HeyJaredAuthor Melanie Rachel
Melanie Rachel is a Jane Austen variation author who believes that the only thing better than a dashing hero is one who knows how to handle an unexpected adventure—or perhaps just a stubborn heroine.
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Yes, Regency England Had Professional Matchmakers (opens the original)
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Lady Anne Darcy in The Matchmaker’s Mistake did not require payment for her services as a matchmaker. To have done so would have been considered vulgar.But last week I mentioned that Regency England did have professional matchmakers.I know this because in 1810, General Burr went shopping for a wife. He wanted rank, fashion, and an income of at least £1,500 a year. He was willing to pay handsomely for the introduction: £20 down and another £3,000 if the arrangement ended in marriage.Believe it or
The Regency Hostess’s Guide to Arranging a Marriage (opens the original)
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In my latest release, The Matchmaker’s Mistake, Lady Anne Darcy is alive, and a matchmaker with a success rate Austen’s Emma could only envy. She is very open about her intentions, and her reputation for making not only “good” matches but happy ones, has half the ton flocking to her door.Regency society did not have a formal profession for this sort of matchmaking—at least, not one most respectable families acknowledged. Instead, mothers, aunts, dowagers, married sisters, family friends, and exp
The Matchmaker’s Mistake releases Thursday! (opens the original)
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I’ve not written a living Lady Anne before—but Darcy’s mother is very much alive in this one.There’s a reason for that, although you won’t discover exactly why until late in the story.For now, Darcy is on his way home from Netherfield and he’s carrying a grudge. He loves his mother, but her meddling is impacting his life.I’m sure that conversation will go well—what about you?The preorder is up now (click here🡪 https://readerlinks.com/l/5420723<
Listen To An Unexpected Inheritance (opens the original)
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I’m going to share something a little different with you today, because the audio for An Unexpected Inheritance, narrated by the inimitable Harry Frost, came out on the 18th.This is a story I had a great deal of fun writing because it gives Darcy and Elizabeth different pre-story lives and therefore a very different starting point.Darcy is unexpectedly pulled away from his carefully planned military career when he inherits an estate and a fortune he never expected to receive. Suddenly, he has to
Your secret is safe with . . . who? (opens the original)
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I thought we’d take a break from research this week and have a little fun. JAFF is all about the “what-if” question—what if Darcy hadn’t left Hertfordshire when he did? What if Elizabeth had accepted Darcy’s first proposal? What if Mr. and Mrs. Bennet had been more financially responsible?So the question this week is in the title. What if you had to trust someone in P&P with a secret?Caveat before we begin—Darcy and Elizabeth are both disqualified.Darcy is the king of restraint. He’d just tuck a
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