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What if Darcy's encounter with Elizabeth at the Meryton Assembly set off a cosmic change of events that revived the ancient dragons of Briton?

With a foundation of the prose created by six handpicked Austen-inspired authors who have selected a location from their travels upon which to base an Austenesque short story, this book is just as much a whimsical travelogue as an anthology of excellent Regency romance fiction and fantasy. Each author tells the story of their homage to Jane Austen during their past travels to the UK, with photos to enhance the tale.

Une canaille, c'est ainsi que Devon Ravenel se définissait à l'époque où il menait une vie futile et égoïste. Ce qui lui convenait tout à fait. Jusqu'au jour où la mort inattendue de son cousin Theo fait de lui le nouveau comte de Trenear. Un destin auquel rien ne l'a préparé. Du jour au lendemain, le voici criblé de dettes, à la tête d'un gigantesque domaine comptant plus de deux cents familles de métayers.

Elizabeth Bennet has always trusted her instincts—especially when it comes to discerning character. So when the proud Mr. Darcy unexpectedly offers a sincere apology for his first impression, she is both surprised and intrigued. What begins as an unlikely friendship soon deepens, just as strange occurrences begin to trouble Longbourn. Missing objects, whispers in the night, and unexplained footsteps suggest something—or someone—is haunting the Bennet family’s quiet life.

En un mundo donde el deber y la pasión chocan, Lady Seraphina Bradford sueña con una vida más allá de los límites de la alta sociedad. Con un corazón que anhela aventuras, se promete a sí misma explorar el mundo antes de sucumbir a las ataduras del matrimonio.

When Tabitha Penrose accepts an invitation to a Cornish Manor - Marrowhall House, she steps from the safety of girlhood into a world that will devour her innocence. Behind its gilded doors lie secrets too dangerous to whisper: a gallery heavy with grief, women bound by chains of silence, and two bachelors locked in a contest of charm and cruelty.

One man with a secret. A family torn apart by the consequences. Olivia, the youngest daughter of the Earl of Rennington, has had a difficult year. Denied her first season in town by the illness of her grandmother, there was worse to come — her uncle, the chaplain, was brutally murdered. The discovery that he was not even an ordained clergyman means that her parents’ marriage is void, and she and all her siblings are illegitimate. But Olivia has a plan — she intends to outdo her older sister Izzy and marry a duke, and she knows just the man. She’s been following his exploits for years.

Finn Cathcart, an increasingly successful sculptor, is having a perfectly fine time on the Continent cavorting with alabaster nymphs and marble goddesses (so to speak), when he's informed that a ducal title awaits him back in England. The same family that disowned Finn's father now needs an heir to prevent all their wealth from falling into the Crown's greedy hands.

Six highly placed matrons mourn their lack of daughters until they devise a scheme to launch eligible girls in need of assistance, and so The Society of Sponsoring Ladies is born. Lady Easton had her plans well in hand before her lord suddenly decided to have ideas and opinions. Now, Lord Easton has decided who she will sponsor, and he’s decided on the daughter of a horseracing crony. Worse, Lady Easton is expected to launch the girl in Brighton, of all places.

Ruined and abandoned by her betrothed, Lady Juliet has no choice but to take the stagecoach home to her family in Yorkshire. Fortunately, she is protected on the journey by a handsome and amusing self-styled “wastrel”. Daniel Stewart - together with his enormous, unruly mongrel dog - is reluctantly answering a summons to his grandfather’s deathbed. But instead of the prodigal’s traditional fatted calf, he is presented with the miserly baron’s temper and a parcel of resentful relatives. Juliet faces recrimination and isolation in her own home.

Kurpfalz im Jahr 1700: Die Waise Sophie findet als Küchenmagd auf Schloss Liebental Zuflucht. Ihr Wissen über Kräuter macht sie bald unentbehrlich, aber sie hat ein Geheimnis, das nicht ans Licht kommen darf. Als der junge Schlossherr sich reich vermählt, um seine Schulden zu tilgen, gerät Sophie immer mehr in das gefährliche Netz eines alten Streits zwischen zwei adeligen Familien. Der Verwalter Andreas Rotfeld wird zu ihrem Verbündeten – ein Mann von Ehre und Pflichtbewusstsein, dessen Nähe Sophie mehr berührt, als sie sich eingestehen will.

Elizabeth Bennet is asked to accompany Sir Edward Gardiner on a journey to Wales, though he has been vague in explaining their purpose. When she arrives at Clwyd Castle, she meets new friends and an old nemesis, as well as many new companions just as secretive as Sir Edward.

Lady Alice Carpenter hat genaue Vorstellungen, wie ein geeigneter Ehemann sein sollte: intelligent, freundlich, kinderlieb, passabel aussehend, humorvoll. Doch als sie auf ihrem morgendlichen Ausritt im Hyde Park einem jungen Adligen begegnet, erstellt Alice bald eine ganz andere Liste mit ersten Eindrücken: oberflächlich, flirtend, ohne ernsthafte Absichten, unmöglich zu meiden … Gifford, der Marquis von St. Albans, muss heiraten, um seinem herrschsüchtigen Vater seinen Besitz zu entreißen.

Ganz anders als ihre abenteuerlustigen Schwestern bevorzugt Lady Madeline Vivers das Konventionelle und Vernünftige. So sucht die junge Lady einen angesehenen Ehemann, mit dem sie ein ruhiges Leben führen kann. Mr. Harry Stern ist auf keinen Fall dieser Mann. Er ist viel zu ehrgeizig und politisch engagiert, denn er setzt sich leidenschaftlich für die Belange der einfachen Leute ein. Ausgerechnet er lässt jedoch ihr Herz höherschlagen und ihre Wangen erröten. Und auch Harry hat noch nie eine so starke Anziehung zu einer Frau empfunden.

Evie Stuart's uncle is the Spymaster to the Crown. Her cousins are spies. She wants to be a spy. When they turn her down due to her being a lady, she gathers her three best friends who are now debutantes during the Season to help her catch a traitor and prove to her family that anything her cousins can do, she and her friends can do better.

From the dazzling ballrooms of glittering London society to magnificent, cursed estate in the distant wilds of Yorkshire, comes the deliciously wicked story of a thoroughly unconventional courtship—and a thrilling midnight rendezvous that could only lead to love . . . At four and twenty...

When a sickness burns its way through Hertfordshire, Darcy casts prudence aside to ensure Elizabeth reaches Longbourn in time to tend her ailing mother. Trapped by a quarantine and hastily made promises, the two find themselves bound by obligation and honor. With Longbourn in chaos and the...

A lady on a mission . . . Lady Harriet Parrish never dreamed of having a London season. She's been content to live a life of comfortable obscurity in her sleepy corner of Kent, but when her dearest childhood friend, the newly crowned Earl of Windham ends their secret correspondence and embarks...

Could George Wickham, Jane Austen's most notorious villain, be a hero? Faced with the choice of keeping his good name or serving King and Country, George Wickham puts aside love, acceptance, and family in service of the Crown. Never does he dream he will prove so adept at deceit that one act of...

Can this marriage of convenience overcome the shadows from the past? Helena Angiers is grateful for a quick bolt to the Scottish border and the opportunity to keep her unborn child, but she has no intention of abandoning the memories of her first love. And yet, the more she learns about her new husband, Ralph Aldine, the more she wonders why such a kind, considerate, and capable man would marry her. Can it be possible that he married her for herself and that her money had nothing to do with it? Lowly solicitor Ralph Aldine has adored Helena Angiers from the moment he set eyes on her.