Enduring Connexions: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by J Marie Croft ★★★★☆

At three and twenty, Fitzwilliam Darcy fell in love with Miss Amesbury. Unfortunately, she betrayed him with his enemy, George Wickham.

He vows to protect his heart from any unworthy woman.
He collects advice, from those he trusts, on which qualities will make the perfect Mrs Darcy.

Unsurprisingly, such a woman is hard to find.

Four years later, he meets Elizabeth Bennet. She is beautiful, intelligent, witty and completely unsuitable to be Mrs Darcy.

However, the heart wants, what the heart wants.
Darcy courts Elizabeth but their budding romance is threatened when Darcy’s lost inamorata, reappears with a scandalous connection to the Bennet family.

This is an interesting variation. A different cast of characters at Netherfield Park, allows events to play out differently.

Darcy and Elizabeth meet again at a wedding in Derbyshire. The absence of the usual obstructive characters makes a pleasing change.

Happy to recommend!

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