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Amanda Kai @authoramandakai.bsky.social · Sep 10

I gulped it down and was back upstairs to dress for the assembly before my mother could notice that I was absent.
The cabbage, however, would prove to be my downfall.
#WIPWednesday #AllTheThingsALadyShouldNotDo #JAFF

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Amanda Kai @authoramandakai.bsky.social · Sep 10

But the smell of Mrs. Berry’s bubble and squeak, simmering on the stove for the servants’ dinner, proved too tempting for my nostrils. I helped myself to a bowlful. It was full of cabbage and potatoes and all sorts of delicious things.
#WIPWednesday #AllTheThingsALadyShouldNotDo #JAFF

Amanda Kai @authoramandakai.bsky.social · Sep 10

Therefore, I snuck down to the kitchen to see what I might scrounge up. I hoped for some leftover biscuits or scones, perhaps with some preserves to go on top.
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Amanda Kai @authoramandakai.bsky.social · Sep 10

However, my appetite would not rest, my belly growling like a beast within me. Our midday repast felt like it took place a century ago, and I could not fathom waiting until the assembly, knowing there would be naught but canapés and tea.
#WIPWednesday #AllTheThingsALadyShouldNotDo #JAFF

Amanda Kai @authoramandakai.bsky.social · Sep 10

Mama always wishes our figures to appear to their best advantage, and tonight, even more so, for we are expected to meet our new neighbor, the eligible, rich, and reportedly handsome Mr. Bingley.
#WIPWednesday #AllTheThingsALadyShouldNotDo #JAFF

Amanda Kai @authoramandakai.bsky.social · Sep 10

As a rule, we are not permitted to eat before an assembly, so that we can be laced as snugly as possible into our stays.
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Amanda Kai @authoramandakai.bsky.social · Sep 6

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Amanda Kai @authoramandakai.bsky.social · Sep 5

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Amanda Kai @authoramandakai.bsky.social · Sep 4

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Amanda Kai @authoramandakai.bsky.social · Sep 3

I was in the middle of a death-clash with a caterer. A rude, self-centered jerk who believed I’d had my life handed to me on a silver platter and seemed to think my wardrobe was a buffet of options for him to insult.
#WIPWednesday #ClashingWithTheCaterer #WeddingPlannersInLove #PartB

Amanda Kai @authoramandakai.bsky.social · Sep 3

I love clashes of epic proportion. Who doesn’t love watching two gladiators fight to the death, or a superhero and a villain battling for the fate of Earth?
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Amanda Kai @authoramandakai.bsky.social · Sep 3

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Amanda Kai @authoramandakai.bsky.social · Sep 2

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Amanda Kai @authoramandakai.bsky.social · Sep 1

Sharing is caring—until it comes to cold germs! #JAFF #Austenesque #PrideandPrejudiceVariation #RegencyRomance #HistoricalRomance
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Amanda Kai @authoramandakai.bsky.social · Aug 30

What's a favorite book you had to read for school?#conversationstarter #letstalkaboutit #discussion

Amanda Kai @authoramandakai.bsky.social · Aug 27

Yet there are times, I confess, when my spirits lead me to think and act in ways completely contrary to how a young lady ought to comport herself, despite my better knowledge. At times, I simply cannot help myself.
#WIPWednesday #AllTheThingsALadyShouldNotDo #JAFF #PrideAndPrejudiceVariation #PartC

Amanda Kai @authoramandakai.bsky.social · Aug 27

I know that I behave better than my three youngest sisters, whose unchecked free-spiritedness, flirtatiousness, or—in Mary’s case—desire to exhibit herself for want of attention— is frequently a source of shame.
#WIPWednesday #AllTheThingsALadyShouldNotDo #JAFF #PrideAndPrejudiceVariation #PartB

Amanda Kai @authoramandakai.bsky.social · Aug 27

At twenty years of age, I ought to know how to behave like a lady. Certainly, I am not devoid of all manners, as some are. I have been brought up to know my place, to speak well, and to conduct myself with decorum.
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Amanda Kai @authoramandakai.bsky.social · Aug 25

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Amanda Kai @authoramandakai.bsky.social · Aug 23

Share about a teacher that helped you learn something valuable you still remember today.#conversationstarter #letstalkaboutit #discussion

Amanda Kai @authoramandakai.bsky.social · Aug 20

I’m sure he’s forgotten all about that vow, just like he must have forgotten about me.
Which is why he was the last man in the world I ever expected to be my hero from a web-footed, hat-snatching, fine-feathered fiend.
#WIPWednesday #VowsWithTheVineyardOwner #WeddingPlannersInLove #PartC

Amanda Kai @authoramandakai.bsky.social · Aug 20

The summer we were nine, when we sat down by the creek at his grandfather’s vineyard, Ethan and I promised that if we were both still single by the time we were thirty, we would get married.
#WIPWednesday #VowsWithTheVineyardOwner #WeddingPlannersInLove #PartB

Amanda Kai @authoramandakai.bsky.social · Aug 20

Some vows are never forgotten. Twenty-one years ago, I made a vow with my best friend. A silly, childish promise, really.
#WIPWednesday #VowsWithTheVineyardOwner #WeddingPlannersInLove #PartA

Amanda Kai @authoramandakai.bsky.social · Jun 13

Lol!

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Amanda Kai @authoramandakai.bsky.social · Jun 1

An Unexpected Regency Heroine, on Amanda Kai's Book News
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Dearest Loveliest Elizabeth

An unexpected Regency heroine I dare you not to love

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