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Mr. Darcy's Triplets: A Pride and Prejudice Variation
Juliana Abbott - 2022
Darcy, a widowed father of three lively 3-year-olds, hires Elizabeth Bennet as their governess. Will their hearts ignite with the same fire when Lizzy becomes a lowly employee of a wealthy gentleman who puts his kids’ wellbeing above his own bliss?Shortly after meeting and insulting Elizabeth Bennet at the Meryton assembly ball, Mr. Darcy – a single father of triplets – urgently needs a governess.When he hears the Bennets are nearing financial ruin and sees how quickly Elizabeth takes to his children he knows there’s only one choice – Lizzy.What should be a simple professional connection soon gets complicated when Darcy falls for Elizabeth. While she likewise can’t stop thinking about him, she knows one thing: A union between the proud gentleman and his employee is unthinkable.Or is it?Just when it looks like Darcy and Lizzy can overcome their differences and defeat foes that seek to destroy them, Col. Fitzwilliam arrives at Pemberley and reveals a long-kept secret that threatens to shatter everything they fought so hard for.Can Darcy undo his mistakes from the past and win Lizzy’s love – or have his secrets ruined any chance of happiness between them?Mr. Darcy's Triplets is a sweet and clean variation of Jane Austen's timeless classic, Pride and Prejudice, and it's above 50000 words long.
A More Gentlemanlike Manner
Harriet Knowles - 2021
The end of Darcy’s hopes and dreams.He decides to give her the letter and escape the humiliation.But he cannot do it.No matter the cost, he will do anything — anything — to be worthy of her acceptance.Elizabeth Bennet must decide which of the two characters is the real Mr. Darcy, before she can choose which path in life will make her happiest.Should she follow her heart, or her head?
Happy by Accident... or Not?: A Pride and Prejudice variation
Michelle D'Arcy - 2021
Phillips’ house and the disturbing conversation during which Wickham reveals to Elizabeth his past misfortunes caused by Darcy.On a cold autumn morning, Elizabeth takes a long walk to clear her thoughts and to escape Mr. Collins’s annoying attentions.Her solitary reverie is interrupted by cries for help and she discovers Mr. Bingley, who has fallen from his horse and is lying at the edge of a marsh. While Elizabeth tries to assist him, Darcy appears in search of his friend. With the threat of a storm approaching, Darcy hurries to fetch more help and Elizabeth remains with Bingley — a good opportunity for them to disagree about Darcy’s character.Mr. Bingley’s wounds are not severe, but serious enough to affect his plans for the ball. Also, the disclosure of his argument with Miss Elizabeth will trouble Darcy, contradicting all his previous beliefs about the woman he secretly admires.Therefore, the two gentlemen must decide how they want to proceed with the ladies of their hearts.With several surprise visitors attending the Netherfield Ball, with opinions and feelings changed, with secrets unveiled and the truth finally exposed, our beloved couples will interact, argue, reconcile, bear some misunderstandings and suffer from a little bit of jealousy before they reach their well-deserved ‘Happily Ever After’.
Pride & Perception: a Pride & Prejudice variation
Sue Barr - 2021
What if…The entail on Longbourn had been broken?The Bennets owned Netherfield Park?Lizzy overheard the second derogatory comment Darcy made about her beauty? After the Bennets had dined at Netherfield Park, he said, “Her a beauty? I should as soon call her mother a wit.”Yeah – that one.This is a story where we explore all these beautiful what ifs.
A Sister's Sacrifice
Lelia Eye - 2020
Determined to remedy the situation, Elizabeth decides to stay with her aunt in London, thereby forcing the truth of Jane’s circumstances to rise to the surface.It is in London that Elizabeth meets Fitzwilliam Darcy and his younger brother, a rake of a man who is more interested in dalliances with women than in maintaining the small estate bequeathed upon him by his father. Despite Darcy’s great efforts, his brother simply refuses to listen to reason and curb his excesses, leaving Darcy at a loss concerning how to proceed.Because both Elizabeth and Darcy are so focused on their siblings, neither expects to catch the other’s eye. But as they spend more time together, they find themselves to be willing allies and perhaps even something more. If they work together, is it possible to ensure that all parties involved will achieve happiness? Or will the sacrifice of Elizabeth’s sister proceed, causing sorrow to enshroud the future and forever banishing any hopes for marital bliss?
Mistaken Identity
J. Dawn King - 2021
Two ladies with the same appearance. What happens when they meet? MURDER!!!When Fitzwilliam Darcy’s life is threatened, he seeks refuge in Hertfordshire where he meets a woman who looks remarkably like the female who twice shot at him. Why was Elizabeth Bennet trying to kill him? How could he be attracted to her when he should do everything in his power to stay away?Accidentally mistaking Mr. Darcy for someone else, Elizabeth Bennet determines to have nothing to do with him until she learns that her first impression might have been a mistake. Where she expected arrogance, he was kind. When she anticipated a lie, he proved himself trustworthy. Who was the man behind the name, Fitzwilliam Darcy, and why was she drawn to him despite knowing he was dangerous?In this Regency romance with a hint of dark mystery written by bestselling author, J Dawn King, the true nature of the characters from Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice are revealed as they search through a complex web of deceit to find hope and lasting love.
Entirely A Matter Of Chance: A Pride and Prejudice Variation
Sophia King - 2019
Her mother would be furious with her for missing dinner with Mr Bingley, but at least Elizabeth would not have to tolerate his friend, the rude and proud Mr Darcy. Until she finds her way to the cabin to discover she is not the only one seeking shelter from the storm.Fitzwilliam Darcy is shocked but not displeased to discover he must pass the night with the woman who, despite her inferior connections, has bewitched him like no other. And if they are discovered together, it will give him the perfect excuse to finally give in to his desires and offer Elizabeth Bennet his hand in marriage. Until, to his shock and dismay, he discovers this is the last thing in the world Elizabeth wants. But as the storm rages on and the hours' pass, the confined space of the cabin tests both their willpower.In the small society of Meryton, rumours spread that Darcy and Elizabeth were together that stormy night. They are determined to dismiss it as gossip until Darcy’s old enemy, George Wickham, hears the rumours and finds the proof he needs to force his old friend into what he believes will be a degrading marriage. But when he discovers he has enabled Darcy to marry the woman he is passionately in love with, he must change tactics and do all he can to come between them and persuade Elizabeth she cannot trust her future husband. As Elizabeth and Darcy resign themselves to the idea of marriage to a spouse they fear can never love them, Wickham’s deceit and lies threaten to come between them and destroy their growing love for one another. And if Elizabeth cannot put her fears to one side, she might lose the man she has come to love to a charmer who can bring her nothing but pain.
Mr Darcy's New Neighbour: A Pride and Prejudice Variation
Marie Green - 2021
Whilst there she is surprised to meet Mr Darcy, Colonel Fitzwilliam and Mr Wickham.Elizabeth is about to be astounded time and again by the events that play out in Liverpool. Events which see her undertake a night time adventure with two men she had no idea were in fact cousins!While staying at Gracechurch Street in London she had been invited by Lady Matlock to a soiree at Matlock Gardens. It was there that she was left in no doubt, by her Ladyship, that she was not a suitable wife for her son Colonel Fitzwilliam, who Elizabeth had only recently met. Too poor, was the insinuation and certainly not born high enough.After being duped by Wickham and astonished by what she overheard Mr Darcy say to his cousin, Elizabeth was delighted when within less than a week, her life changed immeasurably. A change which would find her living, albeit temporarily, only five miles from Pemberley.This is a gentle, lightly amusing tale of the developing love between Darcy and Elizabeth, with all its ups and downs.
Banished: A Pride and Prejudice Variation
Shana Granderson A Lady - 2021
Unfortunately Jane has been corrupted by Fanny Bennet who only cares for looks, especially when her looks are reflected in a daughter as they are in Jane and Lydia. Thomas Bennet in this tale is a weak-willed man who gives in to Fanny Bennet just to keep the peace in his home.Darcy insults Elizabeth at the assembly but he notices something in Jane that tells him she is not as she presents herself. Jane joins Miss Bingley in setting her cap for Mr. Darcy as she wants a gentleman of wealth as her mother has taught her to believe she deserves.We see situations that are in canon through the lens of the changed characters. Jane stokes Elizabeth’s dislike of Mr. Darcy for her own selfish purposes. Enter the very foul-smelling Mr. Collins. He is steered to Elizabeth, but not just by Mrs. Bennet.After the Netherfield Ball Collins makes his ill-advised proposal to our heroine. She of course rejects him. Unlike canon, Bennet gives in and supports his wife. With Elizabeth’s continues refusal, she is banished from Longbourn and told by her mother she is no longer a member of the Bennet family.Where will Elizabeth go? How will her life be? What will the repercussions be for those who treated her so badly? Will any of the characters who start out bad wake up and reform their ways?This story answers those and other questions as it tells its tale of our Lizzy who had been banished from her beloved Longbourn.
Much Ado about Many Things: A Pride and Prejudice Variation
Sophie Lynbrook - 2020
Mr. Darcy wants to gain command of his wayward heart. But Miss Bingley wants to be acting. Thrown together in the cause of entertainment, our reluctant pair learn to see each other with fresh eyes. But the course of true love never does run smooth. And neither does the course of amateur theatricals. To achieve the stuff that dreams are made of they and their friends must navigate a sea of troubles and dodge the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.
Any Fair Interference
Nan Harrison - 2022
Not only is Mr Bennet ill, Longbourn and indeed all of Meryton is struggling through one of England’s worst winters. Elizabeth draws on every strength to care for her family, but faces the alarming prospect of losing both her father and her home. Her lonely struggles lead her to revise her opinion of a certain gentleman, and she finds unexpected solace in dreams of Mr Darcy.FITZWILLIAM DARCY BELIEVES HE CAN ESCAPE his attraction to Elizabeth by leaving Netherfield. He soon finds himself snowbound at Pemberley, where forced isolation compels him to contemplate his duty, and contrast it with dreams of his heart’s desire. No matter how he considers it, though, he feels he cannot have Elizabeth, the one he truly loves.FORTUNATELY DARCY'S FRIENDS and his family–Georgiana, Colonel Fitzwilliam, and the Hursts–feel far differently than he, and soon even the most unlikely allies have come together to help him see that happiness is the highest consideration of all. But will he and Elizabeth find the courage to follow their hearts before it is too late?
Nary a Hedgerow: A Pride and Prejudice Variation
Don H. Miller - 2022
Bingley leave Hertfordshire immediately after the ball which Mr. Bingley hosted at Netherfield Park. It assumes that Mr. Bennet has died and that the Bennet women no longer live at Longbourn because of the entail which gave that estate to Mr. Collins. The Bennet daughters have been distributed among relatives--Mary and Lydia with Mrs. Bennet in a cottage in Meryton, Jane with her Uncle and Aunt Phillips in Meryton, and Elizabeth and Kitty with their Uncle and Aunt Gardiner in London. This variation addresses how the family manages to survive the tragedy, how the relationship of Elizabeth and Darcy is influenced by Elizabeth's becoming the ward of her merchant uncle and aunt, and how the lives of other Bennet daughters are affected.
Snowflakes at Pemberley: A Pride and Prejudice Variation
Jennifer Kay - 2021
Her autumn was full of vexing men, and with her sister Jane recently married to Mr. Bingley, Elizabeth is at loose ends at home. Of course, she knows that Mr. Darcy lives in Derbyshire, but surely the county is large enough that their paths won’t cross, right?Fitzwilliam Darcy cannot get the impertinent Miss Elizabeth out of his mind, even after a strategic retreat to Derbyshire. When he meets her again at a Twelfth Night assembly, he realizes that fighting his feelings is futile. Before he can act on his intentions, however, the weather gets in the way. And it seems that not all was right in the world when the snowflakes began to fall.
Mr. Darcy's Regrets: A Pride and Prejudice Variation
CJ Matteo - 2022
Darcy’s Regrets” is a Pride and Prejudice Regency variation novella of approximately 30K words, with low angst, lots of romance, and some original twists in the timeless story of Elizabeth and Darcy, told from Darcy’s point of view.Many of us wonder about the friendship between Darcy and Bingley. How did they end up together when there is a significant difference in age, character, and situation in life between the two? What if their bond has its roots in the past relationship of their families?The story starts in London after Elizabeth returns from Kent, and she and Jane are staying with the Gardiners. Mr. Bingley, his sisters, as well as Mr. Darcy and his relatives are in town too, and their circles are about to collide. Mr. Darcy’s confession, Mr. Bingley’s determination, several meetings between the families, an earlier elopement — all gather our favourite characters together and push them on an arduous journey towards their happily ever after.It is the perfect time for Mr. Darcy to understand that mere regrets are not enough, and past wrongs must be repaired — and to take the step from reflection to real action.
Duels of Every Sort: A Pride and Prejudice Variation
Sarah Brown - 2019
What if the Bennets did have a son? How would the addition of another one of those witty Bennets to the story alter Darcy's point of view? Arguments, adventure, romance, and duels of every sort are sure to follow.