From the author:
When do you know you’ve fallen in love? Not with a person, but a book? Is it the first time it makes you sigh? Or gasp? Or is your love instant?
It’s an amazing moment when you fall in love with a book. I remember the moment I fell in love with Pride & Prejudice. I hadn’t even cracked it open.
I have never been good at reading something assigned to me. Let’s chalk that up to my innate dislike of authority. I just rented P&P 95 and figured I’d fake the rest. But my English prof tricked us. During a pop quiz, he asked for that immortal first line.
I did not pass this quiz, but then neither did anybody else in the class. I did, however, finish the movie and read the book.
And it was love at first sight.
I am by nature a lover of snark, especially elegant snark. And who is the queen of elegant snark?
Our dear Jane. I didn’t know that first line when the professor asked for it, but, after that first read, I certainly never forgot it.
So, that’s how our love story began.
Over the last 20 years, my love has gotten deeper and more comfortable. P&P is there when I need a laugh, when I need a cry, and when I just need to know that everything will be okay. It’s a most reliable and trusted friend.
I hope that my book, Second Impressions, becomes at the very least, a pleasant acquaintance you enjoy spending time with every now and again when you need it.
Lizzy & Darcy have fought so very hard to stay apart, but will they fight for each other’s affection (and yours) just as hard? I’m willing to bet they are.
Blurb:
Once, Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet were foes, then tenuous friends. After Elizabeth discovers Darcy is engaged to another woman, she flees to Boston to seek solace with her cousin, the brash and worldly Emeline Poston.
When she returns to England after years spent abroad, Elizabeth must face the man who shattered her heart, and she is shocked to find the proud man she once knew drastically altered.
Does she have the courage to seek out the man with whom she fell in love—whatever the cost?
Fitzwilliam Darcy has spent his days regretting what might have been and his nights being tormented by the decisions he has made. His life in tatters, he can barely face the once-respectable man in his mirror or the baby girl in Pemberley’s nursery. Now that Elizabeth has returned, will he atone for his mistakes and win her heart for good?
This alternate path reimagining of Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice is recommended for adult readers.
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About Amy:
Amy George is a middle-aged woman who hates her “old lady/grown-up” car and refuses to listen to its radio at a reasonable volume, especially when the Beastie Boys or the Violent Femmes are playing. She lives in a town in the middle of the country where the county fair is one of the biggest social events of the season and everything is fried. Her household consists of a dog, a cat, a man, a hermit, and stubborn soap scum.
She has been writing since she was a child and was a frequent contributor to the Hyacinth Gardens, a popular but defunct JAFF site.
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So we were complete opposites when it came to our first time reading P&P Amy. I read the book before I would let myself see the 2005 version. I was 11 or 12 at the time so I got confused at times on who exactly the Miss Bennet a character would be refering to when there was more than 1 sister in the room. I was able to understand most of it though and after watching the movie I understood it more and loved it more. I don’t know how many times I’ve read it since than but I find I always find something new, even just a little thing, every time I read and I love that about it.
Congrats on Second Impressions by the way =D Can’t wait to have an opportunity to read it.
I have to say I was too busy read “Sweet Valley High” and Stephen King when I was 11 or 12. lol
I hope you got a chance to read my book. Let me know what you thought.
Looking forward to reading this twist.
Love of snark is something we have in common, Amy. My introduction were those “asides” in Northanger Abbey. What a lady! I look forward to reading your innovative twist on the wonderful P&P! Thanks for hosting this fabulous author, Laura!
I must admit I saw the 95 version a dozens of times and fell in love with the story. I found out about the JAFF community and started reading variations and didn’t realize that the lake scene was not actually part of the book! I was so shocked that I went back and read P&P about 3 years ago…
It took me years to read P and P since I saw the BBC production when I was home with the flu when I was 7-8 years old. I never knew the name of the writer or book until I saw the first dvd release and recognized the cast. 🙂
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