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My JAFF books 1-6 are now in Kindle Unlimited

Due to the coronavirus, people getting laid off and losing their jobs, need to save money to buy food or essentials in this scary time, I’ve moved my Pride and Prejudice variations books 1-6 and the JAFF boxed sets 1 & 2 into Kindle Unlimited. Stay safe and wash your hands!

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I’ve been asked to self quarantine

Hey everyone, I’ve been asked to self-quarantine at home by my doctor as the 11th I started getting symptoms of fever, fatigue, and cough. Now I’m getting shortness of breath and even more fatigued. If you could pray I recover and finish this book I’d be grateful! 😘 If you’re stuck at home too, you can read my books that are now in Kindle Unlimited – Forced to Marry and Mr. Darcy Goes to Brighton.

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An Easy Way to Find New Pride & Prejudice Variation Releases

Are you like me, you miss the latest new Pride and Prejudice variation releases on Amazon because you don’t have time to check daily or even weekly? I decided to do something about it. Introducing the New Releases post on the Jane Austen Challenge website. A list of all the new releases from the previous week will be posted on the site under the New Releases & Specials link on the menu. If there are special…

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Chapters of Forced to Marry General

Forced To Marry Now in Kindle Unlimited

My third book, Forced to Marry, is now available in Kindle Unlimited for the next three months. If you have Kindle Unlimited then you can read it at no cost! If you don’t have KU yet, here’s the link to read the details, find out what you get and sign up. Here’s the description of Forced to marry: Elizabeth Bennet has just refused Mr. Darcy’s disastrous marriage proposal at Hunsford. Unfortunately, while strolling on the…

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Regency Reference

How far can the post or express rider travel in the Regency era?

For my latest novella/novel, I needed to know how long it would take an express rider to get from Pemberley to Netherfield. Or perhaps just the regular post. So, if anyone else is writing Regency romance or Regency anything and needs to know about travel in England, the road conditions, the roads, horses, etc then here is a great big link dump for you. From my research an express rider travels 30mph. An average horse travels 20-30…

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Interesting keywords used to find my site

I’ve been wandering around the inside of my site and ran across a plugin that kept track of some of the keywords people used to find this site. Some of them because Google won’t share like 93% of the keywords. Anyway, some of these are funny and some are so interesting I want to find the story myself so I can read it. “fanfic a servant at netherfield puts darcy in elisabeths room” Is there…

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Newsletter Exclusive Audio Book Giveaway!

This is a drawing to win a copy of my audio book Darcy Interrupted but for newsletter subscribers only.  Three will win every day December 7 to December 10. Winners for Dec. 7 are: Jansfamily4, Mary Gerlach and Anji Dale. Winners for Dec. 8 are: Annabel Espinas, Sabina and Linda Shearsmith Winners for Dec. 9 are: Mary Campbell, Karen Miller and Karen Murphy Winners for Dec. 10 are: Sarah Fattore, Soham Bhatt and Robin Gabriel…

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Mr. Darcy's Winter Auction

Chapter 2 of Mr. Darcy’s Winter Auction

Mr. Darcy followed his friend into the church which was crowded with people. All the pews were full and people were standing at the sides of the church and in the back. There were probably more people in church now than there ever were on a Sunday. “Well,” said Mr. Bingley “I did not know it would be this popular.” Mr. Darcy was not surprised as in the winter in the country there is not…

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Mr. Darcy's Winter Auction

Chapter 1 of Mr. Darcy’s Winter Auction

Elizabeth placed her candle in the window of the sitting room. She loved that in the Christmas season her family placed candles in all the windows of the house as it looked quite cheery. After putting on her coat and hat, she walked out the front door to join the rest of the family in looking back at their home. She wrapped her arm around Jane’s and gazed at Longbourn. “It is such a beautiful…

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Mr. Darcy Rings My Bell

Chapter 2 of Mr. Darcy Rings My Bell

Elizabeth studied Mr. Darcy’s head and body. There were no signs of any new blood and he did not look pale as if someone had died. “They were all fine, then? I heard the horses scream.” Mr. Darcy kicked the snow off his boots on the top step before he stepped into the carriage and closed the door. “The men are fine. The younger horse screamed as he is still new to the harness and…

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Mr. Darcy Rings My Bell

Chapter 1 of Mr. Darcy Rings My Bell

Mr. Darcy helped his wife, Elizabeth Darcy into their well-appointed carriage. She settled down on the bench with her boots on the heated brick and pulled the heavy wool blanket over her lap. Mr. Darcy sat next to her as a servant closed the door and yelled at the driver. The carriage lurched forward pushing Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy back against the wall of the carriage. Elizabeth was not cold yet, they had just come…

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Darcy Interrupted Audio Book Giveaway!

Enter to win a copy of the audio book of Darcy Interrupted. There are 3 copies to be given away every day until all 30 are given out. Enter once to be entered for the drawing every day! Edit: So I forgot to enter the form link! https://forms.gle/29Sw8oeN97yXxz957 11/17 winners Eva Côté, Emily Jen and Esther Madamidola! 11/18 winners Joanna Randall, Regina, Tasha Barefield 11/19 winners Beth, Sandra McComb, Alexandra Rivers 11/20winners Michell, Lora F,…

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A Box Set of My Pride & Prejudice Adaptation Books is Available Now

I have finally made a bundle of my six books – Pride and Prejudice and Poison, Pride and Prejudice and Secrets, Forced to Marry, The Rescue of Elizabeth Bennet, Darcy’s Cinderella and Mr. Darcy Goes to Brighton. This is the first bundle for any of my Darcy and Elizabeth books! This is a terrific price as it is 50% off buying all the books at full price. So if you’ve been waiting to read them,…

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Pemberley's Secret

Chapter 2 of Pemberley’s Secret

The tapping at her room’s door had Elizabeth frowning. This was not the usual time for the inn’s maid. She called out for them to enter. “Pardon me Miss Bennet, but there is a gentleman and Mr. Darcy down in the sitting room here to call upon you.” The maid curtsied and closed the door. Elizabeth sat with mouth agape staring at the closed door. Mr. Darcy? Here at Lambton Inn? To call upon her?…

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Pemberley's Secret

Chapter 1 of Pemberley’s Secret

Elizabeth stayed standing in front of the painting while her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner, followed the housekeeper to another room. With her head tilted up, she studied the painting of Mr. Darcy and it was a good likeness of the man himself as she had informed the housekeeper. Again she was thankful that they had arrived the day they had, for the housekeeper expected Mr. Darcy with a large party form London. …

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4 Months to Wed

Chapter 3 of 4 Months to Wed

“Fitzwilliam, I am glad you are here.” The normally effusive and cheerful Mr. Bingley was subdued. Mr. Darcy studied his friend for signs of recent illness but only saw tiredness, the kind that comes from unending bad news. “I am sorry for not coming sooner. I had to go to London to retrieve the post for Pemberley and only just read your letters.” He turned his head to view Miss Bingley approaching. He flattened his…

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4 Months to Wed

Chapter 2 of 4 Months to Wed

After a couple of days the post was no longer included with his basket of meals. Then there was no note from Georgiana. The next basket had a hurriedly penned note, the ink splotches were unlike Mrs. Reynolds, that his sister had fallen ill. He was sure that he did not even need to stay away anymore as he had not fallen ill, Mr. Darcy walked back to Pemberley finding the stable yard nearly deserted.…

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4 Months to Wed

Chapter 1 of 4 Months to Wed

When the first person fell to the ground, Mr. Darcy had just finished a solitary ride across the countryside that ended in Lambton. He had planned to stop at the pub and have a drink, one of his ways of knowing what was going on in his county. But when the second person sank, he turned his steed around and kicked him into a gallop towards Pemberley. He thought hard on the ride back to…

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Darcy Interrupted

Chapter 1 of Darcy Interrupted by Demi Monde

This will be a short steamy one! Elizabeth squeezed Mr. Darcy’s hand as they rounded the corner of the long drive and Pemberley finally came into view. She inhaled and squeezed his hand so hard that it must have hurt. The building, the estate was still stunning. Just as magnificent as the first time she had seen it with her aunt and uncle that fateful day. “Do you still approve?” She heard a note of…

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Mr. Darcy Goes to Brighton

Chapter 3 of Mr. Darcy Goes to Brighton

“I am quite impressed with the camp, Richard. It is much more orderly than I expected.” Mr. Darcy eyed the soldiers practicing reloading their Baker rifles as they walked past. The camp was loud with noise coming from every direction. How could anyone think with that continued noise? Col. Fitzwilliam gave him a sardonic look. “You expected it to be dirty and messy did you not?” Mr. Darcy glanced his cousin with a raised eyebrow.…

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Mr. Darcy Goes to Brighton

Chapter 2 of Mr. Darcy Goes to Brighton

Mr. Darcy took a drink of his hot coffee but paused in the act of setting the cup back down on the table due to the knock at the door.  His valet, Mr. Bannerman answered it. “Hello Mr. Bannerman, have you thrown my cousin out of bed yet?” His valet turned down his lips and looked at Mr. Darcy who nodded his head.  Mr. Bannerman opened the door and stepped aside, letting Col. Fitzwilliam, who…

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Mr. Darcy Goes to Brighton

Chapter 1 of Mr. Darcy Goes to Brighton

Welcome to my latest story. This is a novella and part of the Brighton Challenge that a few of us JAFF authors put together. We’re all writing JAFF novellas with Brighton as the setting. It has been fun to hear of all the different ideas we’ve all come up with!  I plan to publish this in mid or late June. Mr. Darcy breathed in the salty, fresh air and sighed. He relaxed against the carriage…

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Chapters of Mr. Darcy is Diverted

Chapter 2 of Mr. Darcy is Diverted by Demi Monde

With the militia having recently moved headquarters into Meryton, the town was aflutter with talk of the handsome officers. The Bennet daughters had recently made the acquaintance of a new officer that was quite handsome and a perfect gentleman, Mr. Wickham. He was especially interested in Elizabeth and planned to dance a set with her at the Lucas gathering that week. Elizabeth was excited for the Lucas gathering as she would dance with the handsome…

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Chapters of Mr. Darcy is Diverted

Chapter 1 of Mr. Darcy is Diverted by Demi Monde

This is new story but it is different from my previous books as it is a short and steamy Pride and Prejudice variation. I’ll also be using a different pen name for it – Demi Monde. A little play on words! I’m such a dork. Mr. Darcy walked on the wooden floor of the Meryton assembly room, his heels making a rhythmic clack-tap as he paced around the perimeter. No one could hear him though…

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Historical context of Pride and Prejudice

While taking a breather from writing since Love Unmasked got done, I’ve been researching the Regency era some more. I’ve been finding some great info. Among the effects of England’s foreign wars during this period were great financial instability and monetary volatility. Now this next section is eye opening. Austen would have witnessed, moreover, the beginning of industrialization in England, though the growth of the factory system would not reach its peak until the middle…

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Brighton in the Regency era

My next JAFF book will be set in Brighton.  I know just about nothing about Brighton, so my research is going to go here. Hopefully I’ll help out another Regency romance author. Brighton Pavilion George hired architect Henry Holland to transform his Brighton lodging house into a modest villa which became known as the Marine Pavilion. With his love of visual arts and fascination with the mythical orient, George set about lavishly furnishing and decorating…

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