I am thrilled to be among the bloggers participating in the cover reveal festivities for Joana Starnes’ latest novel, Mr. Bennet’s Dutiful Daughter, which releases today!
Before I share the stunning cover for what promises to be a fantastic variation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, here’s a description of the book to whet your appetite:
When Colonel Fitzwilliam’s disclosures are interrupted by the bearer of distressing news from Longbourn, Miss Elizabeth Bennet is compelled to consider an offer she would have otherwise dismissed out of hand. An offer of marriage from the all-too-proud Mr Darcy.
Yet how is she to live with a husband she hardly knows and does not love? Would she be trapped in a marriage of convenience while events conspire to divide them? Or would love grow as, day by day and hour after hour, she learns to understand the man she married, before she loses his trust and his heart?
And now, the moment you’ve been waiting for, I’m delighted to introduce Mr. Bennet’s Dutiful Daughter, featuring the Portrait of Miss Frances Vinicombe by John Opie, a British landscape and portrait artist famous for his paintings of well-known people, including the author Mary Wollstonecraft. Opie’s works also are featured at the Chawton House Library.
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International Giveaway
One winner will receive a paperback and two will receive an ebook of Mr. Bennet’s Dutiful Daughter. The winners also will receive assorted Austen-related mini-gifts.
Also, as a special bonus, all Rafflecopter entrants will receive an exclusive excerpt of the book that will not be included in the Amazon sample. These sample excerpts will be emailed to entrants using their Rafflecopter email addresses. (Please let me know if you have any trouble getting Rafflecopter to accept your entry, and I’ll make sure your email address is sent to the tour host.)
Click here to enter the giveaway. The winners will be announced on November 16. Good luck!
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Connect with Joana Starnes
Website | Facebook | Twitter | Goodreads | Amazon
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Follow the blog tour
November 17/ My Jane Austen Book Club/Launch Post & Giveaway
November 18/From Pemberley to Milton/Book Review & Giveaway
November 19/Obsessed with Mr. Darcy/ Book Review & Giveaway
November 20/ A Covent Garden Madame Gilflurt’s Guide to Life/Guest Post
November 21/ Margie’s Must Reads/ Book Review & Giveaway
November 22/ Babblings of a Bookworm/ Book Review & Giveaway
November 23/Diary of an Eccentric/Book Review & Giveaway
November 24/ Happy Thanksgiving
November 25/ So Little Time… So Much to Read/ Excerpt & Giveaway
November 26/ Just Jane 1813/Interview with Joana Starnes
November 27 / My Kids Led Me Back to Pride and Prejudice/ Guest Post & Giveaway
November 28/ More Agreeably Engaged/ Vignette & Giveaway
December 2/ Austenesque Reviews/ Excerpt & Giveaway
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And now I know what a lovely piece was hiding under the brown wrapping. Love it!
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So glad you like it Sophia Rose. Hope you’ll like the book too.
Many thanks for stopping by for the cover reveal!
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Thanks EVER so much, Anna, for your wonderful welcome, and to all the lovely and ever so kind people hosting me today for the cover reveal! Anna, Ceri, Rita, Janet, Maria Grazia, Tamara, Mira, Margie, Candy and Claudine, THANK YOU! I really can’t say that enough!
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You’re very welcome! It’s always a pleasure to feature you and your books on my blog. Now I can’t wait to read it!!
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I’m so excited to learn that Joana’s written a new book! Great news!!
Cover of this book is really lovely,the lady looks so calm and composed,but in the ‘still waters run deep’ sense,I wonder at what her serene complexion is concealing!
Thanks for the cover reveal!
Hope this book is as loved as all your others,Joana.
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I agree that it’s a lovely cover! All of Joana’s covers are great, but this one really speaks to me.
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“The lady looks so calm and composed,but in the ‘still waters run deep’ sense,I wonder at what her serene complexion is concealing!”
Ah, Mary, I love how you read her and what deep and wonderful descriptions you leave on every blog! I particularly loved the ‘still waters’ part, so beautifully said! I hope you read the book and I hope you like it! Many thanks for visiting for the cover reveal and I hope you’ll enjoy the blog tour too!
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I love all of Joana’s book, an am looking forward to reading this one ASAP. Great cover. Congratulations Joana. 🙂
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I do hope you love it! I’m anxious to read it myself!
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Thanks for stopping by and for the wonderful words, Kasia, much appreciated!! Fingers crossed for a win and I hope you like it!
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Love this cover. Can’t wait to get my hands on a copy!
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I’m so excited to be part of the tour. Hope you get a chance to read it!
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I hope you do, Anji, and I’m so glad you like the cover!!! Best of luck and thanks for all the great comments and the support!!
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AT 93% – best story! Hate to put it down but have to babysit early. Such well described emotions. May reread immediately as I am rushing through the pages.
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I have an advanced copy. I can tell you it very well may be her best yet! Love love love.
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So glad to hear it! I will be reading it for the tour soon, and I can’t wait!
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Christina, thanks for the fabulous praise!!! Wow! Over the moon to hear you think so!!
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Beautiful cover…and I guarantee I will be reading this win or buy! Wow, Christina – that is some endorsement as I loved her other books so much!
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Let’s just say I have stayed up until 3am for 2 nights in a row to read.
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I have it set aside for my upcoming week off from work. I just knew I’d have to clear a whole day because I won’t want to put it down!
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That’s exactly how I read it, Anna. I was so glad NOT to go to work, but I didn’t get to finish it until the following evening and I was dying all day to get back to it! Enjoy!
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Lovely ladies, this is all my Christmasses come at once 🙂 Thanks ever so much for the wonderful words, I’m absolutely overwhelmed!!! THANK YOU!!!
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I understand and in my younger days I could and did do that but 1 AM is about the latest my body will take nowadays.
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Looking forward to your thoughts, Sheila!
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You can now read my review.
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Sounds good 🙂 I would not mind doing my duty there
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Ha ha! Hope you get a chance to read it!
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Best of luck, blodeuedd! Hope you’ll like it 🙂
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Very nice cover! I want to read this about an earlier marriage between Darcy and Lizzy!
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Doesn’t it sound fantastic? Looking forward to starting this one soon!
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I love it when they get together early and they stay together for as much of the book as possible, even if they misunderstand each other all the time or send sparks flying 🙂 Hope you’ll like the story.
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do you know when the paperback copy will be available from Amazon?
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Thanks for asking, Lily. In 2 weeks max, I hope. Best of luck and thanks for visiting!
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Yay!
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What a wonderful cover and giveaway! I will share this giveaway in my blog’s sidebar. Thank you for hosting this, Anna.
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So glad you liked it ,Suko! Thanks for the lovely share and best of luck in the giveaway!
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Thanks as always, Suko!
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Beautiful post layout, Anna! Thank you so much for joining the cover reveal. I can’t wait to read your review.
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Thank you both, and all the other lovely people who hosted this 🙂
It’s amazing!!!
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Thanks, Claudine!
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And you thought you had fun reviewing that book of mine, Anna! A Joana book with an FMS–Wow! No other JAFF can touch that, never mind this extra fun party you all have conjured up for us. I started off a few blogs ago, and just left Claudine in an exhausted heap on the floor (I think she’s pretending, though, and crawled to another room to sneak-read with a flashlight like in grade 6). Conga line for the release and cover reveal blog is heading to the next blog! Join me, Anna and Joana!
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Thanks ever so much for the lovely comments and all the support, Suzan, you’re so kind and your messages are such fun!! When the party’s over and we’ve cleared away all the flutes and the appetisers I can’t wait o put my feet up and read Letters from Ramsgate and other great JAFF I missed while I was having fun with the edits 🙂 Thanks again!
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I’m very much looking forward to reading it!
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I did finish the book and posted my review on both Goodreads and on Amazon. Joana, you have a splendid talent for wording..loved the conversations, the thought processes, etc. One of the best JAFF books I have ever read…IMO
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Sheila, thanks SO much for the wonderful review!!!! I’m so happy you liked it, your opinion means so much to me!
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Happy to oblige and even happier you like it.
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I saw your review, Sheila, and I’m so glad to see that you loved it!
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I always love to dive into another book from Joana! Congratulations!
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Many thanks, Becky, and so kind of you to stop by! Best of luck in the giveaway and I hope you’ll like the story.
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Yay! Hope you love it, Becky!
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