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A group of writers who can never get enough Jane Austen, blogging about Austen-inspired fiction and JAFF since 2013. Join us at www.austenvariations.com
Austen Variations 2025 Advent Calendar
Welcome to the 2025 Austen Variations Advent Calendar, where our amazing authors will bring you a new gift every day from now until December 24th. A Very Accidental Mistletoe: Part One Someone—Lydia, almost certainly Lydia—had declared that every doorway in…
Austen Variations 2025 Advent Calendar
Welcome to the 2025 Austen Variations Advent Calendar, where our amazing authors will bring you a new gift every day from now until December 24th. It's cold outside and what goes better with cold weather than a book? Here is my holiday-themed novelette, free…
Austen Variations 2025 Advent Calendar
Welcome to the 2025 Austen Variations Advent Calendar, where our amazing authors will bring you a new gift every day from now until December 24th. ✨Season’s greetings, friends!✨ Behind today’s Advent Calendar door is a special treat: free Audible codes for my…
Austen Variations 2025 Advent Calendar
Welcome to the 2025 Austen Variations Advent Calendar, where our amazing authors will bring you a new gift every day from now until December 24th. Happy Holidays, Austen Fans! My gift to you today is the cover of my next book, coming in 2026. I've been…
Austen Variations 2025 Advent Calendar
Welcome to the 2025 Austen Variations Advent Calendar, where our amazing authors will bring you a new gift every day from now until December 24th. My gift today is a free short story, "The Most Natural Thing". This is an old story that has appeared in an…
Austen Variations 2025 Advent Calendar
Welcome to the 2025 Austen Variations Advent Calendar, where our amazing authors will bring you a new gift every day from now until December 24th. For today's gift, unwrap a Pride and Prejudice-themed crossword puzzle from Sarah Courtney! Think you are an…
Austen Variations 2025 Advent Calendar
Welcome to the 2025 Austen Variations Advent Calendar, where our amazing authors will bring you a new gift every day from now until December 24th. Dear Readers, HAPPY FESTIVE SEASON!!!! For today’s December 1st Advent calendar offering at Austen Variations…
Cozy Christmas Stories
Christmas has always held a special, sparkling place in my heart. It’s the one holiday for which I pull out bins upon bins of decorations—far more than any reasonable person should possess, yet somehow never quite enough. I love the glow of lights, the warmth of traditions,…
Prelude to Pemberley: After the Netherfield Ball
Welcome to our Pride & Prejudice prequel! P&P: Prelude to Pemberley tells the story of the time leading up to the events of Pride & Prejudice, including what Darcy and Elizabeth were doing and thinking, Georgiana Darcy's story, the events of…
99¢ Cozy up for Winter Book sale!
We're nearing Thanksgiving, and in the grand tradition of Black Friday, I have a couple of books on sale in the United States and the United Kingdom. All three only 99¢ for a limited time! This is a great opportunity to pick up a couple of fun books for a great…
It’s here: Unwrapping Christmas, a Sweet Pride & Prejudice Christmas rom-com Excerpt!
Are you ready for the holiday season??? I’m excited to share that my new Pride and Prejudice variation Christmas novella, Unwrapping Christmas, is now available! This is a low-angst, low-steam romantic comedy…
Prelude to Pemberley: Georgiana reads Darcy’s letters from Netherfield
Welcome to our Pride & Prejudice prequel! P&P: Prelude to Pemberley tells the story of the time leading up to the events of Pride & Prejudice, including what Darcy and Elizabeth were doing and thinking, Georgiana Darcy's story,…
Coming Soon, the Austen Variations 2025 Advent Calendar
This year, Austen Variations is doing a 24 day Advent Calendar, where our amazing authors will bring you a new gift every day from December 1st until December 24th. In all honesty, one post went up early by accident, and we know people are…
Austen Variations 2025 Advent Calendar
Welcome to the 2025 Austen Variations Advent Calendar, where our amazing authors will bring you a new gift every day from now until December 24th. Your Gift to Readers Goes Here. Thank you for being a part of the Advent Calendar!
Some Little Alteration Paperback and KU Release Celebration!
Hi friends! I’m so excited to share that my latest release, Some Little Alteration, is now available in paperback—and, as of yesterday, in Kindle Unlimited as well! 🎉🎉🎉 To be honest, I had originally planned to hold off on the KU launch…
Under the Netherfield Mistletoe is here!
Happy book birthday to Under the Netherfield Mistletoe! I’m excited to get this story out to you. Originally I wasn’t going to make a big deal out of it, since it was just a bit of holiday fluff I scribbled while I was stressed out last spring. Apparently…
Research Rabbit Hole: The History of The 12 Days of Christmas
Hello, dear readers! While drafting my newest Christmas story, I accidentally tumbled head-first into one of the most delightful research rabbit holes I’ve ever encountered. All I wanted was a little inspiration for Mr. Darcy’s romantic…
Their Moment of Happiness Excerpt
Hello wonderful readers! Thank you to everyone who commented on the last post. The winners of the draw are: - Anna Chan - Anna Zagar - Myrna Greenfeld Please contact Quills & Quartos at promotions@quillsandquartospub.com to claim your ebook. Congratulations! Today…
Prelude to Pemberley: Darcy writes to Georgiana while Elizabeth is at Netherfield
Welcome to our Pride & Prejudice prequel! P&P: Prelude to Pemberley tells the story of the time leading up to the events of Pride & Prejudice, including what Darcy and Elizabeth were doing and thinking, Georgiana…
Why You Should Read Pride and Prejudice in Other Eras
If you’re anything like me, you’ve read Pride and Prejudice so many times that you can practically recite Mr. Collins’s proposal while brushing your teeth. (A hazardous activity. The line about “your portion is unhappily so small” almost made…
A Winter’s Romance by Lucy Marin
A Winter's Romance, part of the Happy Christmas Mr Darcy anthology is now available! You can read it in kindle unlimited so I hope you'll give it a try, or read an excerpt from my story below for a quick taste! The longer Elizabeth spent at Pemberley, the more…
Prelude to Pemberley: Darcy’s Thoughts While Dining with the Officers.
Welcome to our Pride & Prejudice prequel! P&P: Prelude to Pemberley tells the story of the time leading up to the events of Pride & Prejudice, including what Darcy and Elizabeth were doing and thinking, Georgiana Darcy's story,…
No More Than The Truth
Happy Christmas Mr Darcy is a brand new Pride and Prejudice variation anthology that is available now! My story is called No More Than the Truth and involves Elizabeth Bennet discovering how amazing Mr Darcy is when she is invited to a Festive Season ball at his house in…
Coming soon: Mr. Darcy’s Twelve Days of Christmas
Good morning, everyone! I am pleased to announce that my Christmas novel, Mr. Darcy's Twelve Days of Christmas is up for preorder and will be released soon! The release date is set for the fifteenth of November, but if I can, I'll push it sooner. I…
Christmas Time Already?
I know, it gets earlier every year... But the truth is, if you mean to release a Christmas book in time for the actual Christmas season, you have to start planning several months early! So, for me, it's been Christmas for a long time now, so I'm excited you all can finally…
Their Moment of Happiness: New Release Excerpt & Giveaway
Hello! I’m here today celebrating the upcoming release of a new novella: Their Moment of Happiness. I, along with some of my fellow authors, were challenged to be inspired by a cover, in other words, to base a story on the cover. We did…
P&P Prelude to Pemberley: News from Netherfield
Welcome to our Pride & Prejudice prequel! P&P: Prelude to Pemberley tells the story of the time leading up to the events of Pride & Prejudice, including what Darcy and Elizabeth were doing and thinking, Georgiana Darcy’s story, the events of…
Mistletoe is coming!
I'm a slow writer, as my long-time readers know. I usually manage about a book a year, and I look with amazement and envy on authors who can put one out every few months. I don't see that ever changing, especially when I'm writing long, complex books like the Fitzwilliam…
Dishonorable Gentlemen on Audiobook
Hello All! I'm very excited to announce that Dishonorable Gentlemen is now an audiobook. That's right, now you can listen as our wily bandits shoot a hole right through Mr. Darcy's hat, no reading required. Perfect for when you have a lot of baking to do. Or…
Christmas in October-“Merry and Bright”
Happy Friday, Janeites! I hope you are getting into the Holiday mood, because we sure are! One of the greatest things about the holidays are JAFF Christmas stories! I LOVE them because they are always merry and bright. It has been 7 years since you were…
