Andrea Duke | Andrea David
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Making the world a happier place 🥰 one love story at a time.
Regency romance author ✒️ Nature lover 🏝️ Coffee drinker ☕ She/her.
Regency romance author ✒️ Nature lover 🏝️ Coffee drinker ☕ She/her.
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Is Darcy Socially Awkward?
In “Pride and Prejudice,” Elizabeth Bennet famously remarks on Mr. Darcy’s taciturn disposition. Does he lack social skills…or just motivation?
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Is Darcy socially awkward? My thoughts on the subject.
Explore a world of captivating MM Romance this July. Join us for an online book fair featuring a selection of free gay romance novels. Perfect for those warm summer days at home or the beach. #GayRomance
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July 15, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Explore a world of captivating MM Romance this July. Join us for an online book fair featuring a selection of free gay romance novels. Perfect for those warm summer days at home or the beach. #GayRomance
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Dive into stories that celebrate love in all its forms. This July, check out this online book fair offering a variety of free MM Romance titles to indulge in wherever you happen to be.
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#GayRomance
July 6, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Dive into stories that celebrate love in all its forms. This July, check out this online book fair offering a variety of free MM Romance titles to indulge in wherever you happen to be.
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#GayRomance
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#GayRomance
Elizabeth and Darcy’s first Christmas together is overshadowed by a shocking message from Longbourn. As old scandals resurface, Elizabeth fears her family’s folly will finally drive Darcy away. Can their love endure the weight of the past, or will their first Christmas together be their last? #JAFF
May 23, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Elizabeth and Darcy’s first Christmas together is overshadowed by a shocking message from Longbourn. As old scandals resurface, Elizabeth fears her family’s folly will finally drive Darcy away. Can their love endure the weight of the past, or will their first Christmas together be their last? #JAFF
Books are a uniquely portable magic. ~Stephen King
#AuthorQuotes
#AuthorQuotes
May 22, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Books are a uniquely portable magic. ~Stephen King
#AuthorQuotes
#AuthorQuotes
Harry’s carefree life is shattered when his family faces ruin. His salvation lies in marrying a wealthy heiress—yet his heart yearns for Lady Claudia. She refuses to be a pawn in a marriage of convenience, even if it means losing the man she loves. Can they forge their own path to happiness?
May 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Harry’s carefree life is shattered when his family faces ruin. His salvation lies in marrying a wealthy heiress—yet his heart yearns for Lady Claudia. She refuses to be a pawn in a marriage of convenience, even if it means losing the man she loves. Can they forge their own path to happiness?
What was your least favorite book that you were required to read?
For me, it was The Great Gatsby in college. The characters were so wooden, I just didn’t care what happened to them.
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For me, it was The Great Gatsby in college. The characters were so wooden, I just didn’t care what happened to them.
#AmReading
May 21, 2025 at 11:01 AM
What was your least favorite book that you were required to read?
For me, it was The Great Gatsby in college. The characters were so wooden, I just didn’t care what happened to them.
#AmReading
For me, it was The Great Gatsby in college. The characters were so wooden, I just didn’t care what happened to them.
#AmReading
Weekly #ReadingWrapUp
May 11–17
📙The Lady Makes Her Mark—Susanna Craig
📙Secrets at the Aviary Inn—Maryann Clarke
📙A Telegram from Le Touquet—John Bude
📙Anima Rising—Christopher Moore
📙Not Safe for Work—Nisha J. Tuli
📙What Not to Do on Vacation—Rachel Magee
📙Emma by the Sea—Sarah G. Levine
May 11–17
📙The Lady Makes Her Mark—Susanna Craig
📙Secrets at the Aviary Inn—Maryann Clarke
📙A Telegram from Le Touquet—John Bude
📙Anima Rising—Christopher Moore
📙Not Safe for Work—Nisha J. Tuli
📙What Not to Do on Vacation—Rachel Magee
📙Emma by the Sea—Sarah G. Levine
May 17, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Weekly #ReadingWrapUp
May 11–17
📙The Lady Makes Her Mark—Susanna Craig
📙Secrets at the Aviary Inn—Maryann Clarke
📙A Telegram from Le Touquet—John Bude
📙Anima Rising—Christopher Moore
📙Not Safe for Work—Nisha J. Tuli
📙What Not to Do on Vacation—Rachel Magee
📙Emma by the Sea—Sarah G. Levine
May 11–17
📙The Lady Makes Her Mark—Susanna Craig
📙Secrets at the Aviary Inn—Maryann Clarke
📙A Telegram from Le Touquet—John Bude
📙Anima Rising—Christopher Moore
📙Not Safe for Work—Nisha J. Tuli
📙What Not to Do on Vacation—Rachel Magee
📙Emma by the Sea—Sarah G. Levine
Daffodil ‘Geranium’ 🌻
These beauties bloom in mid-spring, and they’re wonderfully fragrant. #SpringFlowers
These beauties bloom in mid-spring, and they’re wonderfully fragrant. #SpringFlowers
May 16, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Daffodil ‘Geranium’ 🌻
These beauties bloom in mid-spring, and they’re wonderfully fragrant. #SpringFlowers
These beauties bloom in mid-spring, and they’re wonderfully fragrant. #SpringFlowers
DARCY COMES TO ROSINGS 🌹 Andrea David
Lizzy’s peaceful visit to Kent is shattered when the arrogant Mr. Darcy reveals his love. Torn between her family’s precarious future and her own principles, Elizabeth faces an impossible choice: marry for security or follow her heart.
Lizzy’s peaceful visit to Kent is shattered when the arrogant Mr. Darcy reveals his love. Torn between her family’s precarious future and her own principles, Elizabeth faces an impossible choice: marry for security or follow her heart.
May 15, 2025 at 11:00 AM
DARCY COMES TO ROSINGS 🌹 Andrea David
Lizzy’s peaceful visit to Kent is shattered when the arrogant Mr. Darcy reveals his love. Torn between her family’s precarious future and her own principles, Elizabeth faces an impossible choice: marry for security or follow her heart.
Lizzy’s peaceful visit to Kent is shattered when the arrogant Mr. Darcy reveals his love. Torn between her family’s precarious future and her own principles, Elizabeth faces an impossible choice: marry for security or follow her heart.
How do you choose your next read? 📖
I schedule my NetGalley ARCs based on publication date. For other books, it’s pretty random, based on their genre and my mood.
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I schedule my NetGalley ARCs based on publication date. For other books, it’s pretty random, based on their genre and my mood.
#AmReading
May 15, 2025 at 12:30 AM
How do you choose your next read? 📖
I schedule my NetGalley ARCs based on publication date. For other books, it’s pretty random, based on their genre and my mood.
#AmReading
I schedule my NetGalley ARCs based on publication date. For other books, it’s pretty random, based on their genre and my mood.
#AmReading
St. Croix beach at sunset #CaribbeanSea
May 13, 2025 at 7:18 PM
St. Croix beach at sunset #CaribbeanSea
One dance changes everything! When the proud Mr. Darcy insults Elizabeth, he makes amends on the dance floor—and becomes captivated by her sparkling wit. She’s everything he shouldn’t want, yet all he desires. Can his heart be swayed by a woman who defies all expectations? #JAFF
May 12, 2025 at 10:08 PM
One dance changes everything! When the proud Mr. Darcy insults Elizabeth, he makes amends on the dance floor—and becomes captivated by her sparkling wit. She’s everything he shouldn’t want, yet all he desires. Can his heart be swayed by a woman who defies all expectations? #JAFF
A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say. ~Italo Calvino #AuthorQuote
May 11, 2025 at 10:56 PM
A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say. ~Italo Calvino #AuthorQuote
Weekly #ReadingWrapUp
May 4–10
🌲Sporting Affair—Paullett Golden
🌲Spilling the Tea—Brenda Jackson
🌲The Neural Mind—George Lakoff and Srini Narayanan
🌲Artificial Stupelligence—Lynn Raebsamen
🌲Death on the Island—Eliza Reid
🌲Most Parisian Murder—A Most Parisian Murder
🌲Maine Characters—Hannah Orenstein
May 4–10
🌲Sporting Affair—Paullett Golden
🌲Spilling the Tea—Brenda Jackson
🌲The Neural Mind—George Lakoff and Srini Narayanan
🌲Artificial Stupelligence—Lynn Raebsamen
🌲Death on the Island—Eliza Reid
🌲Most Parisian Murder—A Most Parisian Murder
🌲Maine Characters—Hannah Orenstein
May 11, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Weekly #ReadingWrapUp
May 4–10
🌲Sporting Affair—Paullett Golden
🌲Spilling the Tea—Brenda Jackson
🌲The Neural Mind—George Lakoff and Srini Narayanan
🌲Artificial Stupelligence—Lynn Raebsamen
🌲Death on the Island—Eliza Reid
🌲Most Parisian Murder—A Most Parisian Murder
🌲Maine Characters—Hannah Orenstein
May 4–10
🌲Sporting Affair—Paullett Golden
🌲Spilling the Tea—Brenda Jackson
🌲The Neural Mind—George Lakoff and Srini Narayanan
🌲Artificial Stupelligence—Lynn Raebsamen
🌲Death on the Island—Eliza Reid
🌲Most Parisian Murder—A Most Parisian Murder
🌲Maine Characters—Hannah Orenstein
Ginger Thomas (Tecoma stans) is the official flower of the US Virgin Islands. Native to the American tropics, it was introduced to the islands and has naturalized there.
#TropicalFlowers
#TropicalFlowers
May 10, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Ginger Thomas (Tecoma stans) is the official flower of the US Virgin Islands. Native to the American tropics, it was introduced to the islands and has naturalized there.
#TropicalFlowers
#TropicalFlowers
DARCY’S WEDDING DAY DISASTER by Abbey North and Andrea David 🌶️
Just as Elizabeth Bennet is about to marry her beloved Mr. Darcy, a devastating mystery threatens to tear them apart. Can Lizzy and Darcy overcome the betrayal and family secrets to claim their stolen happily ever after?
#JAFF
Just as Elizabeth Bennet is about to marry her beloved Mr. Darcy, a devastating mystery threatens to tear them apart. Can Lizzy and Darcy overcome the betrayal and family secrets to claim their stolen happily ever after?
#JAFF
May 8, 2025 at 11:54 AM
DARCY’S WEDDING DAY DISASTER by Abbey North and Andrea David 🌶️
Just as Elizabeth Bennet is about to marry her beloved Mr. Darcy, a devastating mystery threatens to tear them apart. Can Lizzy and Darcy overcome the betrayal and family secrets to claim their stolen happily ever after?
#JAFF
Just as Elizabeth Bennet is about to marry her beloved Mr. Darcy, a devastating mystery threatens to tear them apart. Can Lizzy and Darcy overcome the betrayal and family secrets to claim their stolen happily ever after?
#JAFF
Caribbean Sea at sunset, St. Croix, USVI
#TropicalBeach
#TropicalBeach
May 8, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Caribbean Sea at sunset, St. Croix, USVI
#TropicalBeach
#TropicalBeach
All I have learned, I learned from books. 📚
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May 7, 2025 at 11:01 AM
All I have learned, I learned from books. 📚
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#AmReading
Lizzy never thought she’d see Darcy again—not after their disastrous parting. But when she encounters his sister Georgiana in need, Lizzy is drawn back into his world. Now, she must face the man she once rejected. Will the embers of their past ignite a passionate new love? 🪻
#JAFF
#JAFF
May 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Lizzy never thought she’d see Darcy again—not after their disastrous parting. But when she encounters his sister Georgiana in need, Lizzy is drawn back into his world. Now, she must face the man she once rejected. Will the embers of their past ignite a passionate new love? 🪻
#JAFF
#JAFF
It’s a never-ending, upward spiral. And if you think at any point you’re allowed to stop climbing, I’m afraid you’re missing the point. Because the joy is in the climb.
~Mark Manson, “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck”
#AuthorQuote
~Mark Manson, “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck”
#AuthorQuote
May 4, 2025 at 8:53 PM
It’s a never-ending, upward spiral. And if you think at any point you’re allowed to stop climbing, I’m afraid you’re missing the point. Because the joy is in the climb.
~Mark Manson, “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck”
#AuthorQuote
~Mark Manson, “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck”
#AuthorQuote
Weekly #ReadingWrapUp
April 27 – May 3
📘At the Ocean's Edge—Heather Dixon
📘The Beast of Littleton Woods—TE Kinsey
📘Ocean—David Attenborough & Colin Butfield
📘Austen at Sea—Natalie Jenner
📘A Fatal Necessity—Marjorie Eccles
📘A Poisonous Silence—Jenny Adams
April 27 – May 3
📘At the Ocean's Edge—Heather Dixon
📘The Beast of Littleton Woods—TE Kinsey
📘Ocean—David Attenborough & Colin Butfield
📘Austen at Sea—Natalie Jenner
📘A Fatal Necessity—Marjorie Eccles
📘A Poisonous Silence—Jenny Adams
May 3, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Weekly #ReadingWrapUp
April 27 – May 3
📘At the Ocean's Edge—Heather Dixon
📘The Beast of Littleton Woods—TE Kinsey
📘Ocean—David Attenborough & Colin Butfield
📘Austen at Sea—Natalie Jenner
📘A Fatal Necessity—Marjorie Eccles
📘A Poisonous Silence—Jenny Adams
April 27 – May 3
📘At the Ocean's Edge—Heather Dixon
📘The Beast of Littleton Woods—TE Kinsey
📘Ocean—David Attenborough & Colin Butfield
📘Austen at Sea—Natalie Jenner
📘A Fatal Necessity—Marjorie Eccles
📘A Poisonous Silence—Jenny Adams
When it’s time for bed, but you only have 100 pages left: “I have to finish the story!”
💐💐💐DARCY’S FAIR LADY by Andrea David
To thwart his aunt’s machinations, Darcy employs Elizabeth to pose as his fiancée. Navigating London society, Lizzy discovers a new side to the man she once despised.
#JAFF
💐💐💐DARCY’S FAIR LADY by Andrea David
To thwart his aunt’s machinations, Darcy employs Elizabeth to pose as his fiancée. Navigating London society, Lizzy discovers a new side to the man she once despised.
#JAFF
May 2, 2025 at 6:06 PM
When it’s time for bed, but you only have 100 pages left: “I have to finish the story!”
💐💐💐DARCY’S FAIR LADY by Andrea David
To thwart his aunt’s machinations, Darcy employs Elizabeth to pose as his fiancée. Navigating London society, Lizzy discovers a new side to the man she once despised.
#JAFF
💐💐💐DARCY’S FAIR LADY by Andrea David
To thwart his aunt’s machinations, Darcy employs Elizabeth to pose as his fiancée. Navigating London society, Lizzy discovers a new side to the man she once despised.
#JAFF
Sandy Point, St. Croix, USVI
#TropicalBeach
#TropicalBeach
May 2, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Sandy Point, St. Croix, USVI
#TropicalBeach
#TropicalBeach