Early ReviewersAlice McVeigh
May 2024 Batch
Giveaway Ended: May 28 at 06:00 pm EDT
Pride and Perjury is a delicious set of Twelve Austenesque short stories, most Pride and Prejudice-inspired.
Ever wondered what really made Wickham elope with Lydia Bennet? Or what the Longbourn servants thought about Bingley's treatment of Jane Bennet after the Netherfield ball? Ever imagined a glimpse into Lady Catherine de Bourgh's personal diary? Or mused on how the Eltons’ courtship happened in Bath? Download the answers today, and fall in love with your favourite characters all over again!
"McVeigh's prose and plotting is pitch perfect - echoes the master herself" (Publishers Weekly)
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May 2023 Batch
Giveaway Ended: May 25 at 06:00 pm EDT
In Darcy, Alice McVeigh captures the spirit of Pride and Prejudice, but adds a unique and refreshing twist.
Revel in The Wit and Wisdom of Mary Bennet.
Thrill to enticing nights in Rome.
Enjoy the “missing scenes” of Austen’s starriest work.
Intricately plotted and powerfully paced, this is P&P with (wedding) bells on, with extra helpings of classic regency romance. A new Austenesque variation to treasure.
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September 2022 Batch
Giveaway Ended: September 26 at 06:00 pm EDT
“This portrayal of the psychosexual duet between men and women, and of the music-making process in a symphony orchestra, sings with lyrical intensity and eloquent feeling” (Publishers Weekly)
Life in the (fictional) Orchestra of London as seen through the eyes of several musicians. Perfectly representing the disparate attitudes, feelings and ambitions of a symphony orchestra full of crazy musos, it brilliantly weaves together affairs, musical jealousies, a misdirected love letter, and an unusual codicil to a will.
Originally "big-five"-published, this is based upon her previous life as a London freelance cellist, performing all over the world with orchestras including the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic.
"The orchestra becomes a universe in microcosm - all human life is here" (The Sunday Times)
"A very enjoyable novel - and not quite as light as it pretends to be." (The Sunday Telegraph)
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May 2022 Batch
Giveaway Ended: May 30 at 06:00 pm EDT
Harriet is an intriguing and original "take" on Jane Austen's immortal Emma, by Publishers Weekly’s 2021 BookLife Prize quarterfinalist, Alice McVeigh. In it she imagines that Harriet is clever enough to pretend to be stupid, in order to flatter Emma Woodhouse’s vanity, and to gain a foothold in society.
The Blurb: Emma, a privileged young heiress, decides to mentor Harriet Smith, a pretty boarding-school pupil, and to matchmake her as eligibly as she can… But how is she to guess that Harriet has a secret?
Meanwhile, the brilliant, penniless Jane Fairfax consents to a clandestine engagement with Frank Churchill – though not daring to confess, even to him, that she is being relentlessly pursued by her best friend’s husband.
Harriet sidelines Emma herself in favour of the ingenious Harriet and the fascinating Jane Fairfax. It is Emma – but an Emma with a surprisingly believable twist in its tail.
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