A Comprehensive Guide to Austenesque Novels – Persuasion

**This list is in chronological order based on the publication year through 2019

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Still Believing: A Modern Day Retelling of Jane Austen’s ‘Persuasion’ by Eloise Cole © 2019  M

It’s Always Been You and Me (Wedding Planners Book 3) by L.L. Diamond © 2019  M

Persuaded: A Jane Austen Variation – A Second Chance Romance by Alicia J. Chumney © 2019  M

Persuasion: Behind the Scenes Edited by Maria Grace and Susan Mason-Milks © 2019 SS

Resolution by Claire M. Johnson © 2019  M

Persuading Him: A Modern Persuasion Retelling (Pemberley Estates Book 1) by Keena Richin © 2018  M

Persuading Her: A Modern Persuasion Retelling (Pemberley Estates Book 2) by Keena Richins © 2018 M

Undue Influence: A Persuasion Retelling by Jenny Holiday © 2018 M

Laura Place: The Watson Novels by Ann Mychal © 2018  S  MC MY REVIEW

Persuaded (Walden Beach #2) by Andrea Boyd © 2018 

Captain Wentworth’s Christmas Wish: A Persuasion Variation by Meg Osborne 2018 (ebook only)

– Too Fond of Stars: A Persuasion Variation (Fate and Fortune Book 1) by Meg Osborne © 2017 (ebook only)  V

– A Temporary Peace: A Persuasion Variation (Fate and Fortune Book 2) by Meg Osborne © 2017 (ebook only)  V  N

– The One That Got Away: A Novel by Melissa Pimentel © 2017  M 

– A Thousand Letters by Staci Hart  © 2017  

 Marrying Well for Fun & Profit: Persuasion’s Sir Walter Elliot advises the Upwardly Mobile Miss by Laura Hile  © 2017 (ebook only)  L 

Modern Persuasion by Sara Marks © 2017  M MY REVIEW

– Regret & Return: A Novel Inspired by Jane Austen’s Persuasion by Tracie Kluver Bezerra © 2017 (ebook only)  M

– Disturbing the Dust: A Variation on Jane Austen’s ‘Persuasion’ by Ivy May Stuart © 2017 (ebook only)  V 

After the Letter by Meg Osborne © 2016  S  N

Half the Sum of Attraction by Meg Osborne © 2016  PR  N

– Reacquainted (Love Remains Book 1) by Meg Osborne © 2016  V  N

Rediscovered (Love Remains Book 2) by Meg Osborne © 2016   V  N

Reunited (Love Remains Book 3) by Meg Osborne © 2016  V  N

Wentworth’s Bride by Becky Riker © 2016 (ebook only)  S

Mrs. Clay: The Austen Expert’s Companion to Persuasion by Dorothea-Sofia Rossellini © 2016  MC  APV

A Perpetual Estrangement: Jane Austen’s Persuasion Reimagined by Alice B. Ryder © 2016 (ebook only)  M

Admiral Wentworth’s Christmas Rose (Austen Roses Book 1) by Jolene St. John  © 2016 (ebook only) TT  SS

Guilt Trip by Juli Caldwell © 2016  M

– None But You (Austen Inspirations Book 2) by Franky A. Brown © 2016  M

– A Sensual Retelling: Persuasion by Isabelle Woodward © 2016 (ebook only)  R  MA

Sway by Melanie Stanford © 2015  M MY REVIEW

Second Chances: An Amish Retelling of Jane Austen’s Persuasion by Sarah Price © 2015  R

Persuaded by Rachel Schurig © 2015  M

Fair Winds and Homeward Sail: Sophy Croft’s Story by Sherwood Smith © 2015 (ebook only) APV  MC  PR

Kellynch: A Sequel to Jane Austen’s Persuasion by Kwen Griffeth © 2015 (ebook only) S

The Marrying Type by Laura Chapman © 2015 M MY REVIEW

Always You (The Jane Austen Academy Book 6) by Cecilia Gray © 2015  M  YA

Persuasion, Wentworth, and Cracklin’ Cornbread (Jane Austen Takes the South #3) by Mary Jane Hathaway  © 2014  M MY REVIEW

Persuaded by Misty Dawn Pulsipher  © 2014  M MY REVIEW

The Last Best Kiss by Claire LaZebnik © 2014  M  YA MY REVIEW

The Curate’s Brother: A Jane Austen Variation of Persuasion by Wendy Van Camp © 2014  SS  MC  PR

Jane Austen Upside Down: A Persuasion Parody by Jan Thompson © 2014 (ebook only)  SS  PA

– The Persuasion of Miss Jane Austen by Shannon Winslow © 2014  AI  BF MY REVIEW

Persuasion: The Wild and Wanton Edition by Jane Austen and Micah Persell © 2013 R  MA 

Another Little Piece of My Heart by Tracey Martin  © 2013 (ebook only) YA  M

Persuadable by Katherine Woodbury © 2013  APV  MC  N

– The Subsequent Proposal by Joana Starnes © 2013  V MY REVIEW

– My Dear Sophy by Kimberly Truesdale  © 2012  MC  PR MY REVIEW

– Persuaded by Jenni James  © 2012  M  YA MY REVIEW

Once Upon a Second Chance by Marian Vere © 2012  M MY REVIEW

– Searching for Captain Wentworth by Jane Odiwe  © 2012  AI  TT MY REVIEW

– Find Wonder in All Things by Karen M. Cox © 2012 (republished 2020) M  MA MY REVIEW

For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfeund © 2012  YA  R MY REVIEW

Persuasion: A Latter Day Tale by Rebecca Jamison © 2012  M

– A Modern-Day Persuasion by Kaitlin Saunders © 2011  M MY REVIEW

– Captain Wentworth Home from the Sea by Mary Simonsen  © 2011  N   V MY REVIEW

– Morning Light by Abigail Reynolds  © 2011   MA  AI MY REVIEW

– The Deception at Lyme: Or, the Peril of Persuasion by Carrie Bebris  © 2011  MY  S MY REVIEW

 Persuade Me by Juliet Archer © 2011  M MY REVIEW

– In the Past Imperfect by Isabelle Solal  © 2011  M  MA MY REVIEW

– Murder Most Persuasive by Tracy Kiely  © 2011  MY MY REVIEW

– Mercy’s Embrace: Elizabeth Elliot’s Story – The Lady Must Decide (Book 3) by Laura Hile  © 2010 (republished in 2018)  S  MC MY REVIEW

– Anne Elliot, A New Beginning by Mary Simonsen  © 2010  PA MY REVIEW

– Captain Wentworth’s Persuasion (originally published as Wayward Love in 2009) by Regina Jeffers © 2010  APV MY REVIEW

Echoes of Love by Rosie Rushton © 2010  YA  M

– Mercy’s Embrace: Elizabeth Elliot’s Story – So Lively a Chase (Book 2) by Laura Hile © 2009 (republished in 2018) S  MC MY REVIEW

 Mercy’s Embrace: Elizabeth Elliot’s Story – So Rough a Course (Book 1)  by Laura Hile © 2009 (republished in 2017)  S  MC MY REVIEW

– For You Alone (Frederick Wentworth, Captain Book 2) by Susan Kaye © 2008  APV MY REVIEW

– None But You (Frederick Wentworth, Captain Book 1) by Susan Kaye © 2007  APV MY REVIEW

Captain Wentworth’s Diary by Amanda Grange © 2007  APV

Connivance by Helen Baker © 2007  S

Jane Austen in Scarsdale by Paula Marantz Cohen © 2006  M

The Family Fortune: A Novel by Laurie Horowitz © 2006  M

Possibilities (Book Six in The Austen Series) by Debra White Smith © 2006 (republished in 2018)  M

Such a Girl by Karen V. Siplin © 2005  M

– Persuading Annie by Melissa Nathan © 2004  M MY REVIEW

– Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason by Helen Fielding © 1999  M  MA  AI MY REVIEW

His Cunning or Hers by June Menzies © 1993 (available FREE online HERE)  E  MC  S

Sir Willy by Jane Gillespie © 1992  S

Virtues and Vices by Grania Beckford © 1981  MA  APV

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Key:

M – Modern Adaption
YA – Young Adult
L – Letters
MA – Mature Audiences
E – Epistolary Novel
APV – Alternate Point-of-View
S – Sequel
R – Retelling
MY – Mystery
N – Novella
AI – Austen-Inspired Original
V – Variation
MC – Minor Character
TT – Time Travel
PA – Parody
BF – Biographical Fiction
PR – Prequel
SS – Short Story

5 comments

  1. Out of this list I have read the two Susan Kaye books, Possibilities, Jane Austen in Scarsdale, and Captain Wentworth’s Diary. My favorite would be the Susan Kaye novels, I loved the details and insight she gave to Captain Wentworth. Now that I found out about His Cunning or Hers, I want to check it out it is about Mrs. Clay and William Elliot. I love when the minor characters are in the spotlight!

  2. I loved the Susan Kaye books also. I also read Amanda Grange’s book, Regina Jeffers and have ordered Hile’s books. I am so eagerly looking forward to that. I look forward to the book about Mrs. Clay and William Elliot I also enjoy the minor characters in the spotlight.

  3. I am reading the first boomk in Mercy’s Embrace right now and it is going fantastic! I am so excited about there being two more books to enjoy!

  4. I love the Susan Kaye triology and the Laura Hile Trilogy. Regina Jeffers book is good too. I have Mary Simonsen’s book, but haven’t gotten a chance to read it yet. Very nice list!

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