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Back in Time for Darcy: A Pride & Prejudice Time Travel Romance (Pride & Prejudice Variations
Darcy & Elizabeth — Can true love reach across the centuries?
Elizabeth Bennet is a twenty-first century girl, with her heart in Regency England. At twenty years old, she juggles her history studies with a part-time job in a museum to pay her way. When she's hired as a costumed tour guide for a Regency-style ball, she has no idea that her life is about to change forever...
Halfway through the ball, a mysterious book in the museum library transports Lizzy back to 1812—and hurls her headlong into the arms of Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy. They clash at once, and Lizzy flees from the haughty gentleman. But Darcy cannot forget the flame-eyed stranger who appeared so suddenly before him. He has to know more.
Just when Lizzy thinks all is lost, a grand lady takes her under her wing, believing her to be a distant relative. Now stranded in 1812, Lizzy must try to blend in with high society while searching for a way to get back home.
If only the maddeningly handsome Mr. Darcy wasn't the one person on earth who might be able to help her...
Back In Time For Darcy is a sparkling Regency time travel romance, putting a contemporary twist on the classic love story from Pride & Prejudice. It is clean and sweet, and suitable for all ages.
Elizabeth Bennet is a twenty-first century girl, with her heart in Regency England. At twenty years old, she juggles her history studies with a part-time job in a museum to pay her way. When she's hired as a costumed tour guide for a Regency-style ball, she has no idea that her life is about to change forever...
Halfway through the ball, a mysterious book in the museum library transports Lizzy back to 1812—and hurls her headlong into the arms of Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy. They clash at once, and Lizzy flees from the haughty gentleman. But Darcy cannot forget the flame-eyed stranger who appeared so suddenly before him. He has to know more.
Just when Lizzy thinks all is lost, a grand lady takes her under her wing, believing her to be a distant relative. Now stranded in 1812, Lizzy must try to blend in with high society while searching for a way to get back home.
If only the maddeningly handsome Mr. Darcy wasn't the one person on earth who might be able to help her...
Back In Time For Darcy is a sparkling Regency time travel romance, putting a contemporary twist on the classic love story from Pride & Prejudice. It is clean and sweet, and suitable for all ages.
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234 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 28, 2022
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March 14, 2022
There was little substance to this story IMHO. Modern day: Elizabeth time-travels back in time and meets Darcy. She scrambles to come up with a story about who she is and why she is there. While taking up the role of niece to one of the ladies at Netherfield she gradually falls in love. But just as she finally finds the object which is the portal between times, Darcy begins to relate his feelings. Unfortunately that object is left with Darcy so Elizabeth cannot travel back to him.
The successful reuniting is not given to us with details, as Jane and Charles somehow also become involved in the time-travel.
This story needed a lot of fill in for me and even a much more detailed ending.
The successful reuniting is not given to us with details, as Jane and Charles somehow also become involved in the time-travel.
This story needed a lot of fill in for me and even a much more detailed ending.
January 29, 2022
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A story of time travel from 2022 to Regency England.
Oxford university history student, Elizabeth Bennet works part time at Netherfield Park Museum.
While working at a costumed Regency event at Netherfield, Elizabeth picks up a book with mysterious powers. She finds herself taken back in time to 1812.
Her arrival is witnessed by the haughty Fitzwilliam Darcy, who is immediately offended by Elizabeth’s modern manners.
It takes a while for Elizabeth to accept that she is no longer in 2022.
Fortunately, she is mistaken for a distant relative by Lady Henrietta, a guest at the ball. Thus, she has somewhere to stay, clothes to wear and a position in society. The downside is that Lady Henrietta seeks to marry her off to a lecherous Lord.
Elizabeth is desperate to get back to 2022, at the same time falling for Mr Darcy.
Could he feel the same? Will she make it home?
I have read and enjoyed several of the author’s books. However, although the concept for the story is interesting, it felt rushed.
The downside of a novella, I suppose.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review. All views expressed are my own.
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A story of time travel from 2022 to Regency England.
Oxford university history student, Elizabeth Bennet works part time at Netherfield Park Museum.
While working at a costumed Regency event at Netherfield, Elizabeth picks up a book with mysterious powers. She finds herself taken back in time to 1812.
Her arrival is witnessed by the haughty Fitzwilliam Darcy, who is immediately offended by Elizabeth’s modern manners.
It takes a while for Elizabeth to accept that she is no longer in 2022.
Fortunately, she is mistaken for a distant relative by Lady Henrietta, a guest at the ball. Thus, she has somewhere to stay, clothes to wear and a position in society. The downside is that Lady Henrietta seeks to marry her off to a lecherous Lord.
Elizabeth is desperate to get back to 2022, at the same time falling for Mr Darcy.
Could he feel the same? Will she make it home?
I have read and enjoyed several of the author’s books. However, although the concept for the story is interesting, it felt rushed.
The downside of a novella, I suppose.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review. All views expressed are my own.
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February 22, 2022
This Pride and Prejudice story has no pride or prejudice, but rather a young adult studying Regency England who travels through time back to the period. While there she pretends to be someone's orphaned niece and blends in the best she can. She meets a man when the magically arrives and sees him 3 more times. There is a bit more time travel, a sister involved, declarations of love, and a VERY quick happily ever after.
I actually liked the story and the authors writing. However, it could have been so much more.
I actually liked the story and the authors writing. However, it could have been so much more.
April 18, 2022
Loved it. Short sweet and to the point. No side stories here just E and D.
Reread: Liked it less than the first time but still very sweet.
Reread: Liked it less than the first time but still very sweet.
January 29, 2022
Back in Time for Darcy is a sweet time travel romance in which Lizzy Bennet is a history student who helps out at a Regency re-enactment ball. She takes a break in the Netherfield library and a strange book transports her into 1812. Darcy happens to be skulking in the library during a ball at Netherfield and is surprised by the sudden appearance of a young woman with odd manners. An old lady who can't see very well asks if Lizzy is her niece. At the time, Lizzy has not yet realized these people aren't re-enactors so she gets into character and admits to being Miss Sophia Summers. She lives with the old lady who is trying to matchmake her and contemplates Regency mores that could very well see her homeless and destitute if her deception is discovered. She lost the book and needs to find it as it's her only chance of returning back in 2022. I enjoyed this story and finished it in one sitting. Content is clean.
I received a free advance copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free advance copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
March 9, 2022
A surprising mode of travel
I enjoyed this time travel story. I found it a bit awkward that a history student with focus on the Regency period would not know who Mr. Darcy was. Other than that, it was a satisfying tale.
In 2022, Netherfield has been turned into a museum. Elizabeth Bennet is employed there. A major event, a reenactment ball is being held at the museum, and the staff will all be dressed in Regency costume. Elizabeth, expecting to be dressed as a maid, is dressed in an elegant ball gown.
Amidst the frantic activity of the ball, Elizabeth sneaks away to the library for a moment of peace when something she does transports her to 1812.
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I enjoyed this time travel story. I found it a bit awkward that a history student with focus on the Regency period would not know who Mr. Darcy was. Other than that, it was a satisfying tale.
In 2022, Netherfield has been turned into a museum. Elizabeth Bennet is employed there. A major event, a reenactment ball is being held at the museum, and the staff will all be dressed in Regency costume. Elizabeth, expecting to be dressed as a maid, is dressed in an elegant ball gown.
Amidst the frantic activity of the ball, Elizabeth sneaks away to the library for a moment of peace when something she does transports her to 1812.
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July 2, 2022
Imaginative story
Very entertaining and interesting happenings involving Darcy and Elizabeth,the past and the future. Adjusting to the times took some time, but falling in love with each other didn't. A story worth reading.
Very entertaining and interesting happenings involving Darcy and Elizabeth,the past and the future. Adjusting to the times took some time, but falling in love with each other didn't. A story worth reading.
January 27, 2022
This is a cute and sweet story where Elizabeth Bennet is a woman living in 2022 that loves all things Regency. As luck would have it, during a period re-enactmnet ball at Netherfield Museum, she is magically transported back in time to the year 1812 during the Netherfield ball. Her arrival is observed by a confused and unreformed Mr. Darcy. Elizabeth temporarily takes on the identity of the niece of Lady Henrietta and spends two weeks in 1812 as Miss Sophia Summers while trying to find her way back to 2022.
While I did like this book, I didn’t love it. It was short, maybe too short to really be able to develop a story, characters or relationships to the necessary degree to feel a connection. The interaction and romance between Darcy and Elizabeth had the usual hate to love equation, but I didn’t feel any chemistry or attraction and there was no foundation for the change in their feelings. They really didn’t know each other at all and had almost no interactions, but then they were suddenly in love. There was no time spent verbally sparring while staying under the same roof. No Hunsford proposal moment that offered insight into the others opinions and feelings and served as a catalyst for personal change and growth. It just wasn’t convincing or believable. We are supposed to accept that they went from dislike to being so in love that they would defy time, but there was no foundation or anything to base it on. A LOT had to be sacrificed or given up to make a relationship happen and work for two people from different centuries, and these life altering decisions were made on the spot without much thought, and without any hesitance or reservation and, I don’t know, it just seemed to downplay or minimize the gesture and kind of suck the intensity and romance out of it. With that being said, there were things I enjoyed, but overall it wasn’t satisfying. It’s okay for a short read.
While I did like this book, I didn’t love it. It was short, maybe too short to really be able to develop a story, characters or relationships to the necessary degree to feel a connection. The interaction and romance between Darcy and Elizabeth had the usual hate to love equation, but I didn’t feel any chemistry or attraction and there was no foundation for the change in their feelings. They really didn’t know each other at all and had almost no interactions, but then they were suddenly in love. There was no time spent verbally sparring while staying under the same roof. No Hunsford proposal moment that offered insight into the others opinions and feelings and served as a catalyst for personal change and growth. It just wasn’t convincing or believable. We are supposed to accept that they went from dislike to being so in love that they would defy time, but there was no foundation or anything to base it on. A LOT had to be sacrificed or given up to make a relationship happen and work for two people from different centuries, and these life altering decisions were made on the spot without much thought, and without any hesitance or reservation and, I don’t know, it just seemed to downplay or minimize the gesture and kind of suck the intensity and romance out of it. With that being said, there were things I enjoyed, but overall it wasn’t satisfying. It’s okay for a short read.
February 2, 2022
DNF
This book has a real problem keeping me in the story. It’s full of contradictions. One moment there will be a claim made eg. about how knowledgeable Lizzy is regarding Regency, and the next moment she will be struggling with basic information. The whole thing feels under-researched.
I also absolutely hate when authors use Oxford or Cambridge as the uni of choice & then completely ignore their set up - working during term time & particularly doing so at a location in another country, students speaking about the (one) “university library”, and essays due only once a month? Nope. Also how Lizzy talks about her history degree set up isn’t how one studies at Oxford - it would be more appropriate if the Regency had been the subject of her thesis, or if she was a grad student. I realise this is a bit niche because if you didn’t go to Oxford that wouldn’t be as irritating, but it’s not hard to do some very quick Googling or just use a uni you know the set up at.
The characters are all very cliche and without depth.
This book has a real problem keeping me in the story. It’s full of contradictions. One moment there will be a claim made eg. about how knowledgeable Lizzy is regarding Regency, and the next moment she will be struggling with basic information. The whole thing feels under-researched.
I also absolutely hate when authors use Oxford or Cambridge as the uni of choice & then completely ignore their set up - working during term time & particularly doing so at a location in another country, students speaking about the (one) “university library”, and essays due only once a month? Nope. Also how Lizzy talks about her history degree set up isn’t how one studies at Oxford - it would be more appropriate if the Regency had been the subject of her thesis, or if she was a grad student. I realise this is a bit niche because if you didn’t go to Oxford that wouldn’t be as irritating, but it’s not hard to do some very quick Googling or just use a uni you know the set up at.
The characters are all very cliche and without depth.
February 7, 2022
Elizabeth Bennet worked at the Netherfield Museum. During their re-enactment Regency Ball, she was transported back (and was trapped) in 1812. She met Mr. Darcy then and later he helped her find her way back.
The story seems like a short story but it has 27 chapters. I guess was so engrossed in the story, dreading and anticipating what will happen next that it didn't feel that long. If you love a blended "somewhere in time" and P & P story, I strongly recommend this story for you.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
The story seems like a short story but it has 27 chapters. I guess was so engrossed in the story, dreading and anticipating what will happen next that it didn't feel that long. If you love a blended "somewhere in time" and P & P story, I strongly recommend this story for you.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
January 29, 2022
The fourth book in a Pride & Prejudice Variation story that was fun to read. Twenty year old Elizabeth Bennet is a twenty-first century girl, a mysterious book in the museum library transports Lizzy back to 1812 and into the arms of Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy. The story is well written with a very good storyline that held my interest until the end. I would say that this is one of my favorite variations. I received a copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
January 29, 2022
What an enjoyable lighthearted read! It was interesting to see how aspects of time travel would unfold within a Pride and Prejudice plot. Both Elizabeth and Darcy‘s reactions to the situation were interesting to follow. Satisfying right to the very end with some lovely closure to details revealed earlier in the story.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
February 21, 2022
For true Austen fans
Let me say first that I have never read Pride and Prejudice, but I know enough of the story to enjoy most retellings. I especially enjoy time-travel versions. Unfortunately, this one didn’t have much to it. I suppose if you are a real Austen fan you will fill in the blanks while reading this, but for me there was more telling than showing and not enough dialogue.
Let me say first that I have never read Pride and Prejudice, but I know enough of the story to enjoy most retellings. I especially enjoy time-travel versions. Unfortunately, this one didn’t have much to it. I suppose if you are a real Austen fan you will fill in the blanks while reading this, but for me there was more telling than showing and not enough dialogue.
January 25, 2022
This is a fantastic time-travel romance.. I really liked it.. It is fun and sweet, inventive and interesting..
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
March 1, 2022
Cute and clean
It's a cute and clean regency romp. It was interesting seeing Lizzy as a modern girl thrust into the past. It's not rhe best p&P variation, but it's far from the worst. It was kind of insta love, but it worked.
It's a cute and clean regency romp. It was interesting seeing Lizzy as a modern girl thrust into the past. It's not rhe best p&P variation, but it's far from the worst. It was kind of insta love, but it worked.
February 1, 2022
Loved it
I loved it it was a great read from the beginning all the way to the end i couldnt put it down
I loved it it was a great read from the beginning all the way to the end i couldnt put it down
February 7, 2022
DNF at 50%. The scene where she is mistook for an orphan niece of someone is beyond realistic. Also not the best pride and prejudice variation either.
February 8, 2022
Loved it
Cutest story loved the book ...............I laughed so hard I didn't know I was tearing up the whole story was sweet
Cutest story loved the book ...............I laughed so hard I didn't know I was tearing up the whole story was sweet
February 20, 2022
This was quite fun! I only wish the author had spent more time with them as a couple so we could see more of them together.
March 22, 2025
Not too bad for a time-travel romance
I have to start out by saying that I generally do not like time-travel romances. However, this one was kind of cute and I enjoyed it.
Lizzy Bennet is working at Netherfield Museum while she is finishing her history studies of the Regency period. She is all dressed up very fine for a re-enactment ball and finds a book in the library "It is a Truth Universally Acknowledged", which when she opens it, whisks her back to 1812, where she meets Mr. Darcy. She of course is very confused, but manages to be taken for one of many nieces of an old lady at the ball. She is taken in by the lady, meets Darcy and Bingley, and falls in love with Darcy.
Bingley was at Netherfield trying to convince Darcy that he needs to get out more, but Darcy is adamant he will not marry. When he meets Elizabeth, who later "turns out to be" a Miss Sophia Summers (the niece of the old lady), he cannot get her out of his head. He tries to propose to her right at the minute she goes back, but she drops the book, so he uses it to travel to 2022 and proposes to her, saying he will stay with her if she doesn't or can't go back with him.
Lizzy goes back and marries Darcy, claims that she prefers to go by her middle name of Elizabeth, and thus becomes Darcy. She brings her sister Jane along, who of course falls in love with Mr. Bingley.
But of course one wonders what happens in 2022 when two women go missing; what happens to their family? As long as you don't think too much about that kind of reality, it's an enjoyable story.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I have to start out by saying that I generally do not like time-travel romances. However, this one was kind of cute and I enjoyed it.
Lizzy Bennet is working at Netherfield Museum while she is finishing her history studies of the Regency period. She is all dressed up very fine for a re-enactment ball and finds a book in the library "It is a Truth Universally Acknowledged", which when she opens it, whisks her back to 1812, where she meets Mr. Darcy. She of course is very confused, but manages to be taken for one of many nieces of an old lady at the ball. She is taken in by the lady, meets Darcy and Bingley, and falls in love with Darcy.
Bingley was at Netherfield trying to convince Darcy that he needs to get out more, but Darcy is adamant he will not marry. When he meets Elizabeth, who later "turns out to be" a Miss Sophia Summers (the niece of the old lady), he cannot get her out of his head. He tries to propose to her right at the minute she goes back, but she drops the book, so he uses it to travel to 2022 and proposes to her, saying he will stay with her if she doesn't or can't go back with him.
Lizzy goes back and marries Darcy, claims that she prefers to go by her middle name of Elizabeth, and thus becomes Darcy. She brings her sister Jane along, who of course falls in love with Mr. Bingley.
But of course one wonders what happens in 2022 when two women go missing; what happens to their family? As long as you don't think too much about that kind of reality, it's an enjoyable story.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
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