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Yours Affectionately, Jane Austen

Was Mr. Darcy real? Is time travel really possible? For pragmatic Manhattan artist Eliza Knight the answer to both questions is absolutely, Yes! And Fitzwilliam Darcy of Pemberley Farms, Virginia is the reason why!

His tale of love and romance in Regency England leaves Eliza in no doubt that Fitz Darcy is the embodiment of Jane Austen’s legendary hero. And she’s falling in love with him. But can the man who loved the inimitable Jane Austen ever love average, ordinary Eliza Knight?

Eliza’s doubts grow, perhaps out of proportion, when things start to happen in the quiet hamlet of Chawton, England; events that could change everything. Will the beloved author become the wedge that divides Fitz and Eliza or the tie that binds them?

Praise for Yours Affectionately, Jane Austen

O’Rourke’s sequel to The Man Who Loved Jane Austen brings the reader a skillfully choreographed romance and smartly old-fashioned love story that is poignant and completely enthralling, while being laden with well-researched details to satisfy any Austen fan.~Regina Jeffers

Yours Affectionately, Jane Austen is a sweet Austen related romance with a time travel twist.I felt the author captured Jane Austen's voice very well and I enjoyed reading her thoughts and reactions as the story flowed.~Naida the Bookworm

Imaginative, fresh and endearing. Well done!~Ann Channon (Jane Austen House Museum)

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Christmas at Sea Pines Cottage

With its rough gray shingles and weathered slate roof, Sea Pines cottage seems, at first glance, past its prime. But inside this remote fisherman's house, a driftwood fire crackles in the fireplace, brightly colored rugs cover the floor, and cozy cushions dot the worn, welcoming furniture. A young man named Robert has retreated after the war, planning to spend his days writing, tending to the local lighthouse, and nursing his injuries. For company, he adopts a young Golden Retriever puppy named Meteor.

Robert and Meteor spend months in quiet companionship, until the day Robert rescues a young woman from a storm at sea. Strong-willed and intelligent, Laura sees past Robert's injuries to the proud, passionate man beneath, and--with some matchmaking help from Meteor--they begin a new life together at the cottage. But even Meteor's tireless devotion can't protect his cherished family from all of life's unexpected challenges--hurdles that will teach each of them lessons of courage, faith, friendship, and the enduring love that can sustain us through life's coldest seasons. 

Jane Austen Giveaway - Soulless Manga

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Jane Austen is a timeless writer... she gave us so many wonderful things all wrapped in one package:

Wit, humor, tea, romance... sisterly love, beautiful dresses, impossible relatives...

Her writing was rather scandalous in her day, so I think my giveaway is entirely appropriate, even though I don't have an Austen classic to share. I do need to preface my giveaway with a warning: This book is Adult, not YA and has ample bosoms & bare bottoms, not to mention suggestive scenes between married persons.

This manga version delivers all the right elements perfectly.  Miss Alexia Terabotti is beautiful and feisty  A spinster of 26, she knows how to behave in society, but is not opposed to misbehaving, either. Lord Conall Maccon is impossibly old and powerful... and a werewolf. The vampiric troubles of a rather steampunk nature are his responsibility, much to his disgust and frustration.

This book is a beautiful soft cover with a few full color pages before delivering the colorful story in black and white. It is used, since I have thoroughly enjoyed reading it, myself, *ahem* and has a little shelf wear on the binding. I couldn't let it go for less than a Jane Austen giveaway. I suppose I should also warn that the winner will want to read the entire series, but that will be the winner's concern.


Soulless
The Parasol Protectorate Manga 1
by Gail Carriger
Paperback, 224 pages
Published March 1st 2012 by Yen Press

Premsise:
The life of a spinster in Victorian London isn't an easy one on the best of days, but such a life becomes infinitely more complicated when said spinster is "soulless" - a preternatural bridging the gap between the natural and supernatural worlds. Miss Alexia Tarabotti has this unique distinction, and when she is assailed at a formal gathering by a rove vampire, an encounter that results in the death of the half-starved creature, her circumstances become exponentially more complicated indeed! Now caught up in an intrigue with life or death stakes, Alexia must rely on all her talents to outmatch the forces conspiring against her, but it may be the man who has caught her eye - Lord Conall Maccon - and their budding flirtation that truly drives her to her wit's end


Ms. Carriger writes steampunk urbane fantasy comedies of manners to cope with being raised in obscurity by an expatriate Brit and an incurable curmudgeon. She escaped small town life and inadvertently acquired several degrees in Higher Learning. She then traveled the historic cities of Europe, subsisting entirely on biscuits secreted in her handbag. She now resides in the Colonies, surrounded by a harem of shoes, where she insists on tea imported directly from London and cats that pee into toilets. Her Parasol Protectorate books are all New York Times Bestsellers.

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