I’m delighted to announce the winner of Margaret Evans Porter’s giveaway from her guest interview last week. Kristen H is the winner of a print copy of Margaret’s newly reissued romance, The Proposal!! Congratulations, Kristen. We’ll put Margaret in touch with you to work out the details. And thank you, everyone else, for your great comments and for participating. Margaret enjoyed visiting with us and sends her best regards to all.
Congratulations to all our winners!
The winner of Lord Langdon’s Kiss by Elena Greene is Library Pat.
The winner of Poetic Justice by Alicia Rasley is Susan/DC.
The winner of The Rake and the Wallflower by Allison Lane is Maribelle.
The winner of A Perilous Journey by Gail Eastwood is Melody Gonser.
The winner of Gabriella by Brenda Hiatt is Barbara Literski.
The winner of The Rake and the Spinster by Lynn Kerstan is Edea Baldwin.
Winners, Elena Greene will email you to coordinate giving you your prizes.
Thanks to everyone for visiting the Regency Masquerades Ball! We’ve all had a lovely time. 🙂
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First, let me congratulate Vona! You’ve won an ebook of your choice of my titles (see the list at my Risky Books page). I’ll be sending you an email. If you don’t receive it for any reason, feel free to email me at elena @ elenagreene.com (no spaces).
Now to today’s post.
Once again Jane Austen’s making the rounds in the news and social media.
Mary Balogh shared this image of the Pride and Prejudice Bookbench in the “Books About Town” series. More on the P&P bench here and the whole series here.
While I love the idea, I agree with Mary Balogh that this particular bench could have been better executed. I don’t object to the cartoony style overall, but it feels a little too crude for me, the layout feels a bit random and why don’t we get an image of Darcy? I love many of the other benches (Mrs Dalloway, Peter Pan and more) so I wish this one were as good.
Here’s something I did like. The Jane Austen Centre has just unveiled a new waxwork of Jane Austen, said to be based on forensic research and contemporary eyewitness accounts. I was a little surprised to see the gingery hair. The description says it’s brown so I wonder if it’s the lighting. The nose definitely looks Austen-ish. (I remember reading that Jane’s mother prided herself on her Roman nose.) And she looks intelligent and in possession of a good sense of humor, which feels right. Read more about the waxwork here.
So what do you think of the Pride and Prejudice Bookbench? Did you like any of the others? How about the Jane Austen waxwork?
Elena
www.elenagreene.com
Congratulations to Theresa. You’ve won the paperback copy of Lord Langdon’s Kiss. If you do not hear from me, feel free to email at elena @ elenagreene.com (no spaces).
And because I’m still struggling to get that To Do List I posted last week under control, all I have to offer today is an excerpt. I hope you enjoy it.
He addressed her again, in a lowered voice. “Miss Ashley. I must apologize for my behavior to you on our last meeting. It was a most ill-considered action on my part.”
Her unease gave way to indignation. There was no remorse in his face, only his usual guarded look. How dare he refer to what he had done as an “ill-considered action”?
Then she understood. He feared that she would accuse him of having compromised her. Did he think she would expect reparation, or cause a scandal by disclosing what he’d done? When she thought of all she’d done to avoid causing trouble between him and his brother, she wanted to scream.
Lord Langdon was clearly in need of a lesson.
“I beg to differ, my lord,” she answered sweetly, having brought her temper under control one more time. “In my opinion, trying to ravish one lady the day before proposing marriage to another merits a rather stronger description.”
He looked horrified. She’d guessed correctly; he was appalled by the thought of the trouble she could cause.
“You do not mean—”
“Do not be anxious, Lord Langdon,” she interrupted. “I shall do my utmost to forget the incident ever occurred.”
Lord Langdon’s Kiss is available in ebook form for Kindle, Nook, Apple, and Kobo. It’s also available in paperback at Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
Elena
www.elenagreene.com
Thumbelinda, you are the winner from Elizabeth Cole’s visit. I have just emailed you both. Enjoy!