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What if the five Bennet sisters were famous, anonymous singers who performed in front of the London elite?

What if Mrs. Bennet overheard the soldiers discussing her youngest daughters in the crudest of ways?

What if Kitty Bennet's silliness were all a disguise to hide the fact that she was brilliant cryptographer?

What if Mr. Bennet fell, bumped his head, and woke up with the personality and nerves of Mrs. Bennet?

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.

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.

Imagine if you made one little mistake when you were young and were punished for it for the rest of your life. Well, that’s what happened to Lydia (yes, that Lydia, the youngest Bennet sister from Pride and Prejudice), and she’s here to set the record straight. Hold on to your teacups and get ready for sophisticated (and a little bit naughty) hot takes and witty banter that’ll make you laugh—and think. We meet Lydia just as she is denounced by her family, exiled miles from home, and married to the rogue George Wickham, who seems to love all women...except his own wife.

Rumor has it, charming adventurer Christopher Pringle is finally ready to settle down. He’s searching for a free-spirited bride to join him on his travels. But when the matchmaker he hires turns out to be the woman he had a public spat with the day before, nothing goes as planned!

Miss Sophie Kendall is happiest arranging the secret meetings of the Debutante Underground, a group of women who come together to discuss the weekly advice column The Debutante’s Revenge. What makes Sophie most unhappy is her impending march down the aisle to a man she does not love. But her family’s finances are in increasingly dire straits. 

Miss Emma Harlow hasn't earned the reputation as a hoyden for nothing, so when the duke of Trent discovers her in his conservatory stealing one of his orchids, he isn't surprised - charmed, delighted and puzzled, yes, but not surprised. It is Emma who is amazed. But her vexation doesn't last long. For Emma is a practical young lady with a mission: to end her dear sister Lavinia's engagement to the villainous (and dreadfully dull!) Sir Waldo Windbourne, and she thinks that the famous libertine is just the man for the job.

Peleando por amor... a través de los siglos. Durante un tour de whisky en las Tierras Altas de Escocia, el ex soldado Konnor Mitchell se cae de un barranco escarpado y termina viajando al año 1308. Marjorie Cambel juró que nunca dejaría que otro hombre abusara de ella. Al encontrar a Konnor lastimado, lo lleva al castillo de Glenkeld. Sin embargo, el clan que la secuestró y la atacó en el pasado tiene planeado atacar su castillo y llevarse a su hijo. Konnor debe quedarse para proteger a la mujer que le ha robado el corazón.

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.

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.