I always enjoy when authors weave known pieces from Jane Austen's life into their stories while filling in the unknown gaps with their own hypothesis. Author Rachel Berman does just this in her debut novel, Aerendgast: The Lost History of Jane Austen. Berman takes Austen's heartbreak at having loved and lost and gives readers an exquisite tale of mystery and romance while interlacing the past and present.
I am pleased to announce Meryton Press has put together a blog tour for Aerendgast. I hope you stop by and enjoy the exceptional excerpts and entertaining and enlightening guest posts that Rachel Berman has prepared for her tour.
Book Blurb:
Violet
Desmond has just learned from her dying grandmother that the life she’s been
living is a lie.
Left with
only a locket, a newspaper clipping, and a name–Atherton–Violet sets off to discover
her hidden personal history. Simultaneously, the London academic begins
to have vivid dreams in which a woman from the past narrates her life
story involving the same locket, a secret marriage, and a child. A story
intimately connected to Jane Austen.
Violet
reluctantly agrees to receive help from cavalier treasure hunter, Peter
Knighton. Blacklisted from his profession, Knighton can almost taste the
money and accolades he’d receive for digging up something good on Austen;
the locket alone is unique enough to be worth plenty to the right collector. It
would be enough to get his foot back in the door.
The unlikely pair
begin a quest for answers that leads them to Aerendgast Hallows. Knee-deep
in hidden crypts, perilous pursuits, and centuries-old riddles, Violet must put
her literary expertise to the test as she battles to uncover the secret that
her loved ones died trying to reveal, before an unknown enemy silences her as
well.
Blog Tour Schedule:
3/2: Guest Post at Austenprose
3/3: Excerpt & Giveaway at My Jane Austen Book Club
3/4: Author Interview at The Little Munchkin Reader
3/5: Excerpt & Giveaway at BestSellers & BestStellars
3/6: Review at Babblings of a Bookworm
3/7: Guest Post & Giveaway at My Love for Jane Austen
3/8: Review at The Delighted Reader
3/9: Excerpt & Giveaway at So Little Time…
3/10: Guest Post & Giveaway at More Agreeably Engaged
3/11: Review at Austenprose
3/12: Excerpt & Giveaway at My Kids Led Me Back to Pride and Prejudice
3/13: Review at Diary of an Eccentric
3/14: Review at Margie's Must Reads
3/15: Review at Warmisunqu’s Austen
3/16: Guest Post & Giveaway at Austenesque Reviews
3:17: Guest Post & Giveaway at Babblings of a Bookworm
3/18: Guest Post at Laughing with Lizzie
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