Christmas with Mr Darcy

Happy Christmas everyone! I’ve recently finished writing Mr Darcy’s Secret, which is to be published by Sourcebooks. Here’s a small extract with a festive theme. Elizabeth Bennet is married to Mr Darcy and is welcoming her family for the Christmas season to Pemberley for the first time, not without some trepidation! Christmas Eve and the [...]

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Snow, Christmas Trees and a Review for Willoughby’s Return

Well, it’s feeling very festive here in England with all the snow we’ve been having! As I look out of my window I can see the world dusted with icing sugar – the sky is a beautiful iridescent pearl, which reminds me of the sort of day it was in Willoughby’s Return when Marianne and [...]

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Review of Willoughby’s Return from Austenesque

Thank you to Meredith Esparza of Austenesque Reviews for her review of Willoughby’s Return! Rating: 5 out of 5 stars ***** “Sense and Sensibility” is such a lovely, honest, and entertaining novel; it such a shame that not many authors have attempted to compose a sequel for it. I have greatly enjoyed “Colonel Brandon’s Diary” [...]

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Interview with Red Roses for Authors!

I was recently interviewed by Red Roses for Authors blogspot in celebration of the publication of Willoughby’s Return. It’s always an interesting experience being interviewed – I’m always surprised by how much I learn about myself as well as my book! Tell us a little about yourself I’m an English author, an artist, and a [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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