Library Notes - Feb 2020

Local Books - Author Samantha Adkins

Samantha Adkins (Author of Expectations and Banff Springs Abbey)

Though former JASNA Calgary member and scribe, author Samantha Adkins has sadly moved to B.C., we can continue to connect with her via her Jane Austen themed novels.

She first wrote, Expectations, a sequel to Pride and Prejudice, for her sister's birthday.

In Suspiciously Reserved, Samantha invites us to imagine Emma set in present-day Canada. On her blog she describes why she wrote her most recent Northanger Abbey inspired novel, Banff Springs Abbey.

From Goodreads:

”Expectations begins six months after Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice ends. As a newly married woman, Elizabeth Darcy agrees to throw her first ball as mistress of Pemberley, a large and prosperous household. Meanwhile, her father writes a strange letter encouraging her to produce an heir for her husband, she welcomes several visitors to her home, and tries to mend broken family relationships. 

Georgiana Darcy remains unmarried, but feels the pressure to find a suitable mate. She nearly ruined her family’s reputation with her first choice, can she be trusted to find a proper husband?”

Click the links for more on this Jane inspired author.

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