Maria Grace

Creating Characters with Character

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Buy All the Appearance of Goodness

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What is a young woman to do? One handsome young man has all the goodness, while the other the appearance of it.  How is she to separate the gentleman from the cad?

When Darcy joins his friend, Bingley on a trip to Meryton, the last thing on his mind is finding a wife. Meeting Elizabeth Bennet changes all that, but a rival for his affections appears from a most unlikely quarter. He must overcome his naturally reticent disposition if he is to have a chance of winning her favor.

Elizabeth’s thoughts turn to love and marriage after her sister, Mary’s, engagement. In a few short weeks she goes from knowing no eligible young men, to being courted by two. Both are handsome gentleman, but one conceals secrets and the other conceals his regard. Will she determine which is which before she commits to the wrong one?

Buy The Future Mrs. Darcy

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The regiment has come to camp in Meryton. Many young ladies are pleased, but not all share their enthusiasm. Among them, Mr. Carver, who decides to remove his family from Meryton’s savage society. He puts the blame, not on the militia officers, but on the shoulders of the Bennet family. The flirtations and boisterous ways of the youngest sisters are too much to be borne. Not even Jane’s renowned beauty and charm can make up for them.

Elizabeth denies the allegations at first, but rapidly uncovers the shocking truth. The Carvers are not the only family to cut the Bennets from their acquaintance.  Their reputations have been materially damaged and the family borders on social ruin.

The news is too much for Mrs. Bennet who collapses from the shock. So, Elizabeth and her sisters must manage the estate until she recovers, a task for which none of them is prepared. Their duty becomes more challenging when Mr. Bennet is called away on business and allows Lydia to stay with the colonel’s wife, surrounded by officers.

Warned by Mr. Pierce, the local curate, that several of the officers have unsavory designs on the local girls, Elizabeth must find a way to honor her father, rein in her sister and salvage the family’s reputation, all in the most ladylike way possible.

Buy Darcy’s Decision

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Six months after his father’s passing, Fitzwilliam Darcy still finds solace in his morning reflections at his parents’ graves. Only in the quiet solitude of the churchyard does he indulge his grief. None but his unlikely mentor recognize the heartache and insecurity plaguing him as he undertakes the enormous task of assuming the role of Master of Pemberley.

Not all are pleased with his choice of advisor.

“You give him too much influence over you,” his aunt, Lady Catherine complains.

“Who is he,” his uncle, Lord Matlock argues, “to question the God-appointed social order?”

The compassionate wisdom Darcy finds in his counselor keeps him returning for guidance, even though it causes him to doubt everything he has been taught.

In the midst of his struggles to reinvent himself, his school chum, Charles Bingley, arrives. Darcy hopes the visit will offer some respite from the uproar in his life. Instead of relief, Darcy learns his father’s darkest secret is staring him in the face. Pushed to his limits, Darcy must overcome the issues that ruined his father and, with his friends and mentor at his side, restore his tarnished birthright.

14 thoughts on “Buy books

  1. I bought the Kindel e-reader of this book. I have loved reading it but was disappointed when it only had 8 chapters. Am I to understand that one has to buy another book each time to continue reading about Mr. Darcey’s behind the scenes thoughts and story lines that center around “Pride and Prejudice?
    I look forward to hearing back from you.
    Patricia Rodela

    • Thanks for you comment and question, Patricia. The Given Good Principles series will be published in three volumes, Darcy’s story, Elizabeth’s story and their story together. The original draft of Given Good Principles was over 1000 pages,far too long to be published as a single paperback, thus the decision to publish it in three separate parts. The alternative was to drastically cut parts of the story that seemed too crucial to leave out. I am sorry if this causes any inconvenience.

  2. I went to Barnes & Noble since I own a Nook, and this book does not seem to be offered in nook format, your link does not lead to a product in their website.

    • I have been having problems with the Nook files and had to temporarily remove them from B&N until I get them working properly. I will contact you as soon as i have them working and back up on B&N. I apologize for the inconvenience.

      Thank you for coming by and leaving me a note.

  3. What date does book 3 appear? I’m on tenterhooks!

  4. Thank you for “The Rawles Visit Longbourn,” because, it answered some possible reasons for Mrs. Bennet’s adult behaviour. Plus, it explains some possible reasons for her children’s wrong ideas. It also gives a glimse at her own mis-education. There is a history there. Unfortunately, the mother never corrected her ideas; she passed them along to the five girls. Mr. Bennet, instead of trying to bring Fanny up two or three levels; he allowed Fanny to bring him down several levels. I enjoyed the Preview and learned some things about that family life. Very interesting! Very good! Thank you, Miss Grace. MLJones

  5. These books were excellent, and the most enjoyable variants of P&P that I’ve purchased and read yet. Bravo for your excellent footnotes and attention to historical detail, it really brings a lovely authentic flavour to your work. It’s lovely to see Kitty and Mary fleshed out as characters, and that you resisted the temptation to make Elizabeth a paragon of all virtues, and kept her as a flawed human being, as we all are, but one who can be admired for her determination to better herself. I greatly look forward to the third installment in this story.

  6. Today, Saturday, Jan 12, my review of Darcy’s Decision was published at http://www.austenprose.com. I thought you might appreciate a man’s point of view and I’m known on-line as the “chik-lit-man-fan.” Because I’m such a stickler on keeping to the original author’s artistic intent (Jane Austen) I awarded it 4 our of 5 regency stars and only the character of Georgiana and the brevity of the work kept it from total perfection. Your voice is truly unique. As a Christian believer, I appreciated the Biblical moral underpinnings of the story. I have downloaded #2 on my Kindle and can hardly wait to get started. I so envy the gift of creative authorship and you really have it.

    • Thank you so much, Jeffrey. I am glad you enjoyed it. Living in a household of all men, I really do appreciate a male point of view, especially when I am writing male characters. Your review was the most eloquent I have ever received. Thank you. I hope you find the second to your liking as well.

  7. You have a ‘gift’ and we should all thank you for sharing it. I just finished #2 and if I were privileged to review it I would award it 5 out of 5 stars because it is a grand slam on the characters of the Bennet sisters as well as their parents. Being a full-throttle ‘type A,’ I will have difficulty waiting for #3!

    • Thank you so much Jeffrey. I really appreciate it. I am working on #3 as quickly as I can, but being a Type-A myself, I want it to be ‘right’ before I put it out there. Sorry to be trying of patience!

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