Jane Austen discussion

I've read the book "Falling for an Earl's Deception" by Amanda Seabrook and now I'm reading another book titled "The Earl Behind the Quill" by Daphne Pierce experiencing deja vu. Is this considered plagiarism?

Ideas are not part of copyright. Only words can be covered by copyright. I had one of my books copied in ideas by not one, but two authors, and there was nothing I could do about it. I had posted it on a fan fiction web site and then published it a year later. By that time, two wannabe's had taken my idea and written other variations using the same premise as well as half a dozen of the core twists and key metaphors I had inside the book, yet they hadn't copied a word of mine, so I had no recourse.

That still seems so very wrong to me even though ideas are free for all, to take another's idea and make a few changes but keep the story the same is cause for me to not want to read any more of that authors books.

Georgette Heyer was annoyed with Barbara Cartland for essentially plagiarizing her.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/201...

I haven't read either of the books mentioned but I wouldn't be surprised if there are strong similarities.

Quite often now they use the phrase "In the tradition of..." or style of or perfect for Jane Austen fans and then it's a rehash of the same old tropes but not as well done as the original.