Today Heather Moll is dropping by with an excerpt from her new Austenesque novel. I am always especially pleased when an Austenesque book isn’t Pride & Prejudice-inspired, as although that’s my favourite Austen book, most JAFF is based on P&P so it makes a nice change to have one that comes from another story. As you may well have guessed from the title, Loving Miss Tilney has its roots in Northanger Abbey.
I’ve been lucky enough to read this book already, and I’ll share my review with you in the next few days.
Let’s look at the blurb and then I’ll hand over to Heather Moll for an excerpt of the book. Heather has also brought a worldwide giveaway with her!
She’s forbidden to wed a nobody. He’s nothing in society’s eyes. Will their desperate schemes backfire before they find a way to be together?
Northanger Abbey. Eleanor Tilney can’t bear her lonely life any longer. Distraught when her tyrannical father throws her friend out of the house because the girl lacks an inheritance, the long-suffering general’s daughter decides anything is better than a future all alone. So in a frantic bid for freedom, she puts aside her tender feelings for a man of no standing to pursue a wealthy husband.
Philip
Brampton understands that fortune is against him. And he tries gallantly to
bury his distress and support his lonely beloved, even after she starts
pursuing an arrogant buffoon. But when he catches the fellow about to kiss her,
their resulting harsh words cause a heartbreaking rift.
Stiffening
her spine in a world that refuses to acknowledge her value, Eleanor attempts to
navigate the impossible situation without quashing her desires. And though his
shy nature abhors a scene, Philip braces himself for a confrontation with her
cruel and abusive patriarch.
Do
these childhood sweethearts have any hope of achieving lasting happiness?
