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Northland Cottage: Where the Heart Comes Home, by A. P. Maddox – A Review

Posted in Book Reviews, Jane Austen Contemporary Inspired Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , on 9 May 2012 | 18 Comments »

Review by Jeffrey Ward Many readers may think a contemporary retelling of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility the ‘lazy way’ to a debut novel.  Just hang everything on the framework of the classic original since Jane Austen did all the work.  Easy? Not!  Can you imagine the adjustment difficulties in making the two-century quantum-leap in [...]

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Mr. Darcy Forever Blog Tour with Author Victoria Connelly & Giveaway!

Posted in Austenesque Authors, Austenesque Books, tagged , , , , , , on 1 April 2012 | 40 Comments »

Please join us today in welcoming author Victoria Connelly on her blog tour of her third novel in the Austen Addicts series, Mr. Darcy Forever. We really enjoyed the first two novels in the series: A Weekend with Mr. Darcy and Dreaming of Mr. Darcy and look forward to reading this one too. Each of [...]

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Echoes of Pemberley, by Cynthia Ingram Hensley – A Review

Posted in Book Reviews, Jane Austen Contemporary Inspired Book Reviews, Young Adult Fiction Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , on 21 March 2012 | 13 Comments »

Review by Christina Boyd Debut author Cynthia Ingram Hensley presents Echoes of Pemberley, a contemporary Pride and Prejudice spin-off for young adults. The modern day residents of Pemberley estate are the descendants of Jane Austen’s very own Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy.  A fatal plane crash eight years previous orphaned Catherine Elizabeth Darcy and left [...]

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Giveaway Winners Announced for Midnight in Austenland

Posted in Austenesque Authors, Austenesque Books, tagged , , , , , , , , , on 1 March 2012 | 3 Comments »

60 of you left comments qualifying you for a chance to win a copy of Midnight in Austenland, by Shannon Hale. The winners drawn at random are: Bluestocking who left a comment on February 17, 2012 Jakki L. who left a comment on February 18, 2012 Courtney F. who left a comment on February 17, [...]

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Dreaming of Mr. Darcy Blog Tour with Victoria Connelly

Posted in Austenesque Authors, Austenesque Books, tagged , , , , , , , on 1 January 2012 | 47 Comments »

Happy New Year everyone! What better way to start the new year than with a new Austen-inspired novel by Victoria Connelly? Dreaming of Mr. Darcy, her second novel in her Austen Addicts series, launches today by Sourcebooks. We loved the first in the series, A Weekend with Mr. Darcy, and are so pleased that Victoria [...]

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Jane Austen Made Me Do It, edited by Laurel Ann Nattress – A Review

Posted in Book Reviews, Jane Austen Sequels Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , , on 16 October 2011 | 29 Comments »

Guest review by Christina Boyd “It is only a novel… or, in short, some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour are conveyed to the world in the best [...]

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