Why I Am Not Jane Austen

(this article was written by Ms Mansfield in 1999 or thereabouts, for an earlier incarnation of her website, derived from notes from a speech given to the Jane Austen Society) Some people find the...

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The Girl With the Persian Shawl

An Arrogant Spinster, a Dashing Rake, and an Unsigned Painting The Girl With Persian Shawl was a strangely bewitching masterpiece that had hung in the Rendell household for generations. Kate Rendell graciously let the dashing Lord Ainsworth view the work, …

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Miscalculations

His Woman Of Affairs Jane Douglas had a sharp wit, brilliant mind, and an extraordinary knack for numbers. As financial advisor to Lady Martha Kettering, she was able to provide for herself, her sister and her mother. Jane  resigned herself …

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An Encounter With Venus

As Perfect as a Marble Statue   George Frobisher, the future Earl of Chadleigh, was thunderstruck when, at the age of seventeen, he accidentally glimpsed Miss Olivia Henshaw emerging naked from her bath the day of his sister’s wedding.  That …

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Poor Caroline

A Most Vexatious Viscount   Captain Christopher “Kit” Meredith, recuperating from wartime injuries, learned that he had become the new Viscount of Crittendem. All he cared about was returning to Crittendem Grange and beginning a new life in peace and …

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Matched Pairs

Betrothed from Birth It was decided from infancy that Tris Enders would wed Juliet Branscombe. Yet growing up on adjoining estates in Derbyshire made that the last thing that either wanted, especially after Tris had found the girl of his …

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