Amanda Kai
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I write Jane Austen variations and other clean historical and contemporary romance
I gulped it down and was back upstairs to dress for the assembly before my mother could notice that I was absent.
The cabbage, however, would prove to be my downfall.
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The cabbage, however, would prove to be my downfall.
#WIPWednesday #AllTheThingsALadyShouldNotDo #JAFF
September 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I gulped it down and was back upstairs to dress for the assembly before my mother could notice that I was absent.
The cabbage, however, would prove to be my downfall.
#WIPWednesday #AllTheThingsALadyShouldNotDo #JAFF
The cabbage, however, would prove to be my downfall.
#WIPWednesday #AllTheThingsALadyShouldNotDo #JAFF
But the smell of Mrs. Berry’s bubble and squeak, simmering on the stove for the servants’ dinner, proved too tempting for my nostrils. I helped myself to a bowlful. It was full of cabbage and potatoes and all sorts of delicious things.
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#WIPWednesday #AllTheThingsALadyShouldNotDo #JAFF
September 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
But the smell of Mrs. Berry’s bubble and squeak, simmering on the stove for the servants’ dinner, proved too tempting for my nostrils. I helped myself to a bowlful. It was full of cabbage and potatoes and all sorts of delicious things.
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#WIPWednesday #AllTheThingsALadyShouldNotDo #JAFF
Therefore, I snuck down to the kitchen to see what I might scrounge up. I hoped for some leftover biscuits or scones, perhaps with some preserves to go on top.
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#WIPWednesday #AllTheThingsALadyShouldNotDo #JAFF
September 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Therefore, I snuck down to the kitchen to see what I might scrounge up. I hoped for some leftover biscuits or scones, perhaps with some preserves to go on top.
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#WIPWednesday #AllTheThingsALadyShouldNotDo #JAFF
However, my appetite would not rest, my belly growling like a beast within me. Our midday repast felt like it took place a century ago, and I could not fathom waiting until the assembly, knowing there would be naught but canapés and tea.
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#WIPWednesday #AllTheThingsALadyShouldNotDo #JAFF
September 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
However, my appetite would not rest, my belly growling like a beast within me. Our midday repast felt like it took place a century ago, and I could not fathom waiting until the assembly, knowing there would be naught but canapés and tea.
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#WIPWednesday #AllTheThingsALadyShouldNotDo #JAFF
Mama always wishes our figures to appear to their best advantage, and tonight, even more so, for we are expected to meet our new neighbor, the eligible, rich, and reportedly handsome Mr. Bingley.
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#WIPWednesday #AllTheThingsALadyShouldNotDo #JAFF
September 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Mama always wishes our figures to appear to their best advantage, and tonight, even more so, for we are expected to meet our new neighbor, the eligible, rich, and reportedly handsome Mr. Bingley.
#WIPWednesday #AllTheThingsALadyShouldNotDo #JAFF
#WIPWednesday #AllTheThingsALadyShouldNotDo #JAFF
As a rule, we are not permitted to eat before an assembly, so that we can be laced as snugly as possible into our stays.
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#WIPWednesday #AllTheThingsALadyShouldNotDo #JAFF
September 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
As a rule, we are not permitted to eat before an assembly, so that we can be laced as snugly as possible into our stays.
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#WIPWednesday #AllTheThingsALadyShouldNotDo #JAFF
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I was in the middle of a death-clash with a caterer. A rude, self-centered jerk who believed I’d had my life handed to me on a silver platter and seemed to think my wardrobe was a buffet of options for him to insult.
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September 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I was in the middle of a death-clash with a caterer. A rude, self-centered jerk who believed I’d had my life handed to me on a silver platter and seemed to think my wardrobe was a buffet of options for him to insult.
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#WIPWednesday #ClashingWithTheCaterer #WeddingPlannersInLove #PartB
I love clashes of epic proportion. Who doesn’t love watching two gladiators fight to the death, or a superhero and a villain battling for the fate of Earth?
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September 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I love clashes of epic proportion. Who doesn’t love watching two gladiators fight to the death, or a superhero and a villain battling for the fate of Earth?
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Yet there are times, I confess, when my spirits lead me to think and act in ways completely contrary to how a young lady ought to comport herself, despite my better knowledge. At times, I simply cannot help myself.
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#WIPWednesday #AllTheThingsALadyShouldNotDo #JAFF #PrideAndPrejudiceVariation #PartC
August 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Yet there are times, I confess, when my spirits lead me to think and act in ways completely contrary to how a young lady ought to comport herself, despite my better knowledge. At times, I simply cannot help myself.
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#WIPWednesday #AllTheThingsALadyShouldNotDo #JAFF #PrideAndPrejudiceVariation #PartC
I know that I behave better than my three youngest sisters, whose unchecked free-spiritedness, flirtatiousness, or—in Mary’s case—desire to exhibit herself for want of attention— is frequently a source of shame.
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August 27, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I know that I behave better than my three youngest sisters, whose unchecked free-spiritedness, flirtatiousness, or—in Mary’s case—desire to exhibit herself for want of attention— is frequently a source of shame.
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#WIPWednesday #AllTheThingsALadyShouldNotDo #JAFF #PrideAndPrejudiceVariation #PartB
At twenty years of age, I ought to know how to behave like a lady. Certainly, I am not devoid of all manners, as some are. I have been brought up to know my place, to speak well, and to conduct myself with decorum.
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August 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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I’m sure he’s forgotten all about that vow, just like he must have forgotten about me.
Which is why he was the last man in the world I ever expected to be my hero from a web-footed, hat-snatching, fine-feathered fiend.
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Which is why he was the last man in the world I ever expected to be my hero from a web-footed, hat-snatching, fine-feathered fiend.
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August 20, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I’m sure he’s forgotten all about that vow, just like he must have forgotten about me.
Which is why he was the last man in the world I ever expected to be my hero from a web-footed, hat-snatching, fine-feathered fiend.
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Which is why he was the last man in the world I ever expected to be my hero from a web-footed, hat-snatching, fine-feathered fiend.
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The summer we were nine, when we sat down by the creek at his grandfather’s vineyard, Ethan and I promised that if we were both still single by the time we were thirty, we would get married.
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August 20, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The summer we were nine, when we sat down by the creek at his grandfather’s vineyard, Ethan and I promised that if we were both still single by the time we were thirty, we would get married.
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Some vows are never forgotten. Twenty-one years ago, I made a vow with my best friend. A silly, childish promise, really.
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August 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Some vows are never forgotten. Twenty-one years ago, I made a vow with my best friend. A silly, childish promise, really.
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An Unexpected Regency Heroine, on Amanda Kai's Book News
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Dearest Loveliest Elizabeth
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Lost in Lovely Books! Escaping to the Regency, read about it now in Amanda Kai's Book News
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Lost in Lovely Books!
My Regency Reading Round-Up & the End-of-Year Frenzy
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