By Michael Thomas Ford
200 years after her demise, Jane Austen continues to be surrounded via the literature she loves—but now it's simply because she's the landlord of Flyleaf Books in a sleepy university city in Upstate manhattan. each day she watches her novels fly off the shelves—along with dozens of unauthorized sequels, spin-offs, and diversifications. Jane should be undead, yet her books have taken on a lifetime of their own.
To make concerns worse, the manuscript she complete ahead of being changed into a vampire has been rejected by means of publishers—116 occasions. Jane longs to enable the realm comprehend who she is, but if a unexpected accident thrusts her again into the highlight, she needs to conceal her actual identity—and fend off a dismal guy from her previous whereas juggling sleek suitors. Will the inimitable Jane Austen have the capacity to continue her cool during this comedy of manners, or will she convey every body what a girl with a pointy wit and an excellent sharper set of fangs can do?
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He had been sent by Willy to see how the renters were doing, but how they were doing was not something Jordan might be able to explain to anyone. Swathed in black from head to toe, Helen sat before a marble dressing table. It was covered with skulls topped with red candles. The wax as it melted looked like blood. In the distance, water trickled. Bats squeaked. Farther away, muffled sounds of construction intruded upon the stillness. She was staring into a mirror, putting on makeup. ” she whispered to the mirror, uncapping a tube of lipstick.
Demetrius,” she whispered. ” The skull raised high, she plucked another one up and brought it up to face the other. “My darling,” she moaned. “Oh, Diana . This is one weird chick. The moan became a wail as she clutched the two skulls to her chest and rocked back and forth. “Angelus, Angelus,” she keened. “Angelus, come to me. ” Footsteps sounded in the dark passageway. html neck to see who it was. Julian, the blond Englishman, swept in. He was dressed in a long robe covered with a kind of rectangle of purple, and a sort of backwards headband of gold leaves in his hair.
What’s the haps, gal toy? ” She blinked at him and stopped walking. Facing him, she searched his face. ” He wrinkled his nose. ” Then he cocked his head and gave her a questioning look. “What’s up? ” “It’s just that . ” She thought a moment. “No. ” She smiled and squared her shoulders. ” He smiled brightly. “I see. ” He closed his eyes. ” “Buffy here,” she said, as perkily as possible. ” He stared hard into her eyes. “Tell me what the hell is going on. Because I think you know, Buffy. ” She considered.