An offer to our Goodreads winners and runners up!

For our recent paperback giveaway, the winners are ...

Joanne from Michigan

and

Julie from Alaska

These photos were posted on our Instagram account, @noes_expressions, the day we mailed the packages out. Our winners actually received their copies of our paperback book, Captivated by Youth and Beauty: Mr. Bennet's story, about 2 weeks ago. We hope you are both enjoying the story!

As an incentive to your posting a Goodreads review once you have completed reading our captivating novel, Julie and Joanne, we would like to give you both a free copy of our likewise charming e-short story, The Conversation: with Elizabeth Darcy and Emma Knightley!

But wait, there's more ...

If you are one of the persons who put us on your Goodreads to-be-read list but were not one of the winners, we'd love to give you a free copy of our e-short story just for entering the giveaway also! 

How to receive your free digital copy:
Email us (noeandcindy.write @ gmail .com) letting me know your Goodreads name showing our Captivated book on your TBR list — or if by chance, you have already read it, show me what shelf you have it on. Leave your file preference of either Kindle mobi, epub (works on Barnes & Noble, Kobo, and other devices), or pdf version.

One more thing
As you know, authors need ratings and reviews, not only to keep them encouraged to continue writing, but also to let others know about their stories. For that reason, we would love to see your ratings/reviews on Goodreads, Amazon, or any place else you might think your friends would see it.

Thank you!

Learn more about us here:
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Goodreads giveaway: Captivated by Youth and Beauty

It's a giveaway!

Goodreads Book Giveaway

Captivated by Youth and Beauty

by Noe

Giveaway ends August 20, 2017.
See the giveaway details at Goodreads.

Enter Giveaway

Our story is captivating! If you've ever wondered how Mr. and Mrs. Bennet could have united as one, this will tell you.

Two paperback copies to be given away, USA only at this time. And we hope you'll connect with us:

Goodreads:goodreads.com/author/show/7043471.Noe
Facebook: facebook.com/AuthorsNoeandCindy
Instagram: @noes_expressions

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Our new short story is out!

You're gonna love this one ...

The Conversation 

with Elizabeth Darcy and Emma Knightley

This is a short story that's sure to delight Jane Austen readers, combining two of her favorite female characters and their beloved husbands. It is available on Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble Nook, Scribd, Kobo, and just about anywhere you ask for it.

Included in our short story is a brief excerpt from our novel, The Sun Also Shines for me. We're happy about the reviews we've had on this novel, with comments like these on Amazon:

♥♥♥♥♥  Wonderful story with engaging characters.

ByL.D. Clementson March 4, 2015

Format: Paperback

Verified Purchase

This is a story that Jane Austen could have written ... with some angst, yet overall goodwill among all. I really hope that I haven't read the last of these characters ... I would miss them.

♥♥♥♥♥  The Sun Also Shines for me

ByMCBon February 16, 2015

Format: Kindle Edition
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I really enjoyed this book, the presentationn of characters and their personalities was excellent. I think Jane Austen would have approved!

♥♥♥♥♥   Amazing!

Bytrubriton December 15, 2014

Format: Kindle Edition
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I have always loved books about the lesser characters in P&P, and this one captivated me from the beginning. Kudos to Mary for trying to find herself, and to Mr. Bennet and Mr. Darcy for leaving her to do it. The new character, Alice, was an inspiration. I loved the friendship developments between her, Mary, and Georgiana. Fascinated by the library as well.

♥♥♥♥♥   Different but very enjoyable read ...

ByAn ardent Austen Fan "Austen Fan"on January 9, 2015

Format: Kindle Edition

Verified Purchase

I love P&P variation books about "minor" characters. This one is no exception. Mary Bennet, being so different than her sisters, and Georgiana Darcy, together, are a "force to be reckoned with." I'm not great about going into details when doing a review ... suffice to say I LOVED this book and definitely recomment it to others.  

We appreciate the comments from all of you!

If you'd like to keep up with us, be sure to follow Noe's Amazon author page. There's even a "Follow this author" button you can click so Amazon will let you know. And follow us on Instagram: @noes_expressions

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Review from Germany

Lovely comments!

Thank you so much for the review, Miss Janine.
It's reviews like this that keep us writing ~
cindy

Janine Zachariae rated a book 5 of 5 stars ★★★★★ Mr Darcy falls in Love by Noe (Goodreads Author) read in April, 2015 Before I start with my review I just wanted to thank the author for creating such a lovely book.  "You have bewitched me body and soul" is one of the sentence you'll never forget from Pride and Prejudice. And Jane Austen just bewitched me. It's that's easy. The first time I read P&P it was like a sweet fairytale in England. The story is well known: Elizabeth Bennet met Mr Darcy at a ball and both didn't like each other at the beginning.  "First impressions" were made specially because of what Wickham told Lizzy about Fitzwilliam Darcy.  But at Rosings Darcy finally made a proposal to Lizzy but she dumped him and told everything she hated about him ... Anyway. Let me come back to "Mr Darcy falls in love." Have you ever wonder how Charles Bingley and Mr Darcy became friends? Have you ever wonder what happened after the ball at first? You will get all the answers and much more. Darcys part of the story.  I really got in love with Darcy, again. In some other books Fitzwilliam never became the chance. You get the imagine that he was just stubborn and mean. But not in this one. Darcys character was so lovely described that you just can fall in love with him. It was a wonderful read.  Jane Austen would love it herself!  I love the friendship between Bingley and Darcy. Charles was so cute even he had a broken heart. I could write much more about it but you should make your own opinion of it.  So, thank you Noe and Cindy for writing such a wonderful book. I know it's lots of work in it and I know that it wasn't easy to write a book like this. To take one of the sweetest lovestories ever and make it new must be difficult. But at the end you can feel the love for Jane Austen in it. I really enjoyed it. Normally I'm skeptical about books like this. But after reading "Mr Darcy and the Time Space Continuum" it was time to read this. ~~~~~~~~~~

Why reviews are important

Review from a friend

OK, I've gotten through chapter two and I don't believe you wrote this! Are you pullin' my leg ? ... Seriously ?  In my opinion, it's great! At this point, you have captured me. I mean the writing is great, but I am equally caught by the mere fact that I know you and can't believe you wrote this! The way you have introduced the characters, the settings and the backgrounds, I am there. In just these two chapters I was able to picture them all. I especially loved your description of how Darcy felt in those first moments on meeting the Bingleys. You really put me in his head, I could understand his feelings.  The flow is great, the characters are alive - I see them, their house, their demeanor. I picture them speaking in my head as I read, like a movie.  The pace is great, not rushed, yet we're three years ahead now and the relationships are evolving perfectly.  I am quite impressed with you, Mr Noe.

That was so sweet of our friend, quite candid too! She has gone on to finish it and still was impressed (hee-hee), but I really loved her "first impressions" of our book, Mr Darcy falls in love. It made me laugh, but it also touched my heart that she would write us what she thought about it. Without reviews, authors can't reach people who would actually like their books but just cannot decide whether or not to take a chance on them. 

A lot of authors have the support of friends and family. But some, like us, don't have family that like to read! Honestly, how do you stay informed without reading? How do you relax without a good book in your hand, at least once in awhile?

So to everyone who has given a review of any of our books, Noe and I thank you so much! We have not been given one bad review, yet we have not personally met a single person who has left an Amazon review on Mr Darcy falls in love, The Sun Also Shines for me, or Mr Darcy and the Space-time Continuum. It is tremendously encouraging, and we can't thank you enough ~
cindy

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Mr Darcy back cover

Mr Darcy falls in love
  book's back cover

Just thought I'd put up this pic of the back of our first book ... and then I decided to play with the way it looks. 
After all, Mr. Darcy is in love and so are Noe and Cindy ♥

Mr. Darcy goes to Space!

Our new short story

"PEMBERLEY, WE HAVE A PROBLEM . . ." 

How in the world did Mr. Darcy get caught up in a space-time continuum mix-up?

To get the answer, read our new 10,000+ word short story, "Mr Darcy and the Space-time Continuum, available at this time on Amazon Kindle only.

As you might gather from the title, it is a combination of science fiction and Regency era romance. It is both humorous (some might say outlandishly so!) and adventurous, a moving, tender story with heart ♥

Though it may not take you long to read, it is a fully satisfying tale that takes just a tiny slice out of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice novel and takes you for a ride you won't forget!

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Try this site: Space.com

The Sun Also Shines for me

IT'S OUT! ... THE SUN ALSO SHINES FOR ME
featuring Georgiana Darcy

Get your copy, hot off the press! Or straight from the digital world, whichever you prefer ;)

In this story, we took shy Georgiana Darcy and the undaunted Mary Bennet and made them close friends. (See our previous post about Mary) You may remember, Pride and Prejudice describes Georgiana as being so shy she can barely speak among strangers. Quite likely, after a year of being with her brother and Elizabeth, she would have grown out of that, at least somewhat. Jane Austen says at the end of P&P: “Georgiana had the highest opinion in the world of Elizabeth” and that from Lizzy “her mind received knowledge which had never before fallen in her way.”

You can imagine then, that Lizzy’s sisters Mary and Georgiana would have come to know one another through their new connection. We felt showing these two girls associating and drawing close—in effect drawing strength from each other—would make for a great story. The natural response of their friendship shows us a maturing of each one, bringing them out from the background and allowing them to display what fine qualities lay hidden from our view. Hence, we considered the appropriate title for our new book should be The Sun Also Shines for me, because it does for both of them. 

In writing our novel, we did not want to make the characters of Mary and Georgiana so altered from P&P that they would be unrecognizable; rather, we wanted them to be like a relative you haven't seen since the last family reunion ... you know who they are, they're just older and more mature. We aimed for our readers to have a feeling of familiarity with P&P, focusing the light on these two girls who had been hiding in the shadows, as it were. We just know you’ll enjoy it! 

It is currently available on Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle format, CreateSpace, Barnes and Noble, and will soon be available on other book websites as well. (In case you can't tell on your browser, the bold words are links to those webpages)

That middle child!

Miss Mary Bennet

We chose Mary Bennet as the main character of our second novel because of where she falls in the Bennet family. I had been doing some reading on "middle child syndrome" and it struck me as a wonderful opportunity to give a voice to those people that are so often ignored or easily swept into the background. You could say my feelings about this subject were personal, because the individual for whom I have the greatest respect and high opinion of, my dear wife, is a middle child like Mary.

The more I thought about how amazing my good wife is, therefore, the more I considered what potential there must be in the fictitious character Mary Bennet, who had the tenacity to study diligently and read extensively, something she did for the sole purpose of bettering herself. And this in the face of a family of siblings each pursuing, in one way or the other, the pleasures and advantages to be found at the time. In addition to this, Mary had the will to excel at the piano by constant practice, even without the stated advice of someone like Lady Catherine; it seems she received no encouragement from anyone in the family for that matter. I asked myself, why would Mary not improve with the passage of time? Certainly seeing the events in her family’s life would have undoubtedly caused her to think seriously about what she wanted to do herself. So I set about giving Mary a life of her own.

In the writing team of Noe and Cindy, the imagination to come up with a story is from me, but Cindy contributes the touch that makes it more worth reading. We both look forward to the release of this book in the very near future and hearing what you think of it!

You may want to read:
The Middle Child Syndrome
The Secret Powers of Middle Children
Middle Child Syndrome - keep scrolling down on this one
What are the effects of middle child syndrome?

Coming soon ... our new novel!

We are excited to inform all lovers of Jane Austen fan fiction that we will very soon be releasing a new novel about Mary Bennet and Georgiana Darcy. This is a follow up to our first book, Mr. Darcy falls in love.

The story takes place more than a year after Darcy and Elizabeth are married and proceeds from the notion that Mary and Georgiana have developed a friendship based on their shared interest of playing the piano as well their similar feelings toward social gatherings.

We developed the characters based on what Pride and Prejudice tells us about the two girls, so you will find Mary and Georgiana recognizable except for what could reasonably be expected in the way of personal growth with the passage of time. 

This tale was born from Mary's unique personality among the Bennet sisters. In Pride and Prejudice, there is an inkling of Elizabeth Bennet's angst about the options available to women of the time; in our novel about Mary, we have been able to take that further and make it the driving force of the story. Even now, two hundred years later, women are still confronted with obstacles in their pursuits just because of being female. This makes the story resonate with today's modern women. 

Stay tuned for further posts on the new book, including its title.

Noe 

"Pride and Prejudice" and "Mr Darcy falls in love" side by side

Noe and I have recently been reading our book, Mr Darcy falls in love, along with Pride and Prejudice just for the enjoyment of it. Of course, when writing it, we diligently referred to her incomparable book many times so as to write our story from Darcy's point of view with the same timeline and events.

Here's a section I really enjoy, where the two stories are discussing the same episode, one through Lizzy's eyes and the other through Darcy's. I hope you enjoy it too!

Pride and Prejudice:

 

and now ... 
Mr Darcy falls in love:

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