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Dear Nameless Stranger: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Jeannie Peneaux
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“Please admire my docile and obedient nature. I will not thank you for providing us with a home, nor will I even breathe a word of gratitude for your provision of such funds as will feed us each quarter. I will not even write such platitudes as ‘You are very good,’ given that you have also provided us with respectability in the form of Mrs. Ingles. There... -
Field of Dreams: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by J. Dawn King
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA TENDER MR. DARCY...A VULNERABLE ELIZABETH BENNETElizabeth Bennet is in dire straits. Desperate for guidance, she hides her identity as a female before appealing to a knowledgeable and highly recommended gentleman from Derbyshire for advice.Fitzwilliam Darcy is pleased to aid the young man from Hertfordshire. E.R. Bennet asked reasonable questions in a well-crafted letter... -
Snowbound: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Joana Starnes
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA narrow escape and a staggering encounter mere miles from the gates of Pemberley leave Mr Darcy in no doubt: the Fates have grown tired of nudging him gently. And now Elizabeth is in his home. Beside him. Every waking hour of every day.“I missed you. Dreadfully. And now you are here...Categorized as:
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The French House by Helen Fripp
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe vineyards stretched away in every direction as he plucked a perfect red grape, sparkling with dew. “Marry me,” he’d said. “We’ll run these vineyards together.” But now he is gone. There is no one to share the taste of the first fruit of the harvest... -
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Writing the Rake by Ellie St. Clair
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe knew a rake would never do. But her heart never received the message.Alice Cunningham loves two things—writing and romance. A magazine picks up her serial, on the premise that she bases her stories on relationships amongst the ton. The only problem? She has never known passion of her own, except for one kiss with a man she knows will only ever leave her a broken heart...Categorized as:
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Tempted: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Nicole Clarkston, Janet Taylor
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRunning from her past, Stumbling into the unknown, and Drawn to a future she cannot have. Elizabeth Bennet left all she loved behind when she accepted Colonel Fitzwilliam's hand. Dragging her sister Jane, her cousin Billy Collins, and a horrible secret along with her, she leaves her home and family in the United States and sets sail for England... and safety... -
The Redemption of the Puzzling Governess: A Clean & Sweet Regency Historical Romance by Fanny Finch
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe is her last chance. And she will protect him at any cost... Tormented by his guilt over the past, Mark Collingridge, the Earl of Dulshire, is blind to the danger that circles him closer and closer. Only one person can see the imminent threat: Delia Caulfield, his daughter’s new governess, who has confused him so much with the unexpected feelings she has awoken inside him...Categorized as:
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Because the Earl Loved Me by Ellie St. Clair
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDesire for drama... Known by all as a beauty with a haunting, hypnotic voice, Anne Finchley has always longed for more than marriage to a nobleman. She dreams of gracing the stage as an actress, an occupation unheard of for the daughter of a duke. But a chance meeting at a country theatre changes her fate forever. Perfectly planned..Categorized as:
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Fearful Symmetry: A Pride & Prejudice Variation by Gailie Ruth Caress
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDarcy had never known such a woman, one who could rush into an inferno and emerge as bold and brilliant as burnished brass, bright as any mirror.FITZWILLIAM DARCY HAD PLANNED TO LEAVE NETHERFIELD PARK and all thoughts of the enchanting Miss Elizabeth Bennet behind him—until one night when he saw smoke rising from Longbourn and realised she was in peril... -
An Excellent Walker: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Lyndsay Constable
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIs Mr Darcy capable of wanting to marry just for the sake of love?AN UNEXPECTED MEETING between Mr Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet becomes suddenly and shockingly dangerous. Mr Darcy is determined to protect Elizabeth but his exertions leave him grievously wounded...Categorized as:
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Mr Darcy's Persuasion by Cass Grafton, Cassandra Grafton
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTwo of Jane Austen’s classics collide in this intriguing tale of pride, prejudice and persuasion, set in England’s beautiful West Country.In the aftermath of the Netherfield Ball, Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet are determined to find respite—Darcy from the allure of the lady and the feelings she evokes in him, and Elizabeth from the drama unfolding at Longbourn...Categorized as:
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Reverie & Rancour: A Pride & Prejudice Vagary by S.E. Granger
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt was a dream until it was a nightmare: Elizabeth Bennet stumbles into Fitzwilliam Darcy's bedchamber while staying at Netherfield. Unhappily for them both, Mrs. Bennet finds them there and cries compromise, obliging them to marry.Darcy, believing Elizabeth responsible for the scheme, determines that she shall not benefit from her deception...Categorized as:
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Speechless by Jessie Lewis
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCould anything be worse than to be trapped in a confined space with the woman you love? Fitzwilliam Darcy knows his duty, and it does not involve succumbing to his fascination for a dark-eyed beauty from an unheard of family in Hertfordshire. He has run away from her once already... -
A Case of Some Delicacy by K.C. Kahler
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA secret alliance grows when an unwanted suitor arrives at Longbourn... When rumours of Jane Bennet’s impending betrothal to her father’s heir begin spreading at the Meryton Assembly, Elizabeth vows to save her dearest sister’s happiness from being sacrificed in marriage... -
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The Mystery of the Debonair Duke by Ellie St. Clair
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThere was one man Lady Emma vowed she would never marry.The rakish Duke of Warwick — brother to her very best friend.But one chance encounter on a balcony has Lady Emma questioning all she ever believed about the duke. When her friend — and the duke’s sister — is abducted, they must work together to find her, and determine who has been threatening the Remington family... -
High Wycombe Wedding by G.L. Snodgrass
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLord Edington is torn between two responsibilities, one to the crown and one to his family. Heaven knew he already had more than enough reasons to be angry at the world. Years of war, the loss of his wife, and two young daughters who barely knew him. And now, after helping to win the war, the powers that be want to have him abandon his girls and return to the continent to help form the peace... -
Adam by Sydney Jane Baily
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn this sizzling early Victorian romance by USA Today bestselling author Sydney Jane Baily the heir to an earldom must take a suitable wife... unless he falls for a middle-class governess with a shadowy past.Lord Diamond leads a charmed life. The only brother amongst four sisters, he is touted as the best thing since frothy syllabub. Every young lady in London wants his leg shackled to hers...Categorized as:
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The Earl’s Enticement: 2nd Edition: A Scottish Regency Historical Romance by Collette Cameron
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe won’t be tamed. A fiery, unconventional Scot, Adaira Ferguson wears breeches, swears, and has no more desire to marry than she does to follow society’s dictates of appropriate behavior. She trusts no man with the secret she desperately protects. He can’t forget... -
Wagers Gone Awry by Collette Cameron
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBrooke Culpepper resigned herself to spinsterhood when she turned down the only marriage proposal she’d likely ever receive to care for her family. After her father dies, a distant cousin inherits the estate and becomes their guardian but permits Brooke to act in his stead... -
Elizabeth: Obstinate, Headstrong Girl by Christina Boyd
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWith timeless verve, the heroine of Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth Bennet, bares her intimate thoughts while offering biting social commentary through a collection of romantic re-imaginings, sequels, and prequels, set in the Regency to present day by ten popular Austenesque authors...Categorized as:
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The Happiest Couple in the World: A Sequel to Pride & Prejudice by Amy D'Orazio
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt is settled between us already, that we are to be the happiest couple in the world.When Elizabeth Bennett married Fitzwilliam Darcy in autumn of 1812, she believed that all unhappiness and strife between them had been laid to rest. Their misunderstandings resolved, she wished for nothing more than to enjoy their happily ever after.Alas married life brings with it a new set of challenges...Categorized as:
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The Study of a Rake by Kathleen Ayers
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe widowed Duke of Averell is trying to be a better man...But when he spies a young woman, reading "The Iliad" beneath a tree, no less, Marcus forgets all his good intentions. Miss Weatherly is outspoken, intelligent and enamored of the ancient Greeks. When she brazenly offers to show him the constellations later that night, Marcus readily agrees... -
There You Were: A Pride & Prejudice Variation by Michelle Ray
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“I was not looking for love, but there you were. I cannot stop it, I cannot indulge it, so I must put distance between us and hope that time will heal this fever I have.”ABANDONED BY HER MOTHER and ignored by her father, it is hardly any wonder young Elizabeth Bennet’s curiosity soon brings about trouble and marriage to a man she does not love...Categorized as:
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The Art of Stealing a Duke's Heart by Ellie St. Clair
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt was only supposed to be one night.Except that night of deceit leads to a mistaken identity and the duke finding his new governess. A governess who is out to steal his painting -- and perhaps his heart.Calliope Murphy was determined to prove to her family that she was as capable as the rest of them. That she could paint a copy of a priceless masterpiece and steal from a pompous, arrogant duke...Categorized as:
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An Unexpected Merry Gentleman by Anngela Schroeder
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings‘Tis the season to be jolly and Mr. Darcy and his sister have been invited to Netherfield for Christmas with Bingley’s business associate and the Bennets of Longbourn. There is no comfort or joy for this taciturn man when he discovers the sparkling Elizabeth Bennet finds him proud and arrogant...Categorized as:
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The Earl and His Lady by G.L. Robinson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCan a country girl adapt to life as a Countess in London?When Sophy Hawthorne married the fifth Earl of Hale, she had no idea what she was letting herself in for. She is thrust into a society riddled with jealousies, infidelities and gossip. The Earl is used to it all, and assumes his wife will always know what to do. They both make mistakes... -
A Countess in Her Own Right by Fanny Finch
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn accident brought her into his life. He will do everything in his power to keep her. After a terrible fire leaves her an orphan – and the only peeress in her own right in all of England - Mary Hillington will suddenly have to learn how to be a countess. Even if she still bears deep wounds that cannot be hidden... Duncan Winstanley is not the person he pretends to be... -
These Dreams: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Nicole Clarkston
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn Abandoned Bride A Missing Man And a Dream which refuses to die.... Pride and patriotism lend fervor to greed and cruelty, and Fitzwilliam Darcy is caught at the centre of a decades old international feud. Taken far from England, presumed dead by his family, and lost to all he holds dear, only one name remains as his beacon in the darkness: Elizabeth... -
Mr. Darcy's Journey: A Pride & Prejudice Variation by Abigail Reynolds
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMr. Darcy is at his wits’ end. Elizabeth Bennet, the woman he can’t live without, overhears him insulting her family. Now she won’t even listen to his apologies. Then his old friend Sir Anthony Duxbury tells him two of their friends are in terrible danger. If Darcy wants to help them, they have to leave for Yorkshire immediately. But something doesn’t add up... -
The Perfect Gentleman by Julie Cooper
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGeorgiana Darcy has gone missing. Lizzy Bennet knows just what to do to find her. ‘Tis no secret that Lizzy Bennet has dreams. The uniquely talented daughter of a woman with a dubious reputation, Lizzy knows she must make her own way in a world that shuns her... -
When the Sun Sleeps by Alix James, Nicole Clarkston
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDisappointed hopes and the kindness of a stranger.Elizabeth Bennet is as content as a girl with a wounded heart can be. Mr. Bingley has returned to Jane with promising attentions, and all is well... except that no one knows what has become of Mr. Darcy...Categorized as:
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The Last Waltz: Hearts are at stake in the game of love... (Dorothy Mack Regency Romances) by Dorothy Mack
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA gripping Regency adventure with a plucky heroine! Perfect for fans of Georgette Heyer, Mary Balogh, Jane Aiken Hodge and Jane Austen. Can Adrienne reverse her family’s misfortune? Belgium When her gambling father dies, young Adrienne Castle must find a way to support her family... -
Misunderstandings & Ardent Love by Susan Adriani
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“I have never been able to forget you...I am yours, in body and soul, for as long as I am able to draw breath.”AFTER MONTHS OF BROODING DESPAIR while Bingley prepares to wed Jane Bennet, Fitzwilliam Darcy realises he has no choice but to put his heart at risk and try to win the only woman he will ever love. ELIZABETH BENNET WOULD MORE THAN WELCOME his return to Longbourn...Categorized as:
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Snowflakes at Pemberley: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Jennifer Kay
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsElizabeth Bennet is happy to visit an elderly relative with her aunt, especially since it means getting away from gentleman for a while. Her autumn was full of vexing men, and with her sister Jane recently married to Mr. Bingley, Elizabeth is at loose ends at home. Of course, she knows that Mr... -
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The Duke She Married by Jessie Clever
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOrphaned and destitute, Lady Amelia Atwood must marry to save her family from utter financial devastation. Lost between her sisters, neglected by her father, and scorned by her mother, Amelia learned being close to people only brought hurt and loneliness, and she avoids them at all costs. But if she wishes to save her sisters, she must sacrifice herself.To the Ghoul of Greyfair...Categorized as:
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Being Mrs Darcy by Lucy Marin
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOne distressing night in Ramsgate, Elizabeth Bennet impulsively offers Georgiana Darcy aid. Scandalous rumors soon surround the ladies and Fitzwilliam Darcy, forcing Elizabeth and Darcy, strangers to each other, to marry. Darcy despises everything about his marriage to the daughter of an insignificant country gentleman with vulgar relations...Categorized as:
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The Duke and the Lady by Jessie Clever
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsLady Louisa Darby blames herself for her mother’s death when the Darby sisters were still so young and has dedicated her life to ensuring her sisters’ happiness... -
The Duke and the Lass by Jessie Clever
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsLady Catriona Cordelia Mackenzie became a burden the moment she was born. Unwanted by her Scottish father for being born a girl and scorned by her grandmother for carrying a hated name, Della is only left with books for comfort. But when she reaches her majority, her father summons her to his Scottish keep to marry her off to the gentleman who will pledge the greatest alliance to him... -
Artemisia: a Regency novel in the tradition of Jane Austen by D.G. Rampton
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA fun confection with a romantic spirit and droll English characters. You forget yourself, your lordship. You have no rights to allow or disallow anything I may choose to do...Categorized as:
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Chastity by Beverley Watts
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsIn this funny Regency romance series, the Shackleford sisters descend on a Regency society that doesn’t know what’s hit it…In the eyes of her family, Chastity Shackleford was impulsive, flighty, overly emotional and inclined to sentimental overtures. All in all, a disaster waiting to happen should she accept the Duke of Blackmore’s offer of a Season in London... -
Mistaken by Jessie Lewis
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratings“Darcy stared into the pitch-black interior of the carriage, wishing for the thousandth time that he had never sent Bingley back to Hertfordshire.”April 1812. Miss Elizabeth Bennet, headstrong and usually self-assured, returns home to Longbourn chastened and confused after a surprising marriage proposal from Mr Darcy—a man she thought she despised... -
Dangerous Weakness by Caroline Warfield
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIf women were as easily managed as the affairs of state—or the recalcitrant Ottoman Empire—Richard Hayden, Marquess of Glenaire, would be a happier man. As it was the creatures—one woman in particular—made hash of his well-laid plans and bedeviled him on all sides.Lily Thornton came home from Saint Petersburg in pursuit of marriage... -
Smitten with an Ethereal Lady: A Historical Regency Romance Book by Bridget Barton
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLady Charlotte Lumley knows that she can never aspire to have a normal life, like any other lady in her position would. Many years ago, an accident on a rainy day, had put an end to any chance of her becoming a bride... -
Darcy's Angel: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Jennifer Kay
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen disease strikes Longbourn, sixteen-year-old Elizabeth Bennet and thirteen-year-old Kitty are sent to London to live with an old friend of their father’s. While Kitty relishes in the change, Lizzy feels lost in her new world, constrained by society’s expectations, and dreadfully homesick. That changes when she meets Georgiana Darcy, a girl even more in need of a friend than Lizzy herself... -
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Unintended: A Pride and Prejudice Accident by Alix James, Nicole Clarkston
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat if... the person who caught you in your most embarrassing moment is also the one your heart was meant to find? It was never supposed to happen. Elizabeth Bennet never planned to get trapped in a ridiculous situation, and she certainly never intended for the person who found her to be a dizzyingly handsome... tall... and odiously haughty man who seems to regret ever meeting her...Categorized as:
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Queen of Winter: A Pride and Prejudice Novella by Alix James, Nicole Clarkston
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWinter is a curse, bringing nothing but cold and darkness.Until he meets the Queen.Elizabeth Bennet is at the end of her strength. A frantic search for her missing sister Lydia has led her into danger she could never have imagined. Alone, injured, and lost, she stumbles into a snowstorm and loses hope. And then she loses conciousness...Categorized as:
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Discovering the Baron by Ellie St. Clair
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe’s spying on him. He’s engaged to another. Can their stars ever align?Astronomer Celeste Keswick spends her nights staring at the sky, attempting to discover the planet she knows is out there but cannot yet see. Her brother is convinced that there is one way to do it – for Celeste to spy on the one other man who might find it first. Little does Celeste know what else he will awaken within her... -
Never Play with a Rakish Duke: A Historical Regency Romance Book by Emily Honeyfield
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIsabella Northwood has never believed in romantic love. What she wishes for is a gentleman of staid propriety, who can take care of her and provide her with a life full of love and passion. But, when a devilish Duke puts in an offer for her hand in marriage, she is forced to reconsider her position entirely... -
A Fair Prospect: Darcy's Dilemma by Cassandra Grafton
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsInspired by Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice, A Fair Prospect is a tale of Darcy and Elizabeth in three volumes.Darcy's Dilemma (Vol II) continues on from Disappointed Hopes (Vol I).Thrown together by circumstance in London, and with his friend, Bingley, in hot pursuit of the eldest Miss Bennet, Darcy finds his best endeavours to relieve Elizabeth of his unwelcome presence come to naught... -
No Such Thing As Luck: A North and South Variation by Nicole Clarkston
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJohn Thornton is facing the collapse of everything he has worked for all of his life. Through his banker, he hears about a potential business opportunity that could save the mill. He decides to investigate, even if it means traveling from home when he can least afford it. Margaret Hale, now living in London, learns that her godfather Mr Bell is visiting her brother Frederick in Cadiz...Categorized as:
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