𝑀𝑦 𝐽𝐴𝐹𝐹 𝑂𝑏𝑠𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛

When Fitzwilliam Darcy offers to assist his friend Bingley, with his first efforts at estate management, he forgets just how trying Bingley’s sister Caroline can be. She is desperate to be Mistress of his estate Pemberley and spends all her time trying to impress Darcy. All he wants is peace and quiet. While exploring the estate, Darcy stumbles across a delightful young woman. She smiles, offers stones to skip on the lake but is seems unwilling to talk to him. Darcy finds himself drawn to her sweet nature and searches for her every day. He soon discovers that she has been mute since birth but communicates using a slate. Elizabeth and Darcy spend time exchanging ideas and he realises how smart she is. Elizabeth is the second daughter of a gentleman, but has been kept from Society due to her disability. Prejudice against the disabled, could blight her four sisters chances of marriage Darcy and Elizabeth forge a friendship, which becomes so much more, as Darcy tries to persuade her family

Elizabeth Bennet’s life has changed beyond recognition. Mr Bennet died. Mr Collins inherited Longbourn and immediately moved in, with his wife Charlotte. Mrs Bennet and her daughters would have been homeless without Charlotte’s intercession. Instead, they reside in a small cottage on Longbourn estate.  Around the same time, Lydia eloped with Mr Wickham and was never heard of again, thus blighting the Bennet family reputation. For two years, they live in genteel poverty. Then, the now widowed Mr Collins wants to have Elizabeth as his second wife and will not take no for an answer.  Elizabeth, Jane and Kitty flee to London. Their ruined reputation means that Uncle Gardner cannot help.  Elizabeth looks for work with little success, when a chance meeting with an old acquaintance opens up a whole new world!  Elizabeth decides to undergo training as a courtesan at Tigerlily, an upmarket bawdy house.  Fitzwilliam Darcy once proposed to Elizabeth and seeks to divert Elizabeth from her chosen c

When Elizabeth Bennet first meets Fitzwilliam Darcy, heir to Pemberley, she is not impressed.  He is dismissive and rather rude, while she is infatuated with his best friend Unfortunately, this friend has long been in love with a remarkable and unconventional High Society lady. As Elizabeth and Fitzwilliam are thrown together at a house party and other gatherings, they start to appreciate each other. Darcy shows a romantic and charming side to his character. Unfortunately, a singular object stands between the couple and happiness, Darcy’s mother!  Lady Anne Darcy is devious, arrogant, spiteful, controlling and dangerous.  She makes Lady Catherine de Bourgh look sweet and appealing, in comparison.  A rough road of angst, separation and heartbreak lies ahead, before the possibility of a happily ever after resolution.  I really enjoyed this. Lady Anne Darcy is rarely portrayed as anything other than a kind and loving mother. Here is a villain we can all despise! I received a free c

Elizabeth Bennet and her sisters have a secret. They love to swim, despite the rules of propriety, and find a way to continue in private. During her visit to Hunsford, the combination of Lady Catherine de Bourgh’s odious behaviour and Mr Collins idiocy, leave Elizabeth sorely vexed! At to that, the confusing, haughty Mr Darcy is staying with his Aunt Catherine at Rosings. So she sneaks out, alone, at night to seek the solace of the lake! Fitzwilliam Darcy is bewitched by Elizabeth but feels she is not of the correct status to be Mistress of Pemberley, his prosperous estate. His conflicted feelings give him insomnia. When he sees a light out by the lake, he goes to investigate. What he finds both entrances and shocks him to the core! Elizabeth Bennet, swimming, with not even a shift to cover her. In the hour that follows, Elizabeth and Fitzwilliam negotiate several obstacles, some embarrassing, some threatening as they find their way back to the safety of the Parsonage. On the jo

Fitzwilliam Darcy loves Elizabeth Bennet but his appalling proposal leads to rejection and heartbreak. He travels to join his young sister Georgiana in Ramsgate, but on arrival the sight of her in the arms of rake and scoundrel, George Wickham causes him to have an apoplexy.  The resulting damage and loss of coherent speech leave him vulnerable and the vultures are circling.  Unfortunately, the vultures in this case are his own extended family, who want control of the Darcy fortune. Elizabeth Bennet has always been the least favourite daughter at Longbourn. Mrs Bennet favours the daughters who are most like her. Mr Bennet behaves as though Elizabeth is invisible.  When Elizabeth refuses to secure Longbourn for her family by marrying her odious cousin, Mr Collins, she is exiled.  Sent to an unknown family member and thence into a life in service.  She manages to postpone that future by travelling to Ramsgate with an acquaintance from Meryton.  In Ramsgate she meets a distressed Georgian

Lydia has long been in love with her childhood friend Jacob Lewis. They grow up and take their places in the world. Lydia runs the household for her widower father, a vicar and tutors local children. Jacob accepts a commission in the army, embracing the perils and pleasures of the world. At four and twenty, Lydia is a confirmed spinster, having turned down suitors as she waited for Jacob to finally notice her. A week after her father’s sudden death, Jacob returns and offers marriage. Saddened that Jacob seems to offer his protection but not love, Lydia accepts, as the alternative is a life in service. They have only hours together before Jacob returns to his barracks. There he receives orders to the continent and ultimately, to Waterloo. Settled at the Lewis family estate, Lydia faces a traumatic event, causing her to flee and hide under an assumed name until Jacob returns. Jacob never receives her letter explaining how to find her. When Jacob returns from Waterloo, it is three years b

An enticing prequel. Although essentially about a one night stand, the kindness and compassion of Darcy shines through. Not sure it should be a separate book, but you definitely want to know what happens next! Amazon review Goodreads review