11:43 am
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    Welcome, Summer! I’ve read all of your Austenesque fiction and many of your books in other genres. You’ll fit right in here with this group of stellar authors.

    1. Thank you. That’s very kind of you to say!

    • Kelley on December 12, 2024 at 11:22 am
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    I enjoyed Mr. Darcy’s Bookshop. It was an interesting twist looking at what if the elder women in Darcy’s life had passed, but not the women.

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