Dear Readers,
Today, I am celebrating the release of Miss Bingley and the Baron! This story is a companion to my Pride and Prejudice variation “Not In Want of a Wife”, although it can be enjoyed as a standalone.
If you’ve pre-ordered your copy, it should be ready for you to download onto your Kindle app and start reading, and if you haven’t ordered it yet, well, there’s no better time. :-)
Here is the blurb:
Miss Caroline Bingley is convinced that the surest way to establish herself with the upper classes is to marry a wealthy gentleman. After losing Mr. Darcy and his ten thousand a year to Elizabeth Bennet, Caroline is even more determined to find a match that will shake off the 'stench of trade' from her father's occupation as a merchant.
She travels with her sister and brother-in-law to their estate in Scarborough, where she learns that their next-door neighbor is a baron with a fortune surpassing that of Mr. Darcy's–and he is reportedly young and handsome, too!
Lord Theodore Connally has recently returned from his Grand Tour after his father’s death. As a single man in possession of a large fortune, he is especially leery of fortune hunters and social climbers. Having been warned by his friend that Miss Bingley is just such a lady, he is determined to avoid her at all costs. However, when he meets her by chance and she mistakes him for a gardener, Theo finds her intriguing.
Theo devises a plan to test whether Miss Bingley is truly a fortune hunter, by asking his best friend– the gardener’s son who is to become a clergyman– to switch places with him.
Caroline has no idea that the kind and funny man she has befriended is actually the baron, nor that the foppish baron whom she is in pursuit of is actually the gardener’s son in disguise. When the “baron” proposes to her, Caroline must decide what matters to her more: the fortune and title she seeks, or the man she never expected to fall in love with.
Giveaway
To celebrate the release, I’m running a giveaway with some awesome prizes.
One (1) winner will receive a Miss Bingley and the Baron gift package containing:
A paperback copy of Miss Bingley and the Baron
A paperback copy of Not In Want of a Wife
A necklace with the quote from Pride and Prejudice “I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading!”
A 3-oz bag of “Caroline Bingley” inspired tea from Adagio Teas.
Two (2) winners will each receive:
A paperback copy of Miss Bingley and the Baron
Two (2) winners will each receive:
An ebook (epub) copy of Miss Bingley and the Baron
Giveaway runs until Midnight CST on 11/18/2023. Click the giveaway button below to see full details. No purchase necessary.