Enamoured

A Pride and Prejudice Variation

De: Jessie Lewis

Narrado por: Arthur Rowan

You are as handsome as any of them, Mr Bingley might like you the best of the party
ELIZABETH BENNET THINKS HER FATHER is worrying over nothing when he sends her from Longbourn to London to keep an eye on her mother, who has been staying with a friend. But Mrs Bennet proves to be uncommonly elusive. Everywhere Elizabeth looks, she finds Mr Fitzwilliam Darcy of Pemberley instead.

MR DARCY HAS BEEN TRYING IN VAIN to locate his friend Charles Bingley, but after repeatedly running into Miss Elizabeth Bennet, it dawns on him that their searches are related. As their pursuit intensifies, and as Darcy and Elizabeth continue to be thrown together in company, their accidental meetings begin to attract notice. Before they know it, they have become the Darlings of the Season.

LONDON SOCIETY HAS GROWN COMPLETELY ENAMOURED of its favourite new couple; alas Darcy and Elizabeth are fighting to contain the shocking truth of their presumed attachment, with each convinced that the other could never love them. They both must find a way to disentangle themselves from an imagined romance without creating a scandal of their own—or hope that love finds a way to conquer more than just the haut ton.

Enamoured is a clean, humorous Pride and Prejudice variation with low angst. The tropes include forced engagement, mistaken identity, and second chances.

©2025 Jessie Lewis (P)2025 Quills & Quartos Publishing

Really off canon but really good.

I loved it. Can’t spoil it. Get this if you love JAFF. WOW. This just what we have come to expect from this gifted author.

Unique plot and Great dialog

The plot was unique and kept me interested. The dialog among the characters was excellent and so well written. I do like Arthur Rowan's voice, but he could make the male voices more distinguishable. That is the only reason I gave him a 4. I love his Darcy voice, and reads with great expression. He is one of my favorites. The romance between Darcy and Elizabeth was very real and very sweet. There were conflicts between them which were realistic. True love will win out in the end. I do recommend this book!

Not my fav

I keep vacillating between 3 and 4 stars for this book. It is well written but I just couldn't get past the underlying conflict being adultery. I felt like it could have been written without that. Why not just let her leave instead of have sex and then leave. She was discontent. She could have just had enough.
I was absolutely disgusted by the opening of this book, as was Darcy. He unfortunately walks in on adultery as it happens which sets up the ongoing conflict for the rest of the book.
But as Darcy and Elizabeth each work to resolve elements of the conflict they are much thrown together and the results with the ton are hilarious. Over the course of the book, Darcy figured out his pride issues and Lizzy figured out her prejudice issues but she never really showed any understanding of Darcy. She misinterprets everything right up to their marriage I think. I did have hope for a HEA for them though.
I felt like we were left hanging on Darcy and Bingley's future relationship, on Jane, and on Mr. & Mrs. Bennet. I would have liked to have seen more resolve on each of them.
I listened to the audiobook and thought the narration was well done.

Potential triggers: adultery & mistresses

Witty, light hearted tales in the London ton

Mrs Bennet called a wit!? This story has many unexpected turns as the couple stumble over themselves with misunderstandings and mischief.

Nice one!

Thank you Jessie Lewis, this is very nice book, I really enjoyed it! Aldo I absolutely adore Mistaken, and that is my favourite variation/vagary, I like this one too! Please write more 😀!

And, excellent naration! Love his voice (from Mistaken, afcource)!

Delicious, totally original story

“Enamoured” is an inventive premise that still holds true to Austen’s beloved characters. I thoroughly enjoyed the sparkling dialogue, romantic tension, and the satisfying happily-ever-after. The clever twists of misunderstandings and an accidental social whirlwind made this fresh, fun, and full of heart. The narrator’s voice is also a delight, making it an easy and highly enjoyable listen. A charming read I’d readily recommend to any Austenesque fan!

The story drags too much

I feel the story didn’t want to end and not in a good way. I was waiting for some issues to be unfold faster and for more Darcy and Elizabeth working together but it didn’t happen at all. Even what you are thinking is happening is not and I was wishing it was. It was an exciting premise by the autho but people are not perfect and it would have been better to see them be baf and receive some kind of punishment, also some things were not resolved or explained and the other characters were forgotten.
I think less persecution and more participation of other characters was needed. I wished Mr Bennet did something and what about Mr Wickham…
The narration was pretty good. I enjoyed it.

Witty and Fun

So much fun. Continuous chance meetings between Darcy and Elizabeth starts gossip and much speculation about the couple in London. Lizzy gets to observe more of Darcy and his life among the Ton. Their witty dialogue and interactions are wonderful. I couldn’t stop listening. Arthur Rowan’s narration was wonderful.

Shocking beginning!

The audiobook is sooo good. And Arthur Rowan as Mr. Darcy is…well…swoon! And he and Jessie Lewis made me cry for Mrs. Bennet.

In Enamoured, Jessie Lewis figuratively knocked my socks off with a beginning I will never forget, and that jolted my senses like a lightning bolt through a quiet Meryton morning—not to mention Mr. Darcy’s! I’m sure he’s still blushing, even as I write.

Mr. Bennet sends a reluctant Elizabeth to London to track down her mother, who proves stubbornly hard to find, and when their paths finally cross, she defiantly refuses to go home. Meanwhile, Mr. Darcy is on a mission to locate his elusive friend, Bingley—after he warns Jane away from him. ODC keep crossing paths—at balls, parks, drawing rooms, and everywhere in between. The ton takes notice and they quickly become the latest on dit, even though both insist it is all a misunderstanding, and all refuse to believe them.

With many variations taking place in Meryton and surrounds, I enjoyed seeing this glimpse of Darcy contending with the demands of London society, and Elizabeth stepping into it for the first time—her eyes being opened to both the elegance and the undercurrents few speak of. The plot has plenty of surprises, but one thing I appreciated from the author was, once love is declared, she provides the reader with that passionate spark between Elizabeth and Darcy that I crave, and yet is too often overlooked in variations—and she does so without veering into explicit territory for those who don’t like it, showing it can be done. So brava! This story does touch on mature themes, though.

I only wished to see Mr. Bennet reckon with his part in it all—but the ending still delivers, with Elizabeth and Darcy finding their way on their own terms.

Shocker at the Start - Great Narrator

Think the author’s opening must be totally unique in all of the Variations I’ve listened to or read about. I very much liked the scenes of Darcy & Elizabeth meetings and the result of these. A bit let down with my expectation of “something” happening between Mr and Mrs Bennet. Oh well. I love Arthur Rowan’s narration.