My Love for Jane Austen

Although author Robin Helm had taken part in a blog tour for More to Love back in February when her novel was just published, it was rather short with only three stops. This time around she has sign up for a two-week tour with Celebrate Lit which connects Christian authors with readers. There will be one or two visits per day with an introductory guest post from Robin and honest reviews from the participating bloggers. Besides this four presents are offered by the author to encourage interested readers to give this novel a try. The grand prize is an Amazon gift card worth US$25 while the remaining prizes are autographed paperback editions of A Very Austen Valentine and More to Love each and winner's choice of any three e-books written by Robin Helm. So take the time to join in the scheduled stops below. 13th: What Is This Fabulous Fitness Program for Perfect Curves? @ Chautona Havig 14th: Review and Giveaway: More to Love by @ Genesis 5020 14th: More to Love: Revi...

As the blog tour for Jayne Bamber's Unexpected Friends & Relations is winding down, it is my pleasure to welcome the author for a visit on My Love for Jane Austen . This is Ms Bamber's penultimate stop in a one-month virtual tour for the second book in her Friends & Relations series. Don't forget to participate in the giveaway below as this week is your last chance to enter. Now let's read excerpt which is taken from the prologue of Unexpected Friends & Relations . Spoilers ahead if you have not read the first novel, Happier In Her Friends Than Relations . Excerpt        Caroline pounded on the doors of Downfell Hall, the small, bleary castle Charles and Jane had rented near the Suttons' Scottish estate. It was a cold, imposing place, austere and ancient, and Caroline despised it. She despised the wintry landscape, the stark grey sky, the snowy battlements, the crumbling stone. She despised the man locked inside.    ...

If you prefer to read a Pride and Prejudice romance mystery, you can't go wrong with The Mist of Her Memory released by Meryton Press just last month. The fourth novel length book written by Suzan Lauder who also penned Alias Thomas Bennet , Letter From Ramsgate and A Most Handsome Gentleman with the same publisher, the plot diverges from canon when our favourite heroine is attacked in Lambton while on tour with her Aunt and Uncle Gardiner. Thus Elizabeth Bennet is taken to London for her safety and to recuperate from her terrifying experience. With no memory of the attack, how is she to know who is the culprit and catch the person? Hopefully the premise of this variation has whet your appetite. You are invited to follow Suzan's blog tour which had already begun early this week. Look out for a few tempting excerpts, informative guest posts, original vignettes along with reviews and an entertaining character and author interview. As per the usual practice, the publisher ...

It is understandable that Austenesque fiction published these days tend to be based on Pride and Prejudice as it is the most popular and profitable venture among Jane Austen's oeuvre. But there are some authors who have tried their hand in penning stories inspired by Persuasion , Sense and Sensibility , Emma , Mansfield Park and Northanger Abbey . One such person is Allie Cresswell who recently released her third and final book in the Highbury trilogy. Expanding upon the world found in Emma , Dear Jane takes readers on a journey to learn more of the secondary pairing of Jane Fairfax and Frank Churchill. From childhood days through the fateful meeting in Weymouth, discover their off-stage romance that could rival George Knightley's love for Emma Woodhouse. If you are eager to know more of the story, please join Ms Cresswell on a month-long blog tour. Organised by Poetic Book Tours , there will be several excerpts, guest posts and reviews to look forward to. In addition ...

New to the Jane Austen Fan Fiction scene is Jayne Bamber. Her debut novel titled Happier In Her Friends Than Relations which is the first book in Friends & Relations series was released early this year to much success. Austenesque readers have praised it for penning a very fresh and different Jane Bennet from canon. She is following it up with the publication of Unexpected Friends & Relations just last week. You can expect to have some characters from Jane Austen's other novels to appear here as it did in Book 1. If you are not familiar with the series, don't worry as the author will be visiting book blogs to tell you all about it. There will certainly be informative guest posts, charming excerpts, entertaining character interview and the opportunity to win an e-book of Unexpected Friends & Relations throughout the tour. So hurry over to the sites listed below to read them and participate in the international giveaway. April 18th: Unexpected Freinds ...

The time has come to select the lucky winner for Be more Jane . But first do forgive me for posting this over a week later than promised. Work has kept me busy and blogging has to take a backseat until now. Nevertheless one of you three commenters (since the other commenter has already won on another blog, so that person is not in contention) will receive Sophie Andrews's book direct from her publisher, CICO Books. Lydia Please contact me with your mailing address by Saturday, 27 April 2019 in order to claim your prize. Do remember that the publisher can only ship the prize to US , Canada and Europe . If there is no response from you, a new winner will be picked instead. Update : As no word was received from Lydia, a new winner is chosen. Put your hands together for Virginia You know what to do, Virginia. Your mailing address is needed so please write it on my contact page . The deadline to do so is Sunday, 5 May 2019 . It will then be passed on to the publishe...

My Love for Jane Austen would like to welcome again Sophie Andrews, the talented and inspirational Janeite who hails all the way from Jane Austen country, England. You might recall the last time she was here, it is to celebrate a special announcement as one of the ambassadors for the Jane Austen Literacy Foundation . Since then she have achieved many milestones that any Austenesque fans would dream of such as becoming a published author through the release of Be more Jane . Today she gladly shares with us a deleted scene that isn't in the final edits. Over to you, Sophie! Guest Post Thank you so much, Lúthien84, for welcoming me to your blog today. Of course, throughout most of my new book, I share light-hearted but genuine advice; lessons I have learned from Jane Austen and her novels and letters. However, I have also had a little extra fun along the way, by writing as some of Austen's most beloved, often comic, characters — who mistakenly believe they have their own sen...

Science fiction and Austenesque fans will rejoice when they hear that Meryton Press has just published Perilous Siege last month. Written by Colin Odom, this Pride and Prejudice -themed novel is unlike his previous novels that include A Most Civil Proposal , Consequences and Pride, Prejudice & Secrets . The premise of the story centres on a mysterious man from a future Armageddon being sent back in time to the Regency era. How would this momentous event affect the lives of our beloved characters from canon especially Darcy and Elizabeth? If you are curious to learn more, you are quite fortunate as Mr Odom plans to stop by on several blogs run by Janeites. There will be terrific guest posts, captivating excerpts and vignettes and a couple of interviews. On top of that, the publisher will be gifting eight e-books of Perilous Siege throughout the virtual tour. Therefore do find the time to check out the following sites. 8th: Perilous Siege Blog Tour - Pride & Prejud...

Most Janeites would have heard of Sophie Andrews's contributions to the Austenite circles. Besides blogging at Laughing With Lizzie , she is the ambassador of the Jane Austen Literacy Foundation which help to raise funds to support literacy programmes worldwide. She was also featured in the BBC documentary called My Friend Jane where she shares about her love and appreciation for Jane Austen and her novels. Now you can add becoming an author in her growing list of accomplishments as her debut book, Be more Jane , is officially launched this week. Following in the footsteps of successful authors, Sophie's publisher has arranged a one-week blog tour for interested readers to participate in. Look out for several reviews written by renowned Austenesque readers, a special interview with the author, two guest posts and an extract from the book. You may even win a copy of Be more Jane if you are fortunate. So visit the blogs listed below to learn more about the new book. 8t...

Fresh from completing a one-month A Very Austen Valentine blog tour for Austenesque lovers back in January, Robin Helm, one of the ladies behind the successful publication of the second book in the Austen Anthologies series is now undertaking another round of virtual book visits. This time the focus is on Christian based readers so the authors have chosen Celebrate Lit as their marketing platform. All of the participating blogs are featuring book reviews of A Very Austen Valentine and a short note from Robin. Besides that they are also running a giveaway with five amazing prizes throughout the tour. They consists of a US$50 Amazon gift card , signed paperback editions of A Very Austen Christmas and A Very Austen Valentine , a set of any three e-books written by Robin Helm plus a US$5 Amazon gift card . So check out the following tour schedule. March 25th: "A Very Austen Valentine" by Robin Helm, Laura Hile, Wendi Sotis, Barbara Cornthwaite, Mandy H. Cook, ...

It's an honour and privilege to welcome back author Leigh Dreyer to My Love for Jane Austen . If you remember, Leigh previously visited last year as part of her promotion tour for The Best Laid Flight Plans . Since publishing the second novel in the Pride in Flight series a week ago, she has embarked on a blog tour to spread the word about The Flight Path Less Traveled . Let's read some of the fascinating information that she has prepared for us. Guest Post        Hello Readers! Thank you to Lúthien84 for agreeing to host The Flight Path Less Traveled . I have loved writing this book and enjoyed thinking through and researching the consequences of the events of the first book in the series: The Best Laid Flight Plans .        Here is the blurb for the The Flight Path Less Traveled for those of you who haven't yet had a chance to read it: Book Blurb In this modern Pride and Prejudice continuation and sequel to T...

Author Leigh Dreyer is rather new to the Jane Austen Fan Fiction scene with last year's publication of her debut novel. She is following it up with the recent release of the second book in her Pride in Flight series. The Flight Path Less Traveled continues where The Best Laid Flight Plans left off with the ongoing romance between 2nd Lieutenant Elizabeth Bennet and Captain William Darcy now that he has proposed. Will their relationship move on to the next level despite not being together at the same place? If you have join Leigh on her previous blog tour, you'll be glad to know that she has scheduled another tour to promote The Flight Path Less Traveled . There are a variety of posts to read such as brilliant excerpt and informative author interviews. Don't miss the chance to win an e-book of The Flight Path Less Traveled which Ms Dreyer is generously sponsoring at each of the blogs below. March 17th: Leigh Dreyer Launches the Release of "The Flight Path L...