Rebecca M. Douglass, Author

 Today's Great Escapes Virtual Book Tour is something a little different... a card game, featuring Jane Austen and her wonderful characters! Jane Austen's Dowries and Dalliances: A Literary Card Game from Samanta L. Hastings Celebrate Jane Austen's 250th Anniversary! About Jane Austen's Dowries and Dalliances   Format: Games Publication Date: 10/7/2025 ISBN: 9781797235578   Hours of fun for Jane Austen fans of all ages: This literary card game features simple and satisfying gameplay with a beautifully illustrated deck full of favorite characters from all of the novels.   Hold on to heroines like Emma Woodhouse and Anne Elliot to win the highest dowry as you gossip with Mrs. Bennet to gain insight into another player's hand, send an opponent's card eloping with John Yates to remove it from play, or use Mr. Darcy’s refusal to dance to skip the next player's turn. Whether y...

Title: Death Comes to Pemberley Author: P.D. James; read by Rosalyn Landor Publisher: Books on Tape (original: Alfred Knopf, 2011, 291 pages). Source: Library digital services Publisher's Summary: It is 1803, six years since Elizabeth and Darcy embarked on their life together at Pemberley, Darcy’s magnificent estate. Their peaceful, orderly world seems almost unassailable. Elizabeth has found her footing as the chatelaine of the great house. They have two fine sons, Fitzwilliam and Charles. Elizabeth’s sister Jane and her husband, Bingley, live nearby; her father visits often; there is optimistic talk about the prospects of marriage for Darcy’s sister Georgiana. And preparations are under way for their much-anticipated annual autumn ball. Then, on the eve of the ball, the patrician idyll is shattered. A coach careens up the drive carrying Lydia, Elizabeth’s disgraced sister, who with her husband, the very dubious Wickham, has been banned from Pemberley. She stumbles out...