Books by Lynn Myers
The Isabella Beauchamp Trilogy
In this playful reimagining of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, New Zealand author Lynn Myers, introduces us to Isabella Beauchamp, a young woman whose liveliness and charm rivals that of the heroine of the original novel.
Set in Regency England in the decade between 1811 and 1821, the trilogy grew out of a light-hearted homage to Austen that the author sent, chapter by chapter, to her sister over the course of a winter.
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Trials and Tribulations
Lynn Myers
Due to the loss of her parents at an early age, and her subsequent sequestration in the home of harsh and neglectful relatives, Isabella Beauchamp is forced to develop a degree of self-sufficiency and independence of mind that is not typical of young ladies of her age and social standing.
Although young and unworldly, Miss Beauchamp, who is as strong-willed as she is unorthodox, attempts to forge her own way in a world in which such pathways to independence for most women were narrow and, often perilous, dead ends.
Her decision to take charge of her own destiny leads to a series of events which challenge even her determined character and culminate in some surprising outcomes.
Second Chances
Lynn Myers
In Volume 2 of the trilogy, Miss Beauchamp and Mr Darcy each have cause to regret decisions that were taken in haste.
These two most honourable and honest of souls find themselves enmeshed in a complex web of lies and deceit, the outcomes of which seem destined to ensure great unhappiness for all concerned.
In Second Chances, the author continues to surprise and delight with her vivid characterisation and a plot line that answers some of the questions posed in Trials and Tribulations and poses some others.
Consequences and Conclusions
Lynn Myers
The final volume of the trilogy sees Isabella become an even more outspoken challenger of social and political convention to the extent that even her wealth and social standing might not protect her from those whose entrenched interests she threatens.
Some of the Pride and Prejudice characters reappear, and as in the first two novels, a number of real people and incidents from the tumultuous, and often brutal Regency era are woven cleverly into the story.
A Southerly Change
Ellen Brassington had never seen a body of water larger than the River Trent when she set off from Nottinghamshire in England with her husband, two small daughters, and hundreds of other Assisted Immigrants, to a country on the other side of the world.
That voyage which began in July 1863, entered the history books as the worst, in terms of loss of life on board, of any of the ships carrying emigrants to New Zealand.
Using what is known about Ellen and her family, and facts about life in Christchurch (Otautahi) between 1863 and 1930 as her warp threads, Lynn Myers deploys a fictional weft to weave a colourful story about “this one small life”.
“Even for one who was born in a time and in a situation in which early and sudden death were commonplace, I never thought about it overly much. I was twenty years old when death took me by the scruff for the first time, and the shaking it gave me, changed me forever.”
– Ellen Brassington
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About the author
Lynn Myers is a fourth generation Kiwi who lives on the east coast of Te Wai Pounamu (South Island) in Aotearoa-New Zealand
She has written several novels, all of which she plans to indie publish because, well, why not?
The Isabella Beauchamp Trilogy grew out of a light-hearted homage to Jane Austen – featuring a new heroine – which the author sent, chapter by chapter, to her sister over the course of a winter.
That heroine, Miss Isabella Beauchamp, took on a life of her own, and it was at her insistence – and because the ending of the first book demanded a sequel – that Second Chances was written, which in turn demanded a third volume – Consequences and Conclusions.
Other books by Lynn Myers that will be published soon – watch this space
A Dream of Better Things
Linked to the Trilogy, this novel explores the Regency era from the perspective of a young servant girl, Susanna Davies.
Margin of Error
An equestrian-themed romance with social justice overtones.
The Giant of Provence
A cycling-themed, slightly noirish romance.