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Some news at last!

24/5/2021

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Hi!

I'm back again after a long silence (sorry about that!) and I have some news at last! The duck egg I've been sitting on ever since last summer is about to hatch. I'm hoping that my new book will be out in July. If you’d like a few more details, here they come:

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The title: TWISTS OF FATE

The (possibly final) blurb: What if Mr Collins were to shock Elizabeth with his base conduct at the time of his proposal, thus sending her dashing out of her house, and into the arms of Mr Darcy? What if that encounter was witnessed, and impropriety was assumed? Evil rumours, an early marriage, a dreadful misunderstanding, an old secret, and good intentions gone awry. What if the ‘I do’ is not the end, but the start of the adventure?

So, it’s a marriage of necessity, but not exactly forced. By the time they get to the ‘I do,’ Mr. Darcy is exceedingly pleased (of course ? ), and Elizabeth’s qualms are quickly vanishing;

Elizabeth sees Wickham for what he is very early in the story;

Darcy gets the wrong end of the stick big time and makes a BIG DEAL of it. So there is angst (of course there’s angst ? ), but it’s mixed with plenty of besottedness (I LOVE your word, Glynis! It’s absolutely perfect for Mr and Mrs Darcy!);

There’s a good chance that the old secret and 1-2 other things will land me in the village stocks, to be pelted with fruit & veg; (No turnips, please!!!)
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Excerpts, giveaways, and the cover reveal coming soon (from 17 June).
For now, there are a couple of other FREEBIES on offer. Some of my older covers have had a makeover, and I’m really pleased with the way they turned out. The same goes for the new sample videos, especially this one:
(I absolutely adore this Colonel Fitzwilliam, by the way. Talk about rugged manliness & not as handsome as Darcy but WOW!!)

To celebrate the new covers, The Falmouth Connection and The Unthinkable Triangle can be downloaded for FREE from the start of today, Mon 24 May till midnight PDT on Wed 26 May. Please follow the links below. (The promotion runs in Pacific Daylight Time).
Thanks for reading, and see you on 17 June!
10 Comments
Glynis
24/5/2021 12:06:10 pm

You’re welcome Joana!
I do love that Elizabeth sees through Wickham early on. I do love that Elizabeth isn’t hating Darcy when they marry. But angst???? You Joana???? Angst???? Nooooo!
Oh well, I’ll just hope it doesn’t last forever and we have many many pages of said besottedness 🤔😉🥰
Definitely can’t wait for this one! (And any others you’re thinking of writing 😉)
I won’t take advantage of your offer as obviously I already have both! 😘

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Joana Starnes
24/5/2021 07:33:12 pm

LOL Glynis! Angst? Moi? Surely not :D ;)

No, it definitely doesn't last forever, and I hope you'll approve of the besottedness percentage.

Thanks so much for your love for my books and for all your encouragement! All the best and see you at Pemberley soon!

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Deborah (Silverlumos)
24/5/2021 03:48:05 pm

I am so happy to hear this, Joana! I've been badly needing an SOS - Shot of Starnes♥ Of course I'm certain it's a good omen that I've just finished reading TJHTP in it's entirety again this last weekend lol! TWISTS OF FATE looks to be incredible - so glad we don't have too much longer to wait.
I thank you (I think) for the gift of `The Unthinkable Triangle'. It is the only one of yours that I have neither read nor purchased. I love your delicious angst, but I've been quite a ninny about that one. I'll consider this a sign too, and have just downloaded it from Amazon - yikes! ;)

I look forward to the TOF cover reveal and release!! :)

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Joana Starnes
24/5/2021 07:38:58 pm

Thanks so much for your wonderful words, Deborah, and for your wonderful support!! I'm so glad you're looking forward to Twists of Fate! I hope you'll like it!

Hmm, that's true about the Triangle. I don't know what i was thinking. Maybe this is not the right climate for an agsty book, and I should've chosen to celebrate the makeover with one of the other ones. My only excuse is that I'm really pleased about how the cover turned out and I wanted to share it. The bouquet of forget-me-nots was a fabulous find, and this colonel - pardon the modern parlance, but wowzer :))

Thanks fore reading and for stopping by for a chat. Take care and all the best!

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Michelle H
25/5/2021 12:40:15 am

Hurray! I am so ready for a Joana fix. I've been reading few weird scenario books lately and I'm ready for NORMAL angst and a reliable HEA. Can't wait, Joana. I'm really excited.

I just recently re-listened to The Falmouth Connection (definitely not one of weird ones,) but this was the first time I noticed the new cover art. Part of my (old stodgy lady that I am) was thinking, 'Oh where did my (reliable) old favorite images go?' The other part of me thought, 'Hmmm, that is quite beautiful!' There's hope for me yet....

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Joana Starnes
25/5/2021 06:20:45 am

Hi Michelle!
I'm so glad you're looking forward to the new book! Oh, absolutely, there HAS to be a HEA! 100% guarranteed :))). How could we bear it otherwise?

Sorry about changing the covers! My bad, I should have thought that the originals were old favourites. I've learned a lot about cover-making in the last few years, so I thought I could do better. But no more tinkering now, I promise!!

Thanks for reading, and I hope you'll like the new story when it comes out!

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Michelle H
26/5/2021 05:42:24 am

Oh I hope you didn't think that was a true complaint. And I really did think the new cover art on The Falmouth Connection was beautiful. I'm just too set in my ways. I really hope that new covers will catch the eye of new readers, ones that started reading JAFF recently and don't know enough about the genre's heroines and matriarchs (and patriarchs.) Do you feel like a martriarch? For them, welcome everybody!!, there's such a lot of back-list to explore I think it would be overwhelming. So a new cover might just be the thing to catch their eye and make them investigate further.

Since I only do e-books I have no way to 'keep' the old favorite covers. But Joana, it's great that you've learned more about making book covers. You're amazing. Your writing is amazing. And I wish only the best for you, always.

Joana Starnes
26/5/2021 10:52:25 am

Oh, no, not at all, Michelle, I understand completely!!! I was sorry to wave them goodbye too. Thanks so much for your wonderful words and all your kind wishes! All the best to you too, dear Michelle, it's such a privilege to know you!

Carole in Canada
26/5/2021 03:11:04 am

Queen of Angst is back! Looking forward to Twist of Fate and some delightful besottedness.

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Joana Starnes
26/5/2021 10:54:41 am

I'm so glad you're looking forward to Twists of Fate, Carole!
I hope that there's a satisfying dose of besottedness :))
Thanks so much and have a lovely day!

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