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Affectations of Candour
Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.
Six months after Mr Darcy quit Hertfordshire, Elizabeth Bennet has resolved to think no more of him. When her young friend Bridget Hughes is orphaned and sent to live with unfamiliar relations on the Somerset coast, Elizabeth gladly agrees to keep her company for the summer; a season of sea air, new friendships, and distance from anything that might recall the haughty master of Pemberley will do very well for her.
Then she discovers that the wealthy gentleman who has just inherited the marine villa along the next bluff is Fitzwilliam Darcy himself.
He is not the man she remembers. Quieter in her company, warmer, attentive in ways Hertfordshire never showed her, Darcy seems determined to begin again. So does Elizabeth, almost despite herself…until she learns he is all but engaged to another.
Hannah Wright has spent six months working to become Mrs Darcy, and her family’s debts have made the match a matter of necessity as much as pride. She has no intention of being supplanted by a country girl with no dowry and relations in trade. What begins as cool civility soon hardens into something more dangerous, and Elizabeth finds herself the object of jealousy, deception, and a quiet campaign to drive her from the coast.
Far from London's drawing rooms, on cliff-top walks above the Bristol Channel, Elizabeth and Darcy must decide whether what they once misunderstood can be made right and whether a second meeting can become the beginning neither of them dared expect.
Tropes: Pride and Prejudice variation, love triangle/rival for affection, second chance romance, slow burn Regency, seaside romance, clean Regency romance, forced proximity
Conundrums & Coincidences
To suffer my second is the doom of my first; And of all of my seconds, my whole is the worst.
After two months of suffering the heartache of Elizabeth Bennet’s rejection of his marriage proposal, Fitzwilliam Darcy unexpectedly encounters the lady at Oakwood Manor the estate of the late Miss Phoebe Armstrong. The dearly departed Miss Armstrong has disposed of her worldly goods in an uncommon manner. She has called together five young people, including Darcy and Elizabeth, to vie for a legacy—the manor itself and a substantial fortune. For Darcy, however, the true prize is a second chance at winning Elizabeth’s hand.
During the week-long tournament where critical thinking is required, and with such a coveted prize at stake, not all participants are willing to play fair. By the time Darcy and Elizabeth have persevered through a se’nnight of charades and conundrums, of making friends and enemies, nefarious goings-on, forgiveness…and a deepening attachment to one another.
By the time they leave Oakwood, Darcy and Elizabeth have resolved their prior differences and are on the brink of an understanding. That’s when they face another conundrum: Mr Bennet adamantly refuses to consent to an engagement between his favourite daughter and Darcy.
With her twenty-first birthday fast approaching, Elizabeth is put in the unhappy position of having to decide between the two gentlemen she loves most. In both battles of wills, who wins?
Whims & Inconsistencies
A Collection of Humorous Pride and Prejudice Variations
Whims & Inconsistencies is a compilation of two previously published stories:
Love at First Slight
and
A Little Whimsical in His Civilities
Both works are unabridged and unaltered from their original forms. If you previously purchased these books, please know that they have not been changed.
Mr Darcy's Second Chance: A Pride and Prejudice Variation Trilogy
Mr Darcy's Second Chance is a compilation of three previously published Pride and Prejudice Variations.
A More Agreeable Man by Jan Ashton
When Jane Bennet returns from a holiday at Ramsgate engaged to a handsome and charming young man, Elizabeth Bennet is astonished to find herself the only person at Longbourn questioning their attachment. Fitzwilliam Darcy arrives in Hertfordshire he discovers that George Wickham has impugned his character and is now betrothed to a lady whose enchanting younger sister has both decided opinions and strikingly beautiful eyes. Elizabeth and Darcy's doubts over the misalliance lead them to set aside their mutual distrust and determine the truth about Wickham’s true intentions, but the more they discover, the deeper they find their own hearts entangled.
A Golden Opportunity by J Marie Croft
Fitzwilliam Darcy longs to escape Rosings Park following his failed proposal of marriage to Miss Elizabeth Bennet. Alas it cannot be; both he and Elizabeth having been required to remain for an additional ten days for a private ball in celebration of the birthday of Miss Anne de Bourgh.
As the days progress, Darcy finds himself increasingly alarmed by the strange happenings that he sees, and that Lady Catherine reports, in Kent. His cousin, Miss Anne de Bourgh has thrown off the meekness and ennui of her earlier years. Displaying unprecedented liveliness and rebellion, she has been visiting the master gardener’s cottage, claiming she merely seeks his advice about her herbarium, but both Lady Catherine and Darcy suspect something more scandalous is afoot. To add to this, there seems to be some sort of thievery or vandalism occurring in the house, with precious items being pilfered or damaged. Darcy’s days are further complicated when he realizes that he may have a rival for Elizabeth’s affection, a young gentleman who is the owner of an estate near to Rosings.
There seems to be a potential scandal or heartache everywhere Darcy turns, but somewhere in midst of it all springs some hope. Can he and Elizabeth untangle all their misunderstandings or will some sort of disaster be their unravelling?
Mrs Bennet Makes a Match by Lucy Marin
Can a mother's determined matchmaking make love prevail? When Mr Fitzwilliam Darcy returns to Hertfordshire and Elizabeth Bennet, the woman he loves, their relationship has changed since the previous autumn, when she despised him. Darcy is disappointed to be greeted by coolness, but he believes he understands her prejudice.
Elizabeth Bennet knows that any chance she had of finding happiness in marriage with Mr Darcy has been destroyed by Lydia's elopement. Nothing suggests that he has any desire to rekindle the warmth between them that she felt at Pemberley. As much as they both long for each other, being together only increases the heartache. Mrs Bennet's efforts at matchmaking are not subtle and are, at times, vexing. Will Mrs Bennet's scheme work or will it only push them further apart?
A Golden Opportunity
(novella-length story)
"He would change for the better because it was the honourable thing to do and just perhaps the woman he loved would grow to think better of him."
Fitzwilliam Darcy longs to escape Rosings Park following his failed proposal of marriage to Miss Elizabeth Bennet. Alas it cannot be; both he and Elizabeth having been required to remain for an additional ten days for a private ball in celebration of the birthday of Miss Anne de Bourgh.
As the days progress, Darcy finds himself increasingly alarmed by the strange happenings that he sees, and that Lady Catherine reports, in Kent. His cousin, Miss Anne de Bourgh has thrown off the meekness and ennui of her earlier years. Displaying unprecedented liveliness and rebellion, she has been visiting the master gardener’s cottage, claiming she merely seeks his advice about her herbarium, but both Lady Catherine and Darcy suspect something more scandalous is afoot. To add to this, there seems to be some sort of thievery or vandalism occurring in the house, with precious items being pilfered or damaged. Darcy’s days are further complicated when he realizes that he may have a rival for Elizabeth’s affection, a young gentleman who is the owner of an estate near to Rosings.
There seems to be a potential scandal or heartache everywhere Darcy turns, but somewhere in midst of it all springs some hope. Can he and Elizabeth untangle all their misunderstandings or will some sort of disaster be their unravelling?
A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY is a novella length variation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.
Also available (Kindle or audiobook format) in Mr Darcy's Second Chance: A Pride and Prejudice Variation Trilogy.
Enduring Connexions
I love you with so much of my heart that none is left to protest. ~ William Shakespeare
WHEN FITZWILLIAM DARCY IS BETRAYED by love at the age of twenty-three, he vows that never again will he allow a woman to own his heart. Never again will he be made a fool. Never again will he trust. His heart and pride will be spared from another crippling blow, no matter what.
FOUR YEARS LATER, his resolve is put to the test. Elizabeth Bennet is vivacious and beautiful, but she has family connexions which make her unsuitable for him. Her immediate family is vulgar, and her relations are involved in trade. Worst of all, she has an elder sister, Jane, who is nearly a twin of the woman who broke his heart and shattered his trust. Yet, despite his reservations, Darcy’s growing affection for Elizabeth is impossible to deny or resist.
ALAS, JUST AS DARCY BEGINS TO ALLOW the walls around his heart to crumble, a dark secret from someone else’s past comes to light and threatens the stability of the Bennet family’s very foundations. A connexion Darcy could never have imagined will have a potentially devastating impact on the Bennets and on his and Elizabeth’s burgeoning love. If Darcy wants Elizabeth in his life, he and the Bennets must learn to forgive and accept that which cannot be changed.
