1932: Pride and Prejudice Revisited
2nd Edition (2020)
“…do anything rather than marry without affection.” —Pride and Prejudice
During the upheaval of the Great Depression, Elizabeth Bennet’s life is torn asunder. Her family’s relocation from the bustle of the big city to a quiet family farm has changed her future, and now, she must build a new life in rural Meryton, Kentucky.
William Darcy suffered family turmoil of his own, but he has settled into a peaceful life at Pemberley, the largest farm in the county. Single, rich, and seemingly content, he remains aloof—immune to any woman’s charms.
Until Elizabeth Bennet moves to town.
As Darcy begins to yearn for something he knows is missing, Elizabeth’s circumstances become more dire. Can the two put aside their pride and prejudices long enough to find their way to each other?
1932, Karen M Cox’s award-winning debut novel, is a matchless variation on Jane Austen’s classic tale.
Winner of the Independent Book Publishers Award 2011: Bronze medal in Romance
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Find Wonder in All Things: Persuasion Revisited
2nd Edition (2020)
“There could have never been two hearts so open… Now they were as strangers” —Persuasion
Mountain Laurel Elliot is like her name—she blooms best in the cool comfort of shade, hidden in the Kentucky foothills of Appalachia. Alone on her mountain, she lives a private existence with only her pottery—and her regrets—for company.
James Marshall had a secret dream and Laurel was part of it, but dreams sometimes lead to unexpected places. James’s heart broke when Laurel cut him loose, but he moved on—and became successful beyond his wildest dreams.
For one glorious summer, James and Laurel had each other, but life has kept them far apart.
Until now.
“a magnificent modernization of Jane Austen’s Persuasion.” -Austenesque Reviews
Winner of the Independent Book Publisher’s Award 2012: Gold Medal in Romance and
Next Generation Indie Finalist in Romance 2013
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Undeceived: Pride and Prejudice in the Spy Game
2nd Edition (2019)
“…if I endeavor to undeceive people as to the rest of his conduct, who will believe me?” –Pride & Prejudice, Chapter 40
Elizabeth Bennet, a rookie counterintelligence officer, lands an intriguing first assignment—investigating the CIA’s legendary William Darcy, who is suspected of being a double agent.
Darcy’s charmed existence seems at an end as he fights for his career and struggles against his love for the young woman he doesn’t know is watching his every move.
Elizabeth’s confidence dissolves as nothing is like she planned—and the more she discovers about Darcy, the more she finds herself in an ever-tightening web of danger.
Unexpected twists abound in this suspenseful Cold War era romance inspired by Jane Austen’s classic tale.
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Son of a Preacher Man: A Novel (2018)
“I forget that you’re a fella sometimes.”
“Gee, thanks.”
I never forgot that she was a girl. Not for one second…
1959. The long, hot Southern summer bakes the sleepy town of Orchard Hill. Billy Ray Davenport, an aspiring physician and only son of an indomitable traveling minister, is a young man with a plan that starts with working in a small-town doctor’s office before he begins medical school in the fall. Handsome, principled, and keenly observant, he arrives in town to lodge with the Millers, the local doctor’s family. He never bargained for Lizzie Quinlan—a complex, kindred spirit who is beautiful and compassionate, yet scorned by the townsfolk. Could a girl with a reputation be different than she seems? With her quirky wisdom and a spine of steel hidden beneath an effortless sensuality, Lizzie is about to change Billy Ray’s life—and his heart—forever.
A realistic look at first love, told by an idealistic young man, Son of a Preacher Man is a heartwarming coming of age tale set in a simpler time.
Winner of the 2019 Indie Author Project award for adult fiction: Kentucky region
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I Could Write a Book: a Modern Variation of Jane Austen’s “Emma” (2017)
“Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever and rich…”
Thus began Jane Austen’s classic, a light and lively tale set in an English village two hundred years ago. Yet every era has its share of Emmas: young women trying to find themselves in their own corners of the world.
I Could Write a Book is the story of a self-proclaimed modern woman: Emma Katherine Woodhouse, a 1970s co-ed whose life is pleasant, ordered and predictable if a bit confining.
Rich with humor, poignancy, and the camaraderie of life in a small, Southern town, I Could Write a Book is a coming-of-age romance with side helpings of self-discovery, friendship, and finding true love in the most unlikely places.
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The Journey Home (2017)
Georgiana Darcy has left girlhood far behind her. A young, single mother with two small daughters, she escaped a precarious existence. Now she has returned to her ancestral home, ready to rebuild her life. Her brother, William, welcomed her with open arms and helped her back on her feet. But home is more than a place—it’s a state of mind, and Georgiana has a journey of the heart ahead of her. As her brother falls in love with Elizabeth, the new girl in town, Georgiana finds herself drawn to William’s long-time friend, Sheriff Richard Fitzwilliam, a widower fifteen years her senior. Richard would never want her, or so she believes, but when he’s near, her sorrow vanishes. When Georgiana’s past comes roaring back to haunt her, can Richard and his kind, gentle ways help see her through?
The Journey Home, a companion piece to the award-winning novel 1932, is a stand-alone “sidequel” novella—a story of self-discovery, acceptance, and romance that details one woman’s journey back from despair and forward to her future.
Available in Print and ebook formats.
Short Story Anthologies
Elizabeth: Obstinate, Headstrong Girl (2020)
“Resistive Currents”
Beth Bennet, an electrical engineering student in 1980, starts the new semester with the unwelcome realization that her stern, unapproachable T.A., William Darcy, is the same “Hot Mystery Student” from her favorite coffee shop. Armed with her study group of friends, her tenacity, and her forthright manner, she’s determined to show him she knows her stuff. When Darcy witnesses her biggest setback, she learns – with some help from her great-grandmother’s diary – that first impressions aren’t always accurate.
In this romance anthology, ten Austenesque authors sketch Elizabeth Bennet’s character through a collection of re-imaginings, set in the Regency through contemporary times. In Elizabeth: Obstinate, Headstrong Girl, she bares her most intimate thoughts, all the while offering biting social commentary about life’s absurdities. Elizabeth overcomes the obstacles of others’ opinions, not to mention her own flaws, to find a love truly worthy of her—her Mr. Darcy—all with humor and her sparkling charm.
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Rational Creatures (2018)
“A Nominal Mistress”
Elegant, rational, and humble, Eleanor Tilney is the motherless daughter of a tyrannical father and has lived a lonely existence at Northanger Abbey since her brothers left home. Like a Regency Cinderella, she is a kind-hearted princess who can only hope one day to find her prince. As Miss Austen declared, “I know no one more entitled, by unpretending merit, or better prepared by habitual suffering, to receive and enjoy felicity.” —Northanger Abbey, Chapter XXXI.
Rational Creatures is a collection of humorous, poignant, and engaging short stories set in Georgian England that complement and pay homage to Austen’s great works and great ladies who were, perhaps, the first feminists in an era that was not quite ready for feminism.
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Dangerous to Know: Jane Austen’s Rakes and Gentlemen Rogues (2017)
“An Honest Man”
Frank Churchill has always been a favored child of Fate. Adopted by his wealthy maternal uncle after his mother’s untimely passing, he is heir to Enscombe, a grand Yorkshire estate. He has it all: money, education, and a place in society—despite the low connections on his biological father’s side. Frank wants for nothing until he meets the woman of his dreams while on a leisure trip to the seaside at Weymouth. Like his father before him, Frank seeks to blur the boundaries of class for love—and blur the resolve of his lady love. Will she succumb to his charms? And when it seems Fate has turned on him at last, can he force fortune to become his ally, before he tumbles from its favor?
This story is part of an anthology exposing and illuminating the “bad boys” of Jane Austen’s novels.
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The Darcy Monologues (2017)
“I, Darcy”
All his life, Liam Darcy has battled high expectations from women, a result of sharing his name with the most famous hero in English literature. When he meets Lynley at a Jane Austen convention hotel, sparks fly, and an enduring flame might ignite—if he can learn from the original Mr. Darcy’s mistakes. Part of a 15-story anthology where Mr. Darcy has his “share of the conversation”.
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Sun-Kissed: Effusions of Summer (2015)
“Northanger Revisited 2015”
Northanger Abbey takes a modern-day turn at a fictionalized seaside in Georgia in this whimsical collection of short stories inspired by all things summer.
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