My Love for Jane Austen

Welcome to the penultimate stop of Death Takes a Holiday at Pemberley blog tour. Would you like to know more of the author of this newly published Pride and Prejudice romantic fantasy? Then you have come to the right place as Kelly Miller has graciously agreed to answer some burning questions that I have about herself. Don't forget to participate in the giveaway below as you can win an e-book of her novel. Author Interview How and when did your interest in Jane Austen take root? As strange as it may seem, I was a fan of the actor Colin Firth since I first saw the 1995 BBC mini-series of Pride & Prejudice on television, and enjoyed the story enough to wish to read the book, but I did not become a true Jane Austen fan until maybe three or four years ago. Romance was never a favourite genre of mine for reading or movies; I preferred other genres, like suspense, horror and mystery. Somehow, several years ago, I wandered into the website A Happy Assembly , and after readi...

Have you heard that a new Austen-themed novel has been published by Meryton Press just this week? It is a Pride and Prejudice sequel called Death Takes a Holiday at Pemberley . Penned by debut author Kelly Miller and infused with fantasy elements, the story is set a few years after the conclusion of Jane Austen's popular and well-loved masterpiece. The master of Pemberley is now happily married with a young son and heir. But things take a drastic turn when he nearly died in a riding mishap. Afterwards he is visited by Graham, an angel of death, who demands Darcy to be a guide in the mortal realm. How will this affect his relationship with his family and his life? As a newcomer to the genre, Kelly is participating in a blog tour to promote her novel. You can look forward to read some teasing excerpts, insightful guest posts and interviews with the author and a character from the book. If you wish to know if this fantasy romance is for you, a review is also included. Do take the...

Happy weekend, friends! How has your week been? I hope you will have enough rest and relaxation before you begin the next week. It is with sheer delight that My Love for Jane Austen welcomes fairly newcomer Mirta Ines Trupp to join us today. You may have heard that her recent release titled The Meyersons of Meryton is a different spin on Pride and Prejudice with a Jewish twist. I'll let her tell you more about the book and share some fascinating insights regarding herself. There is also an excerpt and a fabulous giveaway of five e-books to go along with it. Guest Post Thank you, Lúthien84, for your warm welcome. I am delighted to spend some time with you and my fellow Janeites. Unlike our beloved Miss Jane, I was not born in a scenic village in rural England. My family were neither descendant of landed gentry, nor were they Anglican. I was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and am the granddaughter of Russian Jews who escaped the pogroms, poverty and famine prior to the onse...

There are many published Pride and Prejudice variations that highlight the love and hate relationship between the two main protagonists. But none is as memorable than the newly released Nefarious penned by Nicole Clarkston. Indeed if you have been following along when the author first begun posting on Jane Austen Variations , you will know that Fitzwilliam Darcy behaved more horribly than depicted in canon. He is a total jerk that deserves what is coming to him but he has his reasons. If you wish to learn what they are and find out more, why not join Nicole on her virtual tour? She will be sharing a few special vignettes and entertaining guest posts in addition to a review written by eminent Austenesque reader. On top of that there is a generous giveaway of two prizes to be won during each stop including a paperback edition of Nefarious reserved for US residents. Thus hop on to blogs listed below to partake in the merriment. 3rd: Nefarious...Nicole Clarkston @ More Agreeab...

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...