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Pride and Prejudice's Mary Bennet gets her own story...

The third of five daughters, Miss Mary Bennet is a rather unremarkable girl. With her countenance being somewhere between plain and pretty and in possession of no great accomplishments, few expect the third Bennet daughter to attract a respectable man. But although she is shy and would much prefer to keep her nose stuck in a book, Mary is uncertain she wants to meekly follow the path to spinsterhood set before her.

Determined that Mary should have a chance at happiness, the elder Bennet sisters concoct a plan. Lizzy invites Mary to visit at Pemberley, hoping to give her sister a place to grow and make new acquaintances. But it is only when Mary strikes out independently that she can attempt to become accomplished in her own right. And in a family renowned for its remarkable Misses, Mary Bennet may turn out to be the most wholly unexpected of them all...

About the Author

Patrice Sarath is an author and editor living in Austin, Texas. Her novels include the fantasy booksThe Sisters Mederos(Book I of the Tales of Port Saint Frey), the series Books of the Gordath (Gordath Wood, Red Gold Bridge, andThe Crow God's Girl) and the romanceThe Unexpected Miss Bennet.Patrice is the author of numerous short stories that have appeared in several magazines and anthologies, includingWeird Tales, Black Gate, Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, Realms of Fantasy, and many others. Her short story "A Prayer for Captain La Hire" was included inYear's Best Fantasyof 2003 compiled by David Hartwell and Katherine Cramer. Her story "Pigs and Feaches," originally published in Apex Digest, was reprinted in 2013 inBest Tales of the Apocalypseby Permuted Press.Patrice is an avid horsewoman. She also enjoys bike-riding, rollerblading, and hiking the woods and trails outside Austin. She can often be found writing at her neighborhood coffee house.Books:The Sisters Mederos (2018, Angry Robot Books)Fog Season (2019, Angry Robot Books)The Crow God's Girl (2012)The Unexpected Miss Bennet (2011, Robert Hale and Penguin)Red Gold Bridge (2009, Penguin Berkley)Gordath Wood (2008, Penguin Berkley)Short stories:A Prayer for Captain La Hire (2002, Black Gate, 2003 Year's Best Fantasy)Bad Amy (2006, Space Squid)Bad Dog (2015, Andromeda Spaceways In-Flight Magazine; 2017 Deep Magic)Blood on the Snow (1999, Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine; 2017 Bloodbound)Ice (2005, Realms of Fantasy)Into the Dark (2002, Realms of Fantasy)Lonely Cries the Winter Wind (2008, Edge of Propinquity)Memories of Gravity (2013, The Mammoth Book of Futuristic Romance)More to Glory (2002, Low-Port anthology)Murder on the Hohmann (2016, Futuristica Vol I)Pigs and Feaches (2007, Apex Digest, 2013 Best Tales of the Apocalypse)Pilot's Forge (2009, Mammoth Book of Time Travel Romance)Reparations (2000, Romance & Beyond)The Djinn Game (1999, Such a Pretty Face)The Gig in the Hall of Kings (2004, Cafe Ole anthology)The Lunch Thief (2007, Weird Tales, published as Bagged Lunch)The Night of Their Conversion (2007, Space Squid)The Warlord and the Princess (1999, Beyond the Rose, 2002 Andromeda Spaceways)