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Mr Darcy's Fight for Love: A Pride and Prejudice Variation
This is the second edition of a Pride and Prejudice variation that has already won the hearts of many readers. Nevertheless, the author felt the need to make some changes and fully re-edit the work to enhance this powerful story, where love and hate intertwine through unexpected events and exciting adventures.
When life dramatically changes for one of the Bennet sisters, as she is welcomed into the family of a high-ranking member of the aristocracy, all the family is received in London with interest and curiosity.
Even Lydia’s dishonourable conduct is forgotten as marrying into the Bennet family is regarded as a suitable alliance for any member of the ton.
New happiness is found for Mr Bingley and Jane, while Elizabeth is on the verge of recognising her love for Mr Darcy.
But the delightful moment of reconciliation is interrupted by an unexpected rival, who intends to steal Elizabeth from Darcy, forcing him to fight for a future together with his beloved.
With entertaining new heroes and villains and an original storyline, ‘Mr Darcy’s Fight for Love’ carries the reader on a romantic quest, culminating in happiness and fulfilment for many of our much-beloved characters.
When life dramatically changes for one of the Bennet sisters, as she is welcomed into the family of a high-ranking member of the aristocracy, all the family is received in London with interest and curiosity.
Even Lydia’s dishonourable conduct is forgotten as marrying into the Bennet family is regarded as a suitable alliance for any member of the ton.
New happiness is found for Mr Bingley and Jane, while Elizabeth is on the verge of recognising her love for Mr Darcy.
But the delightful moment of reconciliation is interrupted by an unexpected rival, who intends to steal Elizabeth from Darcy, forcing him to fight for a future together with his beloved.
With entertaining new heroes and villains and an original storyline, ‘Mr Darcy’s Fight for Love’ carries the reader on a romantic quest, culminating in happiness and fulfilment for many of our much-beloved characters.
216 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 25, 2019
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December 23, 2021
Bizarro Mary entices a traumatized Duke.
Synopsis:
We set our stage in the fall after Darcy's ill fated proposal. Lizzy, Jane, Mary, and Mrs B are in London. Darcy and Bingley haven't returned to Netherfield yet- though they are in the cusp of contemplating it- Wickham was made to marry Lydia by Darcy, & Lizzy is well aware.
Mr Gardiner has a gig art dealing and is thriving. One of his clients is Thomas Russell, a Duke who lives secluded- a la Boo Radley- from London society, as he suffers from survivors guilt. His nuclear family died in a blaze when he was 15.
When Mr G brings the three eldest Bennet sisters along for 'bring your niece to work day,' Mary runs into the Duke and makes quite the impression with her tactless address.
I guess you could say Thomas enjoys a good roast.
Lady Sophie, his aunt, seeing the positive effect Mary has on her recluse nephew, begs the Bennets to stay and allow Mary to break all sorts of proprieties to dine alone with the duke.
More like they will gladly do what is best to seal the deal, bag a duke, and make the contrived plot float- amiright?
Long story short, their courtship is too ridiculous to be cute.
Now that the Bennet clan has managed to score their very own Duke, how will this impact Bingley's & Darcy's respective suits? I'll allow Jane to answer this one:
Bold. A very bold statement considering it comes from fricken Jane!
But an excellent taster of the askew characterizations housed within.
The Brass Tacks:
Weird. It has some nice ideas, but they aren't well executed. It doesn't have the whiff of any P&P characters, they all land squarely OOC. Motives are vague, rules of propriety that would've been adhered to are rarely met- so what is the point of the Regency setting and the inherent strictures therein? A lot of them are broken without much protest from the characters; it just made it all impossible to buy into.
Mary for instance never quotes her trusty bible once. I can make my peace with there being more to her, or it being a phase she grows out of, but she hasn't a trace of her OG Austen self. She was like a whole bonus Bennet sister I'd never met.
Furthermore, I've never picked up a Mary story willingly, in fact if I'd read a premiss hingeing on Mary, at the first hint she takes a larger role I'd cheese it. But by golly, the 5th Beatle finally got me. I was hoodwinked into a Mary story. And it was clearly deliberate! Just read it's GRs page premiss- hella vague- & look at the title, it's not 'Mary's & Darcy's individual fights for Love," now is it?
And I won't even delve into the Gossipy Viscount's motives- for that is a whole can o' worms of nonsense- that can be summarized as this:
From what I gathered, he aspires to be the TMZ of his generation, and stick it to Darcy- not in that way. Actually scratch that, maybe in both ways, there was a charged tension. Anywho, he is a childhood friend named George, that has it out for him; sound familiar? I guess we have run out of antagonist names. There is only George.
I suppose they all form part of this 'Evil Georges Against Darcy' collective. Egad ! Like the Heathers. There is a treasurer, weekly meeting, excellent dental, and a company team building retreat. I jest, but wouldn't that have been cool enough to salvage the lot?
Aaand I've delved into the Viscount's queer motivations-double entendre intended- when I explicitly stated I wouldn't! So I digress!
The set up is slow, it is a Mary story until around the 45% mark, and then you finally get the reprieve of ODC interaction and- drum roll- it's disappointing. They are bizarrely written, OOC, and since the anticipation of them was the only thing left to cling on to, that is when I resolved to blow this popsicle stand & DNF it.
This is my first venture into this authors work. I've been weary previous due to reviews from friends about the writing style and I must concur with their assertion, it does little to develop scenes. Nothing about it drew me in, it felt like a first draft outlining what would occur with none of the depth we read for, so the stakes were not well set enough for me to be invested and I lost interest.
Synopsis:
We set our stage in the fall after Darcy's ill fated proposal. Lizzy, Jane, Mary, and Mrs B are in London. Darcy and Bingley haven't returned to Netherfield yet- though they are in the cusp of contemplating it- Wickham was made to marry Lydia by Darcy, & Lizzy is well aware.
Mr Gardiner has a gig art dealing and is thriving. One of his clients is Thomas Russell, a Duke who lives secluded- a la Boo Radley- from London society, as he suffers from survivors guilt. His nuclear family died in a blaze when he was 15.
When Mr G brings the three eldest Bennet sisters along for 'bring your niece to work day,' Mary runs into the Duke and makes quite the impression with her tactless address.
“The burnt boy! Never has anyone had the nerve to refer to me this way, and I have never felt so good."
I guess you could say Thomas enjoys a good roast.
Lady Sophie, his aunt, seeing the positive effect Mary has on her recluse nephew, begs the Bennets to stay and allow Mary to break all sorts of proprieties to dine alone with the duke.
"But, you understand, Mr Gardiner, that they may have dinner in his private apartment while we will have ours in the main dining room.”
“Yes, of course, Lady Sophie. I repeat, we will gladly do what is best for his Grace.”
More like they will gladly do what is best to seal the deal, bag a duke, and make the contrived plot float- amiright?
Long story short, their courtship is too ridiculous to be cute.
Now that the Bennet clan has managed to score their very own Duke, how will this impact Bingley's & Darcy's respective suits? I'll allow Jane to answer this one:
“It means, Mama,” Jane said in a high voice, “that in a short time, Mr Bingley will not ignore my presence in London anymore!”
Bold. A very bold statement considering it comes from fricken Jane!
But an excellent taster of the askew characterizations housed within.
The Brass Tacks:
Weird. It has some nice ideas, but they aren't well executed. It doesn't have the whiff of any P&P characters, they all land squarely OOC. Motives are vague, rules of propriety that would've been adhered to are rarely met- so what is the point of the Regency setting and the inherent strictures therein? A lot of them are broken without much protest from the characters; it just made it all impossible to buy into.
Mary for instance never quotes her trusty bible once. I can make my peace with there being more to her, or it being a phase she grows out of, but she hasn't a trace of her OG Austen self. She was like a whole bonus Bennet sister I'd never met.
Furthermore, I've never picked up a Mary story willingly, in fact if I'd read a premiss hingeing on Mary, at the first hint she takes a larger role I'd cheese it. But by golly, the 5th Beatle finally got me. I was hoodwinked into a Mary story. And it was clearly deliberate! Just read it's GRs page premiss- hella vague- & look at the title, it's not 'Mary's & Darcy's individual fights for Love," now is it?
And I won't even delve into the Gossipy Viscount's motives- for that is a whole can o' worms of nonsense- that can be summarized as this:
"London would give him back the title of the most informed gentleman in the ton."
From what I gathered, he aspires to be the TMZ of his generation, and stick it to Darcy- not in that way. Actually scratch that, maybe in both ways, there was a charged tension. Anywho, he is a childhood friend named George, that has it out for him; sound familiar? I guess we have run out of antagonist names. There is only George.
I suppose they all form part of this 'Evil Georges Against Darcy' collective. Egad ! Like the Heathers. There is a treasurer, weekly meeting, excellent dental, and a company team building retreat. I jest, but wouldn't that have been cool enough to salvage the lot?
Aaand I've delved into the Viscount's queer motivations-double entendre intended- when I explicitly stated I wouldn't! So I digress!
The set up is slow, it is a Mary story until around the 45% mark, and then you finally get the reprieve of ODC interaction and- drum roll- it's disappointing. They are bizarrely written, OOC, and since the anticipation of them was the only thing left to cling on to, that is when I resolved to blow this popsicle stand & DNF it.
This is my first venture into this authors work. I've been weary previous due to reviews from friends about the writing style and I must concur with their assertion, it does little to develop scenes. Nothing about it drew me in, it felt like a first draft outlining what would occur with none of the depth we read for, so the stakes were not well set enough for me to be invested and I lost interest.
December 21, 2021
This story begins as "Mary's story" and it is charming. The Bennet family has traveled with the Gardiners to visit an estate Mr. Gardiner has been helping to refurnish after it was mostly destroyed in a fire: a fire which killed all but the now remaining son and Duke...Sommershire. He was scarred both physically and emotionally by his losses and has become a recluse with only his aunt for the seven years since the tragedy. Although the visitors are allowed to roam the house and grounds they are warned against intruding on the Duke's apartments and area. Mary is not interested in the offered tour and goes off to find a place to read. Perchance she wanders into the Duke's garden area and is seen by him. It is love at first sight and she helps reintroduce him into society.
One of his acts as he comes to know his now fiancée, Mary, is to invite Bingley in hopes of a renewal of his interest in Jane. Mr. Darcy is then also invited and, as you can imagine, both men are surprised when they find the Bennets as part of the company. All of England has knows of the Duke's seclusion so this invitation was significant to the ton's gossip.
As Darcy makes attempts to speak with Elizabeth and to possibly court her he is thwarted by an old adversary, Lord Devonshire, who made every encounter with Darcy in their long ago youth, into a contest of sorts. So this man endeavors to step between Elizabeth and Darcy at every encounter. It escalates to the deadliest of such...a duel.
There are a number of romances in this story. I especially enjoyed how Mary and her duke took every opportunity to forward the Bennet sisters' happiness and to offer help in certain situations. The Duke's aunt's life has been on hold while she stayed with him as his only human contact (outside of servants). So she, too, takes up her life.
I enjoyed this story. There is some angst towards the end. Efforts are made to influence some of the Bennets' behaviors as they will now be part of the higher level of the ton. I recommend this story.
One of his acts as he comes to know his now fiancée, Mary, is to invite Bingley in hopes of a renewal of his interest in Jane. Mr. Darcy is then also invited and, as you can imagine, both men are surprised when they find the Bennets as part of the company. All of England has knows of the Duke's seclusion so this invitation was significant to the ton's gossip.
As Darcy makes attempts to speak with Elizabeth and to possibly court her he is thwarted by an old adversary, Lord Devonshire, who made every encounter with Darcy in their long ago youth, into a contest of sorts. So this man endeavors to step between Elizabeth and Darcy at every encounter. It escalates to the deadliest of such...a duel.
There are a number of romances in this story. I especially enjoyed how Mary and her duke took every opportunity to forward the Bennet sisters' happiness and to offer help in certain situations. The Duke's aunt's life has been on hold while she stayed with him as his only human contact (outside of servants). So she, too, takes up her life.
I enjoyed this story. There is some angst towards the end. Efforts are made to influence some of the Bennets' behaviors as they will now be part of the higher level of the ton. I recommend this story.
October 3, 2021
Naive Lizzy draws in a Viscount
Quiet story. Lizzy is in London for the season. She is naive and really doesn’t have anyone to point out the good men from the bad men. A bad Viscount targets her and before long she cannot get rid of him. She is not someone who listens to advice anyway and she has grown up in a area with no rakes, so this situation seems very likely as something very possible.
What can anyone do about running afoul of a bad peer. All of the laws protect a peer and women don’t have many protections. How can the situation be changed for the better?
Everybody in the story acts as if they are bad actors in a play. I didn’t feel the fear that obviously her circle should have been feeling.
Ok story but a onetime read for me.
Quiet story. Lizzy is in London for the season. She is naive and really doesn’t have anyone to point out the good men from the bad men. A bad Viscount targets her and before long she cannot get rid of him. She is not someone who listens to advice anyway and she has grown up in a area with no rakes, so this situation seems very likely as something very possible.
What can anyone do about running afoul of a bad peer. All of the laws protect a peer and women don’t have many protections. How can the situation be changed for the better?
Everybody in the story acts as if they are bad actors in a play. I didn’t feel the fear that obviously her circle should have been feeling.
Ok story but a onetime read for me.
December 10, 2019
This Pride and Prejudice variation is quite different than others. I would say on the hero side, it focuses on Darcy and Elizabeth but on the heroine side, Mary Bennet was more of the main character. This story brings her out of her shell a bit or rather just enough of her to attract a reclusive duke.
Once the Bennet family is associated with the highest circles, then attitudes and attendance changes. Luckily the duke's sister wants to see everyone happy and arranges for some people to be in each others presence while reintroducing her nephew to society.
Once the Bennet family is associated with the highest circles, then attitudes and attendance changes. Luckily the duke's sister wants to see everyone happy and arranges for some people to be in each others presence while reintroducing her nephew to society.
November 22, 2021
This is a review of the First Edition
In this P&P variation, the story continues after Lydia's elopement and marriage. Gardiner has been invited as his role as an art dealer to the Duke of Sommershire home. The duke has been a recluse for seven years since a fire killed his family. Gardiner takes his three eldest nieces with him. Totally unexpectedly the duke falls for Mary. Can a connection to a duke help the other sisters.
An enjoyable story
Glad that Mary as her own story, as there are so few written.
I like that Mary is paired with a duke rather than the ill-matched Collins
In this P&P variation, the story continues after Lydia's elopement and marriage. Gardiner has been invited as his role as an art dealer to the Duke of Sommershire home. The duke has been a recluse for seven years since a fire killed his family. Gardiner takes his three eldest nieces with him. Totally unexpectedly the duke falls for Mary. Can a connection to a duke help the other sisters.
An enjoyable story
Glad that Mary as her own story, as there are so few written.
I like that Mary is paired with a duke rather than the ill-matched Collins
March 18, 2022
Two books
Stats of with a story about Mary then turns into a story about Darcy. Sort bnb of. Not well written. Know I read it before but could not remember the details.
Stats of with a story about Mary then turns into a story about Darcy. Sort bnb of. Not well written. Know I read it before but could not remember the details.
May 1, 2023
Evil rivalry
When Mary unexpectedly finds live in high ranking places, the family to be pulls Darcy and Bingley back to girls. Darcy and Elizabeth work on being comfortable with their new understanding of each other when a rival from Darcy's past continously tries to worm his way into the small group, leading to unexpected danger.
It wasn't one of my favorite variations but I liked the unique storyline of the young Duke and his aunt in this story. I wasn't a fan of Elizabeth but I can see how the author found the inspiration for how Elizabeth thought and acted in the story. I liked the Darcy in this story, he was playful most of the time. All in all a pretty good book.
When Mary unexpectedly finds live in high ranking places, the family to be pulls Darcy and Bingley back to girls. Darcy and Elizabeth work on being comfortable with their new understanding of each other when a rival from Darcy's past continously tries to worm his way into the small group, leading to unexpected danger.
It wasn't one of my favorite variations but I liked the unique storyline of the young Duke and his aunt in this story. I wasn't a fan of Elizabeth but I can see how the author found the inspiration for how Elizabeth thought and acted in the story. I liked the Darcy in this story, he was playful most of the time. All in all a pretty good book.
November 22, 2021
A good plot but not well executed
I don’t think I’ve read another P&P story like this one. It’s just a shame that the author lacks a solid understanding of the era’s social rules. One of my favourite things about P&P rewrites is the weaving of modern ideas into regency situations. When a writer ignores the importance of being chaperoned and other strictures of etiquette, I become too frustrated to really enjoy what I’m reading.
I don’t think I’ve read another P&P story like this one. It’s just a shame that the author lacks a solid understanding of the era’s social rules. One of my favourite things about P&P rewrites is the weaving of modern ideas into regency situations. When a writer ignores the importance of being chaperoned and other strictures of etiquette, I become too frustrated to really enjoy what I’m reading.
December 23, 2021
I had a hard time reading this book cover to cover. I read and then had to skip several chapters. There was just too much details and too much non-communication. I did enjoy the ending of the story. I may return to the book to read what I missed but I feel I got the jest of what I missed in the chapters I read.
If you enjoy people being back stabbers and plotting to harm others, you will enjoy this one.
If you enjoy people being back stabbers and plotting to harm others, you will enjoy this one.
May 23, 2020
Loveable
I found this an incredible variation of Pride and Prejudice. Way to bring Mary to the front. I truly loved the way Darcy fought for Elizabeth. Another great storyline from this author. Highly recommended to read to anyone. Clean and sweet story.
I found this an incredible variation of Pride and Prejudice. Way to bring Mary to the front. I truly loved the way Darcy fought for Elizabeth. Another great storyline from this author. Highly recommended to read to anyone. Clean and sweet story.
January 18, 2026
Mr Darcy's Fight for Love
Yes, there are those of use who can show empathy for those who have been on the receiving end of jealousy or of a destroying nature.
Well written love story. Enjoy Mary getting her love story as they all do.
Yes, there are those of use who can show empathy for those who have been on the receiving end of jealousy or of a destroying nature.
Well written love story. Enjoy Mary getting her love story as they all do.
March 22, 2020
It was eh.
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September 28, 2023This book was not for me.
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February 23, 2024I know I have read this book. I can remember it well, but not well enough I could rate it. I would say 2 or 3 stars at the most.
February 26, 2026
interesting
Interested in heartwarming version of P pride and prejudice. I enjoyed this book very much. this author is also encouraging and talented.
Interested in heartwarming version of P pride and prejudice. I enjoyed this book very much. this author is also encouraging and talented.
January 6, 2022
Jane, Lizzy and Mary go to London after Lydia elopes. Mary meets and falls in love with a young duke who has been hiding from the world. This brings Bingley and Darcy back into the ladies’ lives. A gentleman jerk tries to get between Darcy and Lizzy and challenges him to a duel.
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December 7, 2023
I really enjoyed this book loved that Mary got a great part in it.
December 15, 2023
I loved it. Love Mary.
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