Mr. Knightley's Painful Secret: A Short Austen Novella in the Regency Style (The Men of Jane Austen)

**A complete, sweet and clean Pride and Prejudice novella in the Regency style**

** Previously published as Mr. Knightley’s Secret**
There is a mystery in Highbury and several sleuths are on the case!

Mr. Knightley is acting quite unlike himself and his oldest friends astutely assess that he is bearing a heavy secret. They all endeavor to gain his confidence but Mr. Knightley refuses to confide in them.

Miss Bates, the eyes and ears of Highbury, is the first to notice that something is amiss with Mr. Knightley. He seems in a most foul mood, snappish and brooding, especially around Mr. Frank Churchill. She is determined to discover what could be the matter. Mr. Knightley has helped her and dearest Jane many times. Miss Bates cannot stand to see Mr. Knightley suffer so. But what could it be? To add confusion to the situation, Miss Emma Woodhouse is behaving just as strangely. There is something strange afoot in Highbury, the sleepy hamlet where nothing of note ever happens.

A sweet retelling of Jane Austen's Emma, this story imagines several key scenes from different perspectives.

Lavinia D. Demelza is a lifelong devotee of Jane Austen. An author of more than 30 novels, she has taken a short sabbatical to write the Austen fan fiction that has always called to her in the quietest hours of the night. She hopes you will enjoy this story as much as she enjoyed writing it!

The Men of Jane Austen
Be sure to check out the other books in the series:
Mr. Knightley’s Painful Secret
Mr. Darcy’s Greatest Regret
Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy’s First Christmas at Pemberley
Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy: Engaged at Pemberley
Captain Wentworth’s Faithfulness (August 2017)

Colonel Brandon’s Sacrifice (August 2017)

Mr. Tilney’s Choice (August 2017)