Pemberley: A Fateful Encounter by Monica Fairview. ★★★★☆
Elizabeth Bennet is visiting Derbyshire with her Uncle and Aunt Gardner.
On a solitary walk she meets a distraught young girl. Georgiana Darcy is in desperate need of a friend and Elizabeth provides solace.
An invitation to an informal supper with Georgiana and her companion, Mrs Annesley starts well enough.
However, their burgeoning friendship soon comes to a screeching halt!
Unfortunately, Georgiana's proud and haughty brother Fitzwilliam Darcy, arrives home with houseguests. He is shocked and somewhat suspicious to find Elizabeth there.
The informal supper metamorphoses into a formal dinner.
On her way to the dining room, she overhears Darcy and his houseguests disparaging her.
Understandably upset, she plans to ask for transport back to the Gardners.
In her haste she knocks over valuable porcelain. She saves it from breaking, but is accused of trying to steal it.
Darcy is horrible. He orders her out of the house and off Pemberley land.
Elizabeth is forced to walk several miles in her satin slippers, arriving at the Inn with battered and bloodied feet. A kind and sympathetic gentleman escorts her to her family.
Unbeknownst to her, the "gentleman" is the notorious scoundrel who caused Georgiana's distress.
While Elizabeth returns to Hertfordshire, Darcy is facing a saddened and angry Georgiana.
His solution is to ask Elizabeth to join Georgiana in London as a friend, while she sets up home in upmarket Cavendish Square.
Elizabeth is torn between her loathing for Darcy and her wish to support Georgiana.
While in London, Darcy overcomes his suspicions and Elizabeth sees a more admirable side to the gentleman.
Could anything come of their growing attraction?
You can guarantee that fate will lob some obstacles in their way.
Enjoyable story with a sweet ending. Good to see the vile Wickham get a great comeuppance
I received a free copy of this book from the author and am voluntarily leaving a review. All views expressed are my own.
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