Most Ardently An Austen-Inspired Christmas Collection Book Tour and Giveaway with Personal Review!!!!
Most
Ardently
An
Austen-Inspired Christmas Collection
Genre:
Historical Romance
With
Stories by:
Sheena Austin,
Margo Bond Collins,
Debra-Ann Kummoung,
Sophie Bellabone,
Deborah E Pearson,
Charlene Johnson,
Susan Burdorf,
Claire
O'Dare,
Ivy Hearne
“This
is quite the season indeed for friendly meetings. At Christmas every
body invites their friends about them, and people think little of
even the worst weather. I was snowed up at a friend’s house once
for a week. Nothing could be pleasanter.” ~Emma
Join
New York Times, USA Today, and International bestselling authors as
they share stories inspired by Jane Austen to fill your Yuletide with
love and joy.
From
a Regency holiday in Austen’s own home to modern stories with a
supernatural twist, Most Ardently brings you the best of
Austen-inspired holiday fiction, including a haunted modern-day
Northanger academy dorm, a vampiric surprise at a holiday ball, a
contemporary dating-app-savvy Emma with a brand-new Knightley, a
surprise cast of zombies, and a demon set loose in Jane Austen’s
world. Mincemeat pies, Christmas puddings, Boxing Day and Twelfth
Night will never be the same again!
So
light a Yule log, hang a kissing bough of evergreen and mistletoe,
and settle in for a long winter’s read as you reconnect with your
favorite Austen characters and settings in all-new new
stories.
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up and one-click to preorder this holiday collection now for the
special preorder price of only 99c!
“On
one side was a table occupied by some chattering girls, cutting up
silk and gold paper; and on the other were trestles and trays,
bending under the weight of brawn and cold pies, where riotous boys
were holding high revel; the whole completed by a roaring Christmas
fire, which seemed determined to be heard in spite of the noise of
the others.” ~Persuasion
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Sheena
Austin is
the author of Returning
to Mr. Darcy, Alexandria, Journey of the Heart, and
Disillusionments of the Heart.
A lover of all romance, fantasy, cat whisperer, and Kermit
obsessed, the author currently lives in Virginia with her boyfriend
and two cats. She is a Special Education teacher and aspires to win
the lottery one day and to have a lifetime of pizza and cheez-its so
she would no longer have to cook or do the dishes ever again.
USA
Today, Wall Street Journal, and New York Times bestselling author
Margo Bond Collins
is a former college English professor who, tired of explaining the
difference between "hanged" and "hung," turned to
writing romance novels instead. (Sometimes her heroines kill
monsters, too.)
She
also writes under the alter ego of Ivy Hearne.
Debra-Ann
Kummoung
I
fell in love with Pride & Prejudice when I read it in high
school. Something about that time - the courtly manners of society,
the clothing, and so many other things. Don't get me a wrong, I'm a
modern girl and wouldn't last a day without my modern conveniences,
but I can still fantasize about that time period.
My
husband is my inspiration for Mr. Darcy & Colonel Fitzwilliam
(when the good colonel appears in one of my books). My husband has
the manners of Darcy but has been a military man like the colonel -
so I got both in one man.
Sophie,
whether with Kernstock or Bellabone
pen name, is from the land of thousands of lakes, home of Santa
Claus, and technology giant Nokia, also known as Finland. At age 24
she was bitten by the publishing bug in her native tongue. The bug
bit so fiercly that she made her mission to publish all her future
stories to wider audience just year after. That she did, and now at
25 her first book written in English is in preorder.
Born
and rased with finnish sisu, and beaten in shape with sauna birch
leaf brooms, Sophie writes Fantasy and Horror. No genre will be safe
from her vigilant and witty writing style though. She will be
providing all kinds of stories from short and sweet to long and
gritty. None with romantic sub plot though. She focuses on platonic
friendships, epic battles beyond tonsil fencing, and the endless
ideas leading to world beyond imagination.
In
short, her muse is obiviously in drugs and needs intervention.
Soon
she'll also add Sci-Fi/Dystopian into her fresh list of books and
invites in new pen name to the Sophiesphere circle of things.
Deborah
E. Pearson found her love of Jane
Austen's work when she was 15 by watching the 1995 adaptation of
Pride and Prejudice by Andrew Davies, Over the following years she
not only read Miss Austen's books multiple times but also read
several fan fiction books, which led her to begin writing her own
Jane Austen Fan Fiction in 2010 as she wished to have a Darcy that
fitted the way she saw him.
Charlene
Johnson
is a Waynesburg, Pennsylvania native. She went to Waynesburg High
School and graduated Cum Laude from Waynesburg College with a
Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts. Currently lives in Sacramento,
California where she spent the last 33 years working at Northrop
Grumman.
Books
have always been her passion. She started reading at an early age and
progressed to full-length books by age nine. The first supernatural
book series she read was Dark Shadows, and it sparked her interest in
all things paranormal, with a spicy touch of romance mixed in for
good measure. She also started writing poetry in grade school and
continues to do so today.
Being
an avid reader, the consummate daydreamer and an incurable romantic
with a Cinderella complex, she started creating her own characters
and story lines because she realized she had her own stories to
tell.
She
is married to John, who believes she can do anything. She has a son,
Ty; a daughter, Danika; and four beautiful grandchildren, Aries,
Victoria, Maya, and Tobias.
Besides
reading and writing, she also enjoys photography, travel, music, and
great movies.
Susan
Burdorf is an avid reader,
photographer and lover of all things sparkly. Writing is a passion
that is only quenched when THE END is written on the last page of a
manuscript. Nothing says home to her, though, like the presence of
her family. Susan encourages you to correspond with her and is
available for public appearances at schools and conferences.
A
librarian and researcher by day, Claire
O’Dare
writes Regency and contemporary romances at night.
I am a huge Austenite and this anthology did NOT disappoint in any way! I love all types of Austenesque literature ... and these stories satisfied every one - such as The Spirit of Mr Darcy where a young lady in the present named Elizabeth Bennet is whisked back into the past and meets Mr Darcy, who is currently unhappy with his wife (the former Miss Lizzy Bennet) because the marriage has become dull. I loved this because she wasn't just some drone of Jane Austen's works, she was actually very surprised to be put in this position and while Darcy is a formidable person, Lizzy is able to restrain herself and not get swept away in the past and a past that she is not really a part of. It's sort of like "Lost in Austen" in some ways, where a door to the past opens and someone in the present day is thrust into the world of P&P.
My second favorite story was Mr Darcy's Christmas Surprise - of course they all revolve around Christmas time festivities and I love all of that, but this one involves the character of Georgiana, Darcy's sister. She has passed away and we know she was very young, and right before the wedding of Jane and Bingley. I love this because although there is no modernization in this, we see Darcy in a whole new light - he is grieving the loss of his sister and we see him falling for Lizzy in a new way, and seeing it through his eyes is much better. And even Caroline Bingley - whom I LOATHE - is quite a sympathetic character for me in this story.
I think that anyone who loves Austen literature or even just romances or Christmastime romances will love this anthology and they are easy and quick reads for any Austenite!
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