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It’s Publication Day Eve!

Posted on 08/03/2021 by Cass

Launch day for Mr Darcy’s Persuasion is almost here (it’s tomorrow , although the paperback edition has already gone live!), and I’m just popping in to say a few words about how Ada and I are going to try and tackle celebrating this special occasion, together but apart – and with you too!

But first of all, time to announce some book Giveaway winners, firstly from the Read-along of the opening chapters here on my blog, and secondly, for those who also receive my quarterly Newsletter.

There are three winners from those leaving comments on the chapters as they were posted here, and they win a copy of Mr Darcy’s Persuasion – winners’ choice over eBook or paperback. The Read-along Giveaway winners are:

Mari
Glynis
darcybennett

Congratulations! I will contact you via email to find out your preference!

There are five winners from the draw offered in my last Newsletter, and these are:

eBooks

Rosemary Krejsa
Lynn Bischoff
Jeanne Garrett

Paperback

Linda-Jo Block
Kimber Bakos

Winners from the Newsletter draw have been contacted by email.

Thank you to everyone who entered, and congratulations to all the winners! We hope you enjoy the read!

Launch Day Giveaway Bundles

To celebrate the publication of Mr Darcy’s Persuasion, Ada and I have gathered together several lovely gifts with either a Jane Austen, Pride & Prejudice or Persuasion theme, and we’re putting these into little groups of 3 or 4 gifts to giveaway to readers throughout the day tomorrow.

It will say in each post what the gift bundle contains and there will be fun questions to answer in order to enter, including inviting you to ask us questions (about anything!), sharing some quotes from Mr Darcy’s Persuasion and asking you to guess who is speaking and more, so come and join in on the fun!

All giveaways are open internationally – further details below.

Yes, that’s right. We’re not giving away books here tomorrow, we’re offering the chance to win some lovely gifts instead.

We have amassed quite a collection, and these are some—but not all—of them!

: Jane Peg Doll

: Persuasion Necklace

: Regency Themed Handbag Beads

: Crochet Mr Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet

: Jane Austen mouse

: Notebooks

: Hand-written Mr Darcy’s letter

: P&P scarf

We’ll be posting several times throughout the day on Facebook, if you’re on there, as we try to celebrate across the 9-hour time difference separating us—where I’ll also post the news of a new blog post with a fresh gift bundle on offer. (If you don’t use Facebook, then follow this blog so you don’t miss them)! We’d love you to pop in whenever you have a few minutes to keep us company and help make the day special!

~o0o~

You can find the Giveaway Terms & Conditions here. They will all end at midnight PST (West Coast USA) on Wednesday, 10th March 2021, and the draws will take place on Saturday, 13th March, with all winners announced here on the blog. If a gift bundle isn’t claimed within 5 days of the draw closing, another name will be selected.

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Celebrating the run up to Publication

Posted on 27/02/2021 by Cass

We are only a few days from the publication of Mr Darcy’s Persuasion (still available to pre-order HERE, or via the QR Code below), and we’ve been thinking of ways to celebrate the launch.

As you probably know, Ada and I live thousands of miles (and a 9-hour time difference) apart, so celebrating together on ‘the’ day is going to be a challenge like no other. In fact, this is the first time we’ve written an entire novel without meeting in person at the beginning to brainstorm the plot!

That’s not to say we haven’t chatted online copious times, of course, and as that is how we initially met nearly 19 years ago, it feels very natural to us. Nowadays, we have the added benefit of video chats too, which tend to take place in the early morning for me and late at night for Ada – which suits us perfectly, as those are our respective best times of day (though you might not believe it, looking at the photos)!

So, with this particular launch, we’ve had to get creative over how to mark a day that’s incredibly special to us – if you’ve ever been to any of our other book launches or signings, in the UK or USA, you’ll know that when we are able to be together, we like to celebrate properly!

We’ve decided it would be nice to share the day with readers as much as possible, and have had a lot of fun gathering some lovely Austen-inspired or themed gifts to give away to readers once the book is out there. Today, we thought we’d share some of them with you:

Jane Austen mouse, anyone?

: Jane Austen mouse

Made exclusively for me by my sister – who has an Etsy Store, Jackie’s Jamboree, HERE, there will be 4 of these adorable creatures up for grabs. Beautifully handmade, Jane is holding a knitted book (in a variety of book cover colours), and stands at about 7″ tall (17 cms).

Rather sweetly, each one seems to have a different character, as you can see from the photo of them all gathered together (there are 5 here, because one is for me)!

The one in the middle (front) is so cute, peeping out from under her cap!

Aside from the family of Jane Austen mice, we’ve also gathered a few other gems, including some gorgeous notebooks, pencils with Austen quotes, a Pride & Prejudice scarf, a Persuasion themed key ring and necklace and more!

One of my personal favourites of all the gifts we’ve gathered, however, are some hand-written copies of Captain Wentworth’s gorgeous letter to Anne Elliot. It’s beautifully presented, sealed and tied with a ribbon, and there are three up for grabs!

What’s more, there is also a hand-written copy of Mr Darcy’s letter to Elizabeth Bennet – a much longer piece of correspondence!

If you’d like to be in with a chance to win some of these gifts – there will be more than one gift in each giveaway – then just stay posted for updates here on the blog from launch day – Tuesday, 9th March 2021 – onwards!

These fabulous letters – the perfect keepsake for anyone who loves Mr Darcy or Captain Wentworth…or both – were created by Jane Austen Letters by Post, on Etsy, and you can find them HERE!

On that note, we’ll leave you in peace to enjoy your weekend, and we’ll be back on publication day to get the party started!

~o0o~