Love Will Grow by P.O. Dixon

Love Will Grow by P.O. Dixon

A Pride and Prejudice Story

We open this story in Kent shortly before Darcy and Colonel Fitzwilliam arrive for there anual visit to Rosings Park.

The first shift in the tale comes with Elizabeth being befriended by Anne DeBurgh.

Anne having watched Elizabeth's effects on Darcy and her vivacious banter with him and the Colonel, decides that Lizzy is just the person she needs to help her win the heart of her cousin Darcy ,who she tells Elizabeth that she has always loved deeply.

Lizzy questions Anne as to his suitability as a husband as she still has her prejudices firmly in place and Mr Wykham lies still are believed.

Anne shows Lizzy her letters from Georgiana  and puts her straight but this is not enough to change the outcome when Darcy proposes to her in a different venue but with the same result.

As far as Elizabeth is concerned she does not want to be part of a love triangle between Darcy, Anne and Herself caring for her new friend.

How is he going to get out of this one and win the woman he loves.

Pick up Love Will Grow and find out how this charming tale unfolds.

Rainy Days by Lory Lilian

Rainy Days by Lory Lilian

What a delightful re imagining of Pride and Prejudice this is.

Lory Lilian has written Elizabeth Bennet as if she knows what it is like to be in the mind of a coy 20 year old girl who has lead a very sheltered life in the time of Jane Austen.

Elizabeth is often portrayed as knowing and witty, but she looses a lot of the country girl growing up with very little experience of men.

This story brings that girl to life.

She and Darcy get caught in a rain storm a couple of days before the ball at Netherfield.

While sheltering with Lizzy, Darcy who has already fallen for her, realises that she has a very different impression of him and sets about changing her feelings towards him.

This sends the whole story off on a different track. Having made a much better impression on Lizzy and given her cause to re-evaluate Mr Wickham, the ball at Netherfield is a different experience for them both.

I shall not give anymore of this plot away. But, I do very highly recommend this re-telling it is lively and very charming with lots of tenderness as well as missunderstandings you would expect between Lizzy and Darcy.

Look out for the youngest of the Granger's children, she is a delightful character in this tale.  

Pride and Prejudice: A Royal Disposition by Amy Cecil

Pride and Prejudice: A Royal Disposition by Amy Cecil

This is Amy’s first book and it’s a great start. Her story deviates a lot from the original Pride and Prejudice but manages to keep the characters fairly true to the story. 

Elizabeth is adopted by the Bennet family, she thinks she is an orphan and that Mr Bennet is her Uncle. 

But the title of the book suggests her origins are rather more lofty. Enter the younger brother of the dissolute Prince Regent. Fredrick the Duke of York and of Albany, 2nd Son of George III equally into womanising  gambling and over indulgence of all kinds, this is Elizabeths true father.

This story of love found and then lost, his forced marriage to a Prussian Princess against his will runs alongside Elizabeth’s as she meets and then falls in love with Darcy.

All the usual baddies are there to make sure the path of true love does not run smoothly.

Mr Collins bitter at his rejection by Elizabeth, Lady Catherine determined to  rip the lovers apart and almost succeeding and of course the dastardly and devious Mr Wickham just as evil as usual.( if not worse add Blackmail to his sins).

Poor Darcy has a very hard time getting Elizabeth to agree to be his Wife, after a promising start,  it all goes horribly wrong.

Pick up this book and immerse yourself in Darcy and Elizabeth’s romance.

Mr Darcy’s Secret by Jane Odiwe

Mr Darcy’s Secret by Jane Odiwe

Can Darcy Trust Elizabeth With The Whole Truth?

Pride and Prejudice Continues

Another most enjoyable book!

Mr Darcy is now married and has Elizabeth in place as Mistress of Pemberley. But, his prideful and haughty behavior keeps surfacing. Especially when it comes to his sister Georgiana, he becomes completely stubborn and all Elizabeth’s pleas to Darcy not to push his sister into a loveless marriage go unheard. Worse still he causes an unpleasant rift between the newly weds.

In fact, Elizabeth must be thinking she has married in haste herself. (Yes he is that bad).

What is worse not only does Georgiana not want to marry her brothers choice but she has met someone else, someone her brother would not even consider as a suitable husband.

While all this is going on Elizabeth is being bombarded with comments, hints and anonymous notes all suggesting awful things about her husbands past.

And, although she tries very hard not to believe any of them, the evidence against him may be mounting, and, of course where there is trouble for Darcy, Mr Wickham is never far away with his blackmail schemes and trouble making.

So, what is the secret?

You will have to pick up your own copy of the book to find out.

The story constantly draws you in and it was very hard to put down.

See also My Review of Lydia Bennets Story by Jane Odiwe.