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September 2005
Benbella Smart Pop Trade Paperback Release
Flirting With Pride and Prejudice:
Fresh Perspectives on the Original Chick-Lit Masterpiece


A hip, sassy collection of essays that offer fresh perspective on a timeless Jane Austen favorite--Pride and Prejudice, and how it affects the course of today's fiction spawning an entirely new genre called Chick-Lit.

Edited by Jennifer Crusie
ISBN# 1-932100-72-5





Complete Elisabeth Fairchild Bibliography

A Game of Patience
by Elisabeth Fairchild


Four Stars ROMANTIC TIMES "Top Pick"

Patience Ballard must discover the deepest meaning of her name in a search for true love in an unexpectedly enlightening visit to the pleasure gardens of Vauxhall.

"Readers will be fascinated by the brilliant detail woven into the telling of this tale."-ROMANCE FICTION FORUM


Breach of Promise
by Elisabeth Fairchild


4 STARS ROMANTIC TIMES
Gossip cannot be avoided when Miss Susan Fairford of Chipping Camden leases her "honey house" to a mysterious gentleman who wishes only to escape the scandal that relentlessly pursues him into the Cotswold countryside.

"Outstanding storyteller Elisabeth Fairchild develops a bevy of perceptive characterizations that engage both the mind and the heart." --Melinda Helfer, ROMANTIC TIMES


Captain Cupid Calls The Shots
by Elisabeth Fairchild

Bookseller's Best Award finalist
4 STARS ROMANTIC TIMES "Top Pick"

Valentine Wharton and his friend, dubbed 'Captain Cupid,' return from fighting Napoleon to engage in a very different kind of conflict in the village of Appleby, vying for the love of a woman much misunderstood.

5 STARS. "I couldn't put it down . . ."-Dovie Jacoby, ROMANCE CENTRAL


Valentine's Change of Heart
by Elisabeth Fairchild

4 1/2 STARS!! Nominated for ROMANTIC TIMES Best Regency romance of 2003 Reviewer's Choice Award. A "Top Pick"

An out of work governess takes a leap of faith in accepting employment from a notorious rake on an life-changing trip with his daughter to the seaside of Wales.

"Mesmerizing fiction at its best. Exquisitely written, heartwarming, utterly satisfying. Add Elisabeth Fairchild to my list of must-read authors."--Mary Balogh


Sugarplum Surprises
by Elisabeth Fairchild

4 1/2 STARS!! ROMANTIC TIMES
WINNER of the 2002 Golden Quill Award
The magic of Christmas comes alive in the hands of a nimble Bath seamstress with secrets to hide from the wealthy Duke who refuses to pay for an unused wedding trousseau.

"This book is a diamond of the first water and a perfect example of the best the Regency genre has to offer its devoted fans. Ms. Fairchild's SUGAPRPLUM SURPISES shines a joyous light on the Regency era and transports readers into the heart of the bon ton."-Teresa Roebuck, ROMANTIC TIMES


The Silent Suitor
by Elisabeth Fairchild

Winner of a ROMANTIC TIMES Reviewer's Choice Certificate of Excellence, for First Regency Romance, Placed second in the HOLT Medallion Honoring Outstanding Literary Talent Regency category, placed third place in the HOLT Medallion Honoring Outstanding Literary Talent First book Category

A blind beauty in her first London Season among the ton must chose the better match between notorious cousins known as "Beauty" and the "Beast."

4 STARS "An outstanding talent, Ms. Fairchild demonstrates all the hallmarks of NAL's great ladies of the ton."-Melinda Helfer, ROMANTIC TIMES


The Counterfeit Coachman
by Elisabeth Fairchild

Nominated Best Regency Novel in the AFFAIR de COUER reader-Writer Poll

A Duke disguised as a coachman for the Queen's mail, finds unexpected romance on a post coach bound for Brighton.

"Richly textured and sweetly sensual, THE COUNTERFEIT COACHMAN is a treat for Regency lovers." - Mary Jo Putney


Miss Dornton's Hero
by Elisabeth Fairchild

Winner ROMANTIC TIMES Reviewer's Choice Award
A young woman exploring London in search of a storybook hero finds true heroism a far more complicated matter.

A "searing probe into a man's soul in the aftermath of the Napoleonic wars. Period fiction at its best." - Melinda Helfer, ROMANTIC TIMES




Lord Endicott's Appetite
by Elisabeth Fairchild

4 1/2 STARS!! Nominated for ROMANTIC TIMES Best Regency romance of 2003 Reviewer's Choice Award. A "Top Pick"
A Frenchwoman fleeing the bloody Terror and a grief stricken widower discover renewed hope and life's zestr in the wilds of Kent.

4 1/2 STARS "Elisabeth Fairchild cooks up an excellent repast of humor, poignant charm and romance for her fans...Find a comfortable chair, because you won't want to move until you've devoured every morsel."-Ricky R. Mallory, AFFAIRE de COEUR


The Love Knot
by Elisabeth Fairchild

4 1/2 STARS!! AFFAIRE de COUER
Brash young Aurora Ramsay, bent on marrying well, employs the seductive wiles of an elegant dandy at the annual sheep sheering at Holkham Hall only to find intent and her heart's desire unexpectedly in a tangle.
"Elisabeth Fairchild writes enchanting tales with lovely, appealing characters... Don't miss this delectable offering.-Ricky r. Mallory, AFFAIRE de COUER

A Fresh Perspective
by Elisabeth Fairchild

Named one of the "Top Three Reader's Favorites" in the Under The Covers website awards.
A holiday in the Lake District sparks unexpected romance between childhood friends, the vicar's daughter, and the debt plagued lord of a crumbling Cumbrian castle.


"Gracefully written, tenderly nuanced." Diana Gabaldon


Lord Ramsay's Return
by Elisabeth Fairchild

4 1/2 STARS!! Nominated for ROMANTIC TIMES Reviewer's Choice Award, Best Regency Romance
Prudence Stanhope seeks relief from the stresses of an inappropriate affair of the heart in a repairing lease to the seaside resort of Brighton where she discovers the restorative wonders of Mahomed's Baths, and Charles Ramsay introduces her to the concept of kismet in a most unusual and "meant-to-be" meeting.


"This exquisitely crafted romance glitters with quiet beauty and delicate perception. A jewel for your treasure chest."-Melinda Helfer, ROMANTIC TIMES


The Rakehell's Reform
by Elisabeth Fairchild

Nominated for ROMANTIC TIMES, Reviewer's Choice Best Regency romance award
Nominated for the Golden Quill, Best Regency Romance,

A successful merchant from Chester tries to buy his daughter a high-born husband in desperate need of funds as Jack Ramsay flees a London gambling fiasco.

"Mesmerizing fiction at its best. Exquisitely written, heartwarming, utterly satisfying. Add Elisabeth Fairchild to my list of must-read authors."--Mary Balogh


Marriage a' la Mode
by Elisabeth Fairchild

Nominated for the HOLT MEDALLION Honoring Outstanding Literary Talent, Best Regency Romance
Nominared for the Golden Quill award, Best Regency romance

A noblewoman flees her abusive husband for the restorative waters at Tunbridge Wells where she meets her future happiness in a gentleman gardener from Scotland.


"If a Regency romance is a seduction of wordsÉthen Elisabeth Fairchild is a seductress par excellance! One can easily become ineabriated by the sheer exuberance of her wordplayÉ"-Kristen Ballard, ROMANCE FOREVER MAGAZINE


The Holly & the Ivy
by Elisabeth Fairchild

Winner Regency romance third place award in the Romance Reader's of America Competition

A cheerful young country woman lifts the Christmas spirits of her grandmother's thorny London neighbor.
"What a delicious Christmas treat!" Mary Jo Putney

A Regency Christmas
by Elisabeth Fairchild, Carla Kelly, Allison Lane, Edith Layton, Barbara Metzger

Felicity's Forfeit-A gentleman panicked by his family's overwhelming debts finds solace and the Christmas spirit in the company of a vicar's daughter who celebrates the season, quite happily with far less than he.




A Regency Christmas Present
by Elisabeth Fairchild

The Christmas Canvas-A gentleman commissioned to paint a Yuletide portrait of a lovely young bride-to-be creates a brighter picture for her future than the Gothic arranged marriage designed to solve her family's pecuniary problems.

A Regency Christmas Carol
by Mary Balogh, Anne Barbor, Elisabeth Fairchild, Carla Kelly, Edith Layton

Winner Waldensbooks Book of the Year Award

The Mistletoe Kiss- A governess and her charges brave the Devil's Keep with 'gooding day' wishes on St. Thomas' day, celebrating an age old English custom, and finding love in the Christmas season.





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