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Winners announced in the Mr. Darcy Broke My Heart giveaway

Posted in Austenesque Authors, Austenesque Books, tagged , , , , , , , on 8 February 2010 | 7 Comments »

The response to this giveaway was quite amazing. 110 of you obviously can’t wait to read Mr. Darcy Broke My Heart and Jane Austen Ruined My Life. What a compliment to author Beth Pattillo. Here are the winners drawn at random:  Winners of one copy of Mr. Darcy Broke My Heart, by Beth Pattillo:  Dizzy [...]

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Chatting with Beth Pattillo, author of Mr. Darcy Broke My Heart – and a Giveaway

Posted in Austenesque Authors, tagged , , , , , , , on 30 January 2010 | 112 Comments »

The latest Austen inspired novel to feature a Mr. Darcy-like doppelganger is Beth Pattillo’s Mr. Darcy Broke My Heart. It follows a similar format to her previous novel Jane Austen Ruined My Life (2009) which was one of my Top 20 Favorite Austenesque Books of 2009. Set in contemporary times, young heroine Claire Prescott is at a crossroads in her life, travels to England, meets a handsome and wealthy young man and is thrown into the path of the ‘Formidables’, a secret sect of Janeites harboring Jane Austen letters, manuscripts and her reputation. Beth has kindly offered to chat with us today about her new book and her affinity to one of her favorite authors.

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Jane Austen Ruined My Life, by Beth Pattillo – A Review

Posted in Austenesque Books, Book Reviews, Jane Austen Contemporary Inspired Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on 8 February 2009 | 21 Comments »

American college professor Emma Grant always does the right thing and expects the same from others. She acquired her expectations from her minister father and her favorite author Jane Austen, who both taught her to believe in the happily-ever-after. Life was turning out as planned until she unexpectedly discovers her husband’s affair with her teaching [...]

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Austen Tattler: News and Gossip around the Blogosphere

Posted in Jane Austen Inspired, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 6 February 2009 | Leave a Comment »

“All that she wants is gossip, and she only likes me now because I supply it.” Marianne Dashwood, Sense and Sensibility, Chapter 31 Jane Austen around the blogosphere for the week of February 1st Hot News of the week Definitely the upcoming release of the book Pride and Prejudice and Zombies which was taken the Internet [...]

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Jane Austen Book Sleuth: New Books in the Queue for February 2009

Posted in Austenesque Books, Jane Austen Book Sleuth, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 3 February 2009 | 4 Comments »

The Jane Austen book sleuth is happy to inform Janeites that Austen inspired books are heading our way in February, so keep your eyes open for these new titles.  Fiction (prequels, sequels, retellings, variations, or Regency inspired)   Mr. Darcy’s Dream: A Novel. Elizabeth Aston continues with her sixth novel of the entertaining exploits of the Darcy family [...]

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