Thank you, Maria Grazia, for inviting me to
come back to My Jane Austen Book Club this month in time to celebrate the month
of love with my Valentine’s Day release, The
Pleasure of Remembrance!
February is the perfect time to talk about
love in Jane Austen’s books, because all of them contain beautiful love stories
that have withstood the test of time and continue to capture our hearts and
inspire new retellings and variations daily.
My favorite of all is the enemies-to-lovers
romance between Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice. There’s
something so captivating about their characters and the misunderstandings they
develop before coming to realize that they are a perfect fit for each other.
Although love is the heartbeat of all the
Austen stories, it comes in a variety of shapes and sizes.
Unexpected Love—Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet
