It is no secret how much I love Jane Austen. I love her with all my heart! One of the best things about being a Janeite is meeting other Janeites! I have been fortunate to know and be a part of some amazing Austen Fan Groups and many of them are amazing writers! Here is a list of a few Austen-inspired Christmas tales sure to be classics as well.
Lucky 13 by Cat Gardiner
New York City advertising executive, Elizabeth Bennet is determined to find a respectable date to take to Christmas dinner with her insane family. So, what’s a girl to do with only 26 days remaining? She and her best friend embark on a mad-cap dating blitz.Speed dating and blind dates become a source of frustration when one man continually shows up, hell-bent on either annoying her or capturing her heart. Fitzwilliam Darcy, wealthy, hunky, part time New York City firefighter is Elizabeth’s new client, one of thirteen men chosen for a fundraising, beefcake calendar.Sparks fly and ignite as misunderstandings abound. Sit back and laugh as friends and family play matchmaker, conspiring to bring these two together for an unforgettable, hot, holiday season in New York City.Lucky 13 is a fresh and fun Pride and Prejudice inspired contemporary, holiday romance. Imagine “You’ve Got Mail” meets “Sex in the City” in a sexy tale where the secondary characters are as lovable as our hero and heroine. Let the holiday season come to life with romance, comedy and a ton of feel good moments that’ll leave you smiling and dancing.Authors Note: This novel has a companion blog that Elizabeth writes and all our characters comment in. You can follow along through page links at the bottom of each e-book chapter and table of contents. Paperback purchaser will find the blog address at the beginning of the book, along with the story’s Spotify soundtrack and Pinterest inspiration.*This novel contains adult language, adult themes, and sexual situations.*
Click to buy –> Lucky 13: Matchmaking and Misunderstandings
When Fitzwilliam Darcy returns from Hertfordshire, heartbroken. His eight year old sister, Georgiana decides to write to Santa asking for a wife for her brother.
Will Santa deliver the present that Georgiana is seeking or will he help our dear couple find the love that they both truly want?
Click here to buy –> Dear Father Christmas: A Pride and Prejudice Variation
A novella for the Christmas holidays – Lizzy Benson visits Jane Austen’s house in Chawton, and buys a special advent calendar in the gift shop, but strange things start to happen when she opens up the first door and finds herself back in time with all the beloved characters from her favourite book, Pride and Prejudice. As she finds herself increasingly drawn into an alternate reality, Lizzy discovers not only is Mr Darcy missing from the plot, but Jane Austen has never heard of him. All Lizzy can hope is that she can help to get the story and her own complicated love life back on track before Christmas is over!
Click here to buy –> Mr Darcy’s Christmas Calendar
‘Tis the Season for Matcmaking by P.O. Dixon
It’s Christmas time of year in Derbyshire, with hints of matchmaking in the air.
If newlywed Mrs. Elizabeth Darcy has her way, two of her most deserving guests will find their way to each other and soon know the joy that she and her adoring husband, Mr. Darcy, share.
Elizabeth is not the only one playing matchmaker. When it comes to games of the heart, who will lose and who will win?
Click here to buy–> ‘Tis the Season for Matchmaking: A Lasting Love Affair Continues (A Darcy and Elizabeth Love Affair Book 2)
A Very Darcy Christmas by Sharon Lathan
Sharon Lathan, a beloved author of popular Jane Austen sequels, comes a heart-warming tale of Elizabeth and Darcy at Christmas, sure to delight both Jane Austen and Regency romance fans.
Based on the Darcy Saga series by Sharon Lathan, this novella takes the reader down the passage of time with ten individual snippets of the evolving Darcy family celebrating. Beginning on the Christmas Eve after meeting Lizzy Bennet, Mr. Darcy is a man tortured by visions and emotions he is unable – or unwilling – to deal with. Thereafter follows a succession of Christmas Eves and Days with Mr. Darcy as a happily married man surrounded by his wife and an ever-increasing family, giving glimpses of their future.
Click here to buy –> Darcy Christmas
A Darcy Christmas by Amanda Grange, Sharon Lathan, and Carolyn Eberhart
Mr. and Mrs. Darcy Wish You a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Share in the magic of the season in these three warm and wonderful holiday novellas from bestselling authors.
Christmas Present
by Amanda Grange
A Darcy Christmas
by Sharon Lathan
Mr. Darcy’s Christmas Carol
by Carolyn Eberhart
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Twelve Days of Christmas: Darcy & Elizabeth What if #5 by Jennifer Lang
Long novella length. All the novellas in the Darcy and Elizabeth What If? series are separate, standalone stories. They can be read in any order.
What if Elizabeth had married George Wickham?
Five years after marrying George Wickham, Elizabeth is forced to flee. She seeks refuge with Charlotte Lucas as her family have been killed in a fire, but Charlotte is not at home . . .
Mr Darcy, having inherited Rosings on the deaths of Lady Catherine and Anne de Bourgh, finds a frightened young woman living in the parsonage. Her perfume reminds him of the Netherfield ball. But can the young woman in the parsonage really be the former Miss Elizabeth Bennet? And what will happen when he falls in love with her?
Click here to buy –> Twelve Days of Christmas: Darcy and Elizabeth What If? # 5
Christmas with Mr. Darcy by Victoria Connelly
It wouldn’t be Christmas without a little bit of Jane Austen …
Christmas is being celebrated in style at Purley Hall in Hampshire because renowned actress, Dame Pamela Harcourt, is holding a special Jane Austen Conference. Everybody’s there: Katherine and Warwick, Robyn and Dan, Kay, Adam and Gemma, and Sarah and Mia. Oh, and Mrs Soames.
But, when a rare first edition of Pride and Prejudice goes missing, the guests have to forget the fun and games and turn detective…
Christmas with Mr Darcy is the light-hearted novella sequel to the bestselling Austen Addicts Trilogy: A Weekend with Mr Darcy, The Perfect Hero (Dreaming of Mr Darcy) and Mr Darcy Forever.
Click here to buy–> Christmas with Mr Darcy (Austen Addicts Book 4)
Mr. Darcy’s Christmas by Elizabeth Aston
MR DARCY’S CHRISTMAS
A Darcy Novella
Set in the wonderful world of Jane Austen, this sparkling and witty Regency romantic comedy takes us to Pemberley for an enchanting Christmas story of intrigue and love. A joyful Christmas treat for devotees of Pride & Prejudice and for those who love Georgette Heyer.
Curl up with a box of chocolates and travel back to a snowy Regency Christmas to share the festive season with the Darcy family. Dream of mince-pies and wassail, Yule logs, dancing—and stolen kisses under the mistletoe.
Georgiana Darcy, haunted by her near-elopement with Mr Wickham, plays safe when she accepts a proposal of marriage from handsome, rich and well-born Mr Moresby. Her brother, Mr Darcy, finds him prosy and Elizabeth has her doubts about him: is this really going to be a happy marriage?
As the Darcy family gather at Pemberley to celebrate Christmas, envious Caroline Bingley spreads spiteful rumours about Georgiana.
Can the attractive and sympathetic Sir Giles Hawkins rekindle Georgiana’s true Darcy spirit? Will she fight to save her reputation? And will she at last listen to what her heart is telling her about love and happiness?
Click here to buy –> Mr Darcy’s Christmas: A Darcy Novella (Darcy series)
Christmas at Pemberley by Regina Jeffers
THE DARCYS AND THE BENNETS CORDIALLY INVITE YOU TO CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY: A PRIDE & PREJUDICE HOLIDAY SEQUEL
Darcy has invited the Bennets and the Bingleys to spend the Christmastide’s festive days at Pemberley. But as he and Elizabeth journey to their estate to join the gathered families, a blizzard blankets the English countryside. The Darcys find themselves stranded at a small inn while Pemberley is inundated with refugees seeking shelter from the storm.
Without her brother’s strong presence, Georgiana Darcy tries desperately to manage the chaos surrounding the arrival of six invited guests and eleven unscheduled visitors. But bitter feuds, old jealousies and intimate secrets quickly rise to the surface. Has Lady Catherine returned to Pemberley for forgiveness or revenge? Will the manipulative Caroline Bingley find a soul mate? Shall Kitty Bennet and Georgiana know happiness?
Written in Regency style and including Austen’s romantic entanglements and sardonic humor, Christmas at Pemberley places Jane Austen’s most beloved characters in an exciting yuletide story that speaks to the love, the family spirit and the generosity that remain as the heart of Christmas.
Click here to buy –> Christmas at Pemberley: A Pride and Prejudice Holiday Sequel
Pemberley Mistletoe by Ary Bray
Fitzwilliam and Elizabeth Darcy had enjoyed a fortnight of being totally irresponsible with regards to anything other than matters of the heart, but the honeymoon is over, and Christmas is sneaking up on them. With the assistant of Mrs. Reynolds, Elizabeth decorates the manor and plans for an intimate holiday party of six, but little does she know how upside down those plans will turn when the party ends up with an additional thirteen uninvited guests.
Will Elizabeth Darcy be able to blend the Darcy and Bennet traditions into a holiday that both she and Fitzwilliam can enjoy, and can she do it while so many women are in attendance waiting for her to mess up?
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Wishing you all a Very Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year!