A Valentine Snippet from Willoughby’s Return, a Sense and Sensibility Sequel

To celebrate Valentine’s Day, here is a snippet from Willoughby’s Return. I wanted this book to be as much Margaret’s story as Marianne’s and I thought it high time she started to enjoy herself by attending balls and meeting young men. Colonel Brandon’s sister and family have recently returned to Whitwell and his nephew, Henry [...]

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Lydia’s Valentine

Lydia Bennet’s Online Diary. At this time of the year I always read Pride and Prejudice and I thought it would be fun to see what Lydia is thinking about all the goings on at Longbourn. Lydia’s online diary starts just before Mr Bingley arrives and finishes where my novel, Lydia Bennet’s Story, begins. February [...]

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A Card for Valentine’s Day

…he was exactly the man who, in disposition and talents would most suit her. In chapter fifty of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice Elizabeth Bennet is beginning to think that she made a mistake when she turned down Mr Darcy’s proposal. Her feelings towards him have changed and she can only contemplate on the fact [...]

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Valentine’s Day

Calling all men! (As Lydia would say!) Look here – I know there’s still a couple of weeks left until Valentine’s day, but I wanted to draw your attention to the lovely work of Jean Judy and her blog about Jane Austen which features her lovely jewellery. I first discovered her work on Ms Place [...]

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