There is so much wrong with this book I hardly know where to begin.First, there has never been are greater work of tautology. Darcy's emotional struggles are described on every page, emotions which haven't altered since the previous page, repeated with very little variation in wording. After a th...
This book would have been much better with it's own stand alone characters instead of trying to fit in with the pride and prejudice cast. The characters did not hold true to Jane Austen's descriptions. The book had an ok mystery but more than half of the story rehashed the pride and prejudice sto...
Thornhill’s bride was quite young and likely uncertain of her position in the duke’s life. After all, it was not uncommon among the ton for a man in Thornhill’s position to have several liaisons, but the girl’s tone set Lucinda’s teeth on edge. Instead of responding in a manner to ease Velvet Fow...
Elizabeth greeted the girl. “How kind of Mr. Bingley to escort you to Longbourn.” Miss Darcy offered Elizabeth a respectful curtsy. “I begged my brother to permit me to come ahead. I hope you do not think me too presumptuous. I hoped to have the acq...
Jane Austen, Mansfield Park, 1814 Darcy had been home for two days, and he had yet to have a private conversation with Elizabeth. She offered civilities, but no signs of the return of her regard for him. Every once in awhile, he would note what he thought to be a flicker of desire in her eyes whe...
Hinman, announced a visit from James Kerrington. “Lord Worthing,” Hinman said as he escorted the future earl into Gabriel’s study. Over the past few days, Gabriel had half expected one of his Realm friends to call. Pointedly, he had ignored Shepherd’s last two messages, which he had realized woul...
In less than a week, Darcy and Bingley received responses to their letters. Caroline Bingley’s letter to her brother proved to be full of insincere wishes and false platitudes. She even wrote directly to Jane Bennet, telling Jane of her delight in receiving Miss Bennet into the Bingley family. Ca...
Lucifer had enjoyed ‘Miss Purefoy’s’ company. They had played cards before the hearth and had spoken of home. During the evening, he had sought answers to his questions. When he had first uncovered the lady’s name to be Mercy Nelson, Lucifer had not made the connection to Gabriel Crowden’s estran...
Ella and Velvet officially became the most popular offerings of the Season, a rarity in the fact they were not straight from the schoolroom but still experiencing their first tastes of Society. At nineteen and twenty years of age, they were perceived to be more marriageable than those of seventee...
Isolde had returned to her beloved home some two months prior, but not for one day had she forgotten Lord Swenton. The baron’s image haunted her day and night. “You will save your papa a dance, Izzy.” Her father patted the hand she had rested upon his arm. “Of course, Papa,” she said with a well-...
Darcy asked softly. He and Elizabeth tarried in the common room. The Josephs tended their child in the room the couple shared with the Darcys. Elizabeth glanced toward the stairs. “It seems that Mrs. Joseph should have the bed.” Darcy frowned. “In principle, I agree, but my concern for your healt...
By consensus, the three men led a party of footmen and searched the house, looking for any clue to the culprit’s identity. Nigel Worth, who appeared frustrated with the process, seemed inclined to believe Darcy. He knew Fitzwilliam Darcy as a man of honor—the kind of man to make good on a scoundr...
—John Clare,“First Love” “Wentworth, you returned!” Harville called out to his friend as he hobbled into the room, having been summoned by his wife. “I have, Thomas.” They shook hands. “My new acquaintances, upon hearing my description of Lyme, wished most earnestly to experience it on their own...
The aging peer was on the ground and running before his horse came to a complete stop. Whitcomb jerked opened the door just as his master reached it. Ashton made no notice, tossing his hat and gloves towards the man. “Satiné!” he yelled. “Cashémere.” “Neither lady is at home, Sir,” Whitcomb said ...
Darcy Chapter 23 Darcy reined in the horse before Woodvine’s main entrance. There was not a muscle in his body which did not scream out in protest, and the knife wound had opened again to burn with hell’s fire. It could not be more than eight of the clock, but Darcy desperately required a bath an...
“You promised,” she lambasted him, “you would do nothing to put yourself in danger!” Elizabeth swatted at the colonel’s chest. “I have been at my wit’s end with worry since I learned of your excursion.” It pleased him that Elizabeth worried on his behalf.“Then you do not wish to know what I learn...
Wickham said bitterly, “I will bid you ladies adieu.” He picked up his gloves; he had lost his hat when the horse had thrown him. “Thank you, Mrs. Darcy, for your nursing efforts. I fully understand the true benevolence behind them. When you see Mrs. Wickham, please explain the situation to her. ...
Bran paced Shepherd’s office, trailing along the groove others had worn in the wood over the years. Shepherd, the only name he had ever given anyone, looked out the filthy window. “No man who ever served the Realm would place those within his unit in danger by stealing a jewel.” “Then what happen...
“At least the lady no longer avoids my company,” Darcy murmured as he watched Elizabeth and Miss Bennet with their heads together. “It appears I must risk it all to prove my affections true.” Darcy imagined such a state of affairs only last evening. “Then so be it. Embarrassment or success? Painf...