My Books available at The Jane Austen Centre Online Giftshop!

I am thrilled to announce that the Jane Austen Centre in Bath are now stocking my books in their online giftshop, and they have some signed copies of Lydia Bennet’s Story, Willoughby’s Return and Mr. Darcy’s Secret for sale.Here’s an extract from Willoughby’s Return. Marianne Dashwood, now Mrs. Brandon, is giving a ball at Delaford Park in the hope [...]

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Jane Austen Birthday Soiree!

It’s Jane Austen’s birthday! I must thank Maria Grazia and Katherine Cox for their kind invitation to join this event to celebrate the occasion. If you’d like to be in with a chance of winning my prize of a Jane Austen mug, and a signed copy of Mr. Darcy’s Secret please leave a comment below by December [...]

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Mr Darcy’s Secret-Inspiration and an Extract – Jane Odiwe

When I was writing Mr. Darcy’s Secret I was lucky enough to take a trip to Derbyshire for inspiration and research. In my book Elizabeth Bennet’s aunt, Mrs. Gardiner, has a friend, Mrs. Butler, who lives in Lambton. We know, of course, that Mrs. Gardiner lived in Lambton herself once upon a time so I [...]

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Mr. Darcy’s Secret: Chapter One, and a Giveaway!

Here in England, we are enjoying (I’m not sure that is quite the word I want) a spell of miserable weather, grey skies, and rainy days. It’s actually feeling rather cold today, and so for no other reason other than trying to bring a little cheer on a gloomy day, I thought I’d post an [...]

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Mr. Darcy’s Secret: Caroline Bingley in love!

When writing Mr. Darcy’s Secret, I had a lot of fun with the character of Caroline Bingley. I wondered how she might change if she really fell head over heels for someone, and whether her personality might also be temporarily affected! I decided she might fancy herself capable of all sorts of things if she [...]

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Competition Winner! Mr. Darcy’s Secret

Thank you to everyone who entered the competition to win a signed copy of Mr. Darcy’s Secret. The winner is:                                                                        [...]

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Valentine’s Day!

Happy Valentine’s Day! Over at Austen Authors we’ve been celebrating the whole weekend with lots of fun stuff – on Saturday I compiled excerpts from everyone’s books – lovely romantic passages, of course – do have a look.  I am thrilled to bits with this review from Suite 101 I don’t think if I’d written it myself [...]

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Mr. Darcy’s Secret Blog Tour, An interview with Meredith Esparza, Austen Effusions, and Sisters.

I’ve some new updates on my website Austen Effusions about my new book, Mr. Darcy’s Secret, including an extract.  The painting featured I did a while ago of Elizabeth and Jane Bennet. I often wonder how closely the relationship that these two heroines share is mirrored in Jane Austen’s own life with her sister Cassandra.In Mr. Darcy’s Secret, [...]

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Mr. Darcy’s Secret Blog Tour, and an Austen Twitter Project

I’m really enjoying my tour and I hope you’ve been able to follow me so far. I’m the guest of Luxury Reading today where I’m talking about Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth, the joys of research when writing, and my luxuries. I hope you have been following the Austen Twitter Project today. If not, it’s still happening, and [...]

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Mr. Darcy’s Secret on tour at Jane Austen’s World.

There’s a lovely review of Mr. Darcy’s Secret, and an interview with the very lovely Vic, from Jane Austen’s World today, which you can read here. Thanks so much for inviting me to chat on your wonderful blog! Thank you everyone who has entered the competitions – they are still open until February 14th if [...]

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