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The Pump Room, Bath Today I am the guest of Laura Hartness on the Calico Critic Blog . There's an exclusive extract from Searching for Captain Wentworth and I'm talking about Time Travel and the books I loved as a child. I'd love to know which were your favourites - please leave a comment on her blog! Yesterday, I was Maria Grazia's guest and she interviewed me for  My Jane Austen Book Club . If you'd like to be in with a chance of winning a signed paperback copy of Searching for Captain Wentworth do leave a comment! The day before I was Laurel Ann Nattress' guest on Austenprose  where I shared an exclusive 'audio' excerpt from my new novel. I've also been to visit Vic Sanborn on Jane Austen's World - she celebrated 500,000 hits on her blog with a giveaway-competition now closed. Tomorrow, I shall be visiting Nancy Kelley - I hope you can join me!

New letters have just been discovered giving evidence of a correspondence between our lovely Miss Lydia and what appears to be a close acquaintance, Miss Lucy. The first must have been sent just at the time two certain gentlemen, a Mr Bingley and his friend Mr Darcy, were visiting Meryton. My dearest Lydia, La, it is uncommonly hot today and not at all the sort of weather for this time of year! I am so glad we are arrived at Brighton, for the sea breezes are refreshingly cool. I am writing to you on the scent of a RUMOUR! My mama’s lady’s maid heard from the footman, who heard from the valet of a visiting gentleman, who had stopped by to deliver a letter from Sir William Lucas to my papa, that your eldest sister Jane is practically engaged to a man of great good fortune. They said your mama said so, and that Jane had met him not a fortnight ago! When last we spoke, we were lamenting the lack of eligible and handsome young men in Meryton. Indeed, your mama was always wondering aloud how...