Lover's Meeting by Catherine Lodge - Blog Tour, Excerpt and Giveaway

I’m really happy to be welcoming Catherine Lodge back to the blog with her new Pride & Prejudice variation, Lover’s Meeting .I can’t believe it’s been over 3 years since her last visit, with Fair Stands the Wind, it seems like yesterday!

Let's look at the blurb and then I'll share an excerpt of Lover's Meeting with you. There's also an ebook giveaway, so read on for more details. 

Book Description

‘Journeys end in lovers’ meetings, every wise man’s son doth know.’ — William Shakespeare

It is a truth universally acknowledged that the disastrous first meeting of Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet at the Meryton Assembly provided each with a ready-made set of prejudices to apply to the other. But when a horrific rural accident reveals Darcy to be a man of active, intelligent benevolence, and Elizabeth, in the absence of her appalling family, to be an extraordinary lady of courage and decision—then surely the course of true love will run smoothly.   

But alas, the lovers’ meeting is not the end but a new beginning. For though they have found each other, a seeming multitude of complications—a catastrophic flood, the last wishes of a dying friend, Lydia’s misfortunes, a dastardly Member of Parliament, and even their own fears— contrives to come between them and their ‘journey’s end.’

Fair Stands the Wind by Catherine Lodge - Now Available to Purchase!

You may remember that a couple of weeks ago debut author Catherine Lodge visited Babblings of a Bookworm on the first stop of her blog tour for Fair Stands the Wind, which is a Pride & Prejudice variation having Fitzwilliam Darcy as a second son who is in the navy, rather than the owner of an estate, and an Elizabeth Bennet who is under parental pressure to marry Mr Collins (don't do it, Lizzy!). You can read the post here.

At the time the tour started, the bloggers on the tour were unable to include buy links because the book wasn't yet up on Amazon. This isn't unusual, because often the blog tour will be timed to coincide with the book first going on sale so that eager beaver readers can get the book on their to be read lists and potentially onto their kindles. But as time drew on, and launch day came and went, it appeared that there was an issue with the kindle version of the book.

Fair Stands the Wind by Catherine Lodge - Blog Tour, Guest Post and Giveaway

Today I am happy to be able to welcome debut author Catherine Lodge. I have heard good things about Fair Stands the Wind and am very much looking forward to reading it. From the cover (which is gorgeous, by the way) I had assumed it was a story inspired by Persuasion, but although it has a nautical hero, that is not the case. Let me share the book blurb with you and then I'll hand over to Catherine for the guest post. Please note, there is a giveaway too!