You know how ideas are. You get one and you talk about it, and then it is left to simmer — sometimes for years. Later you talk about it some more. Maybe there are wistful sighs.
And suddenly the time is right. You look at one another (metaphorically, via Facebook chat) and you say, “Oh, why not? Let’s do it.”
This describes how our Christmas anthology came to be. Basically, we quit talking and started writing!
Four favorite authors, four heartwarming holiday novellas set in Jane Austen’s Regency world
Because Jane Austen and Christmas belong together, right?
The books that friendship built
We are: Robin Helm, Wendi Sotis, Barbara Cornthwaite … and moi.
How blessed we are to have found one another! The Internet can be a wondrous meeting place.
But wait, there’s more …
A Very Austen Christmas was so successful that we added a second to the series: A Very Austen Valentine. Susan Kaye and Mandy Cook joined us for this one.
A Very Austen Romance is our largest, with six novellas that are so good! Chautona Havig and Mandy Cook are guest authors.
In the works for 2022 is A Very Austen Noel. More feel-good love stories, coming your way in time for Christmas.
These are exciting times for Jane Austen fiction!
Laura Hile 