Leenie B Books – Page 30

Phaeton with Canopy (c. 1755)

[Description: “Phaeton with canopy”, draft by Johann Michael Hoppenhaupt der Ältere (the elder), 1745.] Johann Wilhelm Meil (1733-1805), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

I know the image above is a phaeton and the vehicle below is a curricle, but when I saw this drawing, I couldn’t help but think that it was the very sort of carriage the scheming Miss de Bourgh from Becoming Entangled would drive. 🙂

“You are Alistair’s friend, are you not?”

He nodded.

“And you do know the counties of England, do you not?”

Again, he nodded.

She stood. “Then you will be perfect.” She paused, furrowed her brows, and pursed her lips as if uncertain about something. “Unless, of course, it is not something you are brave enough to do.”

His brows flew halfway to his hairline. “Is it dangerous?”

A small smile played on her lips. “Not if we do it correctly. Now, if you would be so kind as to help me back into my curricle, I must be on my way to the parsonage. I do not wish to be late. Mrs. Collins will be waiting.”

[from Becoming Entangled]

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Austenland – Only You (Emmy the Great)

Have you seen this movie? I, actually, have. It’s cute.

Today, I have paired this video with a couple of lines from a book where, because he is choosing Kitty against his father’s wishes, Colonel Fitzwilliam is left with not a lot.

I think the song and quote pair pretty well, don’t you?

I do adore this book. The colonel and Kitty are so sweet that they kind of are a #relationshipgoals sort of couple. LOL

His Inconvenient Choice is book three in my Choices series. And that heart in the graphic above and, currently, on the cover of the book is my visual inspiration for a pair of necklaces that play an important role in the series. Look for the necklace to be mentioned in book 1, book 3, and the epilogue at the end of book 4.

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The April 2021 Saturday Broadsheet

The Saturday Broadsheet, with all my writing life updates, is now available at the link at the bottom of this short post. In this issue of the Broadsheet you will find:

Info about what is posting on my blog — which you probably already know. 🙂
My progress, or lack thereof, on my writing and publishing projects
News of a preorder, and for Leenie’s Book News subscribers, a link to download a gift copy of that book
A multi-author promotion that offers two of my books at a reduced price and lots more options for budget-friendly Regency reads
A video of reviews for His Sensible Heart. (Thank you, JWGarrett, Patty F, Vesper, msynergy, and D. Hughes, for leaving reviews!)
A full episode of a show I have enjoyed watching.

Hopefully, you will find something of interest and perhaps a book to add to your TBR (to be read) pile. 🙂

CLick here to read the April 2021 Saturday Broadsheet

Have a great weekend!

I’ll be back on Monday with a story and song pairing. (This month’s theme is Music Meets Movies.)

Austen Couples – I Knew I Loved You (Savage Garden)

A new month = a new music theme on Mondays. 🙂 For the month of April, all the music videos will be fan-created music homages to stories that have been put on film or were written for film. We’re starting with a montage of Austen characters. Therefore, I picked a line from a story of mine which pairs the same characters as Austen did in her work.

My choices were Darcy and Lizzy, Jane and Bingley, Lydia and Wickham, Marrianne and Colonel Brandon. I chose…

These four lines are from a novelette I wrote called Morning Mist which began with the questions: “What if Marianne met the colonel before she met Willoughby and what if the setting where they met played into Marianne’s love of the romantic?” The lines above are from that first meeting in a misty meadow one morning.

Morning Mist is currently only available in the anthology Thunder, Mist, and Frost. However, I have been contemplating breaking the anthology apart and making each title available separately, and I think this might happen later this year since it would give readers more options.

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April (Matthaus Merian)

Monatsbilder (labour of the months) c1622.
Matthäus Merian, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

“What are you reading?” Mr. Wesley sat down next to his daughter on the edge of the fountain in the middle of the walled garden.

The sun was slowly climbing its way into the sky. Dew still clung to the plants in the beds that circled the fountain except for where they were interrupted by walkways.

Charlotte flipped her book open to the title page of the novel she was not presently reading but was, instead, using as a concealment device.

“I thought you had already finished this book?”

Charlotte could feel her cheeks warming under her father’s skeptical look. “I did, but I wished to read it again. There are so many different details that stand out when one reads a book a second or third time.”

“I will not deny that. In fact, I will say it is because you already know the path the story will take, and because of that, you can pay attention to the scenery along the way instead of just attempting to find the destination. However, it appeared to me as if you were not actually reading about the Dashwoods.”

She sighed and opened the book to where a letter was tucked between the pages. “It is silly,” she said.

Her father took the book from her and examined the letter. “Why is reading Mr. Chapman’s letter silly?”

[from His Sensible Heart by Leenie Brown]