Austenesque Lovers TBR Pile Challenge 2025 discussion

This popped up on FB and I recall it was discussed in one of the past years.

Can anyone recall the title of the modern where Elizabeth dies in a crash, Darcy gets hooked on drugs, cleans himself up and then dies too?

Sam wrote: "This popped up on FB and I recall it was discussed in one of the past years.

Can anyone recall the title of the modern where Elizabeth dies in a crash, Darcy gets hooked on drugs, cleans himself u..."

Good grief....:(

LOL- Yeah, I never got into it. BUt I remember people talking about it in the group some year past.

I'm looking for the book where Darcy's father gives him an ultimatum to find a bride before the end of the season or lose his inheritance. Meanwhile Elizabeth has to find a spouse before the end of the season or marry Collins. I paused reading right in the middle, and now can't find it!
EDIT - FOUND Darcy's Ultimatum by Jennifer Joy

Hi all,

I am working on the golden ten challenge and one of the catagories I am missing is:
4. Personal Book Recommendation

So I will really appreciate your best recommendations :-D
I prefer stories without too much angst and it is a bonus if it is available as an audio book.

I have already read pretty much everything by Amy D'Oracio, Julie Cooper, Elizabeth Adams, Abigail Reynolds, Melanie Rachel, Joana Starnes, Alix James, Summer Hanford, Jeannie Peneaux, Sarah Courtney.

I listen to a lot of audios, so I have pretty much heard all of the new P&P variations audios on audible for the last year or more...

Please help 😊😊😊🙏🙏🙏

Hi, Nina!
I would recommend The Wager by Sue Barr. Her books are riveting, and this one is low angst. It is available in audio.

Elin wrote: "Hi, Nina!
I would recommend The Wager by Sue Barr. Her books are riveting, and this one is low angst. It is available in audio."

Thank you for the quick recommendation. I already listened to that one, and I really liked it :-D

Sorry, I should have thought about something more obscure, but those are difficult to find in audiobooks.

There is the newly out Thwarted by MJ Stratton.

I can also recommend Elin's Vedi Veni Vicious, for a very different kind of variation

I heard both of them too 😁

If you want an audio I highly recommend The Sound of Christmas: A Jazz-Age Pride and Prejudice-inspired Christmas

Jann Rowland has a lot of his books out on audio now.

Craftyhj wrote: "If you want an audio I highly recommend The Sound of Christmas: A Jazz-Age Pride and Prejudice-inspired Christmas"

I actually have the sound of christmas on my audible wish list, so I wil go with that one.
Thank you :-)

Sophia wrote: "Jann Rowland has a lot of his books out on audio now."

Thanks Sophia, I have listened to all of them as well...

Perusing the Shelves is a site that's new to me. You can ask where to find a story you remember from a fan fiction site, and even request copies of stories that have been taken down. I understand that several stories have been uploaded to the site as well.

https://www.perusingtheshelves.com/fa...

Liz H wrote: "Perusing the Shelves is a site that's new to me. You can ask where to find a story you remember from a fan fiction site, and even request copies of stories that have been taken down. I understand t..."

Neat!
I wonder if someone started that after the Index came down.

Sam wrote: I wonder if someone started that after the Index came down.

I don't think so, the first post on the linked page is from 2015

How unobservant am I???

Thanks Katja!

As an author, I would respectfully request that you all NOT support websites that are illegally distributing copyrighted works, such as PerusingTheShelves. This hurts all authors and publishers and we are having a tough enough time these days with plagiarism and the like. Most JAFF authors do all they can to provide free copies, review copies and the like and we would just really plead with you to NOT support the stealing of our work!
Thanks!

Amy wrote: "As an author, I would respectfully request that you all NOT support websites that are illegally distributing copyrighted works, such as PerusingTheShelves. This hurts all authors and publishers and..."

So the site isn't independent unpubs, but another piracy site?
Yikes!!

No problem!





Good to know the authors are watching our threads and keeping us on the straight and narrow ;)