Hello to all of you reading this post!
I love a good long novel but nowadays I do not have much time, so what about a novella? Yes, please! and here we have three novellas!
Very different plots but I hope they all have a lovely ending. Let me share the blurbs with you.
What Became of Miss Mary King – Miss Mary King was whisked away to Liverpool by her uncle, thus escaping the clutches of Mr. Wickham. What became of the heiress once removed from the fortune-hunting cad that wished to marry her?
In Liverpool, she struggles with sadness and regret, battling the memories of what occurred in Meryton and resenting the fortune that made her so gullible a target for the charming rogue that stole her heart.
This story completes Mary’s saga as she learns to trust and love again.
At First Slight – What happens when an angry fairy takes offense to Mr. Darcy’s insult of one of his favorite mortals?
Eros and his bride, Psyche, boasted many names over the eons, but their purpose has always been the same: unite mortals with the potential for love and see them off to their happy endings. Their magic draws them about to the moment possibly lovers are fated to meet. The magic guides them as they aid the couples.
But what happens when Eros is angered by Mr. Darcy’s cruel words to Elizabeth?
He takes matters into his own hands, of course, bumbling and erring the entire way. After acting impulsively, he and his bride must work to correct the course before Elizabeth and Darcy lose their chance at a happy ending forever.
A Change of Outcomes – What would happen if Lydia Bennet, while snooping in her sister’s room, discovered Lizzy’s letter from Darcy before going to Brighton? How would her perception of Mr. Wickham’s attentions change?
Lydia goes to Brighton with eyes wide open, and instead of falling for Mr. Wickham’s charm, chooses a steadier path. Her friendship with Harriet Forster takes a different turn, and she sees life and marriage in an entirely new way. But Mr. Wickham seems determined to win her good opinion, much to Lydia’s vexation. Will she get her own happy ending, or will she remain the vapid, foolish child she has always been?
What do you think? To be honest I have never thought about Mary King, so I fins this story interesting and I hope she had a nice ending to her story.
I am not sure about getting the fairies in!! That could be very problematic for Elizabeth and Darcy… good! 😀
I really want to read Lydia’s impression about the letter and how she then behaves. Is Mr. Wickham really in love with her?
MJ Stratton is a long-time lover of Jane Austen and her works, having been introduced to Pride and Prejudice by a much-beloved aunt at the age of sixteen. The subsequent discovery of Austenesque fiction sealed her fate. After beta reading and editing for others for nearly a decade, MJ started publishing her own work in 2022. MJ balances being a wife and mother with writing, gardening, sewing, and many other favorite pastimes. She lives with her husband and four children in the small, rural town where she grew up.
I am very glad to having MJ Stratton back on the blog, I enjoy her writing and I think she shared very nice things with us. Just keep reading!
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INTERVIEW – Plot Bunnies and What Ifs
I’ve been asked recently where I get my ideas for my books. I can’t say that I have one or even two places where I get them. They tend to just…happen. Sometimes a conversation will trigger an idea, or research will pull a new idea to the surface. I have a note in my phone that I record them in, and my husband will tell you that I’ll often pull my phone up in the middle of the night and put ideas down.
So many things come to my mind as I try to drift off to sleep. I have struggled with insomnia for many years, and so while my husband is asleep in what seems like seconds, I often lay there for a while before I fall asleep. As a teenager I started telling myself stories to pass the time and I guess I never
stopped. The difference is that now I actually write them down!
Miss Mary King was lately on my mind, and I asked myself the question, what happened to Miss Mary King? Did she go to Liverpool and get married off to one of her uncle’s associates? Did she heal from her disappointment? Did she become more cautious about losing her heart? Mary’s story was a lot
of fun to write, and it gave her a happy ending after Wickham.
At First Slight was one of those almost asleep ideas. It’s similar to From Another Perspective in that we are seeing Pride and Prejudice from the eyes of others. In this case, those eyes belong to a pair of fae that are responsible for bringing people together in love. Eros, the more hotheaded of the two, gets angry when Darcy insults Elizabeth and intervenes. His actions set off the events of Pride and Prejudice, and he and his bride hilariously try to fix things.
A Change of Outcomes is another Lydia story. This time, she finds Elizabeth’s letter from Darcy before her trip to Brighton, and it completely changes how she behaves during that visit. Lydia is still herself, but a little more… aware of herself and her goals.
These three stories did not feel like there was enough to tell to make them novel length, so I decided to put them in a collection Crossroads is the title I chose for this book, and it will be used again next time I have a collection of novellas to publish. Thus, this book is volume one of hopefully several!
I hope you give Crossroads a chance!
I enjoy reading how authors get their ideas and it is quite fascinating that they can come at any moment and then many of them become a story!
MJ Stratton is giving away an ebook of Crossroads. You just need to click on the link and follow instructions. Good luck!
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