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A copy of None So Accomplished as Mary (to keep)
Author: Leenie Brown
Leenie Brown fell in love with Jane Austen's works when she first read Sense and Sensibility followed immediately by Pride and Prejudice in her early teens. As the second of five daughters and an avid reader, she has always loved to see where her imagination takes her and to play with and write about the characters she meets along the way. In 2013, these two loves collided when she stumbled upon the world of Jane Austen Fan Fiction. A year later, in 2014, she began writing her own Austen-inspired stories and began publishing them in 2015. Leenie lives in Nova Scotia, Canada with her two teenage boys and her very own Mr. Brown (a wonderful mix of all the best of Darcy, Bingley and Edmund with healthy dose of the teasing Mr. Tillney and just a dash of the scolding Mr. Knightley).
Ebooks to Keep, Part 1: Patreon
Recently, there was a kerfuffle about Amazon, when the way they allowed people to download ebooks was altered just slightly. (You can no longer download and transfer books via USB.) This led to an Amazon boycott by some, which came on top of a couple other boycotts of Amazon for various reasons.
(And candidly, those boycotts hurt small sellers on Amazon a whole lot more than they do Amazon itself. But I don’t want to get depressing here, so I’ll leave it at that for now.)
Today, I’m sharing both a way to help support me and my work, and a way to get copies of my ebooks to keep — and transfer to other devices via USB if you so choose. 🙂
There are actually two ways to get my books in such a fashion, but I’m starting with how to download them from Patreon if you’re a paid member.
I use Bookfunnel to distribute advance reader copies of books, too, so this how-to would be the same for those.
Enjoy!
The March 2025 Saturday Broadsheet
March 8, 2025
Sometimes, you sit down to write a newsletter, and it flows so well. Things just fall into place. And then, other times, it’s like walking through mud trying to even begin. Today, as I sit down to update you on all the things, I’m finding myself in the muddy scenario. I’m tired. And tired brains do not fire as quickly or easily as well-rested ones.
I feel like that kind of describes the season right now, too, to some degree. Like this meme says, “Spring is just around the corner.” Winter is almost over. And I tend to feel a bit tired at the end of winter. There’s definitely a “I’m ready for a change” feeling in the air.
I hope your final days of winter (if you live where it is winter) are going well, and that spring weather will settle in for you soon.
I’ve been busy. Though at times it feels like I’m moving forward three steps only to slide backwards two. Progress is a struggle. But progress has been made. So, let’s get on with the updates and then get to the book deals and finally another installment in Harriet and the Colonel’s story.
Enjoy!
Leenie
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Harriet and the Colonel, Ch. 4 (part 2)
A/N: This scene and the one that begins chapter 5 appears in Oxford Cottage as that is where this story and that one cross over. However, here, this scene is told from Harriet’s point of view and has new details added because of that.
Harriet crept softly to the door of the small library that was connected by a secret door to her brother’s study. She stood at the door for a moment taking in the dusty clothes the colonel wore along with his mussed hair and unshaven jaw. If weariness were a person, this is what it would look like. It made her heart hurt for him.
“Colonel Fitzwilliam?” she said softly. His eyes were closed, and if he were napping while he waited for her brother, she did not truly wish to be the cause of waking him. No matter how much she wished to speak to him.
“I am not sleeping Miss Phillips. I am thinking.”
“Has something happened?” As if she did not already know that it had. His legs were stretched out in front of him, crossed at the ankles. His hands were clasped at his waist with his elbows resting on the arm of the chair. His head rested on the back of the chair, but, as she stepped into the room, she could see that his face was not relaxed. Lines of worry hung around his eyes and spanned his forehead. It was enough to confirm her suspicions even before he answered with a simple, “yes.”
Continue reading Harriet and the Colonel, Ch. 4 (part 2)Smashwords’ Read An Ebook Week 2025
It’s Read An Ebook Week at Smashwords and all my Leenie and Annilee books are marked 25% off.
(And Listen to Your Heart is free until the end of the promotion when it will return to it’s $0.99 promotional price for the rest of the month.)
You can find my books here:
(Leenie) https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/LeenieBrown
(Annilee) https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/AnnileeNelson
And this is the main promotion shelf where you can filter the categories using the options in the left hand menu: https://www.smashwords.com/shelves/promos
Promotion ends on Saturday, March 8, 2025.