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Captain Wentworth Home from the Sea: A Re-imagining of Jane Austen’s Persuasion, by Mary Lydon Simonsen – A Review

Posted in Book Reviews, Jane Austen Sequels Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , , on 22 February 2012 | 3 Comments »

Guest review by Lucy Warriner If your lost love returned with no recollection of the dispute that separated you, how would you react? If you had a second chance at happiness with him, would you divulge your tumultuous past? Anne Elliot faces these questions in Captain Wentworth Home from the Sea, Mary Lydon Simonsen’s new [...]

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Second Impressions, by Ava Farmer – A Review

Posted in Book Reviews, Jane Austen Sequels Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , on 18 February 2012 | 9 Comments »

Guest review by Shelley DeWees – The Uprising With her husband’s solemn assurances that he did not regret his marriage to her as the cause of no heir, his generous and reasonable reflections on the matter, and his half-jest that , ‘should Georgiana never marry, one of the Bingley boys will do very well,’ Elizabeth [...]

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Q & A with Midnight in Austenland Author Shannon Hale, & a Giveaway!

Posted in Austenesque Authors, Austenesque Books, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on 17 February 2012 | 57 Comments »

We have a special treat in store for you today. Please help us welcome New York Times best-selling author Shannon Hale. She has graciously fit us into her very busy promotional schedule and answered a few probing questions about her new Austen-inspired novel, Midnight in Austenland, and the new movie in production of her first [...]

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Giveaway Winners Announced for Austentatious

Posted in Austenesque Authors, Austenesque Books, tagged , , , , , , , on 16 February 2012 | 2 Comments »

87 of you left comments qualifying you for a chance to win one of three copies of Austentatious, by Alyssa Goodnight. The winners drawn at random are: Missy who left a comment on February 02, 2012 Sara S. who left a comment on February 03, 2012 Wendi who left a comment on February 06, 2012 [...]

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Giveaway Winners Announced for Compulsively Mr. Darcy

Posted in Austenesque Authors, Austenesque Books, tagged , , , , , , , on 16 February 2012 | 2 Comments »

93 of you left comments qualifying you for a chance to win one of three copies of Compulsively Mr. Darcy, by Nina Benneton. The winners drawn at random are: KymPossible who left a comment on February 01, 2012 Shanna who left a comment on February 01, 2012 Poof Books who left a comment on February [...]

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Compulsively Mr. Darcy, by Nina Benneton – A Review

Posted in Book Reviews, Jane Austen Contemporary Inspired Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , on 11 February 2012 | 13 Comments »

Guest review by Kimberly Denny-Ryder I’ve often wondered what modern day psychiatric medicine would say about some of my favorite literary characters.  Are they bi-polar?  Do they suffer from ADHD, depression, or a form of autism?  Author Nina Benneton explores what a modern day Darcy would be like, suffering from obsessive compulsive disorder in her [...]

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Midnight in Austenland: A Novel, by Shannon Hale – A Review

Posted in Book Reviews, Jane Austen Contemporary Inspired Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , on 8 February 2012 | 19 Comments »

Guest review by Christina Boyd Best-selling author of Austenland, and soon to be motion picture of same, Shannon Hale, takes us on another retreat to England in her latest offering, Midnight in Austenland. When the nice American Charlotte Kinder married a nice man named James in a nice wedding, later giving birth to and raising [...]

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Austentatious, by Alyssa Goodnight – A Review

Posted in Book Reviews, Jane Austen Contemporary Inspired Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , , on 4 February 2012 | 6 Comments »

Guest Review by Aia A. Hussein The archetypical figure of the fairy godmother – an imagined mentor with supernatural powers – is an attractive trope because it suggests that certain elements of the unseen universe are rooting for us whether we are aware of it or not.  The most popular fairy godmother is arguably the [...]

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