Midsummer Night (Brian Crain)

Today, I am pairing a song I listen to a lot while writing with an excerpt from the “middle” of the Sketches and Secrets of Summer…

…or more particularly, the part of the story that is not where Mary and Stuart have just met nor where they are headed to the resolution. This is the part of the story where they are getting to know one another.

In the scene this excerpt is from, Stuart is showing Mary a drawing room that needs to be repainted at Wellworth Abbey and getting her opinion about which colour to choose. I just love how these two fall into such a friendly relationship filled with honesty and teasing, as well as some arguments.

I expect to get my first round of notes back on Sketches tonight, and that should let me know if my tentative publication date of August 13, 2021, will work. It’s getting close! #soexcited I can’t wait to share this whirlwind sweet summer romance with you all. It is on my list of favourite stories I have written.

Darcy Family Holidays, Volume 1 (books 1-3) is on sale for $2.99 during the month of July. Mary and Stuart’s story will be book 4.

Published by

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).

4 thoughts on “Midsummer Night (Brian Crain)”

  2. Oh, that excerpt was just delicious. Plus, I read it as I listened to the music video. Heavy sigh. That was an excellent combination. Blessings on the launch.

Comments are closed.