When Mary Met the Colonel

A Pride and Prejudice Novella

By: Victoria Kincaid, A Lady

Narrated by: Stevie Zimmerman

A short Pride and Prejudice variation

Without the beauty and wit of the older Bennet sisters or the liveliness of the younger, Mary is the Bennet sister most often overlooked.

She has resigned herself to a life of loneliness, alleviated only by music and the occasional book of military history. Colonel Fitzwilliam finds himself envying his friends who are marrying wonderful women while he only attracts empty-headed flirts.

He longs for a caring, well-informed woman who will see the man beneath the uniform. During the wedding breakfast for Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet, a chance meeting in Longbourn’s garden kindles an attraction between Mary and the Colonel.

However, the Colonel cannot marry for love since he must wed an heiress. He returns to war, although Mary finds she cannot easily forget him. Is happily ever after possible after Mary meets the Colonel?

©2016 Victoria Kincaid (P)2020 Victoria Kincaid

Love this romantic and sweet story

I love this cute story of Mary and Colonel Fitzwilliam’s story. I like that she ends up with the colonel and not Mr Collins.

Cute story

I normally don’t go for stories that had other characters than Elizabeth and Darcy as main characters. But this short novella vas very cute and I liked a lot. Victoria Kincaid is very skilled at writing and Stevie Zimmerman is great at narrating JAFF stories. Just love her voice. I highly recommend this book to a Jane Austen fan fiction lover.

Fun Read

I enjoyed reading a book where Mary got noticed and gained her happiness. Her character is overlooked and undervalued in most Pride and Prejudice fan books. This is a light, low angst, sweet book.

Go, Mary!

Very rewarding to have an ignored secondary character blossom in her own story. Nice and engaging portrayal of Mary in her moment.

Sweet Mary Bennet story featuring Col. Fitzwilliam

This is a lovely, quick-listen Mary Bennet novella that features our dear colonel. Victoria Kincaid brings out all the wonderful qualities I’ve always known Mary possessed but just needed the right encouragement to bring to the forefront. In this case, that encouragement comes from Colonel Fitzwilliam. He happens upon her by chance in the Longbourn garden during Elizabeth and Darcy’s wedding, as he tries to evade Kitty and Maria’s infatuation with a redcoat. At his prompting, Mary opens up to him, and he discovers a side of her he has never seen in a society lady.

The story offers just the right balance of sweet romance and a touch of angst, in the form of a possible rival, to keep the plot moving towards an ultimately happy ending. I’ve never read a Victoria Kincaid story I didn’t love, and I recommend this one as well—a perfect fit when time is limited.

Stevie Zimmerman delivers an outstanding performance, as always.