A Review for Willoughby’s Return from Book Eater

Here’s a review from Odessa at Book Eater.
Sequels, prequels, paraliterature; we see it everywhere, especially in regard to Austen. I am often skeptical, but when I saw Jane Odiwe (author of Lydia Bennet’s Story) had a new sequel to Sense and Sensibility I thought I’d give it a read. I’m glad I did.
Unlike most sequels [...]

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Researching Willoughby’s Return!

One of the things I enjoy about writing my Austen sequels is the research I have to do for each novel. I love to set each major scene giving clues to how places looked at the time, as well as considering sounds and smells! Jane Austen did not devote much of her writing to descriptions [...]

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Willoughby’s Return, a Sense and Sensibility Sequel

I’ve just received the cover from my editor at Sourcebooks for my new book Willoughby’s Return. I am absolutely thrilled, I think it’s gorgeous! Thank you to the designers who have worked on it, you’ve done a wonderful job, I don’t know how I shall manage to wait until November to hold a copy in [...]

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Willoughby’s Return

My new book which is a Sense and Sensibility sequel has a new title, ‘Mr Willoughby Returns, a tale of irresistible temptation’. It is to be published by Sourcebooks next autumn, so I am very excited about that! Here’s a little taster:
When Marianne Dashwood weds Colonel Brandon both are aware of the other’s past attachments; [...]

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