Below a crossword puzzle of words and clues from my Touches of Austen series. These words can also be found in the Touches of Austen Wordsearch puzzle. So, if you need help guessing what the word it, there’s a word bank for that. 🙂
You may download and print out the puzzle to do on paper, or if you prefer, you can click the button at the bottom of the crossword that says “Let’s Play” to be taken to a web page where you can enter the words online. (Your progress goes away when you close the tab for the puzzle unless you create a free account. This is the same site where the wordsearch is found so if you made an account for that, this puzzle should work with that account.)
This month, my book promotions were scheduled to focus on my Touches of Austen series.
[IYKYK but if you don’t know… Touches of Austen stories are original, sweet (kisses-only) Regency romances that deliberately nod to various Austen novels.]
In other words, my free read at Patreon, my downloads for paid Patreon subscribers, and the $0.99 deal book were all supposed to be Touches of Austen books.
And they are.
But…
Things are kind of unsettled (shall we say) in our world at present.
The cost of living is marching ever upward at a steady and rather rapid pace.
It’s tax season here in Canada.
And it keeps raining, then, snowing, then, being warm, and then cold. Followed by a shuffle and repeat.
So, I thought perhaps right now, as April is starting, would be a grand time to inject a little fun and a few book savings.
I only decided this yesterday. 🙂 (Yes, it was raining. Again. And gas prices had just gone up. Again. LOL)
Here’s what I did:
First, I marked down the $0.99* book – Her Secret Beau – for the month. (*That’s $0.99 USD, GBP, CAD, EUR, NZD, AUD, with all other currencies also reduced)
Then, I got the downloads of that book and His Beautiful Bea organized and scheduled at Patreon. (Today, I made His Beautiful Bea free for all Patreon members (paid and free) to read this month.)
Next, I went to all the vendor platforms and reduced the prices on all the other books in the Touches of Austen series. They will be $1 off** for the month. (**That means every book except Her Secret Beau, is $1.99 GBP; $2.99 USD, EUR; $3.99 CAD, AUD, NZD, with all other currencies also reduced.)
And finally, I decided to have some fun, so I created a wordsearch using words from my Touches of Austen series and added a page where you can download it (or access it online) to my website so I could share it with you all.
And now, I am sharing all that with you. 🙂
When the world went into lockdown a few years ago due to a certain virus, I reduced the prices of my books for several months (maybe a year?). I wanted to do something similar now since things are just as uncertain, if not more so.
But this time, I plan to do it month by month matching it up with my series highlight plans for as long as things are as they are or until I just can’t do it anymore. And, this time, I wanted to add some fun things along with the price reductions (hence, the wordsearch).
Hopefully, this will provide a little bit of lightness in a somewhat cloudy time. And maybe, it’ll just become a lovely monthly tradition.
Want to have some fun? Below is a heart-shaped wordsearch that contains 35 words from my Touches of Austen series. The words can be forward, backward, or on a diagonal.
You may download and print out the wordsearch to do on paper (how I would do it), or if you prefer, you can click the button at the bottom of the wordsearch that says “Let’s Play” to be taken to a web page where you can circle the words online. (Your progress goes away when you close the tab for the wordsearch unless you create a free account.)
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:
Thomas Rowlandson (1756–1827) and Augustus Charles Pugin (1762–1832) (after) John Bluck (fl. 1791–1819), Joseph Constantine Stadler (fl. 1780–1812), Thomas Sutherland (1785–1838), J. Hill, and Harraden (aquatint engravers)[1], Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Annabelle (aka Belle) lost her heart to a young man who was training to be a physician. Unfortunately, her father is more than a bit full of himself. He’s a narcissist of the first order, and a physician as a son-in-law will not do. So, he makes sure to separate Belle from Fritz and hopes to see Belle married to someone more suitable. However, six years later, Belle is still unmarried, and her father gives up hope. Therefore, when his sister in Bath asks to have Belle join her as her companion, he’s more than willing to send her away. Little does he (or Belle) know that Aunt Augusta’s physician is Fritz.
This story, His Irreplaceable Belle, is an original sweet Regency romance with a Persuasion flavour and is book four in my Touches of Austen series.
