Yours

A Variation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice (Romantic Pride and Prejudice Variations)

My heart is, and always will be, yours-Edward Ferrars, Sense & Sensibility

Two years ago, Elizabeth Bennet walked away from Mr Darcy with a broken heart and no reason to expect their paths would ever cross again. Tragedy, scandal, and loss forced her from Longbourn, and her family now lives in quiet obscurity in Yorkshire—until a chance encounter at a winter ball changes everything.

Still reeling from her father's death and her youngest sister’s disgrace, Elizabeth has no desire to marry—especially not to the sort of gentleman who sees women as ornament and amusement. But when she is reunited with Mr. Darcy, the man she once misjudged and rejected, Elizabeth must confront old regrets and new hopes. He is no longer the proud, aloof stranger she once scorned, but a man whose quiet strength and steadfast love may prove exactly what her heart requires.

Fitzwilliam Darcy never stopped searching for the woman who changed him. When he finds her again—wiser, wounded, but no less bewitching—he dares to hope for a second chance. But family pride, painful secrets, and the threat of renewed scandal conspire to keep them apart.

In a house filled with eccentric nobility, absurd relatives, and a meddling aunt or two, can Elizabeth and Darcy find their way back to each other?

©2025 Susan Adriani (P)2026 Quills & Quartos Publishing

Excellently Narrated Second Chance

Delayed HEA is one of my favorite tropes, but they are often quite emotionally taxing. This novella is a rare exception. The longing and angst are relegated to the background, as we spend just enough time in Elizabeth's sorrow to feel her grief and longing before we are reintroduced to a determined, constant Darcy.

As always, Adriani has written beautiful prose. The story flows so fluidly, and the narrator does such a beautiful job with pacing that I did not wish to stop listening.

Reunited two years after Pemberley

We pick up the story two years after Elizabeth’s visit to Pemberley and the worst things happened; Lydia has disappeared, Mr Bennet died in a carriage accident and Mrs Bennet has a mental breakdown. Darcy didn’t know what happened due to the note from her uncle getting wet on the way to deliver it to Darcy. Darcy has searched for her but stumbled upon her by accident at an aunt and uncle’s estate in Yorkshire.

Overall, this is a very sweet, charming, lovely story. The narrator, Erin Evans-Walker, did a good job bringing our favorite characters to life to bring them together. This is one that I will gladly read/listen to again.