Austenesque Lovers TBR Pile Challenge 2026 discussion

Lefki Karantoni

Is this a "real" author?
With so many books published in so little time, I had supposed AI was involved.
I see a lot of high ratings for her books, even from a few reviewers who are usually hard raters.

I would like to change my "nope-nadas" to "currently reading."

I have never come across this author before. Based on the authors activity on Goodreads it seems like a real author… Who probably uses AI to write…

She has a website and a mailing list, and the profile photo looks like a real person so she looks more legit than some other new authors-

I read the short story that was available for free through the mailing list. It was mildly amusing.

Thanks Nina & Katja,
She does have much more presence at GR and Amazon than most of the AI people. I sighed up for her mailing list and downloaded her Christmas series (5 shortish books)

She also seems to have a presence on FB. Which seems to be legit.

I notice that all of her “read” books are by just a couple of authors (with improbable names like “Rose Thorne”) and all the books are rated 5 stars. I surmise those “read” books are all by herself via AI.

I had not noticed that. You may be correct.

Oh dear. Good catch, Abigail.
But maybe her Lefki ones are legit?

I am still in a quandary.

I had downloaded her Christmas series (5 books), intending to give her a try.
Now I have returned those to KU. I will await further developments.

I loved her book Mr Darcy's New Years Resolution. It didn't feel like AI.