I’m delighted to announce the publication of the fifth book in my Austen Addicts series. Happy Birthday, Mr Darcy, is a light-hearted novella in which two of my favourite characters choose to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the publication of Pride and Prejudice by getting married. Can you guess which two?

When I started writing my trilogy after an inspirational visit to the Jane Austen House Museum in Hampshire, I really didn’t imagine that the books would go on inspiring story after story but these characters seem to have got a hold of me and I’m already planning the sixth. And that’s as good an excuse as I need to get that Colin Firth DVD out again …