Hi readers, I must confess, I am not happy to making this post today… 🫢
And that’s because it means April is over, and I just feel like April went far too fast! 😠
Even though I am in denial about the month being over, it looks like a lot of writing and publishing has happened – quelle surprise. 😆
Here’s a list of Austenesque Novel Finds for April 2025 for your perusing pleasure! 📚
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Austenesque Novel Finds – April 2025
A Meeting in Monkford (Sweet Second Chances Persuasion Variation Book 6) by Meg Osborne
A Reason to Stay: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Marianne Ellwood
A Seaside Encounter: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Jennifer William
A Truth Universally Acknowledged: Queer Fanworks Inspired by Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” by Various Authors
Better Luck Next Time: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Alix James
Calanthir – The Wyrm of Pemberley: A Magical Retelling of Pride and Prejudice by Isobel Thorne
Catching Mr. Darcy: A Pride and Prejudice Summer Romance by Rachelle Ayala
Darcy’s Redemption: Easter at Hunsford: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Melissa Anne
Dishonorable Gentlemen – Book One of the Bennet Gang Duology: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Summer Hanford
Elizabeth, the Wealthy Heiress: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Tiffany Hamilton
Elizabeth’s Predicament: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Grace Belton
Elizabeth’s Wager: A Steamy Pride and Prejudice Variation by Isabella Davenport
Ever After End: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Caroline Cartier
Faith and Fortune: A Sequel to Pride and Prejudice by Shelly McConville
Fifty Shades of Pride: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Emma Wilson
Follies & Forgiveness: A Pride & Prejudice Reimagining by Ney Mitch
Gentlemen of Honor – Book Two of the Bennet Gang Duology: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Summer Hanford
Go Ask Austen: Life Lessons from Jane Austen by Violet De Whitt
Half Agony, Half Hope by Joy Michelle Austin
It Taught Me to Hope by Jann Rowland
Miss Darcy’s Interference: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Elizabeth Robertson
MR. DARCY: THE GENTLEMAN SCOUNDREL: A PRIDE & PREJUDICE VARIATION by J. P. Blue
Mr. Darcy’s Folly: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Melanie Rachel
Northanger Abbie: A Booklover Romantic Comedy by Kailin Gow
Of Neighbors and New Beginnings: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Jae George
Pemberley, Always: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Tiffany Hamilton
Pemberley’s Curse: A Pride and Prejudice Reimagining by Victoria Haute
Preference & Neglect: A Darcy & Lizzy Pride & Prejudice Variation in Sanditon by Jayne Bamber
Pride and Charity: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Grace Belton
Pride, Prejudice, and Pierogis: Inspired by Pride and Prejudice by Cathleen Earle
Rosings Park: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Mary Smythe
Scandalous: The Secret Diaries of Jane Austen’s Bad Girls by A. L. Ady
Séance and Sensibility: A Tearoom Mystery by Kirsten Weiss
Suspected: Sweet Suspense in Austen Falls Book Four by Emily LeVault
Swell My Song: A Pride and Prejudice Variation Novella by Lyndsay Constable
Telling Me What My Heart Meant: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Darcy Quinn Alexander
The Austen Sisters: A Modern Day Tale of Pride, Persuasion, and Sensibilities by Dee Blankenship
The Austens of Bath by Diane Jane Bell
The Best of Men: A Pride & Prejudice Variation by Lynn Elizabeth Leigh
The Colonel and Miss Bennet: A Pride and Prejudice Sequel by Joseph P. Garland
The Governess of My Heart: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Durga Ekambaram
The Heiress from Longbourn: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Rosamund Redgrave
The Language of Flowers: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Rose Thornfield
The Legacy of Pemberley: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Julia Ashford
The Letter to Elizabeth: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Regina Velarde
The Mask of Meryton: A hidden-identity retelling of Pride & Prejudice by Vivian Cross
The Memory of Pemberley by Evelyn Hartwood
The Next Mrs Bennet: A Pride & Prejudice Variation by Shana Granderson
The Restoration of Mary Bennet by Carrie Mollenkopf
This Mad and Sinful Thing: a Pride and Prejudice variation by V. C. Lluxe
To India with Mr. Darcy: A Pride & Prejudice Variation by Victoria Wellingham
Under a Pemberley Moon: A Pride and Prejudice Gothic Variation by Cass Grix and April Floyd
Until the Day is Ours: A Pride and Prejudice variation by Olivia Prince
Whoever Lives in Love: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Lucy Marin
Austenesque Boxsets
Darcy’s Endless Love: A Collection of Pride and Prejudice Variations by Grace Belton
Elizabeth from America: Complete 1-6 a Pride and Prejudice Vagary by Cherise Vermillion
Pride and Proposals: A Collection of Pride and Prejudice Variations by Rosamund Redgrave
Austenesque Audiobooks
A Mutual Accord: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Caroline Cartier
Just Between Us: A Pride & Prejudice Variation by Jayne Bamber
Passages: A Pemberley Tale by Brenda Webb
Austenesque Works Under 100 Pages
A Different Sort of Pride: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Peter Jenkins
All That Glitters: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Julie Cooper (previously released in an anthology)
Austen Erotica: Anne and Charlotte: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Joseph P. Garland
Belonging to Bingley: A Sensual Pride and Prejudice Variation by Victoria Haute
Darcy and the Blue Devils: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Lucy Marin (previously released in an anthology)
Elizabeth’s Awakening: A Steamy Pride and Prejudice Variation by Isabella Davenport
Her Charms to Recommend Her: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Mary Smythe (previously released in an anthology)
In Elizabeth’s Defense: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Grace Belton
Invitation to Pemberley: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Hailey Jones
Jaded: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Jessie Lewis (previously released in an anthology)
Jane Bennet of Kurrajong (Jane Austen in Contemporary Australia) by Barbara Randell
Lizzy’s Change of Heart: A Pride and Prejudice Novella Variation by Jess Philby
Masked Assembly at Meryton: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Rosamund Redgrave
Mistress of Pemberley: A Steamy Pride and Prejudice Variation by Emma Wilson
Orange Roses: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Frances Reynolds (previously released in an anthology)
Perfectly Right: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Jan Ashton (previously released in an anthology)
Reunited in Derbyshire: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Hailey Jones
Seduction at Pemberley: A Steamy Pride and Prejudice Variation by Isabella Davenport
Symptoms of Peculiar Regard: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Elsie Fulbrook (previously released in an anthology)
The Last Letter: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Jennifer William
The Tea Shop on Gracechurch Street: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Clara Everly
The Watchmaker’s Daughter: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Clara Everly
To Marry an Enemy: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Charlotte Wren
Austenesque Works In Other Languages
Am Rande des Skandals: Eine Variation von Stolz und Vorurteil by Rose Yates
Bienvenido, Mr. Darcy (CITA A CIEGAS) by Laila Aramunt
Der berüchtigte Herr Darcy: Eine Variation von Stolz und Vorurteil by Kiera Montclaire
Die Affäre zu Brighton: Eine Variation von Stolz und Vorurteil by Alice Tyson
El Indecente deseo de Lady Kat: Desafíos y escándalos en la época de Jane Austen. Las Indecentes 2 by Ivette Chardis
Elliot: canción de amor eterno (Con amor, Austen nº 5) by Anyta Sunday
L’Illustre Famille de Mr Darcy: Une variation d’Orgueil et Préjugés by Abigail Reynolds
Mr. Darcy, sei tu? by Valentina D’Amore
Pemberley Park: Une réécriture d’Orgueil et Préjugés by Charlie Morgan
Pride and Prejudice in Las Vegas Deutsche Ausgabe: Ein Tiffany Black Wohlfühlkrimi by A. R. Winters
Rumores e imprudencias: Una variación de Orgullo y prejuicio by Alix James
Überschrittene Grenzen: Eine Variation von Stolz und Vorurteil by Rose Yates
Unerwarteter Feind: Eine Variation von Stolz und Vorurteil by Alice Tyson
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There are 9️⃣9️⃣ new Austenesque releases for the month of April!
99 Austenesque books on this list!
🌸 I’ve read 0️⃣ books from this list.
🌸 I am excited to have Rosings Park: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Mary Smythe and Whoever Lives in Love: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Lucy Marin in my TBR pile.
🌸 There are so many to choose from, but some that have caught my eye and I plan to look into further are: Half Agony, Half Hope by Joy Michelle Austin, Northanger Abbie: A Booklover Romantic Comedy by Kailin Gow, and The Austen Sisters: A Modern Day Tale of Pride, Persuasion, and Sensibilities by Dee Blankenship.
Which books are you eager to read from this list?
Friends, the numbers are growing and now there are a lot of listings with an average of 3⭐️. I think these are signs that more and more books are being written with AI. I wish I could provide more help. 😔
🙂 Thank you for including my novels, Meredith! 🙂
I have read only 4 from this list. Thank you for all your hard work collecting this data, Meredith.
Wow! Have you seen more than 100 in a month before? This is such a long list. Bravo to all of the fantastic authors featured.
Thank you Meredith yet again! So far I’ve read Rosings Park, Mr Darcy’s Folly and Better Luck Next Time! Wonderful! I also have the duo by Summer Hanford but haven’t read them yet. I have a number of others on my list and the rest I’ll check out.
I’ve read 6 of these books so far, with about six more already downloaded to be read, including Summer’s two. After looking at this list I’ve got 7 more on a list to read. Usually I would have read several more by now, but I took a little JAFF break and read the All Souls series of 5 books by Deborah Harkness. I had previously read the first three but never got around to the last two. It was definitely worth working my way through. Thanks for composing the list, Meredith!
To read – The Restoration of Mary Bennet by Carrie Mollenkopf
so many pretty covers
Hi Meredith!
WOW, such a mountain of books in April! I can’t believe it LOL
There are a lot of good choices and others that seem suspicious as you say about the AI but thank you so much for the hard work you take in compiling this list, it’s so helpful and inspiring!
There are some releases that were previously part of anthologies and they look really interesting
Happy May!
Swell my Song is swoonworthy!
One of the JAFF authors listed has also written a book called “AI Writing Made Simple: A Practical Workbook for Genre Fiction Authors (Write With AI 4)” and another publishes three or four JAFF books each month, which is suspicious to me.
I personally would not like to pay for a book written by Artificial Intelligence (AI), and your list each month helps me sort out which authors publish so frequently that I doubt they (a human) actually writes their books. Many thanks!
Thanks for another awesome. I’ve read a few, but my favorite this time around is “Passages” by Brenda Webb. Her new audio book with Stevie Zimmerman is so awesome. Stevie’s voice is like music when I listen to her, and a story which I absolutely loved in Print is now even better. Thanks again for this great list!
Holy cow, this month was big for releases! I didn’t know about several that are catching my eye. Thanks, Meredith!