Most Ardently
by Sheena Austin et al.
"This is quite the season indeed for friendly meetings. At Christmas every body invites their friends about them, and people think little of even the worst weather. I was snowed up at a friend's house once for a week. Nothing could be pleasanter." ~EmmaJoin New York Times, USA Today, and International bestselling authors as they share stories inspired by Jane Austen to fill your Yuletide with love and joy.From a Regency holiday in Austen's own home to modern stories with a supernatural twist, Most Ardently brings you the best of Austen-inspired holiday fiction, including a haunted modern-day Northanger academy dorm, a surprise cast of zombies, and a demon set loose in Jane Austen's world. Mincemeat pies, Christmas puddings, Boxing Day and Twelfth Night will never be the same again!So light a Yule log, hang a kissing bough of evergreen and mistletoe, and settle in for a long winter's read as you reconnect with your favorite Austen characters and settings in all-new new stories."On one side was a table occupied by some chattering girls, cutting up silk and gold paper; and on the other were trestles and trays, bending under the weight of brawn and cold pies, where riotous boys were holding high revel; the whole completed by a roaring Christmas fire, which seemed determined to be heard in spite of the noise of the others." ~Persuasion