Posts

Showing posts from 2015
Image
My first novel ever was An Improper Suitor -- published by Robert Hale in the UK. It is a sweet Traditional Regency. An Improper Suitor has now been re-released in a boxset with four other Bestselling Regency Authors Amanda Grange, Melinda Hammond, Liz Bailey and Fenella Miller. Regency Quintet Summer   Edition is  EReader News Book of the Day!!  Woohoo! Better still, it is selling at the amazing discounted rate of $.99c or £.99p!! Time limited offer!!  Amazon US Amazon UK Here's an excerpt from the novel: The few riders at this unfashionable hour in Hyde Park moved out of their way and watched as they galloped by. Fashionable society did not approve of the Ladies’ Cavalry Charge, as Lady Bullfinch jokingly called it, but that had never stopped her. She spurred Hamlet on. This was as close to flying that any mortal could reach. Certainly with the whoosh of air past her ears and the sensation of hovering above her side-saddle she could imagine herself a swall

Songs & Stories: The Darcy Brothers Tour: Character Interview with ...

Songs & Stories: The Darcy Brothers Tour: Character Interview with ... :     Hello! Today it is my pleasure to host Messrs. Fitzwilliam and Theophilus Darcy, stars of the exciting new literary collabora...

More Agreeably Engaged: My share in the conversation...The Darcy Brothers

More Agreeably Engaged: My share in the conversation...The Darcy Brothers : A Book Review:  The Darcy Brothers by Monica Fairview, Maria Grace, Cassandra Grafton, Susan Mason-Milks and Abigail Reynolds One of ...

The Darcy Brothers Launch on Austenprose

Image
Well, the day is finally here. The Darcy Brothers is now LIVE. We are celebrating the occasion on Austenprose  today on February 2nd 2015, where you can find out more about the novel and have the opportunity of winning a copy. Many thanks to Laurel Ann Nattress for kicking off the launch tour! You can follow Theo Darcy (who always has a great deal to say) on his launch page today and on his Facebook page .

Flawed Motivations in Pride & Prejudice

Image
"If one could but go to Brighton!" observes Mrs. Bennet in Pride and Prejudice , "A little sea-bathing would set me up for ever." In my novel Mr. Darcy’s Challenge , she has an opportunity to do so, though not under the best of circumstances (Lydia has gone missing). Not surprisingly, despite Mrs. Bennet’s anxiety about her daughter, she is not about to give up the chance of a lifetime to experience some sea-dipping. In Pride and Prejudice , Lydia’s trip to Brighton plays a pivotal role. The basic themes of the novel – pride and prejudice, which are two sides of the same coin in many ways – are centered on the fact that people are limited by one-sided perceptions of the world. These perceptions, moreover, are flawed. In a few skilled strokes of the quill, Jane illuminates her characters’ motivations while at the same time showing how each one, in very different ways, is responsible for the disastrous consequences of Lydia’s trip to Brighton. Lydia