Jane Austen

Adding Supernatural Elements to Pride and Prejudice

by Guest Blogger 10.28.2011

Guest blog by Mary Lydon Simonsen, author of Mr. Darcy’s Bite Hi Keira. It’s good to be back at Love Romance Passion. In setting up this guest post, you mentioned that I love writing about history and that I’m pretty finicky about getting my historical facts right. Correct on both points. Your question: How did [...]

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Jane Austen and Regency Courting Etiquette

by Guest Blogger 10.20.2011

Guest post by Abigail Reynolds, author of Mr. Darcy’s Undoing Courting in the Regency period was strictly circumscribed by inflexible rules of behavior, especially for women. Most fans of Regency-set novels are already familiar with them and they have been well-documented elsewhere, so I’ll just give a quick review here. A single woman may never [...]

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Review: Darcy’s Voyage by Kara Louise

by Keira 10.18.2011

How can you get Lizzy and Darcy to meet each other without prejudice? Take them out of the country of course! By sticking them on a ship bound to the Americas, Kara Louise gives them a chance to see them for themselves… well sort of There’s still some obstacles and misunderstandings. Two years before the [...]

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Scandal!!! 11 Things You Do Today That Would Have Got You into BIG Trouble in Jane Austen’s Time!

by Guest Blogger 10.10.2011

Rebecca Ann Collins, guest blogger and author of Expectations of Happiness and the Pemberley Chronicles series Thank you very much for your invitation to contribute to your blog. “Scandal- just what were the dreaded consequences?” On the first question- it is difficult to answer this question fully without “letting the cat out of the bag” [...]

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The Top 10 Rules Darcy’s Rock Band Will Never Follow

by Guest Blogger 09.28.2011

by Heather Lynn Rigaud, guest blogger and author of Fitzwilliam Darcy, Rock Star Hey Keira! I’m so happy to be at your blog today. I love the topic you gave me, it made me immediately think of Entertainment Tonight. So without any more ado, let’s cue the music and bring in Mary Hart to present: [...]

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Defining the Genre: Gothic Romance

by Keira 09.26.2011

Gothic romance is a genre you can’t find all too easily today. It was a popular genre a few decades ago and lovers of this romance sub-genre will have to troll secondhand bookstores to find titles. Classics of this genre are novels such as Wuthering Heights and Scarlet Letter. Well known authors of Gothic romance/horror [...]

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Pride and Prejudice: The Wild and Wanton Edition by Michelle M. Pillow

by Keira 09.25.2011

Genre: Classic retelling, erotica romance. Ahead there be Spoilers… Summary: The sexual tension in the original P&P has readers begging for Darcy to pull Lizzy into his embrace and ravish her senses with his kiss to *rip her bodice* and that’s what this book promises to deliver. P&P all sexed up and ready to be [...]

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Review: Mr. Darcy, Vampyre by Amanda Grange

by Keira 09.20.2011

Amanda Grange picks up where Pride and Prejudice ends. Jane and Elizabeth are getting ready for their double wedding, both eager and anxious about the life spreading out before them. On the way to the wedding, Elizabeth experiences a brief foreboding chill but shrugs it off as wedding nerves. The ceremony goes smoothly, Darcy’s vows [...]