Austenesque Lovers TBR Challenge 2020 discussion

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My short historical romance anthology, which includes the Austen-inspired 'Kitty,' will be included in the Smashwords' Read an Ebook Week promotion from 1st to 7th March. 'Three Romances' (3 sweet shorts) will be 99c (the normal price of one story). Click on the book from my profile page and, once the promo starts on March 1st, the coupon for the deal will be displayed on the book's page.

http://www.smashwords.com/profile/vie...

Happy World Book Day!

Three Romances: Brizecombe Hall, Kitty & The Hangar Dance

Happy World Book Day, indeed Catherine!

https://m.facebook.com/MyLoveforJaneA... just shared that Wentworth's Bride is currently free.

I found this freebie:

A Jane Austen Encounter


https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07NWNDMP6

Looks good, Georgiana!

Georgiana wrote: "I found this freebie:

A Jane Austen Encounter


https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07NWNDMP6"

Thank you.

https://m.facebook.com/MyLoveforJaneA... just shared some freebies today a well.
An Arrogant Gentleman 1 (modern P&P erotica)
Lux et Veritas: A Pride and Prejudice Retelling
Jane Austen: A Life From Beginning to End

Georgiana wrote: "I found this freebie:

A Jane Austen Encounter


https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07NWNDMP6"

Loved this story.. descriptive locations + a mystery !

Free audio codes from Don Jacobson: https://freeaudiobookcodes.com/books_...

The Matchmaker's Billionaire:

FYI, this is "a second-chance [contemporary] homecoming romance inspired by Jane Austen's Emma"

Dung wrote: "Free audio codes from Don Jacobson: https://freeaudiobookcodes.com/books_..."

Thank you, I just got 4 books. A few got taken as I was looking.

Also free as audio:
Deception & Debauchery: A Pride and Prejudice Variation: https://freeaudiobookcodes.com/book_d...

Betrothals & Betrayals: A Pride and Prejudice Variation: https://freeaudiobookcodes.com/book_d...

Nowhere but North: A North and South Variation: https://freeaudiobookcodes.com/book_d...

Darcy Interrupted: A Pride and Prejudice Sensual Variation: https://freeaudiobookcodes.com/book_d...

Through Each Other's Eyes: https://freeaudiobookcodes.com/book_d...

Nachtstürm Castle: A Gothic Austen Novel: https://freeaudiobookcodes.com/book_d...

Oooh, Nachtsturm Castle is a Northanger Abbey sequel and very tough to find in print so that's a real jewel to try to snag. :)

Does anyone know how often they add new codes?
I noticed last night they had 3 books by Elizabeth Ann West listed but were out US codes for them then this morning one of them had 1 US code left but I didn't manage to get it.

: https://freeaudiobookcodes.com/book_d...

: https://freeaudiobookcodes.com/book_d...

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$0.99 countdown deal on book 1/2 from Belen Paccagnella: 6 days 5 hours left:

Obstacles

19 reviews: 67% 5-stars & 27% 4-stars

Rita, over at From Pemberley to Milton, has a cover reveal on this author's new book. Check it out.

https://frompemberleytomilton.wordpre...

FREE - Pride & Prejudice & Airships (Steampunk Pride & Prejudice Book 1) Kindle Edition by Caylen McQueen

3 Reviews - 1, 4, 5 stars

A steampunk? That sounds fun. :)

Thanks, Susan!

Susan wrote: "FREE - Pride & Prejudice & Airships (Steampunk Pride & Prejudice Book 1) Kindle Edition by Caylen McQueen

3 Reviews - 1, 4, 5 stars"

Thank you for sharing this freebie.

Pride & Prejudice & Airships

A Regency & steampunk gender-swapped Pride & Prejudice retelling could be interesting.

Dragon lovers everywhere are dancing with the launch of Maria Grace's newest dragon book:

GoodReads doesn't have it listed yet: Check your book provider for information: Here is the US Amazon link:

https://www.amazon.com/Dragons-Kellyn...

I just had to grab it.

You won't be disappointed, Jeanne!

Thank you, Anji. I'm looking forward to a new dragon story.

Leenie Brown has a 4-book collection from her Choices Series for $2.99:

The Choices Series: Pride and Prejudice Novellas

10 reviews: 29% 5-stars & 37% 4-stars

The Austen Authors’ Spring Quarterly Giveaway is now active and here is the link: https://austenauthors.net/giveaway/

The post discussing the giveaway in more detail is here: https://austenauthors.net/announcing-...

Good luck everyone!

J. W. wrote: "Dragon lovers everywhere are dancing with the launch of Maria Grace's newest dragon book:

GoodReads doesn't have it listed yet: Check your book provider for information: Here is the US Amazon lin..."

Goodreads has since added it to the site so we can now all add it to our official TBR Lists instead of just our mental ones.

The Dragons of Kellynch

Audible UK has another 2 for 1 sale on for members. Quite a number of Georgette Heyer and P. G. Wodehouse. There's also Juliet Stevenson's performance of North and South, Audible's dramatisation of Emma (with Dame Emma Thompson as the narrator) and Rosamund Pike's performance of Sense and Sensibility.

Thanks, Chelsea, you're on top of things. I grabbed my dragon book with both hands and am looking forward to the great giveaway over at AuAu. They are so generous every quarter. Good luck everyone.

In my message #22, I failed to mention Lennie Brown's 4-book collection sale only lasts until next week [March 7-14]. Sorry about that.

$0.99 countdown deal from Timothy Underwood: 6 days 5 hrs:

Writerly Ambitions: An Elizabeth and Darcy Story

58 reviews: 63% 5-stars & 28% 4-stars

Okay. In some discussions and reviews, I've seen people occasionally mention that it's difficult for them to accept a plot with cousins marrying. And I get that, but it's never bothered me with historical novels because it wasn't a thing back then. So I was reading Abagail's review of Frederica and decided I wanted to know just how restrictive are the US laws for marrying relatives. And I stumbled across an entertaining descriptive list.

https://11points.com/11-state-laws-ma...

I enjoyed it thoroughly and read two other of his lists as well. I was considering seeing if I could subscribe in some way to read his lists for a while, but decided that his ideas of what's OK and my ideas don't really mesh. One of the lists he had was 11 things the Bible bans. And as clearly a non-Christian, he doesn't have a full understanding of the Bible, and I felt that he was dismissive and critical of it, which I'm not okay with. So I refrained from attempting to do so. Regardless, I really did want to pass along this link to any of you who are interested. Happy Monday! (It's 12:09.)

On a totally unrelated note, just because I felt like sharing - I've got my second wind, apparently. Laughing does that.

I told my kids that on Saturday at 3:30 PM, we were going to spring forward because I wanted the entire family to get the same amount of sleep. And so we had dinner early. I happy I had the idea of making the announcement early in the day and to let the kids know when we would be doing it so that we were all on board with the plan. Have a great day, everyone.

By the way, Marlene, in Frederica the hero and heroine aren't really related, just distant connections by marriage. They merely call each other cousins so that society won't question the marquis's introducing them to society (which in any case he gets his sister to do). He also sometimes acts as the guardian of the younger children although it is not a formal arrangement.

One aspect of the story that might well trouble you, though, is that at the beginning the hero has a couple of mistresses--one a prostitute in his keeping and the other a married woman. He sheds them almost immediately, but it is a sordid aspect of the society Heyer is writing about.

I like your plan for dealing with the time change! I always glump about it--I like standard time and hate it when we go into Daylight Saving.

https://m.facebook.com/MyLoveforJaneA... just posted another freebie recently.

Elizabeth Bennet's Wedding: A Pride and Prejudice Variation

Non-JAFF free Regency by Heidi Ashworth:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

Abagail,

Thanks! Yeah, that's an aspect of Heyer that I don't really enjoy. To me, relationships such as that mar the happiness I feel in a hero and heroine getting together. It's a factor that I tolerate in some Regencies, and try to wipe it from my brain as I continue the story. I've actually read Frederica, but didn't remember how closely they were related.

As for the time change - it IS annoying. However, some of my kids go about five houses down the street for the bus stop, and I appreciate the brightness from the time adjustment.

One of my sisters lives in Alaska, and she finds it annoying because it doesn't even HELP them due to their very strange daylight hours throughout the year.

I share your discomfort! I like romances best in which the author convinces me that the couple will be compatible in terms of personality, sure, but also values. And a man who has indulged in a lot of affairs clearly doesn't value women very highly. I don't fully believe he'll make an exception for one "special" woman. He may intend to, but when the pressure is on, old habits reassert themselves.

Leenie Brown posted at AuAu about her Choices series with an excerpt.

https://austenauthors.net/loves-quiet...

Don't forget to check out their Quarterly Giveaway Prize list. There is some fine swag listed. That is one generous bunch of authors.

https://austenauthors.net/announcing-...

New US Audio codes added for Elizabeth Ann West books.

: https://freeaudiobookcodes.com/book_d...

: https://freeaudiobookcodes.com/book_d...

Hello. Those who enjoy sequels will be interested in my new book, "Her Summer at Pemberley," telling Kitty's story from a year or so after Lizzy and Jane married and moved away. I always felt there was more to Kitty than we saw in the book or films. Find it here, and in more locations in the coming 2 weeks. I'd love to hear what you think of it! https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08...
Hope I've posted this correctly.

Yep - perfectly, Salliane! I'd seen your Facebook post yesterday and already have it loaded onto my Kindle, though it'll probably be a couple of weeks before I have time to read it. Interesting premise - there aren't many Kitty stories out there!

$0.99 deal from Maggie Mooha:

Elizabeth in the New World

58 reviews: 80% 5-stars & 16% 4-stars

J. W. wrote: "$0.99 deal from Maggie Mooha:

Elizabeth in the New World

58 reviews: 80% 5-stars & 16% 4-stars"

Ooooh, that's such a great book! If you haven't read it yet, this is a great opportunity to grab a copy and put it at the top of your TBR pile. Intense, and there's mature content, but it's an excellent read.

Thanks, Jeanne. Been wanting a copy of that one.

A piece of news from yesterday's UK budget that got buried under all the concerns over Covid-19. From December, those of us on this side of the pond will no longer have to pay VAT (sales tax to my US friends) on ebooks. Just a shame that it hasn't been extended to audiobooks, too.

And on the Covid-19 front, as the UK moves into the "delay phase" rather than containment, I wish everyone, everywhere, well and that if you do catch it, that it's relatively mild. Take care, stay safe, and keep washing those hands!

Same wishes going your way, Anji!

Sallianne wrote: "Hello. Those who enjoy sequels will be interested in my new book, "Her Summer at Pemberley," telling Kitty's story from a year or so after Lizzy and Jane married and moved away. I always felt there..."

Debbie wrote: "Yep - perfectly, Salliane! I'd seen your Facebook post yesterday and already have it loaded onto my Kindle, though it'll probably be a couple of weeks before I have time to read it.

Interesting pre..."


Thanks Debbie!

Abigail wrote: "Same wishes going your way, Anji!"

Anji wrote: "A piece of news from yesterday's UK budget that got buried under all the concerns over Covid-19. From December, those of us on this side of the pond will no longer have to pay VAT (sales tax to my ..."

Thanks, it just reached my area of Ohio recently and I have been trying to be cautious and diligent about using sanitizer while out and antibacterial soap as soon as I get home. Hope everyone is staying safe and doing well.

It has been loose in the community here in the Bay Area for about a month and of course we have no idea how extensive it is because there is no organized testing. Pretty much staying home.

I'm lucky to be able to stay home without starving. I'm so afraid for people whose ability to pay bills depends on being out in public places, as well as all the doctors and nurses and first responders. In the City of San Jose, three firefighters have already tested positive, and they exposed another 60 who are now in quarantine. The potential for disaster is almost limitless.

And some members of the public aren't helping matters here, either. I'm a community pharmacist and all community pharmacies now have notices on their doors and windows asking people not to enter if they've been abroad and have the symptoms of Covid-19 but to go home and phone for advice. Of course, there have to be some who think that advice doesn't apply to them! I guess it's only a matter of time before I catch it. Thankfully, I'm otherwise in good health.

Oh yes! We have lots of people here in the States who think the rules don't apply to them! And those who feel compelled to defy the advice of Authority, and are gathering in groups simply because they are told not to. (One can't help but think "natural selection.") But I hate that those people put people like you at risk! Hoping the best for you and all those serving the common good.

Many thanks for those kind words, Abigail.

Amongst the copious amounts of new briefing documents we, as health professionals, have received today is what I think is a pretty good "idiots' guide" to self-isolation, published on the British government website. I've no idea what information has been published in other countries and also if this link will work for you dear friends outside the UK, but I thought I'd post it anyway. Please let me know if it does or doesn't work.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publica...

Obviously, this is written as part of the guidance issued yesterday by the British government for our particular circumstances, so parts of it won't apply everywhere, but there's some really good general guidance in there that will.

I'm Italian. #istayhome #iorestoacasa.