My Love for Jane Austen

With the recent surge of new releases by popular authors in the Austenesque genre, how have you been keeping up with them? More importantly, how would authors announced their book to the world and get readers interested? Why, by joining a blog tour of course besides promoting it on social media sites. One such novel which deserves your attention is Rose Servitova's The Watsons which is a completion of the manuscript begun and abandoned by Jane Austen more than two centuries. Thus you are welcome to check out the details below and follow the blog tour too. Spotlight Title: The Watsons Authors: Rose Servitova and Jane Austen Tour Dates: 18-29 November 2019 Genre: Austenesque, Historical Fiction Publisher: Wooster Publishing (10 October 2019) Length: 256 pages Trade paperback ISBN: 9781788461184 e-book ASIN: B07ZH5YYCW Book Blurb Can she honour her family and stay true to herself? Emma Watson returns to her family home after fourteen years with her wealth...

Anyone who have ever read Pride and Prejudice fan fiction or watch the adaptation of Jane Austen's famous masterpiece will certainly know who Mr Fitzwilliam Darcy of Pemberley is. Who wouldn't want him as a husband when he managed to thaw Elizabeth Bennet's heart and sweep off her feet? Of course they are some misunderstandings along the way before they can reach their happy ending. But why does he hold a curious appeal to women who hope to find a man like him. This question and more is answered in Dr Gabrielle Malcom's There's Something about Darcy published just last week. Would you like to know more about this book? Then check out this exclusive excerpt. Excerpt The Inner Struggle        Darcy's struggle in the novel is one of trying to resist the charms of a woman of inferior birth and status. At times he grows confident in his power to succeed, only to find it diminish again. This part of the story is Darcy's 'bildungsroman', his narr...

Happy weekend, dear friends! Have you read the fascinating character interview that Eliza Shearer conducted with Susan Price and Mrs Fanny Bertram? Are you eager to find out if you have won a free e-book of Miss Price's Decision ? Then you have come to the right place. Before we proceed, do allow me to express my gratitude to the author for giving me the opportunity to host her new novel on my blog. Thank you to all of you too for your continuous support and encouragement to Eliza because it's not easy to be a write, self-publish and market a book all on your own. It's heartening to see a few regular commenters and even a new face who have dropped by. Random name picker was used to pick the winner who is darcybennett darcybennett, please contact me with your email address and the e-book format (epub, mobi, etc) by Thursday, 21 November 2019 . Your details will be pass on to the author who will arrange for the delivery of your prize. If no reply is receive by...

Unlike Jane Austen's most popular work, there are only a handful of published Northanger Abbey with its setting solely in the Regency period. You may recognised a few of these titles as they are written by some of the most renowned authors in this genre. There is Amandra Grange's Henry Tilney's Diary , a retelling from the hero's point of view and the murder mystery sequel called There Must Be Murder penned by Margaret C. Sullivan who is the editrix of AustenBlog . You can now add the recently published The Bride of Northanger to the list. Check out the book details and visit all the tour stops listed below. Spotlight Title: The Bride of Northanger: A Jane Austen Variation Author: Diana Birchall Tour Dates: 28 October - 15 November 2019 Genre: Austenesque, Historical Fiction, Gothic Mystery Publisher: White Soup Press (17 September 2019) Length: 230 pages Trade paperback ISBN: 9780981654300 e-book ASIN: B07Y2HGSMX Book Blurb A happier heroi...

Ardent followers of My Love for Jane Austen would know that C. P. Odom has visited here before. Almost all his novels are featured here save for two. With A Covenant of Marriage just out last month, Colin is once again paying a visit to promote his latest Pride and Prejudice variation. He brings along a tempting vignette for readers who love to know more of this story. Don't forget to participate in the giveaway to win an e-book of A Covenant of Marriage that is generously offered by Meryton Press. Pre-Epilogue Vignette Unwritten events following Chapter 23 (the final chapter) Tuesday, June 28, 1822 At sea, two days out of Portland, England The young woman who had been known as Lydia Bennet for the first sixteen years of her life stood by the rail of the merchant ship Dora looking out at the waves. She was a slender woman in her mid-twenties and was still attractive, though the bloom of youthful beauty had faded since she had given birth to her illegitimate son a...

Have you been waiting long to discover if you are the winner of the Jane Austen's Ghost giveaway? My humblest apology for not able to announce it earlier as work has been keeping me busy until now. One of three readers who commented on Jennifer Kloester's excerpt will win the e-book directly from her publisher. Without further ado, random name picker has selected BeckyC as the lucky winner. BeckyC, you know what to do since you have won here a number of times. Please tell me your email address in the contact page . The deadline is Thursday, 14 November 2019 or the prize will be forfeited and goes to another reader. If you didn't win this time, don't fret as there is still time to enter the giveaway for Miss Price's Decision . But hurry and leave your comment on the character interview with the Price sisters because it will end tomorrow.

After dabbling in the sci-fi genre with the publication of Perilous Siege several months ago, C. P. Odom is back in familiar territory with another new Pride and Prejudice variation. Those who love Mr Odom's earlier novels like A Most Civil Proposal , Consequences and Pride, Prejudice & Secrets should be happy to know that A Covenant of Marriage was just launched last month. The story follows a forced marriage scenario between Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy which her father had arranged. Will she be able to come to love her husband whom she dislikes? As is the norm for any Meryton Press releases, Mr Odom is participating in a book tour through Austenesque blogs. You can read informative guest posts, delightful excerpts and vignette, an interview with the author and even reviews. His publisher is also contributing eight e-books of A Covenant of Marriage during the two-week tour. Thus check out the complete schedule with giveaway links below. 5th: Unwed Moth...

After a rather quiet last month, My Love for Jane Austen is back in full force. There are quite a number of guest authors scheduled to visit my blog and the first of these is Eliza Shearer. She has recently published Miss Price's Decision with Susan Price from Mansfield Park as the main focus of the story. Although it is not Pride and Prejudice related, Mr Darcy and Mr Bingley do appear in this second book in the Austeniana series as do Northanger Abbey 's Miss Morland and the Allens. Aren't you curious to know more? Then read the following character interview with the Price sisters and participate in the giveaway to win an e-book. Guest Post I am delighted to visit My Love for Jane Austen today as the last stop of the blog tour of my second novel in the Austeniana series after Miss Darcy's Beaux : Miss Price's Decision , a Mansfield Park , Northanger Abbey and Pride and Prejudice crossover. The book tells the story of Susan Price, Fanny Price's...