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Austen Tattler: News and Gossip on the Net: Issue No 9

Posted in Jane Austen Inspired, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 18 April 2010 | 4 Comments »

“All that she wants is gossip, and she only likes me now because I supply it.” Marianne Dashwood, Sense and Sensibility, Chapter 31 April 12th – 18th, 2010 Hot News of the Week: New author Jenni James of Northanger Alibi, a modern retelling of Northanger Abbey influenced by Twilight, lands the Austenesque book publicity coup [...]

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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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