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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.
Elizabeth D'Arcy: A Pride and Prejudice Variation
Florence Gold - 2021
When she finds out that the only object stolen is the family bible, she is forced to admit that she had something to do with the circumstances surrounding the robbery.It is the beginning of a touching story about true love and family values, about Elizabeth and Darcy walking side by side on a quest to uncover both the past and their feelings. And finally, it is the chronicle of two families, the Bennets and the Darcys, whose destinies are intertwined, despite the obstacles they face.Always in the foreground, you will discover Elizabeth and Darcy’s love story that develops far away from prying eyes, a sweet secret of complicities, blissfulness and perfect moments spent together.
A Mishap, a Mystery, and a Merry Little Christmas: A Pride and Prejudice Variation
Nicky Roth - 2021
What if Darcy had had doubts about separating his friend from Jane Bennet far earlier in the story than in the original? How would things play out then? Well, here is a take on how it could have been, had Darcy persuaded Bingley to return to Netherfield in December of 1811.
As a Proper Lady Would: A Pride & Prejudice Variation (Defying Propriety Book 1)
Bronwen Chisholm - 2021
The well-known characters, as well as a few new ones, grow from childhood to a marriageable age; some reveal different facets of their personalities, while others are doomed to follow the same paths.
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.
Why Wed?: A Pride and Prejudice Variation
Renata McMann - 2021
Despite her mother’s objections, Elizabeth goes to keep house for him at the Hunsford Parsonage near Rosings, where she meets Mr. Darcy again.Mr. Darcy decides to marry his cousin Anne de Bourgh, but that doesn’t work out as planned.Many characters from Pride and Prejudice marry for a variety of reasons, including health, wealth, and of course, love.This sweet Pride and Prejudice novella has about 28,000 words.
Scent of Desire: A Pride and Prejudice Expansion
Ayr Bray - 2021
Their betrothal is not without its own difficulties, however, and a single misunderstanding may place all of their future happiness in jeopardy.By Amazon Best-Selling author Emmaline Hoffmeister’s, Scent of Desire is a Pride and Prejudice expansion chronicling the six-week engagement of one of the world’s most beloved Jane Austen couples.Pemberley Mistletoe was originally published in November 2013 and removed from publication in September 2017 by Ayr Bray. Ayr Bray was the pen name of Emmaline Hoffmeister.Pemberley Mistletoe is a historical romance with the suggestion of mature content, however, the book "fades to firelight" before the situations heat up too much.
A Year Without Summer: A Variation on Pride and Prejudice
Martin Hunnicutt - 2020
The Bennet family recognizes that the winter is very cold but nothing prepares them for the ‘year without a summer’ that follows. Frost and cool temperatures every month of the growing season reduce harvests of important grains, vegetables, and fruits. Their England is dependent upon locally grown foodstuffs and the people are unable to bring in food stuffs from other parts of the world–in fact other parts of the world would not have had surpluses of food to send. Horse and oxen-drawn wagons could only move produce so far in any single day.With some good luck, Mr. Darcy and Miss Bennet separate after the Ball at Netherfield on excellent terms. Through happenstance, the couple meet at Hunsford at Easter during the cold spring, fall in love and become engaged. However, as the families and tenants struggle to harvest diminished harvests of grains and hay, the Bennet and Darcy families struggle to remain hopeful. The poor harvests do not prevent the marriage of Elizabeth and Fitzwilliam, and they travel from London to Pemberley for the lean winter that affects the inhabitants of manor houses and farmhouses.In Hertfordshire, Charles Bingley must deal with Caroline and his aunt from Scarborough, and Jane must rally her family as they discover how much they miss Elizabeth’s humour and wit. But in spring 1817, the weather makes all of England a green and bountiful land once again, and Jane and Charles find their way toward the happily-ever-after they deserve.
In Search of Beauty, A Pride and Prejudice Variation
Melanie Schertz - 2020
They meet Mr Thomas Bennet, an art history professor at one of the universities there, and his two daughters, Jane and Elizabeth. The Bennets are part of a group trying to restore the stolen works of art taken by Napoleon's army when they plundered Belgium. One piece of art in particular was the Bruges Madonna, sculpted by Michelangelo. Along with Colonel Fitzwilliam, the Bingleys, Lord and Lady Matlock, the search for the missing art leads through Belgium while the hearts of two gentlemen find their matches in Mr Bennet's home.
The Real Mr. Darcy
Sarah Johnson - 2020
When the real Mr Fitzwilliam Darcy arrives Elizabeth has a second chance to become acquainted with the gentleman. Can she break through the façade Mr Darcy erected because of a family tragedy, and will she like what she discovers of his character?
Skirmish and Scandal
C.P. Odom - 2021
More than one wealthy or noble family of seemingly sterling reputation is torn apart and sometimes all but exterminated by savage intra-family feuds.That situation unexpectedly confronts Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet in Skirmish and Scandal when Darcy’s interest in Elizabeth as a future mistress of Pemberley becomes known to Lady Catherine de Bourgh and her noble Matlock relations. Determined to prevent an affront to the reputation of their aristocratic clan, the most prominent members of the family gather with Lady Catherine to confront Darcy and force him to choose a more suitable wife. Th e resulting conflict and its aftermath involve furious arguments, abduction, pursuit, and personal clashes that narrowly avert meetings on the field of honour.How can such emotionally intense and seemingly insurmountable personal conflicts between thecouple result in an amorouos resolution?
Entrancing Mr. Darcy: a Pride and Prejudice variation
Valerie Lennox - 2021
Darcy. When the two are discovered together, after a treacherous nail has done violence to Elizabeth’s dress, tongues wag, and the rumors decry Elizabeth’s reputation.For the sake of her family’s good name, Elizabeth agrees to marry Mr. Darcy. Given the circumstances, they have decided to live apart, and Mr. Darcy will ready a small estate called Leonane for Elizabeth’s use.Leonane itself, however, sits high on cliff top, an imposing fortress of a house, which all the servants have fled, claiming a curse haunts the place. When she and Mr. Darcy arrive, their carriage is destroyed and the horses disappear.Is it the curse?Or is there someone who doesn’t wish them to leave? Who wishes to trap them there?
Bonds of Friendship
Jann Rowland - 2021
With these men come their children, young boys and girls who forge life-long connections akin to that their fathers have built.As the children grow to adulthood, they mature, their relationships growing ever stronger. Fitzwilliam Darcy, having been taught by an excellent father, cleaves to his friendships with Charles Bingley, Anthony Fitzwilliam, and George Wickham, knowing they will bring his family much joy and prosperity. Of especial importance to his future happiness, a lively sprite he knew as a girl has grown to become a lovely young woman as desirable as any.In Hertfordshire, Elizabeth Bennet, having known Darcy since she was a young girl, greets him when he comes to the neighborhood, eager to discover if she can love him as a woman loves a man. As their relationship deepens and they learn what it is to love together, an enemy from the past arrives to bedevil them and threaten all they hold dear.Life, while it brings its share of joys, also brings the inevitable sorrows, and when calamity strikes, Darcy and his brothers in all but blood must press forward to achieve the impossible. And while he knows the odds are stacked against him, Darcy possesses an indomitable will that will not allow him to fail.Bonds of Friendship is the first book of two in the Bonds of Life series. The second book, Bonds of Love, is schedule for publication in summer 2020.
Netherfield's Duchess: Book 1
Victoria Lynn - 2021
Having met the Bennets on her previous visit to the estate, Lady Felton decides that taking an interest in Mr. Bennets older daughters will help give her some purpose and distraction from her personal grief. Arriving with her guest, Anne de Bourgh and her godson, Colonel Richard Fitzwilliam, the Duchess soon fills up her guest rooms with the Bingleys, the Hursts and Mr. Darcy and his ward and younger sibling Georgiana. Her guests, the Bennets and Mr. Collins and the newly arrived militia all combine for matchmaking, madness and matrimony in this Pride and Prejudice variation.
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.