My Love for Jane Austen

The start of a new week beckons more Austen-themed goodies to be won which you can peruse below courtesy of the Austenesque scout. Indie Jane reviewer Kimberly Truesdale has posted her thoughts on Mr. Hurst's Ambitions written by fellow member Lynne E Scott. Read her review and fill in the Rafflecopter form if you like to enter the giveaway for a paperback and an e-book of the Pride and Prejudice novella. Take note that the paperback copy is only shipped to US or Canada while the e-book is open worldwide . The last day to submit your entry is on Monday, 2 December 2013 . Two Kindle editions of P. O. Dixon's newest release titled Almost Persuaded: Miss Mary King is the prize at Candy Morton's So little time... . Read what Candy thinks of the Pride and Prejudice short story in her review and fill up the Rafflecopter form by next Tuesday, 3 December 2013 . The contest is open to international readers. Jane Austen Books is hosting a November giveaway f...

Have you participated in the giveaway for two copies of The Red Chrysanthemum as part of Linda Beutler's blog tour ? If not you are too late now as the winners have been picked. However you may still read Linda's guest post and excerpt from the novel. Before I announced who the two lucky readers are, I would like to take this opportunity to thank Jakki Leatherberry for organising the The Red Chrysanthemum blog tour and to Linda whose informative post on flowers enlightened me on this subject. Without further ado, random number generator has selected as the owner of the paperback copy while wins the e-book edition of The Red Chrysanthemum from Meryton Press. Ladies, I will personally contact you by this weekend since I have your email address. However if you are impatient, you can write to me on my contact page . Happy reading!

Greetings, dear readers. What better way to start the week by entering a number of book giveaways compiled where the list is compiled by the Austenesque scout. Joana Starnes's new novel entitled The Subsequent Proposal was reviewed by Candy Morton on So little time... . Read the review and fill up the Rafflecopter form to win either a paperback or an e-book copy of The Subsequent Proposal . The giveaway is open worldwide and closes next Tuesday, 26 November 2013 . There is an international giveaway for two copies of Karen Doornebos's second novel which will be published next month. If you want to be the lucky winner of Undressing Mr. Darcy , head on over to on All Things Jane Austen Facebook page and read the details. The deadline is on Monday, 2 December 2013 . Jadie Brooks has paid a visit to More Agreeably Engaged to share her debut novel, Mr. Darcy's Dilemma and Delight . She is offering two copies of Mr. Darcy's Dilemma and Delight to one US an...

The Austenesque scout is delighted to share this week's news on book giveaways and freebies with her loyal readers. Austenprose is celebrating the release of Dear Mr. Knightley by inviting its debut author Katherine Reay to guest post . Come and read her wonderful sharing and leave a comment to be in the running to win one of three paperback copies of Dear Mr. Knightley . You can either ask Katherine about her writing experience or characters or mention which epistolary novel that you have recently read in the comment section. This giveaway is open to US residents only and closes next Wednesday, 20 November 2013 at 11.59 pm PT . Author Tess Quinn is pondering the topic of comeuppance in Jane Austen's characters on her blog . If you share your thoughts on this subject and include your email address in the comment section, you will be entered into her triple e-book giveaway. She is offering a copy each of Caroline's Comeuppance , Pride Revisited and the two...

Dear readers, we have a treat for you today. Author Linda Beutler has agreed to stop by and introduce her debut novel entitled The Red Chrysanthemum . She shares her extensive knowledge of flowers and insights into the characters of Pride and Prejudice in this wonderful guest post. On top of that there is a giveaway for two copies of her book which you can refer to the excerpt . Over to you, Linda. The Pairings of Pride and Prejudice with Posies If we were to extend the language of flowers beyond simply Elizabeth and Darcy, and include the other important couples in Pride and Prejudice (and by extension, The Red Chrysanthemum ), what flowers would symbolize these unions? Take for instance, those disparate personalities, Mr and Mrs Bennet. What might flowers say of them? This was the puzzle posited to me by Lúthien84 as our hostess for a stop on The Red Chrysanthemum Blog Tour. Let us know if you agree. Honeysuckle Elizabeth and Darcy : Let's follow the story of t...