Blog

  • A Quest for Mr Darcy – Chapter Four

    A Quest for Mr Darcy – Chapter Four

    The blurb for this story can be found here. Chapter Four Shepherding Bingley into action took far longer than Darcy had foreseen, and they had barely reached Hertfordshire before dusk fell. They passed what remained of the evening in a small sitting room, having been served a hastily prepared dish of soup by one of…

    Read more

  • A Quest for Mr Darcy – Chapter Three

    A Quest for Mr Darcy – Chapter Three

    The blurb for this story can be found here. Chapter Three Once he had broken his fast the following morning, Darcy repaired to his study where he found it difficult to settle, eyeing the small pile of still unopened post on his blotter unenthusiastically. Arriving as it had before word of his departure reached some ears,…

    Read more

  • A Quest for Mr Darcy – Chapter Two

    A Quest for Mr Darcy – Chapter Two

    The blurb for this story can be found here. Chapter Two Waking early on his first morning back in London, Darcy found himself quite disorientated. Having been travelling for so long, it felt strange to be in his own chamber, his own bed, the first rays of sunshine slipping softly through the gap in the…

    Read more

  • A Quest for Mr Darcy – Prelude and Chapter One

    A Quest for Mr Darcy – Prelude and Chapter One

    Welcome to anyone joining me as I share my new JAFF story, A Quest for Mr Darcy! The blurb for this can be found on the story page here. There are two other things I thought worth mentioning in the hope readers won’t think too badly of me from the start!  1. I had dropped the…

    Read more

  • A Quest for Mr Darcy starts tomorrow!

    A Quest for Mr Darcy starts tomorrow!

    As of tomorrow, I’m starting to post the chapters of my work-in-progress, Pride & Prejudice-inspired story, A Quest for Mr Darcy, here on my blog! You can read the blurb below, as well as what inspired the story. Chapters will generally be posted twice weekly, and I hope you will enjoy coming along on this journey with…

    Read more

  • It’s Jane Austen Festival Time in Bath!

    I love Bath at any time of the year (and I’ve been there in every season!), but there’s something incredibly special for me about September in the city. I’m not sure if it’s the autumnal light and the way it bathes the natural stone with such warmth, whether it’s the gold and russet leaves starting…

    Read more

  • A Particularly Charming Time – Part II: Winchester, Bath and Lacock

    So… what day is it? This was a frequent question during the three days Ada Bright and I spent together on our trip last month to celebrate the launch of The Particular Charm of Miss Jane Austen. For me and my husband, this was more about being on holiday and easily losing track of the day of the week…

    Read more

  • A Particularly Charming Time – Part I: Chawton & Alton

    Well, what a whistle-stop week we enjoyed recently, celebrating the launch of our new novel, The Particular Charm of Miss Jane Austen! So much happened in so little time, but I’m finally taking time to look back on a wonderful few days spent with some very special people! It all began early on the Tuesday morning,…

    Read more

  • Now Available! The Particular Charm of Miss Jane Austen

    It’s finally here! So delighted with my delivery of books, and so excited to say that The Particular Charm of Miss Jane Austen is now available! It’s a contemporary mystery-cum-romance, set in the beautiful city of Bath during the annual Jane Austen Festival – with one particularly special attendee! We hope you’ll give the story…

    Read more

  • Pre-Order Now Available for The Particular Charm of Miss Jane Austen!

    We’re just over a week away from the official release date of our new novel, The Particular Charm of Miss Jane Austen, and the book is now available for pre-order from all the usual online book stores (links below)! There are TWO chances to to win copies of the book tomorrow over at Tabby Cow,…

    Read more