Wicked Intentions: A Pride and Prejudice Variation

by Anne-Marie Grace

What if Mr. Wickham’s elopement with Lydia wasn't just a spur of the moment action but a carefully crafted plan to pull our dear couple apart? Elizabeth Bennet is devastated to hear about her youngest sister’s elopement with Mr. Wickham and she cannot help but blame herself. When Mr. Darcy insists on taking the blame and rushes to London in search of her sister, Elizabeth’s heart slowly starts to warm for the man she had once considered the last man she could ever be prevailed upon to marry. Her only hope is that Mr. Darcy would truly be able to find Lydia, and that her family would have a happy ending after all—even if she may never hope for a happy ending of her own. With more than one person harboring wicked intentions towards our dear couple, will the love of Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy be able to conquer it all—or will they find themselves forcefully torn apart? Wicked Intentions is a sweet, clean romance novella that is suitable for all lovers of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.

114 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 24, 2017

About the author

Anne-Marie Grace loves everything historical. She has been a fan of Pride and Prejudice ever since she was a teenager and has read the book more times than she can count. She loves to dream up alternative scenarios for our dear couple and has recently started putting these ideas to paper. Her only hope is that people would like to read them as much as she loves to come up with them!

Reviews

[Carol Perrin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wicked Intentions: A Pride and Prejudice Variation

This story pretty much follows Canon with a few twists and turns. Wicked Wickham nefarious intentions did not include marrying Lydia Bennet, but he forgot that Darcy's honor would prevent anything but the marriage regardless of Wickham's demands. When Elizabeth accompanies her Uncle to Darcy's Mayfair home, Darcy is given hope from Elizabeth's request to visit Longbourn. Darcy apologizes to Bingley and is overheard by Caroline when he expresses his love for Elizabeth to Bingley. They both return to Netherfield, and without any other interruptions, scurry to Longbourn. In her jealousy, Caroline decides to interfere with a letter to Lady Catherine de Bourgh. Lady Catherine in turn descends on Longbourn spewing her wrath and the never ending lie about the cradle marriage of Darcy and Anne. Darcy steps in and stops her anger with his. Mumbling out the door, she is escorted to her carriage by her now angry nephew. Returning to Elizabeth, this time her offers a perfect proposal that any girl would be happy to receive. A double wedding is planned for three weeks long enough for the banns to be read. This was a HEA for both couples.

[Kasia Burlakoff · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very good premise and a well written book, but I couldn't get over the solution of Wickham scheme. After that the plot got predictable.

[Deb Hughes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very well-written

Loved this variation by one of my favorite authors...a must read! Trust me! Thank you for not having so much angst as the original!