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Mercy’s Embrace: Elizabeth Elliot’s Story, Book 3: The Lady Must Decide, by Laura Hile – A Review and Giveaway

Posted in Book Reviews, Jane Austen Sequels Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , on 26 May 2012 | 54 Comments »

Review by Christina Boyd There is something so satisfying about reading the third book in a trilogy. We have become personally entrenched in the characters and we know that important events will be resolved soon.  Book 3, The Lady Must Decide, of author Laura Hile’s Mercy’s Embrace series does not disappoint; resolving some plot lines [...]

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Mercy’s Embrace: Elizabeth Elliot’s Story, Book 2: So Lively A Chase, by Laura Hile – A Review & Giveaway

Posted in Book Reviews, Jane Austen Sequels Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , , on 19 May 2012 | 61 Comments »

Review by Christina Boyd Author Laura Hile’s So Lively a Chase, Book 2, in her lovely Mercy’s Embrace trilogy, continues with Miss Elizabeth Elliot struggling to manage her feckless, frivolous father and dwindling finances, all the while contriving to make a most propitious match for herself.  In this follow-up to Jane Austen’s Persuasion, our unlikely [...]

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Wentworth Hall, by Abby Grahame – A Review

Posted in Book Reviews, Edwardian Era Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , on 16 May 2012 | 13 Comments »

Review by Kimberly Denny-Ryder If you enjoy Persuasion, Downton Abbey, or even Gossip Girl, you’re going to want to pay attention to this review.  Abby Grahame’s debut novel, Wentworth Hall, is a combination of all of the above and more.  Filled with themes and story lines that involve the mixing of social classes, lies, deceit, [...]

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Mercy’s Embrace: Elizabeth Elliot’s Story, Book 1: So Rough a Course, by Laura Hile – A Review & Giveaway!

Posted in Book Reviews, Jane Austen Sequels Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , on 12 May 2012 | 83 Comments »

Review by Christina Boyd In a sea of Darcy, Darcy, Darcy, I regret to admit that I may have over-indulged this winter and now suffer from post-Pride and Prejudice fan fiction fatigue.  While perusing a generous stack of novels sent to me from our blog mistress, Laurel Ann, I was delighted to discover a follow-up [...]

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Wentworth Hall blog tour with author Abby Grahame & Giveaway

Posted in Edwardian Authors, tagged , , , , , , , on 7 May 2012 | 37 Comments »

Seven months until Downton Abbey season 3 airs on Masterpiece Classic PBS. So, what’s a Downtonite to do in the meantime besides re-watching the first two seasons again? Why – read of course. Please join us today in welcoming author Abby Grahame on her blog tour in celebration of the publication of Wentworth Hall, released [...]

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Austenesque Author of the Month – Laura Hile: Guest Blog & Giveaway!

Posted in Austenesque Authors, Austenesque Books, tagged , , , , , , , , on 5 May 2012 | 86 Comments »

We are very happy to introduce Austenesque author Laura Hile as our featured author in May on Austenprose. Laura has written a trilogy to Jane Austen’s last novel Persuasion which continues the story of Elizabeth, Sir Walter Elliot’s eldest, unmarried daughter. Those of you who have read Persuasion or seen the great movie adaptations of [...]

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