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A CHANGE OF LEGACIES
A Pride and Prejudice continuation Part II
by Sophie Turner
The preparation for Elizabeth’s birth and the beginning of Georgiana’s married life do not go as smoothly as either of them would wish, and they must consider an alternative legacy for Pemberley, as they encounter opposite sides of the same “what if?”
A Change of Legacies audiobook is available on Amazon, Audible and iTunes.
A CONSTANT LOVE
— a Pride & Prejudice continuation Part I
by Sophie Turner
As Britain settles into a short-lived peace, the characters of Pride and Prejudice pick up very nearly where the novel left off, in a new series of stories focused on love and family.
Elizabeth Bennet finds the joy of her marriage and honeymoon are followed by the demands of becoming Mrs. Darcy, all while helping her shy new younger sister come out into society.
Georgiana Darcy must deal with more suitors than she expected, when she fears nothing more than once again being persuaded to think she is in love with the wrong man.
The A Constant Love audiobook is available on Amazon, Audible and iTunes.
AN UNEXPECTED TURN OF EVENTS
— a Pride and Prejudice continuation
by Elaine Owen
Thomas Bennet unexpectedly outlives his wife and must make his way in a new life. Can he use the opportunity to become a better man, or will he let this chance pass him by?
The An Unexpected Turn of Events audiobook is available on Amazon, Audible and iTunes.
AN UNWAVERING TRUST
— a Pride and Prejudice variation
by LL Diamond
Two strangers with no one to turn to but each other — Fitzwilliam Darcy is in a difficult situation.
His father is pressing him to propose marriage to the last woman in the world he would wish to take as his wife.
With a fortnight to announce his betrothal, he makes the acquaintance of Elizabeth Bennet, who is in a predicament of her own.
Could Darcy be willing to consider Elizabeth as a solution to his problem and to hers?
And can Elizabeth ascertain enough of Darcy’s character to trust him upon nothing but a first impression?
The An Unwavering Trust audiobook is available on Amazon, Audible and iTunes.
BILL VIOLA/MICHELANGELO
Made for Each Other
by Nicholas James
A viewing room by room of Bill Viola/Michelangelo at the Royal Academy of Arts on Monday March 4, 2019. Encounter the video works by Bill Viola on the theme of life, death, and rebirth and the drawings by Michelangelo from the 1530s to 1560s on religious and spiritual themes.
The Bill Viola/Michelangelo audiobook is available on Amazon, Audible and iTunes.
CECIL BEATON: THEATRE OF WAR
Through the Lens Book 2
by Marina Vaizey
The Imperial War Museum’s incomparable historical collections contain one of the country’s greatest 20th-century collections of photography, while one of the country’s major archives for modern history also forms the basis for exhibitions that are not only scholarly, but also unexpected. One such exhibition is the 2012-2013 show of work by Sir Cecil Beaton CBE (1904-1980).
The reputation of Cecil Beaton hardly rests on the fact that he was the most prolific and productive of official war photographers both on the home front and abroad during World War II; rather, he is thought of as a royal-society- and celebrity-portrait photographer, designer for stage and film – recipient of three Oscars and a Tony – prolific author, and gossipy and fascinating diarist. His first published book (1930) was simply entitled The Book of Beauty, and in the decades that followed, not only were there at least eight versions of the diaries, first published in six volumes, expurgated and unexpurgated, but several series of royal portraits.
The Cecil Beaton: Theatre of War audiobook is available on Amazon, Audible and iTunes.
CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY
By Abbey North
It;s Christmastime at Pemberley, and Lizzis is nervous to be hosting her first event. Her family is coming, as is Lady Catherine de Bourgh.
Then they are joined by an unexpected guest . . .
The Christmas at Pemberley audiobook is available on Amazon, Audible and iTunes.
CROWN JEWELS: ELIZABETHAN MINIATURES
AT THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY, LONDON
by Nicholas James
A recorded visit to Elizabethan Miniatures during the press view at the National Portrait Gallery London. Inspect miniature portraits by Nicholas Hilliard and Isaac Oliver of Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir Francis Drake, Henry Wriothesley and others, and the celebrated icon of Queen Elizabeth I.
The Crown Jewels audiobook is available on Amazon, Audible and iTunes.
FLIRTING WITH SCANDAL
A Danby Regency Novella
by Jerrica Knight-Catania
Esther Whitton has gladly spent the last few months enjoying the quiet calmness of a Yorkshire winter, devouring books and attempting to keep herself from falling for a man she knows she can never have. But when her Great-uncle Danby announces they’re all going to London for the season, she decides it’s time to step out of her comfort zone and follow her heart before it’s given away to another.
Timothy Hargood knows his place is in servitude, and therefore pining after a woman destined to be the wife of a peer is completely pointless. But when she makes the first advances, how can he resist?
Star-crossed from the start, this unlikely pair must try to find a way to be together, even if it means thwarting the all-powerful Duke of Danby to do so.
The Flirting with Scandal audiobook is available on Amazon, Audible and ITunes.
FRANCINE AND THE ART OF TRANSFORMATION
by Alicia Cameron
In 1900s London, Francine is a ladies’ maid, cast off without a character. But she is anything but a victim. Francine has a mission, to help other women survive their prescribed fates, and when she meets another cast-off – poor starving governess Miss Philpot – she transforms her into an independent woman. If she finds romance, so much the better….
Like in A Woman of Substance, we meet a woman who will not accept the fate designed for her. And moreover, she will train others to do the same.
The Francine and the Art of Transformation audiobook is available on Amazon, Audible and iTunes.
FRANCINE
by Alicia Cameron
In Edwardian London, a lady’s maid is thrown out into the cold. But despair is not on Francine’s agenda and we meet a young girl of remarkable resilience.
The Francine audiobook is available from Amazon, Audible and iTunes.
HOW TO CARE FOR A LADY
The Wetherby Brides, Books 6
by Jerrica Knight-Catania
Hannah, Lady Beeston, can’t say she’s sorry that her husband is dead. The past 10 years have been anything but blissful, and seeing as they culminated in her being shot (albeit accidentally), she just can’t find it in her heart to be sad. But it leaves her with a bad leg and an uncertain future – two things she isn’t sure she can get past.
Dr. Graham Alcott is more than happy with his quiet bachelor lifestyle. He spends his days tending to the sick and his nights studying by candlelight. That is, until his colleague asks him to take on one very important patient.
Life as they know it is about to change for the better, but will forces beyond their control keep them from fulfilling their true destiny?
The How to Care for a Lady audiobook is available from Amazon, Audible and iTunes.
INFINITELY MY MARQUESS
Ever Beloved, Book 3
by Dawn Brower
Some fairy tales are twisted.
As the daughter of a duke, Lady Annalise Palmer should be living a charmed life. Appearances can be deceiving, though – her father has ensured that her entire life has been filled with nothing but heartache and hardship. Happiness is an elusive emotion, and love is nonexistent. She has no reason to believe she’ll find either.
Ryan Simms, the marquess of Cinderbury, has been alone nearly his whole life. After his father died, he was abandoned by his grandfather and left in the care of his wicked stepmother. From a young age, he learned not to trust a lady and never to fall in love, especially.
They are two lost souls in search of salvation. Together, they can help each other heal, if they can believe in the possibility of happiness, and escape the torment they’ve both suffered and discover an eternal love along the way.
The Infinitely My Marquess audiobook is available from Amazon, Audible and iTunes.
MEMOIRS FROM MRS HUDSON’S KITCHEN
by Wendy Hayman-Marsaw
Mrs. Hudson is possibly the most famous landlady in literature. Presiding over 221b Baker Street, she saw many clients, villains, and Baker Street Irregulars during the tenancy of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. This series of columns, thoughts, recipes, and memoirs are from a long-running column in the Sherlockian journal Canadian Holmes. In it, the author, Wendy Heyman-Marsaw, puts herself in Mrs. Hudson’s shoes, up and down the 17 steps, and recounts not only the time and era – but the food, dining, and eating habits of Victorian England.
The Memoirs from Mrs Hudson’s Kitchen is available from Amazon, Audible and iTunes.
MISS PHILPOTT BECOMES THE FASCINATING MATHILDE
by Alicia Cameron
When the out of work governess, Miss Philpott, meets Francine once more, she could never guess how her life could be transformed. In the brand new Edwardian age there are many changes for women. But Miss Philpott is now 40 and feels that all the innovations of the new century have little to do with her. But how wrong she is.
With Francine’s help she is about to become a modern woman and discover that she has talents she could never have dreamed of. Her abilities are only limited by her imagination, and as an avid reader, Miss Philpott’s imagination is prodigious.
This lighthearted novella continues the adventures of Francine, the discarded ladies maid of the original short story, whose effect on the life of all around her is joyfully empowering.
It adds romance and adventure to its tale of women emerging from the shadows to claim their own lives.
Francine’s confidence and passion to life in the face of societal restrictions opens a new and exciting world to a woman almost overcome by the narrow confines of her previous existence. The rest Miss Philpott does for herself.
The Miss Philpott becomes the fascinating Mathilde audiobook is available from Amazon, Audible and ITunes.
MISTRESS
A Pride and Prejudice Variation, with Parts Not Suitable for Those Who Have Not Reached Their Majority
by Sophie Turner
Listeners to Sophie Turner’s more chaste Constant Love series should be aware that this novel contains decidedly adult content at certain parts of the story.
One night, to decide his entire life’s happiness.
Chastened by Charles Bingley following Mr. Bennet’s untimely death, Fitzwilliam Darcy determines he will offer marriage to Elizabeth Bennet, but she marries another.
Years later, a widowed Elizabeth is mistress of Longbourn, and has vowed she will never marry again. A house party at Netherfield brings them back together, but Darcy will have to win more than her heart if he is to have any chance at making her mistress of Pemberley.
The Mistress audiobook is available on Amazon, Audible and iTunes.
ONE PERFECT AFTERNOON
by Jane Dawkins
She has beauty, poise and intelligence, a diamond of the first water, a prize of great value, but she is not happy. Lady Davina Woodburn feels totally uprooted. A country girl at heart, she is a better judge of horse-flesh than any man, enjoys the wild freedom of her rural life, and is not afraid to attend the births of the farm animals, or patch up a wound in either man or beast.
Nineteen-year-old Davina feels quite out of place in London. She wishes to be back where she feels she belongs, certainly not on the London marriage mart. Had her aunt not insisted upon it to her father, she would still be back home…then she would never have met and lost the man of her dreams.
In One Perfect Afternoon, Jane Dawkins (author of the acclaimed Pride and Prejudice continuations, Letters from Pemberley, and More Letters from Pemberley) tells another sparkling tale of another spirited young woman. Like Elizabeth Bennet, Lady Davina Woodburn sometimes ruffles the feathers of those around her, and her independent mind is often at odds with society in the English Regency period in which she lives.
The One Perfect Afternoon audiobook is available from Amazon, Audible and iTunes.
PAW PRINTS IN THE BUTTER
A Clowder of Cats Curious and Comical
by Patricia Feinberg Stoner
Shudder at the menace of the cat who howls in the night, laugh with the irrepressible stationery cat and listen with the wide-eyed kitten to “the cat who has been here before”.
The Paw Prints in the Butter audiobook is available from Amazon, Audible and iTunes.
REBELLIOUS ANGEL:
MARSDEN DESCENTANTS
Christmas Wishes, Book 6
by Dawn Brower
Miss Angeline Marsden has a defiant nature and makes no apologies for it. Her parents would prefer she didn’t participate in the local suffragette group, but she believes all women’s voices should be heard. After she finds herself in trouble she can’t extricate herself from, she has no choice but to turn to the one man she’s always loved and who treats her like a sister.
Much to the dismay of Lucian St. John, the Marquess of Severn, he’s always been drawn to Angeline. She’s his one irresistible temptation; however, she’s also his best friend’s sister and off-limits. When she finds herself in a mess of her own making, he comes to her rescue and offers to marry her.
Marriage is the last thing either of them expected, yet the one thing they both wanted but were too afraid to ask. Will they find a way to open their hearts to each other and obtain their Christmas wish?
The Rebellious Angel audiobook is available from Amazon, Audible and iTunes.
SALTWICK RIVER ORPHAN
Historical Victorian Saga
by Dolly Price
Drugged and supposedly drowned by the mother who should have loved her, six-year-old Gwendoline is dredged from the river, and adopted by Mr and Mrs Paul, who love her as their own. Then tragedy and hard times drive them to the workhouse.
The Saltwick River Orphan audiobook is available on Amazon, Audible and iTunes.
STEALING A ROGUE’S KISS
Connected by a Kiss, Book 4
by Amanda Mariel
A determined wallflower…
Lady Daphne Rosamond never thought of herself as missing out. She believes love will find her when the time is right. That is until she visits a fortune teller. Now, she is determined to create her own future.
An unapologetic rogue . . .
Marcus Wentworth, Earl of Clarendon, is out for life’s sinful pleasures. He’s made a name for himself charming the skirts off of every willing woman he encounters and offers no apologies. What’s more, he has no plans for settling down.
A twist of fate . . .
Determined not to grow old alone, Daphne takes fate into her own hands. Marcus made her a promise years ago, and she’s ready for him to make good on it. He would give Daphne her first kiss once she was of an appropriate age. Not one to turn down a beautiful woman, he delivers on the promise. One passionate moment that neither will soon forget follows, but how could either of them have guessed where one stolen moment would lead?
The Stealing a Rogue’s Kiss audiobook is available from Amazon, Audible and iTunes.
SWEET SURRENDER
by Wendy May Andrews
When Lady Julianna ended her engagement to Lord Ackerley, Viscount Beaumont, during her first Season, she left London vowing never to return.
Seven years later, she returns as chaperone to her niece and unfortunately Lord Ackerley is also in Town for the Season. Moving around the small circle of the town stirs up feelings she has kept hidden. Embarrassed and ashamed that she made a mistake in ending their previous relationship, she tries to avoid further contact. Ackerley, stunned by her second rejection, pursues her to discover the truth.
Is it ever too late for a second chance at love?
The Sweet Surrender audiobook is available from Amazon, Audible and iTunes.
THE DUKE’S LAST HUNT
by Rosanne E Lortz
With her third London season drawing to a close, the shy Eliza Malcolm seems unlikely to find any husband, let alone one with a title.
But when the Duke of Brockenhurst invites the Malcolms to visit Harrowhaven, Eliza’s father jumps at the chance to gain a wealthy son-in-law.
Surrounded by quarreling parents, tactless acquaintances, an aloof dowager, and the unsettling duke, Eliza looks for one person kind enough to help her navigate the murky waters of Harrowhaven’s secrets.
The Duke’s Last Hunt audiobook is available on Amazon, Audible and iTunes.
THE EARL’S CONQUEST
by LL Diamond
Fascinated upon a first acquaintance, the earl of Matlock is a determined suitor, but Rebecca Fairchild is not so certain. The earl is kind, yet he is always so frustrating and stubborn! He is not what she had planned or what she ever imagined in a partner. Other ladies have also laid claim to the handsome Lord Matlock despite his preferences.
Can he convince Rebecca he is her future, or will other forces stand in the way of their happily ever after?
A prequel to An Unwavering Trust!
The Earl’s Conquest audiobook is available from Amazon, Audible and iTunes.
THE LOWLY MAID’S TRIUMPH
by Dolly Price
With savage family illness, and an unscruplous steward who embezzles the family fortune, Sandra Boone’s ilyllic chiidhood is snatched from her innocent hands.
The heartbroken child finds herself in a place she never thought possible — destitute and begging on the dirty, dangerous streets for her next meal.
The Lowly Maid’s Triumph audiobook is available on Amazon, Audible and iTunes.
TO WED AN HEIRESS
by Rosanne E Lortz
Haro Emison, thrust into his new role as Earl of Anglesford, discovers that his late father has left the family teetering on the edge of financial ruin. Intent on rescuing the estate, Haro abandons his long-held interest in his cousin Eda and searches instead for a wealthy heiress. But when pride and jealousy cause his plan to spiral out of control, he begins to wonder if he has made a dreadful mistake . . .
The To Wed an Heiress audiobook is available from Amazon, Audible and iTunes.