My Love for Jane Austen

It is with great pleasure to welcome you to the penultimate stop of Much Ado in Meryton virtual tour. As you already may know, Riana Everly has published this Pride and Prejudice clever mash-up with Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing last November. But since it was a busy time last month with Christmas, Hanukkah and the bustling holiday season, she only have the chance to promote it now. Let's read her specially prepared guest post along with an enticing excerpt that drives home the point. Then be sure to participate in the giveaway below. Guest Post Happy New Year to everyone, and thanks for this opportunity to visit this lovely blog as part of my blog tour for Much Ado in Meryton . In this story, Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy do not get off to a good start at all, and find themselves quite antagonistic towards each other, until their friends step in with a clever plan. But instead of me going on for a while, I thought I would let Mr. Darcy speak for himself ...

The new year has commence and it looks promising judging by the new and upcoming Austenesque releases for this month. First up is Christine Combe's A Promise of Forever which was published about eleven days ago. It is a Pride and Prejudice what-if novel that takes readers on an emotional roller coaster ride with our beloved pairing of Darcy and Elizabeth. The plot is quite a departure from canon whereby she is not a Bennet but the daughter of the Gardiners, a family of tradesman who reside in Lambton. Fitzwilliam is a young man who just return home to Pemberley after a lengthy tour of Europe. They met, fell in love and elope but family objections soon find a way to tear them apart. How will our dear couple reconcile and stay together after separating for four years? If the premise has caught your eye and you wish to know more, please join the online tour that is currently underway. Look out for some intriguing guest posts, diverting excerpts, delightful interviews and even...

Hello, Janeite friends! Now that we are in the second week of the new year, you can look forward to more Austenesque releases to add to your library. One such novel is the recently published Pride and Prejudice variation written by Christina Combe. She is joining us today to tell us all about A Promise of Forever . Aren't you excited to know more? Then let's welcome Christine on her first visit to the blog. Thank you for having me, Lúthien84! I'm so excited to be visiting My Love for Jane Austen today as part of my A Promise of Forever blog tour. Here's a little question and answer session to tell you a little bit about me... Author Interview What inspired you to write your first book? I've wanted to write for a very long time. In fact, when I was about 20, I started writing a romantic suspense novel I'd titled The Princess Spy , and I think I got about seven or eight chapters into it before I stopped writing it. I don't recall the reason why I st...

After successfully publishing three mystery-themed stories in Miss Mary Investigates series ( The Mystery of the Missing Heiress , Death of a Clergyman and Death in Highbury ), Riana Everly has returned to her roots which is mashing up Jane Austen's most popular masterpiece with an equally famous play. Her debut novel, Teaching Eliza is a George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion set in the world of Pride and Prejudice . This time around she has combined the themes from Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare and the plot of Pride and Prejudice again to create Much Ado in Meryton . If you are familiar with the English playwright's comedic play, you will know that Benedick and Beatrice are engaged in a merry war of words until they are tricked to confess their love for the other. Likewise Darcy and Elizabeth take on their roles of bantering and trading barbs on each occasion. When Elizabeth has to live in Netherfield with Mr Darcy also staying as a guest, their continu...

As we bid goodbye to another difficult and gruelling year, there is a final giveaway with the name of the lucky winner attached to it. The prize is an e-book set of Defying Propriety ( As A Proper Lady Would and Son of an Earl ) in conjunction with Bronwen Chisholm's visit to My Love for Jane Austen . Have you read her fascinating research on unique names and the accompanying excerpt from Son of an Earl ? Well, only two readers left a comment on her post which means there is a 50% chance of receiving both e-books for free. Random name picker was used and the winner is Ginna Ginna, you know the drill. Please contact me latest by Sunday, 9th January 2022 with your preferred e-book format ( epub , mobi , pdf , etc) and the email address that you would like to be sent to. If there is no reply from you, darcybennett will automatically win both books.

A very happy and blessed New Year 2022 to you and your family, dear Austenesque friends! My fondest wish is for everyone to stay safe, strong and healthy as we strive to get through this challenging times and look forward to a fantastic year ahead. What better way to ring in the new year than with a social call from a regular guest contributor to My Love for Jane Austen . This is author Victoria Kincaid's eleventh visit so please give her a warm welcome. Guest Post Hello Lúthien84! Thank you for welcoming me back to your blog! Today I am introducing my first fantasy Pride and Prejudice variation, Mages and Mysteries . The excerpt below takes place at the Lucases' ball. Darcy has been staring at Elizabeth when he is distracted by Caroline Bingley who is (for the time being) his fiancée. Excerpt        A throat cleared loudly beside him, startling him out of his reverie. He glanced around guiltily; Caroline stood a few feet away. How long had she wa...