I’ve been kicking around the Jane Austen fandom going on 26 years now. For all those years I have been fascinated by Persuasion and Captain Wentworth’s character and his relationship with Anne Elliot.
If you don’t know the story, Wentworth and Anne met when they were young and foolish. He was 23 and she was 19. They fell in love quickly and she agreed to marry him but was persuaded to break the engagement because marrying a man with no title, no fortune, and only his naval career to carry them through wasn’t a safe bet.
If you don’t know the story, Wentworth and Anne met when they were young and foolish. He was 23 and she was 19. They fell in love quickly and she agreed to marry him but was persuaded to break the engagement because marrying a man with no title, no fortune, and only his naval career to carry them through wasn’t a safe bet. He returns years later, rich and with lots of prospects to find Anne’ family has fallen on hard times. Will he get over being kicked to the curb? Will she get over being an Elliot? I wanted to explore primarily his thoughts and feelings during their reunion after eight years of separation and misunderstanding. I also wanted to give him a voice and a backstory that would make him more human and complex. So, I wrote.
The Frederick Wentworth, Captain trilogy consists of None But You, For You Alone, and A Word A Look. None But You is Book One of Persuasion from Wentworth’s arrival in Somersetshire to his disastrous visit to Lyme.
For You Alone follows him to Shropshire when we get to know his brother, Edward, his return and proposal to Anne, and planning the wedding of a lifetime.
A Word A Look takes up five years later and finds Anne and Frederick new parents searching for a place to call home.
I’m currently rewriting and editing the first two novels. I am posting them online for free on this website. You can the index for None But You below. While I am not wrestling with this blog and trying to bend it to my will, I’m finishing A Word A Look which I hope to share by the end of summer.
If you are interested in reading my novels, you can go HERE and bookmark the index of None But You, the currently posting novel. Subscribe to the blog for notifications of new chapters. I would appreciate feedback in the comments. I would also appreciate you purchasing the books when they become available in paper and digital version.
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