I get it – a good story, great characters and a huge audience of readers that love the stories. I read one a while ago that took the core story but placed the characters in pre Civil War Texas. I knew there was a genre of books that took those Jane Austen classics and re-imagined them. This is an expounded Pride and Prejudice for lack of a better explanation. She is still a Marianne hoping to grow into Elinor, or Clairee from Steel Magnolias. Pamela currently lives in the rolling hills of Tennessee with her husband of more than a decade, three kids, two cats and one very blond dog. This year, she began a personal journey, A Janeite Looks at Forty, where she documents her re-reading of Austen’s beloved works, comparing her thoughts now to those when she first discovered Austen over twenty years ago. She has met her share of Willoughbys and Wickhams, Bingleys and Tilneys, and writes about them all.ĭearest Friends: A Jane Austen Inspired Novel, Pamela’s debut novel, won the Independent Publishers 2016 IPPY Awards Bronze Medal for Romance. She often describes her developing years as “Longbourn, The White Trash Version,” and credits Jane Austen for what little sense she brought away from that time. It was a Regency-era wit from across the Atlantic, however, who seeped into her being. These authors helped shape her evolving mind and continue to influence everything she produces as an adult. Pamela Lynne grew up in the American South, surrounded by Southern Gothic works by Faulkner, O’Connor and the like. When the truth behind her deception is uncovered, will Darcy shun her as Elizabeth fears, or will his actions prove that he is the very best of men? About the Author: Her doubts, along with the well-placed words of another, threaten to destroy the peace she finds in Darcy’s company and she wonders if she has again failed to correctly sketch his character. Their daily encounters in the woods surrounding Rosings soothes Elizabeth’s weathered conscience and she soon falls in love.

Darcy on her journey and his gentlemanly behavior confuses, yet comforts her. She carries a secret that would ruin her family if exposed and she must deceive the ones closest to her to conceal the truth. What if a tragic event involving a beloved sister shatters Elizabeth Bennet‘s confidence in her ability to accurately judge a person’s character? When she leaves Longbourn for Kent, Elizabeth’s heart is full of worry for those she left behind. I received a free ecopy of Sketching Character for my honest review.

Sketching Character by Pamela Lynne