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Darcy’s Choice: A Pride and Prejudice Variation
This Pride and Prejudice Variation Collection includes three books, describing our beloved couple of Mr. Darcy and Miss Bennet, alongside will all other characters of the canon.
Darcy’s Choise (Also published as “ Happy Valentine’s Day, Elizabeth”)
“ Doubt thou the stars are fire, Doubt that the sun doth move. Doubt truth to be a liar, But never doubt I love. “ Elizabeth Bennet has rejected Mr Darcy’s proposal of marriage at Rosings and must now try to return to her quiet life at Longbourn. Her sister, Jane, is also despondent over the departure of Mr Bingley back to town, finding herself deeply in love with the man but unsure as to whether or not he returns her affections.
On one particular evening, she finds Mr Darcy thrown from his horse and, with Miss Georgiana Darcy’s help, brings him back to Pemberley, where she stays with Georgiana to assist with Mr Darcy’s recovery. She and Mr Darcy are finally able to mend the difficulties between them and Elizabeth is happy to consider Mr Darcy a friend.
Their quiet life is thrown into disarray over the arrival of Mr Woodhouse to the estate of Bethmoraine. He is both handsome and genteel and Mrs Bennet is desperate that one of her daughters should marry the gentleman.
Elizabeth meets Mr Woodhouse unexpectedly and finds him to be quite friendly. Elizabeth is confused over how she feels about the man, since Mr Woodhouse seems quite enamoured with her younger sister.
Mr Darcy’s heart grows conflicted as he spends more time with Miss Emma Woodhouse, preparing his St Valentine’s gift for Miss Elizabeth Bennet. Who will he choose? Who will steal his heart?
The Easter Gloves
“When the one man loves the one woman and the one woman loves the one man, the very angels desert heaven and come and sit in that house and sing for joy.”
Lent brings an unexpected surprise, and an Easter ball follows soon after. Mr. Bingley has left Netherfield. Elizabeth has refused Mr. Darcy and an invitation has arrived that has set Mrs. Bennet all of a flutter! An Easter ball at Pemberley delights everyone….except Elizabeth.
When Elizabeth returns to Longbourn, armed with the knowledge that Mr. Darcy has deliberately encouraged Mr. Bingley away from Jane, she is determined to do something about it.
When Elizabeth’s father asks her to go to town to collect the family’s Easter gifts, she is more than delighted. What will Elizabeth decide? And will Darcy find a time, in between all the Easter traditions of Pentecost Sunday, Trinity Sunday, Whit Monday, and Corpus Christi, to tell Elizabeth what he truly wants?
Love Will Find A Way Elizabeth (Lizzy) Bennet is under pressure to get married to Mr. Collins. He is a man that has just inherited the Longbourn Estate and deemed to be an eligible bachelor. He comes home to ask for her hand in marriage and she overhears him. Lizzy, however feels that she can only get married to a man that she has a connection with, someone that she is in love with. Her mother wants her to get married to Mr. Collins because he is wealthy, while her father tells her to follow her heart. After Mrs. Bennet tries to convince her to get married, Elizabeth dashes out of the house and bumps into Darcy, a man that she’s had a crush on since they were young.
All is resolved in this sensual and steamy contemporary adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, which features our dear couple and is best read by those who are 18+.
Darcy’s Choise (Also published as “ Happy Valentine’s Day, Elizabeth”)
“ Doubt thou the stars are fire, Doubt that the sun doth move. Doubt truth to be a liar, But never doubt I love. “ Elizabeth Bennet has rejected Mr Darcy’s proposal of marriage at Rosings and must now try to return to her quiet life at Longbourn. Her sister, Jane, is also despondent over the departure of Mr Bingley back to town, finding herself deeply in love with the man but unsure as to whether or not he returns her affections.
On one particular evening, she finds Mr Darcy thrown from his horse and, with Miss Georgiana Darcy’s help, brings him back to Pemberley, where she stays with Georgiana to assist with Mr Darcy’s recovery. She and Mr Darcy are finally able to mend the difficulties between them and Elizabeth is happy to consider Mr Darcy a friend.
Their quiet life is thrown into disarray over the arrival of Mr Woodhouse to the estate of Bethmoraine. He is both handsome and genteel and Mrs Bennet is desperate that one of her daughters should marry the gentleman.
Elizabeth meets Mr Woodhouse unexpectedly and finds him to be quite friendly. Elizabeth is confused over how she feels about the man, since Mr Woodhouse seems quite enamoured with her younger sister.
Mr Darcy’s heart grows conflicted as he spends more time with Miss Emma Woodhouse, preparing his St Valentine’s gift for Miss Elizabeth Bennet. Who will he choose? Who will steal his heart?
The Easter Gloves
“When the one man loves the one woman and the one woman loves the one man, the very angels desert heaven and come and sit in that house and sing for joy.”
Lent brings an unexpected surprise, and an Easter ball follows soon after. Mr. Bingley has left Netherfield. Elizabeth has refused Mr. Darcy and an invitation has arrived that has set Mrs. Bennet all of a flutter! An Easter ball at Pemberley delights everyone….except Elizabeth.
When Elizabeth returns to Longbourn, armed with the knowledge that Mr. Darcy has deliberately encouraged Mr. Bingley away from Jane, she is determined to do something about it.
When Elizabeth’s father asks her to go to town to collect the family’s Easter gifts, she is more than delighted. What will Elizabeth decide? And will Darcy find a time, in between all the Easter traditions of Pentecost Sunday, Trinity Sunday, Whit Monday, and Corpus Christi, to tell Elizabeth what he truly wants?
Love Will Find A Way Elizabeth (Lizzy) Bennet is under pressure to get married to Mr. Collins. He is a man that has just inherited the Longbourn Estate and deemed to be an eligible bachelor. He comes home to ask for her hand in marriage and she overhears him. Lizzy, however feels that she can only get married to a man that she has a connection with, someone that she is in love with. Her mother wants her to get married to Mr. Collins because he is wealthy, while her father tells her to follow her heart. After Mrs. Bennet tries to convince her to get married, Elizabeth dashes out of the house and bumps into Darcy, a man that she’s had a crush on since they were young.
All is resolved in this sensual and steamy contemporary adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, which features our dear couple and is best read by those who are 18+.
168 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 18, 2017
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May 2, 2017
This was free and it was a two-fer. The first story (already read as Happy Valentine's Day Elizabeth) was historical variation and the second story by a different author was a steamy modern variation of Pride & Prejudice.
The first book has some definite problems and I'm not talking of the drastic ending that will likely leave most people gaping. Let's just say Happy Valentine's Day, Elizabeth as a title must be some sort of sarcastic bit of irony because it will definitely not match the story inside. But anyway, that story- it jumps into the middle of affairs leaving the reader reeling and it hops and jumps through a loose bit with no development of plot or characters to an abrupt ending. This was an outline at best not a story.
The second book was quite the change-up on the original and not just because its modern. It is probably best just to see it as a wholly different story bearing the same names as P&P. It was okay, but didn't really engage me.
So, this is a pair that is a maybe on the second one if you can do steam and a not a good idea on the first one.
The first book has some definite problems and I'm not talking of the drastic ending that will likely leave most people gaping. Let's just say Happy Valentine's Day, Elizabeth as a title must be some sort of sarcastic bit of irony because it will definitely not match the story inside. But anyway, that story- it jumps into the middle of affairs leaving the reader reeling and it hops and jumps through a loose bit with no development of plot or characters to an abrupt ending. This was an outline at best not a story.
The second book was quite the change-up on the original and not just because its modern. It is probably best just to see it as a wholly different story bearing the same names as P&P. It was okay, but didn't really engage me.
So, this is a pair that is a maybe on the second one if you can do steam and a not a good idea on the first one.
February 1, 2018
This is a two-short stories for the price of one. The first being the appalling Happy Valentine's Day Elizabeth, which I've already read and reviewed, and the second is "Love Will Find a Way" which is what this review will mostly be about.
Love Will Find A Way is a modern novella, where Lizzy is is forced to consider the marriage proposal of Mr Collins to literally save the family farm. In an act of desperate escape she turns to neighbouring farmer, Darcy, and things move very quickly (and graphically) from there. It's a novella so there's some reason for the rush, but it does end abruptly. I wouldn't have minded seeing where it went for another chapter or two after that.
Writing wise, there's a lot of "telling" instead of "showing", and the odd verb tense. Also I had no idea that took place in England until Mr Collins mentioned it near the end of the story. It had an "American/Country" feel.
Love Will Find A Way is a modern novella, where Lizzy is is forced to consider the marriage proposal of Mr Collins to literally save the family farm. In an act of desperate escape she turns to neighbouring farmer, Darcy, and things move very quickly (and graphically) from there. It's a novella so there's some reason for the rush, but it does end abruptly. I wouldn't have minded seeing where it went for another chapter or two after that.
Writing wise, there's a lot of "telling" instead of "showing", and the odd verb tense. Also I had no idea that took place in England until Mr Collins mentioned it near the end of the story. It had an "American/Country" feel.
January 18, 2018
There are two stories in this one: Happy Valentine's Day, Elizabeth Bennet, is the first one, which I reviewed separately.
I read the second one, Love Will Find A Way, and it is MA as Elizabeth loses "it" when she relates to her school years crush, Darcy, about how her mother is pushing her to marry Mr. Collins to save their mortgaged farm. I skipped over the MA pages just to find the ending as the other book was so disgusting in not giving our dear couple their happily ever after.
I am going to have to remember this author's name and not download even the free ones as I found nothing to enjoy in these two stories. Wasted effort, IMHO.
I read the second one, Love Will Find A Way, and it is MA as Elizabeth loses "it" when she relates to her school years crush, Darcy, about how her mother is pushing her to marry Mr. Collins to save their mortgaged farm. I skipped over the MA pages just to find the ending as the other book was so disgusting in not giving our dear couple their happily ever after.
I am going to have to remember this author's name and not download even the free ones as I found nothing to enjoy in these two stories. Wasted effort, IMHO.
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