Happy, Happy News!
More happy news! More happy, happy news! Okay, I’ll stop slaughtering Keats now and cut to the chase–
The Garden Intrigue
Thank you all so very, very much for putting Augustus’s and Emma’s story up there. They– and I!– are so very, very grateful.
If Augustus were here, he’d probably tell you in rhyme!
it should be at the top of the list at #1 🙂
I’d like to think my review of The Garden Intrigue on Austenprose had even a little something to do with it. In honor of your accomplishment I shamelessly share this:
Augustus Whittlesby
has nothing on me.
When it comes to verse
I’m considerably worse.
Dear readers and fans I bring good news
Lauren Willig has shown her muse
in Pink Carnation number nine:
The Garden Intrigue, most divine.
A poet-spy takes a risky chance
deep inside of Bonaparte’s France
to love a girl from a distant shore
not knowing who she’s working for.
They do a Masque with a nautical theme
but a secret weapon is part of the scheme.
What’s his mission’s foremost intention?
He must uncover that dreadful invention!
Around this “masque” are other “masks”
that all are wearing for secret tasks.
Both in the past or present day
subterfuge is what holds sway.
Can the fate of England be at hand
when romance hangs by a slender strand?
Will passion doom the mission to fail
Or will love and duty both prevail?
Are you finally in the proper mood?
I wrote the verses best I could.
I promise no more rhyming dread,
My muse has now been put to bed
In congratulating you, lauren, on your achievement, I shamelessly offer this review of The Garden Intrigue in the spirit of the rhyme:
Augustus Whittlesby
has nothing on me.
When it comes to verse
I’m considerably worse.
Dear readers and fans I bring good news
Lauren Willig has shown her muse
in Pink Carnation number nine:
The Garden Intrigue, most divine.
A poet-spy takes a risky chance
deep inside of Bonaparte’s France
to love a girl from a distant shore
not knowing who she’s working for.
They do a Masque with a nautical theme
but a secret weapon is part of the scheme.
What’s his mission’s foremost intention?
He must uncover that dreadful invention!
Around this “masque” are other “masks”
that all are wearing for secret tasks.
Both in the past or present day
subterfuge is what holds sway.
Can the fate of England be at hand
when romance hangs by a slender strand?
Will passion doom the mission to fail
Or will love and duty both prevail?
Are you finally in the proper mood?
I wrote the verses best I could.
I promise no more rhyming dread,
My muse has now been put to bed
(Anybody who fails to fall in love with Augustus and Emma must be dead from the neck up!)
Congratulations!!
I finished The Garden Intrigue yesterday evening and it was great!!!! Now, you’ll have to help us wait for the next in line… hoping, somewhere inside, that you’ll sign contracts for more Pink books after the next two!
Yay! Congratulations! I am also really happy to have been able to get it on Audible this morning. Now I can listen during those hard to read times like brushing my teeth, cooking supper and working.
Excellent news!!
Let the rise begin.
Yay! Making myself wait until the weekend to start reading…darn 10-hour work days!
So sorry for the double post. One entry of bad poetry from me is quite enough.
Jeffrey, that’s soooooo good! really!! I love your review!