DEMI MONDE, KIDNAPPED AND COMPROMISED: GUEST POST AND GIVEAWAY

 

Available on Kindle December 26th, 2021

Hello Dear Readers, my name is Demi Monde and it is a pleasure to be here at My Jane Austen Book Club to share more details about my new release, Kidnapped and Compromised. This is a steamy novella and a work of Austenesque fiction.

FIVE DAUGHTERS OUT AT ONCE, A PRIDE AND PREJUDICE VARIATION: AUDIOBOOK RELEASE. INTERVIEWS, GIVEAWAY, EXCERPT

Happy Sunday, everyone. Let's celebrate the release of the audiobook of Jayne Bamber's Five Daughters Out at Once: A Pride and Prejudice Variation all together. Scroll down and have a look! You'll find two  interviews, one with author Jayne Bamber and one with actor Stevie Zimmerman, a lovely excerpt from the book and a great giveaway.  

VICTORIA KINCAID, MAGES AND MYSTERIES, A FANTASY PRIDE AND PREJUDICE VARIATION

Hi Maria Grazia, 

Thank you for having me as a guest!  Mages and Mysteries is my first fantasy Pride and Prejudice variation, and it was great fun adding magic to Elizabeth and Darcy’s story.  It gives them something in common but also another source of conflict.

Below is an excerpt from chapter two.  Elizabeth has just created an illusion that helped Darcy defeat a goblin that was trying to attack the Assembly Ball. Bingley had been fighting beside Darcy but was briefly knocked unconscious. Mr. Bennet was injured in the goblin’s initial attack. I hope you enjoy it!   

 Victoria Kincaid

MURDER & MISS AUSTEN'S BALL BLOG TOUR

 

Murder & Miss Austen’s Ball is a product of a wide range of influences. I am a dance caller; a reader of Austen, Dickens, Scott, cozy mysteries, “women’s literature”, nautical fiction and more; and an independent publisher. Oh, and I earned a living as a writer for most of my working life—newspapers, advertising, PR, technical writing—but I’d never written a novel until now.

REGINA JEFFERS, PEMBERLEY'S CHRISTMAS GOVERNESS: A HOLIDAY PRIDE AND PREJUDICE VAGARY

 

GOVERNESSES IN THE 19th CENTURY

Parents of the 19th Century required different skills from their governesses. Some governesses taught only a few subjects each day. Others oversaw the children throughout the day. Most families chose a particular governess for the lady’s strengths in specific subject matter. A “finishing” governess might be hired to prepare the older daughters for their society entrance. This might include music lessons, painting, drawing, singing, and social etiquette.