Aerendgast: The Lost History of Jane Austen by Rachel Berman

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

Connect with Rachel Berman


Facebook | Goodreads | Website | Twitter

Read It Now!


Amazon

October is Paranormal and Mystery Month!!

I wanted to announce that this October Leatherbound Reviews will be celebrating a paranormal & mystery month!! During this month, each review will be either an Austenesque paranormal or mystery! I am excited about this opportunity to expand my readings of paranormal literature. To date, I have only read Mr. Darcy's Bite by Mary Simonsen (which I totally recommend, by the way), so adding another paranormal book or two to my list will be a fun new adventure for me. 

I recently finished Pulse and Prejudice by Colette Saucier, so be looking for that review in a few days. Last night I started reading Murder on the Bride's Side by Tracy Kiely. Last year I read Murder at Longbourn, the first novel in Kiely's mystery series staring Elizabeth Parker, and have since been anxious to read the rest. I have a couple more books I will be reviewing this month, but you will have to stop by in order to find out which ones they are!


Now, I want to know what are some of YOUR favorite paranormals or mysteries?

Vlog: Three's A Crowd by Mary Lydon Simonsen

Author Mary Lydon Simonsen has decided to try her hand at writing a mystery series. While she has four Pride and Prejudice re-imaginings published by Sourcebooks Landmark and several other self-published works, her latest release, Three’s A Crowd, is Simonsen’s first published mystery.

There are so many features about Simonsen’s writing that I enjoy, the historical facts she carefully weaves in, the banter her characters have, the array of emotions I feel when reading one of her stories, and her humor. Even though Three’s A Crowd is a British police procedural mystery and not an Austenesque piece, Simonsen’s humor is on full display. Even though she might be writing in two different genres, all of the characteristics I love about Simonsen’s writing are exhibited in her new novel.

Listen in on a conversation between Patrick Shea and his partner and get a glimpse of the subtle humor.

Do you have an author who writes in different genres you enjoy reading? What are some of your favorite mysteries?