My newest serialized Regency romance
is updated every Saturday night at my fiction blog. Finished chapters are listed on the Table of Contents (link above).
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New chapters will be coming this summer
Note to my longtime readers: This story currently follows the on-line (non-Austen-compliant) version of Mercy's Embrace. This will change shortly. Enjoy this while you can!
Has Frederick Wentworth turned smuggler?
Find out in this nautical Persuasion adventure by master storyteller Susan Kaye
(updated 5/08/09)
Austen fiction fun at our own expense!
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A collection of short stories from long ago
The heart-wrenching "what-if" tale of Anne and Frederick, co-written with Susan Kaye.
This was an apprentice piece for me, and what I learned was a lot. Enjoy!
June 6, 2009 // From tonight's Mare's Nest post:
Benwick took hold of Charles' elbow. “Let me handle this, Musgrove,” he said. There was quiet authority in his voice.
“Huh?”
“It is better that you stay out of sight,” continued Benwick. “If this is Darby, you should choose the time and place to meet him—that is, one suited to your advantage, not his.”
This was a side of James Benwick that Charles seldom saw. Goaded, he squared his shoulders. “I have nothing to fear from an imposter, James. I’ll not be cowed by a couple of shysters.”
The brim of Charles’ hat lifted. “Confound it, Musgrove,” said Benwick, looking him in the eyes, “of course I do. Safeguarding the captain from time-wasters and worse—all in a day’s work for the first officer. I’ve years of experience.”
“Sounds like a plaguey nuisance to me.”
“You have no idea,” muttered Benwick. He pushed Charles’ hat back down. “Come. It looks like that coachman is getting an earful.”
Mercy's Embrace Jane Austen’s beloved Persuasion provides the backdrop for Mercy's Embrace, my romantic romp set in Regency England, which features the so-opinionated Miss Elizabeth Elliot. What fun!
