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Elite ballerina Allie Rousseau is no stranger to pressure. With her mother’s eyes always watching, perfection was expected, no matter the cost. But when an injury jeopardizes all she’s sacrificed for, Allie returns to her summer home to heal and recover. But the memories she’s tried to forget rush in and threaten to take her under. As a Coast Guard rescue swimmer, Hudson Ellis knows that hesitation can mean the difference between life and death. He’s always prided himself on being in the right place at the right time, especially when it came to Allie Rousseau…until the night he left for basic.

Only imagine a summer by the sea. Perhaps you will meet the love of your life. When Elizabeth Bennet inherits a crumbling seaside mansion in Brighton, she expects renovation headaches but not romantic chaos. All plans for a peaceful restoration are shattered when the Viscount Saye rents the property before it's even remotely habitable and arrives to stay with his cousin Mr. Darcy in his party.

She was tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt him. Elizabeth Bennet knew exactly what Mr. Darcy thought of her. She heard him say it at the Meryton assembly, and she had no interest in changing his mind. But someone else noticed the way his eyes followed her across crowded rooms. Caroline Bingley had a plan to secure Mr. Darcy for herself, and it involved befriending Elizabeth with one goal in mind. She would highlight every unpolished, unsuitable quality that made Elizabeth Bennet all wrong for a man of Mr. Darcy’s standing. The only problem? Some men don't want perfection. Some ...

It is Christmas, 1811, and the Bennets of Longbourn are startled by the sudden arrival of Mr. Aaron Gardiner, Mrs. Bennet’s older brother who was banished to India more than two decades ago. Aaron, now rich from his business dealings, is a wise man with a deep understanding of human nature, and his insights into the characters of others prove invaluable to Elizabeth and Jane Bennet.

For the sake of a most beloved sister, and for their father’s dying wish, Elizabeth would make herself submit... When her dying father demands one daughter marry the heir to Longbourn and the other wed a wealthy elderly widower, Elizabeth makes the hardest choice of her life. She becomes the wife of sixty-year-old Mr. Ashwood—a marriage in name only that leaves her more a daughter than a bride. Four years later, Elizabeth is a widow at twenty, impoverished and estranged from the sister she once adored.

After an anonymous encounter at a Hertfordshire assembly, Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet conduct a secret courtship without knowing each other's identities—unaware that she is the paid companion to the cousin he jilted and that their families' intertwined fates will force them to choose between love and duty.

Engaged, impatient, and utterly improper... Elizabeth Bennet thought she knew what to expect from her engagement to Mr. Darcy—formal calls, chaperoned walks, and stolen glances across drawing rooms. She did not expect him to appear beneath her window at midnight, desperate and disheveled, confessing he couldn't stay away from her for even one night. She certainly did not expect to find herself in the Longbourn stables at two in the morning, discovering exactly how improper a proper gentleman can be when he's madly in love. As their wedding day approaches, Elizabeth and Darcy find it ...

Charles Bingley takes residence of Netherfield Park for one reason: to give his friend Darcy a peaceful sanctuary after a brutal year. After Wickham’s scheme was revealed, Georgiana’s attempted suicide left her crippled and catatonic. Darcy, blaming himself, fell into self-destructive despair that even his closest friend could not break through. It is only when Darcy is alone in the countryside near Meryton that he finds a reason to hope: a beautiful young woman, walking alone, whom he deliriously thinks is an angel. This is a Pride and Prejudice variation with angst, desperate schemes,...

Trapped by a snowstorm. Tempted beyond propriety. Ruined by desire. A violent November blizzard was never part of Elizabeth Bennet’s plans. Yet when heavy snow strands her far from home, she finds herself confined in a glass-roofed cottage on the edge of Netherfield’s grounds with the one man she least wishes to endure— Fitzwilliam Darcy. Elizabeth has watched her parents’ marriage curdle into contempt and sworn she would never repeat their mistake. Mr. Darcy has seen his father hollowed by grief and vowed never to feel so deeply that love could undo him. But the storm does not ...

Dearly Beloved, A Pride and Prejudice Variation Elizabeth Bennet has never been one to sit idle while her family’s future hangs in the balance. With Lydia on the brink of ruin and Jane in danger of being sacrificed to a gentleman who is older than her father, Elizabeth resolves to take matters into her own hands. London offers an escape, and also temptation, and it is there, during an excursion to the Tower, that she meets two gentlemen who will alter the course of her life. Mr. Bingley is amiable and sincere. His friend, Mr. Darcy, is something far more dangerous. Drawn together by ...

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.

What happens when an overheard insult leads to the match of the season? In this Pride and Prejudice variation, Elizabeth Bennet confronts Mr. Darcy about his cutting words at the Meryton assembly—but Mrs. Bennet overhears just enough of their heated argument to draw entirely the wrong conclusion. Before either can correct the misunderstanding, all of Hertfordshire believes they're engaged. To protect Elizabeth's reputation and her family's standing, they agree to maintain the charade temporarily. But as their pretend courtship gives way to genuine feelings, can two people who started with...

Now available in a single volume, this 2024 romance books bundle featuring Bella Breen's clean and sweet Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth variations will entertain you forever. This Pride and Prejudice adaptations bundle includes the following novels: Locked in Love and Mary's to Blame Mary Bennet is jealous of Mr. Collins' attentions towards Elizabeth Bennet ...so Mary locks Elizabeth in a room during the Netherfield Ball. But the room wasn't empty. Forced marriage. Elizabeth's Rush to the Altar Mr. Collins' inheritance of Longbourn can be prevented, thanks to finding a loophole in the will. But ...

Sorrow and Second Chances takes an alternative route to the story told in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, with a twist at its heart that changes the original events of Austen’s plot. In this adaptation, the Bennet family are afflicted with grief following a sudden death in their family, and as a consequence, the fate of the whole family is changed forever. Fitzwilliam Darcy, who has been filled with regret and deep remorse ever since his last encounter with Elizabeth Bennet, realises that – in this time of great sorrow – he might just have a chance to redeem himself in the eyes ...

Man of Honor. A Nation in Peril. A Truth Hidden in the Shadows. One moment of boyish bravado beneath the Pemberley oak cost George Wickham his limb, but it forged his soul. In this sweeping Pride & Prejudice reimagining, the George Wickham who arrives in Meryton is not the silver-tongued libertine of canon. He is an investigator for the Archbishop of Canterbury—a man trained to see what others miss and to listen to what remains unspoken. Supported by his lifelong brothers-in-arms, William Darcy and Colonel Richard Fitzwilliam, George has traded the sword for the quill, and the ballroom ...

Author’s Note – Important Information This is the second edition of Mr Darcy Got Married, newly presented with a fresh cover and a refined format. Readers who already own or have read the first edition need not repurchase it, as the core story remains the same—though important revisions have been made to the style, the development of the plot, and the historical grounding of key Regency elements, such as annulment, divorce, and remarriage. While the novel does not rely on excessive angst, it is nevertheless marked by the quiet sorrow of two beloved characters who, after the proposal ...

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.

The "forgotten" women of Meryton are about to change the rules of the game. Charlotte Lucas, Mary Bennet and Maria Lucas were women the world overlooked. Now, they are the ones in command. Charlotte Lucas Collins has spent her life being "useful." After years of duty and a decade of nursing her invalid husband, William Collins, she finally claims her own life when after William’s death she marries General Richard Fitzwilliam and becomes the Lady General of Windhaven where she helps transform a ruined estate into a sanctuary for broken veterans. But the peace of the High Peaks is under ...

Mr. Darcy is rich, well-connected and handsome, but he is also exhausted, broken-hearted and afraid. Can Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet find happiness together? Fitzwilliam Darcy’s father was an unreliable rake who brought their family much trouble before his death. Darcy’s fears are potent, but his resolve to care for his sister and mother is strong. Darcy’s uncle, the Earl of Matlock, has gone into debt and may lose his estate. He plans to force Georgiana Darcy to marry his son to gain access to her dowry, and Lady Catherine may ally with him due to Darcy’s reluctance to marry her daughter Anne.

When Elizabeth Bennet encounters Fitzwilliam Darcy at his most unguarded, an unexpected confession changes everything between them. Yet Elizabeth’s sense of honour compels her to raise every reason why a union would be unwise—reasons drawn from society’s harshest judgments of her family.