Merits and Mercenaries
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‘Gorgeous, and comes well recommended.’
Patricia Rozema, Screenwriter/Director, Mansfield Park.
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‘Lady A~ has woven together a complex web of marriage plots - lots of Fanny Burney-cum-Jane Austen couples and themes that involve the reader from the very beginning. The dialogue is witty and sharp, and one can hear echoes of Mary Crawford, Elizabeth Bennet, Fitzwilliam Darcy and Lady Catherine. To read Merits and Mercenaries is to become immersed in a social life that has order, and the joy of reading is to see how the plot unfolds. The complex codes of civility and decorum, the ideas of duty and hospitality, and the country/city motif all support a nexus of relationships that are all touching, amusing, and refreshing today.’
Laurie Kaplan, Professor of English and Academic Director of George Washington University’s English Center, and former editor of Persuasions. -
‘Merits and Mercenaries ... has all the hallmarks of a dashing Regency romp.... for all fans of Austen ‘tribute fiction’, this is a promising start to a fresh series of romances.’
Joceline Bury, Jane Austen's Regency World. -
‘What an adventure! Merits and Mercenaries is full of Austenesque heroes and villains. The protagonists are as endearing as our most favorite Austen characters and the story is witty, engaging and very cleverly written. A treat for every Janeite!’
Karin Quint, JaneAusten.nl/ www.janeausten.nl
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‘What is remarkable is the skillful echoing of Jane Austen’s wit and irony through refined diction and detailed research.’ Read entire review
Maria Grazia, My Jane Austen Book Club
An arch clue to what beau or belle may be next in the ‘Bath Corner’….
‘His manly graces were indeed bewitching, and to behold him was to look as an eagle would into the sun….’
If you come to adore our beautiful and noble Mr. William Halford in M&M you will simply prostrate your fair person at the feet of our dazzling Mr.— in our second Bath Novel ‘Classic Companion’. But for those who infinitely prefer ladies, our Lady A~ does not hold your interest in any way cheap, so our next riddle for you will point toward a creature of whom no mere shade will suffice! 
Hint! It all begins with an event well recorded in Jane Austen’s history, and this incident is related in startling detail in a letter from Cassandra Austen, Jane’s sister, to the superb Miss Anne Sharp, Jane’s fast and firmly independent friend….
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