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A Second Chance for Romance Captain Frederick Wentworth is home on leave, two years after his failed engagement. The last place he wants to return to is Somerset, but fortunately his curate brother is now happily settled in Shropshire - a place that holds no bad memories and no chance of running into Anne Elliot. When Charles Musgrove's aunt is taken ill his mother is determined to go and nurse her sister and asks him to accompany her, along with...
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Forced to miss the Meryton Assembly due to illness, Elizabeth Bennet's first meeting with Mr Darcy is more successful than it might have been, although she is cautious to guard her heart against too much feeling for a man she scarcely knows, and who nurses secrets of his own. Fitzwilliam Darcy befriends Elizabeth Bennet out of necessity – and as a form of protection from certain other young ladies who have their sights set on Pemberley. He certainly...
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Poised to take control of the Meryton Barracks, Colonel Richard Fitzwilliam anticipates exchanging a lonely Christmas for an even lonelier year, made worse by his cousin's sudden and surprising exodus from Hertfordshire. He could never dream that his new post would bring the possibility of new romance when he crosses paths with an equally lonely Jane Bennet. Saddened by her sister's apparent abandonment and determined to secure her happiness in some...
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Happiness in Hertfordshire... When Fitzwilliam Darcy persuades Charles Bingley to quit London for Hertfordshire he certainly does not expect his flirtatious friend to immediately lose his heart to the first young lady he meets. Elizabeth Bennet is flattered by the attentions of their new neighbour, never once thinking he might not be as trustworthy as he seems. The responsibility falls to his friend, the aloof and judgmental Mr Darcy to prevent yet...
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Romance at Rosings... Persuaded to visit his aunt and cousins by his sister Georgiana, Fitzwilliam Darcy is surprised to run across the very person he has tried for months to, if not forget, avoid - Elizabeth Bennet. Colonel Fitzilliam and Anne de Bourgh have long nursed a secret attachment to one another, but realise that their chances of marriage will be greatly improved if they can successfully match Darcy first, and set forth a scheme with Georgiana...
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All three books in the Strangers and Second Chances series - a Pride and Prejudice variation. An Unlikely AcquaintancePoised to take control of the Meryton Barracks, Colonel Richard Fitzwilliam anticipates exchanging a lonely Christmas for an even lonelier year, made worse by his cousin's sudden and surprising exodus from Hertfordshire. He could never dream that his new post would bring the possibility of new romance when he crosses paths with an...
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Devastated by his cousin's betrayal and watching all his hopes of future happiness slip away, Colonel Fitzwilliam calls on assistance from surprising quarters, but involving George Wickham in anything is a recipe for disaster. Fitzwilliam Darcy tries to stop a duel and find some solution to a problem he helped cause, grateful that he does not have to proceed alone. He has at last acknowledged his love for Elizabeth Bennet and with her by his side,...
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When an engagement is announced between Charles Bingley and Jane Bennet, Fitzwilliam Darcy is keen to visit and takes Georgiana with him, eager to partake in the happiness of the household. The very last thing he expects is to fall in love himself, but upon first meeting Elizabeth Bennet his heart is lost forever.Elizabeth Bennet scorns the idea of love at first sight, until it happens to her and happiness seems inevitable, until challenges from all...
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All five books in the Season of Misunderstanding series collected into one volume. A Sister's FaultJane Bennet has been gifted an opportunity and she is not afraid to use it, feigning illness in order that she might remain a little longer under the Netherfield roof, and hopefully move one step closer to securing Mr Bingley's heart. She doesn't expect her sister to arrive, bedraggled and covered in mud, ready to spoil everything she is working for!...
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Elizabeth engineers a happily-ever-after… When Sir Walter Elliot dies, his two unmarried daughters are swiftly and unceremoniously evicted from Kellynch by their cousin. Taking refuge in London they settle the last of their father's affairs – while taking heed to their own. Elizabeth Elliot is determined to marry well and will make every use of this last chance she has for herself and, when Anne is not suitably concerned with her own future, for...
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** Previously published under the title A Quiet Reunion** A second chance in BathAnne Elliot reunites with her family eager to put her past behind her, where it belongs. Her future may not be happy but at least it is predictable, and her present is vastly improved by a growing friendship with her father's cousin, the amiable Mr Elliot.Free of obligations, Captain Frederick Wentworth arrives in Bath unsure what his future holds. Seeing Anne again convinces...
12) Caroline
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Caroline Bingley has successfully returned her brother and his friends to London - but will she be as successful in finally securing Mr Darcy's heart?Finally realising how wrong she has been, Elizabeth Bennet is desperate to reconcile with the absent Mr Darcy, especially if doing so might also settle Jane's future with Mr Bingley. But London provides diversions of its own, and more misunderstandings lie in store for several scattered couples.
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All Six Books in A Convenient Marriage, A Pride and Prejudice Variation Series. Longbourn's LarkMary Bennet is used to being the overlooked Bennet sister, but when Colonel Fitzwilliam accidentally enters her life, everything changes.As cousin to Mr Darcy, Colonel Fitzwilliam knows what it's like to feel invisible. His experiences at war have left him with one goal in mind: to marry, set up home and live in peace. When he witnesses the interaction...
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Three Christmassy Pride and Prejudice Variations. A Very Merry MasqueradeElizabeth Bennet is furious when she discovers Mr. Darcy has removed, with Charles Bingley in tow, to London for Christmas, seeing in it a blatant attempt to undermine the relationship that had begun to flourish between Bingley and her sister. When the Gardiners invite Elizabeth and Jane to stay with them in Gracechurch Street over the festive season, she seizes on the opportunity...
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Three Christmassy Pride and Prejudice Variations. Christmas at PemberleyNewly-married Elizabeth Darcy is determined that her first Christmas at Pemberley with Mr Darcy will be a happy one, and if that means scheming for her new sister to find happiness then that's what she will do!Georgiana Darcy is delighted to see her brother so happy and adores her new sister-in-law. She is rather less enamoured with the new curate of their parish, who seems rude,...
16) Love Remains
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Collected edition containing all three books of the Love Remains series, a variation on Jane Austen's Persuasion.Reacquainted: Returning to stay with his sister in Somerset, Captain Frederick Wentworth is doing his best to forget his last visit to that county eight years previously, which resulted in a broken engagement, and a broken heart. When he and Anne Elliot meet by chance one morning, their ability to get properly reacquainted is curtailed...
17) Fate and Fortune
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Both Books in the Fate and Fortune Series ~ A Persuasion Variation Too Fond of StarsWhen Anne Elliot removes directly to Bath with her family to satisfy Sir Walter's need to retrench but desire for society, she does so reluctantly. She intends to make the best of her situation, finding friends and occupations enough in the town to keep her busy and useful and leaving her little time to dwell on the couple who have taken on tenancy of Kellynch Hall,...
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All three books in the Meetings and Misunderstandings Series ~ a variation on Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice To Meet Mr DarcyForced to miss the Meryton Assembly due to illness, Elizabeth Bennet's first meeting with Mr Darcy is more successful than it might have been, although she is cautious to guard her heart against too much feeling for a man she scarcely knows, and who nurses secrets of his own. Fitzwilliam Darcy befriends Elizabeth Bennet out...
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Captain Wentworth went away to sea and didn't return...until now. Anne Elliot had had almost ten years to come to terms with the loss of her first love, but when a mysterious stranger arrives in Bath and charms the season's high society (including her father and sister) she cannot subdue her curiosity. Investigation leads her to discover this newcomer may not be new at all, but someone she first met many years before... A Matter of Means is a variation...
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