My Love for Jane Austen

" Oh, my dear Miss Dashwood," said Mrs Palmer soon afterwards, "I have got such a favour to ask of you and your sister. Will you come and spend some time at Cleveland this Christmas? Now, pray do, — and come while the Westons are with us. You cannot think how happy I shall be! It will be quite delightful! — My love," applying to her husband, "don't you long to have the Miss Dashwoods come to Cleveland? " - Sense and Sensibility - Don't you miss the good old days when we can travel home to celebrate Christmas together? This specially chosen quote from Jane Austen's first published novel serves as a timely reminder to be thankful for all the past festivities that we had with our friends and relatives. Hopefully with the coming new year, everything will be as before. So allow me the opportunity to wish all my lovely Christian readers and followers a blessed, wonderful and joyous Christmas. And a very Happy New Year! Please stay safe and ...

If you have been following new Austenesque publications, you will notice that Quills and Quartos publishing will definitely release at least one book every month without fail. This trend continues with the e-book launch of All That This Entails although the print copy came out two months prior. Written by debut author Noell Chesney, this Pride and Prejudice what-if begins after Elizabeth Bennet rejected Mr Darcy's marriage offer. Her luck turns for the better as it was announced that her father is to inherit a dukedom from a previously unknown relative. How will this good fortune affect her chances of tying the knot with potential suitors who are most likely after her money? Can Darcy prove that he is a changed man and thus win her hand? As usual you can get a glimpse of the novel by joining the short blog tour below. Check out the entertaining excerpt, read a guest post and get to know the author through an interview. On top of that her publisher is gifting All That This En...

There are some Austenesque authors who usually published their stand-alone books every few years due to their full-time work commitments. A prime example would be school teacher Anngela Schroeder. You may recognised some of her previous releases which are Affections & Wishes , A Lie Universally Hidden , The Goodness of Men and An Unexpected Merry Gentleman besides contributing short stories in Then Comes Winter , Rational Creatures and Yuletide anthologies. But it has been two years since her story was last launched. That will all change with the scheduled publication of A Life Worth Choosing next month. A blog tour has been planned ahead of its release to entice interested readers to give this Pride and Prejudice variation a deserving chance. Look out for some delightful guest posts and captivating excerpts to go along with a giveaway of A Life Worth Choosing . She is generously offering either a Kindle e-book or an autographed copy to one winner on each of the blog s...

After successfully launching Mr Bennet's Memoirs with the first book in the series, author Mark Brownlow has continued penning his Pride and Prejudice retelling from Mr Bennet's point of view. The result is the release of Port & Proposals late last month. Picking up from where Cake & Courtship left off, the Bennet patriarch is compelled to forgo spending time alone in his library to attend to certain matters that require his undivided attention. What family troubles could have prompted him to leave his sanctuary? You can find out by joining him on a mini blog tour. Mark has prepared a few excerpts from the novel to piqued your interest about Mr Bennet. In addition there are two interviews to read to get to know the author better. As an incentive, an e-book of Port & Proposals is up for grabs when you leave a comment on each of the following blogs. 7th: Port and Proposals by Mark Brownlow - Blog Tour, Guest Post, Excerpt and Giveaway @ Babblings of a Bo...