Bonchurch Old Church (A. Heaton Cooper)

“Bonchurch Old Church, Near Ventor” (From the book Isle of Wight), painted by A. Heaton Cooper. 1908. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

“Lucy, I am here to offer comfort to you, not garner your praise.” He (Philip) chuckled.

“Passing on my father’s praise gives me comfort. It makes it seem less like he is gone.”

“Then, I shall attempt to receive his compliments graciously.” He leaned back and looked toward the grave next to which she had been kneeling. “You said you were sharing news with your father. Is it anything with which I could be of assistance?”

She tilted her head and gave him a searching look. She had promised her father that she would speak to each of the men on his list. However, she had intended to do so with her Aunt Tess present, not while alone in a churchyard.

[from And Then Love]

Willow Hall, book 1

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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).

6 thoughts on “Bonchurch Old Church (A. Heaton Cooper)”

  2. OMG! That uncle was horrid. I still shudder from that story. Whew! Lovely picture. It looks quite peaceful. Blessings, stay safe and healthy.

  3. I just love that painting. It’s been too long since I read that series, I seriously need to reread it. But then, I want to reread so many of yours. I just can’t keep up with all the books I want to reread, let alone the new ones out there.

    1. I feel the same way about my own books. LOL There are so many I’d like to revisit, but there are also the stories that are still waiting to be told 🙂 (And we won’t even get into how many other author’s stories I have on that want to read list lol)

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