In this video, I’m talking about my Touches of Austen series. Well, two books from it actually — His Beautiful Bea and His Irreplaceable Belle. These are two original sweet Regency romances that include some deliberate nods to one of my favourite authors — Jane Austen.
Enjoy!
Some Extras:
His Beautiful Bea is now available to listen to for free here on YouTube at this link:
There is also a short and sweet vignette that was inspired by the youngest Clayton brother and some things that happened in book 2 of the series. You can listen to that at this link:
None So Accomplished as Mary is now available everywhere, including in Kobo Plus and with your Everand subscription.
My Sweet Extras do not have print editions at this point, but I’m hoping to find the time to get those formatted and published at some point. To gauge how quickly I should work that into my schedule, I’d love it if you’d let me know if you’re an ALWAYS, SOMETIMES, NEVER, or ONLY IF IT’S LARGE PRINT paperback purchaser in the comments.
Thanks. 🙂
If you’ve already read this book and liked it, please consider leaving a review or rating at your favourite retailer, on Goodreads, or on Bookbub. You can also help me out by telling others about it on social media — and I’d love it if you’d tag me. Often, the hardest part of being an author is letting others know about your book and then convincing them to give it a try. So reviewing and sharing are so appreciated.
I know I’ve seen a few reviews on Bookbub and Goodreads already. Thank you to those who have taken the time to share your enjoyment of the story! <3
Now, here’s the book description for None So Accomplished as Mary for those who might be interested in seeing what the book is about:
He’d never fall for a matchmaker’s scheme. Unless that matchmaker was as skilled as she was.
Last year in Hertfordshire, Colonel Richard Fitzwilliam met the most interesting lady he had ever met. She was as fond of solving a riddle and just as reluctant to be pushed forward by matchmakers as he was.
When Mary Bennet arrives in town to enjoy the season, he’ll soon find out that she’s also the most accomplished lady he’s ever met at leading him down a merry path to right where he wants to be.
Download None So Accomplished as Mary, and join Colonel Fitzwilliam as he attempts to discover the missing bit of information to a puzzle, which he thought he had already solved, while sorting out how his feelings for his friend have changed to thoughts of forever.
None So Accomplished as Mary is the fifth novelette in Leenie Brown’s Sweet Extras Collection and is a sequel to How to Marry an Accomplished Lady. While this story is a complete story, it will be best enjoyed if it is read after How to Marry an Accomplished Lady. And actually, there’s one story before that which will add a final layer of delight to these two stories.
The complete, and most enjoyable Accomplished Lady reading experience, includes the following books:
1. An Accomplished Lady (of the best sort), A Teatime Tales novelette, in which Mr. Bingley and Mr. Hurst help Mr. Darcy realize that Miss Elizabeth is the only lady he should marry.
2. How to Marry an Accomplished Lady, Sweet Possibilities (book 5), in which Mr. Darcy’s resolve to withstand whatever may come on his way to achieving his goal of being Elizabeth’s husband is put to the test.
3. None So Accomplished as Mary, Sweet Extras(book 5), in which the colonel discovers, while uncovering a piece of the puzzle surrounding the kerfuffle about betrothal papers and Darcy, that Bingley and Darcy might have indeed been right about how well he and Mary would suit.
Today, I’ve a Story Connections post that is a bit different than most, because I’ve got some book news to share before I get to the picture and a story excerpt part of the post.
You see, I have a new book available for pre-order, but there is a short window of time, during which you can get the book early and for free. All you have to do is be subscribed to one of my reader communities, whether on Patreon, Substack, or my blog.
If you are already a subscriber to one of those places, you should have received an email, or a notification via an app, on either Friday or Saturday with a link to where you could download a copy of None So Accomplished as Mary. It’s the sequel to How to Marry an Accomplished Lady, and it is part of my Sweet Extras collection.
Sweet Extras are always offered as free downloads to my reader community for a period of time before the release of the book. This time, you have until March 31 to download your copy.
So, if you missed that email, or if you’d like to subscribe to one of my reader communities, you can find that post here: on my blog under the Subscribers Only Post menu option, on Substack in the Substack chat, or on Patreon in the eBook Downloads Collection. You have just over half a week left before the download link expires.
If you’ve already read the book and are the book rating and reviewing sort, early reviews/ratings can be placed on the book’s Bookbub page here or on Goodreads here.
Just one more thing before we get to the picture and excerpt part.
None So Accomplished as Mary is best enjoyed when read AFTER you’ve read How to Marry an Accomplished Lady, which is in my Sweet Possibilities collection. And that story is best enjoyed AFTER you’ve read An Accomplished Lady (of the best sort), which is a Teatime Tale.
In case you need to pick up either of those previous books, I’ve added a 50% off coupon on them at Smashwords until April 5, 2025. The coupon will be applied automatically at checkout. You can find How to Marry… here, and An Accomplished Lady… here.
Are you still with me? 🙂 I know. That’s a lot of info, but now, let’s look at that painting.
I selected this image because, as you will see, None So Accomplished as Mary begins at a ball, and the ladies in the painting are preparing for a ball and having a fabulously fun time. That attitude matches with this book perfectly, since it continues the light-hearted, feel-good romance mood established in the two preceding books in this trio.
In this story, Colonel Fitzwilliam is dead set against knowingly falling prey to a matchmakers scheme. However, that doesn’t mean he can’t unknowingly be captured by a bit of cunning and a tantalizing riddle to solve.
The chapter below takes place just as such an entertaining journey to happily ever after for Mary and the colonel is about to begin.
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.
