Mr Darcy's Christmas Calendar

by Jane Odiwe

Overview

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 also that 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, and bring everything to a happy resolution in Jane Austen's imaginary world!
REVIEWS -
PROJECT DARCY
Odiwe writes with great charm and assurance: her contemporary characters are engaging, her historical protagonists convincing. In Project Darcy she takes a slice of literary history and turns it into a thoroughly entertaining, often very funny, and frequently touching piece of modern romantic fiction.
JANE AUSTEN'S REGENCY WORLD MAGAZINE

SEARCHING FOR CAPTAIN WENTWORTH
Odiwe certainly writes a page-turning romantic mystery - her characters are intriguing and her narrative full of surprises and suspense. She blends historical fact and fiction with great style, and the settings are spot on in what the writer describes as her "love letter to Bath."
Jane Austen's Regency World Magazine

MR DARCY'S SECRET
Jane Odiwe comes to it steeped in Austen, in all her renditions; Odiwe's sentences often glint with reflections of the great Jane ... - Historical Novel Society

WILLOUGHBY'S RETURN
Odiwe's elegantly stylish writing is seasoned with just the right dash of tart humour, and her latest literary endeavour is certain to delight both Austen devotees and Regency romance readers - Booklist

LYDIA BENNET'S STORY
Odiwe pays nice homage to Austen's stylings and endears the reader to the formerly secondary character, spoiled and impulsive Lydia Bennet ... devotees will enjoy - Publisher's Weekly

Product Details

BN ID:	2940150412224
Publisher:	Jane Odiwe
Publication date:	11/04/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	190
File size:	398 KB

About the Author

Jane Odiwe is the author of seven Austen-inspired books, Mr Darcy's Christmas Calendar, Mrs Darcy's Diamonds, Project Darcy, Searching for Captain Wentworth, (White Soup Press) Mr Darcy's Secret, Willoughby's Return, and Lydia Bennet's Story.
Recent television appearances include an interview in a special edition of the 200 year anniversary of Pride and Prejudice on BBC Breakfast, and a BBC Masterchef Special celebrating 200 years of Sense and Sensibility.
Jane was born in Sutton Coldfield, England, and gained an arts degree in Birmingham where she indulged her great loves of Fine Art, Literature, and History. After teaching in the midlands for some years, Jane moved to London to teach, until writing novels, and a growing obsession with all things Jane Austen, took over her life.
With her husband, children, and two cats, Jane now divides her time between North London, and Bath, England. Jane is a member of the Jane Austen Society and when she's not writing, she enjoys painting and trying to capture the spirit of Jane Austen's world. Her illustrations feature in a biographical film of Jane Austen's life in Sony's DVD edition of The Jane Austen Book Club and in the picture book, Effusions of Fancy.

Editorial Reviews

Odiwe writes with great charm and assurance: her contemporary characters are engaging, her historical protagonists convincing. In Project Darcy she takes a slice of literary history and turns it into a thoroughly entertaining, often very funny, and frequently touching piece of modern romantic fiction.

Joceline Bury

Mr Darcy's Secret - Jane Odiwe comes to it steeped in Austen, in all her renditions; Odiwe's sentences often glint with reflections of the great Jane ...

Historical Novel Society

Searching for Captain Wentworth
Searching for Captain Wentworth will send you on a magical journey through time, and your heart, that you will not soon forget -

Laurel Ann Nattress

Mrs Darcy's Diamonds gives readers a peek into Darcy and Elizabeth's happily ever after, showing the depths of their passion without getting too steamy and how the strength of their love will enable them to conquer any challenge thrown at them. Odiwe does a great job packing a lot into such a short story so that I was never bored, nor did I feel overwhelmed.
DIARY OF AN ECCENTRIC

Anna Horner