Dangerous to Know: Jane Austen's Rakes & Gentlemen Rogues (Quill Collective) - Hardcover

Starnes, Joana; D'Orazio, Amy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0998654035 ISBN 13: 9780998654034

Publisher: Quill Ink, 2017

Synopsis

"One has all the goodness, and the other all the appearance of it." --Jane Austen

Jane Austen's masterpieces are littered with unsuitable gentlemen--Willoughby, Wickham, Churchill, Crawford, Tilney, Elliot, et al.--adding color and depth to her plots but often barely sketched. Have you never wondered about the pasts of her rakes, rattles, and gentlemen rogues? Surely, there's more than one side to their stories.

Dangerous to Know: Jane Austen's Rakes & Gentlemen Rogues is a titillating collection of Georgian era short stories--a backstory or parallel tale off-stage of canon--whilst remaining steadfast to the characters we recognize in Austen's great works.

What say you? Everyone may be attracted to a bad boy...even temporarily...but heaven help us if we marry one.

MATURE CONTENT as per EDITOR 

1. Chaste: possible kissing and affection
2. Mild: kissing
3. Moderate: some sexual references  but not explicit 
4. Mature

Contents:

Foreword by Claudine diMuzio Pepe 

Willoughby's Crossroads by Joana Starnes (3)

A Wicked Game by Katie Oliver (4)

Fitzwilliam's Folly by Beau North (2)

The Address of a Frenchwoman by Lona Manning (2)

Last Letter from Mansfield by Brooke West (4)

An Honest Man by Karen M Cox (3)

One Fair Claim by Christina Morland (1)

The Lost Chapter in the Life Of William Elliot by Jenetta James (3)

As Much as He Can by Sophia Rose (1)

The Art of Sinking by J. Marie Croft (1)

For Mischief's Sake by Amy D'Orazio (1)

About this title

About the Author

Karen M Cox is the IPPY award-winning author of 1932, Find Wonder in All Things, At the Edge of the Sea, and Undeceived, and a contributor in Sun-Kissed: Effusions of Summer. 

J. Marie Croft is the author of  Love at First Slight, a contributor in Sun-Kissed: Effusions of Summer, and A Little Whimsical in His Civilities.
 
Amy D'Orazio is a Readers' Favorite Book Award winner for her debut The Best Part of Love. 

Jenetta James is the author of Suddenly Mrs. Darcy and The Elizabeth Papers.
 
Lona Manning has authored several lengthy non-fiction pieces about notable American crimes besides her Mansfield Park-inspired A Contrary Wind. 

Christina Morland is the author of Disconcerting Happiness and Remedy Against Sin.

Beau North is the IPPY award winning author of Longbourn's Songbird, The Many Lives of Fitzwilliam Darcy, and contributor to several anthologies. 

KatieOliver is the author of nine novels, including the Amazon bestseller Prada and Prejudice, as well as the"Dating Mr. Darcy," "Marrying Mr. Darcy," and "Jane Austen Factor" series. 

 
Sophia Rose is a contributing author to The Darcy Monologues, Sun-kissed: Effusions of Summer and Then Comes Winter anthologies. 
 
Joana Starnes is the author of From This Day Forward~TheDarcys of Pemberley, The Subsequent Proposal, The Second Chance, The Falmouth Connection, The Unthinkable Triangle, Miss Darcy's Companion, and Mr. Bennet's Dutiful Daughter. 

Brooke West co-authored the novel The Many Lives ofFitzwilliam Darcy and the short story "Holiday Mix Tape", which appears inthe anthology Then Comes Winter. 

Christina Boyd is an editor under her own banner, The Quill Ink.

From the Inside Flap

MATURE CONTENT as per EDITOR

1. Chaste: possible kissing and affection
2. Mild: kissing
3. Moderate: some sexual references but not explicit
4. Mature

"Willoughby's Crossroads" (3)
"A Wicked Game" (4)
"Fitzwilliam's Folly" (2)
"The Address of a French Woman" (2)
"Last Letter from Mansfield" (4)
"An Honest Man" (3)
"One Fair Claim" (1)
"The Last Chapter in the Life of William Elliot" (3)
"As Much As He Can" (1)
"The Art of Sinking" (1)
"For Mischief's Sake" (1)

Edition details

• Publisher: Quill Ink
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0998654035
• ISBN 13: 9780998654034
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 358
• Editor: Boyd Christina