Bøger af Shannon Winslow

Mr. George Knightley. According to Emma Woodhouse, you won't see one in a hundred who is so clearly the gentleman. Respected by all, he's kind, unpretentious, and scrupulously honest, with an air so remarkably good that it's unfair to compare other men to him. We also know he's been his "own master" from a young age. But Jane Austen tells us little more. What were his early years like, and how did he lose his parents? A man in his mid-thirties, he must have had at least one romance along the way. Did it end badly? Is that why he's never married? When and how did his relationship with Emma shift from friendship to love? And what can explain his incredible forbearance towards the eccentric Mr. Woodhouse? Now, Mr. Knightley reveals these answers and more in His Own Words. This is not a variation from but a supplement to the original story of Emma, chronicled in the hero's point of view. Two-thirds completely new material, it features key events in Mr. Knightley's past - events that still haunt him and yet have shaped who he's become, the superior man Emma can't help falling in love with.

Colonel Brandon is the consummate gentleman: honorable, kind almost to a fault, ever loyal and chivalrous. He's also silent and grave, though. So, what events in his troubled past left him downcast, and how does he finally find the path to a brighter future? In Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen gives us glimpses, but not the complete picture. Now Colonel Brandon tells us his full story in His Own Words. He relates the truth about his early family life and his dear Eliza - his devotion to her and the devastating way she was lost to him forever. He shares with us a poignant tale from his military days in India - about a woman named Rashmi and how she likewise left a permanent mark on his soul. And of course Marianne. What did Brandon think and feel when he first saw her? How did his hopes for her subsequently rise, plummet, and then eventually climb upwards again? After Willoughby's desertion, what finally caused Marianne to see Colonel Brandon in a different light? This is not a variation but a supplement to the original story, chronicled in Brandon's point of view. It's a behind-the-scenes look at the things Jane Austen didn't tell us about a true hero - the very best of men.

What was Mr. Darcy's life like before he met Elizabeth Bennet? - before he stepped onto the Pride and Prejudice stage at the Meryton assembly? More importantly, where is he and what is he doing all the time he's absent from the page thereafter? And what is his relationship to a woman named Amelia?With Fitzwilliam Darcy, in His Own Words, the iconic literary hero finally tells his own story, from the traumas of his early life to the consummation of his love for Elizabeth and everything in between.This is not a variation but a supplement to the original story, chronicled in Darcy's point of view - a behind-the-scenes look at the things Jane Austen didn't tell us. As it happens, Darcy's journey was more tortuous than she let on, his happy ending with Elizabeth in jeopardy at every turn in his struggle between duty and his heart's desire, between the suitable lady he has promised to marry and the woman he can't stop thinking about.

At first glance, Anne de Bourgh doesn't seem a promising heroine. But beneath that quiet exterior, there's a lively mind at work, imagining how one day she will escape her poor health and her mother's domination to find love and a life worth living.Now Anne finally gets the chance to speak her mind. But Lady Catherine demands equal time. Even Charlotte Collins and Mrs. Jenkinson get into the act. Chapter by chapter, these ladies of Rosings Park take turns telling the tale from the moment Elizabeth Bennet sets foot in Hunsford, changing everything. Is Anne heartbroken or relieved to discover Mr. Darcy will never marry her? As an heiress, even a sickly one, she must have other suitors. Does Lady Catherine gracefully accept the defeat of her original plan or keep conniving? Will Anne's health ever improve? And what really happened to her father? Complete in itself, this work expands The Darcys of Pemberley series laterally, beginning during the timeline of Pride and Prejudice and carrying beyond to reveal the rest of Anne's story. When a young lady is to be a heroine... something must and will happen to throw a hero in her way. (Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey)

At the Crossroads Center, they're in the business of granting second chances. And their newest client is Ben Lewis, a former star athlete who never recovered from the death of his dream to make it big in the big leagues. Now he's being offered the opportunity to return to 1991 and try again, this time without the illness that originally ended his baseball hopes. What's the catch? He will pay for his second chance by forfeiting his memories of the first... and possibly along with them, the love of his life. Can he find his way home to the woman he's long forgotten but never stopped missing? Or will reaching for the brass ring with both hands cause the treasure he once possessed to slip forever from his grasp?This is not primarily a sports story; baseball is simply the rich and interesting backdrop for what happens when Ben gets his giant, world-class "do-over." In many ways, it's not so different from Winslow's other novels, dealing with love and the forces that bring people together... or keep them apart.Leap of Faith is the first in her innovative new series: the Crossroads Collection - stories all about turning points, possibilities, and second chances. Each book is complete in itself and may be read in any order.Who hasn't wondered at least once how life would have changed by making an alternate choice at some crucial moment in the past? Where would you be today if you had turned right instead of left at an important crossroads or if you had been able to sidestep a particular misfortune? Or perhaps you've daydreamed about a different life altogether, in a different place and time. Each book in the Crossroads Collection features a new hero/heroine who is given the extraordinary gift of a second chance at life, the chance to answer for themselves the intriguing question "what if?"

At the Crossroads Center, they're in the business of handing out second chances. And their newest client is Hope O'Neil - college student and Jane Austen devotee, who has always believed she'd be more at home in the past, wearing corsets and courted by men in cravats. But can a modern girl really fit into a world with no electricity, cell phones, or indoor plumbing? Hope is about to find out when her wish for an Austen kind of life is unexpectedly granted. Although she envisions her second chance will be like something straight out of Pride and Prejudice - complete with her own Mr. Darcy and a romantic happy ending - she gets more than she bargained for in this delightful romp through Regency England... a lot more. Leap of Hope is part of in an innovative new collection by author Shannon Winslow, stories all about turning points, possibilities, and second chances. Each book is complete in itself and may be read in any order.Who hasn't wondered at least once how life would have changed by making an alternate choice at some crucial moment in the past? Where would you be today if you'd turned right instead of left at an important crossroads or been able to sidestep a particular misfortune? Perhaps you've daydreamed about a different life altogether, in a different place and time. Each book in the Crossroads Collection features a new hero/heroine who's given the extraordinary gift of a second chance at life, the chance to answer for themselves the intriguing question "what if?"