Christmas with Elizabeth by Leah Page ★★★★☆
Jane and Elizabeth Bennet are orphaned at a young age.
Their Aunt Phillips is keen to take in the beautiful Jane.
However, little Elizabeth is unwanted. Rejected by her mother, for not being a boy, she is bound for an orphanage.
Although he is a single man and not yet successful, Uncle Edward Gardiner will not see her abandoned.
He raises Elizabeth alone, for six years.
A business associate, the Earl of Effington becomes a friend and then Godfather to Elizabeth. His daughter, Lady Susan becomes her 'sister of the heart'.
Edward's marriage to Madelyn completes the Gardiner family. Elizabeth grows up happy, healthy, educated and loved.
Elizabeth's only regret is her distant relationship with Jane.
Mrs Phillips is a stupid, shallow woman who has spoilt Jane and taught her to only care about the superficial.
In an effort to forge a closer relationship, Elizabeth goes to stay at Longbourn with Jane and her idiot husband, Mr Collins.
While in Meryton she meets Fitzwilliam Darcy, who is quickly enamoured with Elizabeth but sees her upbringing as a tradesman's daughter as an obstacle to marriage.
As the story progresses, we see just how unpleasant Jane really is.
Darcy and Elizabeth are thrown together in London, through her friendship with Lady Susan.
Christmas at the Earl of Effington's estate, gives Elizabeth and Fitzwilliam a chance to truly understand and appreciate each other.
A very pleasing tale.
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