𝑀𝑦 𝐽𝐴𝐹𝐹 𝑂𝑏𝑠𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛

As a young and foolish teenager, Lydia Bennet had thought it a lark to run off with George Wickham. Imagining a gay whirl of dancing and Society, as the wife of an officer.  Reality should have dawned on her, when Wickham had to be bribed to marry her. Now, after four years of marriage to a violent, dissolute blackguard, her greatest desire is widowhood!  She writes in desperation to her sister, Kitty.  On arrival in Newcastle, Kitty is shocked to find Lydia living in squalor, with her two young daughters. Marks of Wickham's physical and emotional abuse are seen on all the Wickham females. The only answer is to engineer the death of Wickham, without getting caught. Easier said than done with a man who seems to have the luck of the devil! We follow Lydia and Kitty in their failed attempts, but assistance may be found in a handsome and kindly officer! I enjoyed this book, but I'm not sure that I'd call it a comedy. Black humour perhaps. Well worth reading. I received a free...

When Caroline Bingley purchases a love potion from a stranger in the woods, she hopes it will finally secure Fitzwilliam Darcy for her.  Unfortunately, she doesn’t love him, just his status and riches. When she slips the potion in his drink, the consequences are far from welcome.  Darcy takes a drink moments before dancing with Elizabeth Bennet, the woman he secretly adores. The potion overrides his self-control, resulting in a passionate and very public kiss! Droplets of potion on his lips cause Elizabeth to respond in a similar manner. By their own actions, they are compromised. Darcy is mortified, Caroline is horrified and Elizabeth is very confused! Darcy and Elizabeth join forces to discover the cause of such uncharacteristic behaviour.  Meanwhile, Caroline deploys every stratagem, manipulation and misdirection to get rid of Elizabeth and redirect Darcy.  A great novella, with just the right balance of angst, malevolence and romance.  Oh, and Caroline gets ...