Enduring Connexions

A Pride and Prejudice Variation (Unabridged)

By: J Marie Croft

Narrated by: Jack Jacobs

"I love you with so much of my heart that none is left to protest" (William Shakespeare)

When Fitzwilliam Darcy is betrayed by love at the age of 23, he vows that never again will he allow a woman to own his heart. Never again will he be made a fool. Never again will he trust. His heart and pride will be spared from another crippling blow, no matter what.

Four years later, his resolve is put to the test. Elizabeth Bennet is vivacious and beautiful, but she has family connection which make her unsuitable for him. Her immediate family is vulgar, and her relations are involved in trade. Worst of all, she has an elder sister, Jane, who is nearly a twin of the woman who broke his heart and shattered his trust. Yet, despite his reservations, Darcy’s growing affection for Elizabeth is impossible to deny or resist.

Alas, just as Darcy begins to allow the walls around his heart to crumble, a dark secret from someone else’s past comes to light and threatens the stability of the Bennet family’s very foundations. A connection Darcy could never have imagined will have a potentially devastating impact on the Bennets and on his and Elizabeth’s burgeoning love. If Darcy wants Elizabeth in his life, he and the Bennets must learn to forgive and accept that which cannot be changed.

©2023 J Marie Croft (P)2023 Quills & Quartos Publishing

THIS IS SATIRE!

I dislike that it was not clearly stated that this is a farcical rendition of the genre! I want my credit back!

Couldn’t finish

I couldn’t finish, the narration took too much away from the story and the characters are not even close to their real….

Goodish

I love this book, but the voice actor reads everything at the same fast pace. He has a beautiful voice - I just needed him to slow down and add more emotion and depth to the characters.

Nice original story!

Glad I read it, good story line and kept me entertained. I think I'm spoiled by Harry Frost as a male narrator since he's does the voices so much better!! But I hung in there to finish the story!

Narration took away from the story

Good story but the narrative portrayal of Darcy and Elizabeth was distracting. Even as there characters evolved, Darcy still sounded haughty and sexually desperate while Elizabeth sounded vapid and shallow. It didn’t mesh.