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From the desk of Laurel Ann Nattress: The holidays are here. I decorated my Christmas tree last week, baked cookies with my sister on Saturday, and am wrapping gifts. How about you? Today I am pleased to welcome bestselling Austenesque author Abigail Reynolds to Austenprose. She has just released Spellbound at Pemberley, the first book... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Katie Jackson: Rejoice, enthusiasts of Austenesque tales! A new Darcy and Elizabeth story has arrived for you to ardently admire and love. BOOK DESCRIPTION When Fitzwilliam Darcy makes a complete muddle of his proposal at Rosings Park by writing a letter, there is more at stake than his hurt pride.... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Laurel Ann Nattress: Happy New Year's Eve dear readers! 2021 proved to be a fabulous year in the historical book arena. From creative Austenesque variations, to Regency romances upending tropes, to reimagined gender-switched classics, to compelling historical fiction and mystery, we have been duly entertained and enchanted. A big thank you... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Sophia Rose: What if Lady Catherine never makes her infamous visit at Longbourn? What if Mr. Darcy never returns to the neighborhood? Can Jane Austen’s most iconic pair still discover a way to ‘only remember the past’ with pleasure together? It might take a bit of yuletide mischief and interference orchestrated... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Katie Jackson: In Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth Bennet impertinently tells Mr. Darcy that his “defect is a propensity to hate everybody” to which he replies that hers “is willfully to misunderstand them.” Austen enthusiasts everywhere delight in this flirtatious battle of wits over the topic of natural defects. With... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Laurel Ann Nattress: Happy Friday, dear readers. Fall is in the air and it is a great time to curl up with a cup of tea and a new book. Please help me welcome Austenesque author Bronwen Chisholm to Austenprose today. She has a new Pride and Prejudice inspired novel that... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Katie Jackson: The world of Austenesque stories has expanded exponentially in recent years, and now enthusiasts of Jane Austen fan fiction (JAFF) can treat themselves to fantasy versions of their beloved novels. There’s even a delightful new Facebook group dedicated to the subgenre: Fantasy Reads for Austen Fans. Bestselling author Monica... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Sophia Rose: In a heart-tugging mash-up of It’s A Wonderful Life and Pride and Prejudice, author Anngela Schroeder gives Austen’s most beloved hero the opportunity to witness a world in which he had never been born. A Pride & Prejudice world without Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy? Gasp! Exploring such a possibility had... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Laurel Ann Nattress: The seasons are changing here. I hope to get into the garden this weekend. How about you? Today we are delighted to preview a forthcoming novel by Corrie Garrett, From Highbury with Love. Technically it is crossover fiction, combining the characters from two of Jane Austen’s novels: Emma... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Laurel Ann Nattress: It feels like Spring in my neck of the woods and I could not be happier. Today I am sharing something else as restorative as the change of seasons to gladden a Janeite’s heart—a new Austenesque novel to add to your growing TBR pile. Fearful Symmetry has just... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Katie Jackson: In Jane Austen’s final complete novel, Persuasion—published six months after her untimely death—the heroine, Anne Elliot, is influenced by her prideful father, a baronet, to break off an engagement with Captain Frederick Wentworth, who was considered a poor match due to his low social status and lack of wealth.... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Laurel Ann Nattress: A lady’s reputation was everything during the Regency era, as we are so sanctimoniously reminded of by Mary Bennet in Pride and Prejudice after her sister Lydia’s scandalous elopement. “…loss of virtue in a female is irretrievable—that one false step involves her in endless ruin—that her reputation is... Continue Reading →
