Cursing Mr Darcy by Amy D'Orazio ★★★★☆
The unmarried George Darcy has a mistress. He knows that she has other lovers, when he is away from Town.
She becomes with child, right around the time George wants to marry a "suitable" bride. He arranges for her to be provided for, by marriage to his steward, Mr Wickham, who like George, could be the father of the baby.
The pretty little girl grows up wild at Pemberley, after her mother dies.
Unfortunately, she is always tainted by her birth. As she grows older and more beautiful, Jessamine is seen as a threat and is banished from Pemberley.
She grows up to be bitter and resentful at the Darcy family. She plans an exquisite revenge, with the help of witchcraft.
There is a flavour of Sleeping Beauty, in the decay of Pemberley, while the master is trapped. Only pure love can lift the curse!
Can Elizabeth Bennet provide the solution?
Jessamine is a combination of a woman scorned and the result of the sins of the fathers being visited upon the children.
Pitiable in the abstract, but truly frightening as a character.
I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
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