Marrying Darcy

While her family and cousins are together in London, Anne de Bourgh is told that she will marry her cousin Fitzwilliam Darcy. It is her duty and expected by all the family. True, their engagement is of a peculiar kind, their marriage having been decided upon when she and Fitzwilliam were infants. Now that she is seventeen, Anne is deemed sufficiently mature to learn the truth about her future. But Anne has other ideas. She hopes to marry for love. Indeed, since arriving in London, her thoughts have been very agreeably occupied with daydreaming about a handsome young man she could well imagine marrying: George Wickham. Her growing affection for Mr. Wickham leads her into trouble and upsets everybody: her cousin Fitzwilliam, her mother, her aunt and uncle, and especially her dear Papa. She must ask herself a hard question: Who is most harmed by untamed passion--her relations or herself?

Agitated and angry that Anya should hold such sway over his sister, Darcy summons her to the balcony. In biting words he denounces her, whereupon she slaps him hard across the face. "The one advantage of my sex is the freedom to strike a man with impunity." But the enmity between them is superficial and cannot long endure. Later that night, Darcy will abandon all propriety and come close to ravishing the beautiful young woman. An Englishman of wealth and status could never compromise his social position by marrying a woman with a scandalous past. Darcy must have Anya the only way possible. When he is certain she loves him, he asks her to accept his offer. However, the friendship between Anya and Darcy's sister complicates the matter. "What of Georgiana? Will you allow your sister to visit your mistress?" The appearance of a rival forces a decision, and Darcy takes Anya as his wife. Finally, this willful woman must submit to him. Without doubt, the marriage will prove to be as tempestuous as the courtship.

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Praise for The Perfect Bride for Mr. Darcy: "Another superior Jane Austen homage...will entertain those who already know their Austen and Georgette Heyer by heart, as well as fans of old-fashioned romance." —Publishers Weekly A GENTLEMAN should always render an APOLOGY When Mr. Darcy realizes he insulted Miss Elizabeth Bennet at the Meryton Assembly, he feels duty bound to seek her out and apologize... When he has INSULTED a LADY But instead of meekly accepting his apology, Elizabeth stands up to him, and Darcy realizes with a shock that she is a very different type of lady than he is used to... Darcy is more intrigued than he's ever been by any young lady, but he's already entangled in a courtship. It's a brutal predicament for a man of honor who only longs to follow his heart...

"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single woman teetering on the verge of thirty must be in want of a husband." Not true for Manhattanite Elizabeth Scott. Instead of planning a walk down the aisle, she's crossing the pond with the only companion she needs—her darling dog, Bliss. Caring for a pack of show dogs in England seems the perfect distraction from the scandal that ruined her teaching career, and her reputation, in New York. What she doesn't count on is an unstoppable attraction to billionaire dog breeder Donovan Darcy. The London tycoon's a little bit arrogant, a whole lot sexy…and the chemistry between them is disarming. When passion is finally unleashed, might Elizabeth hope to take home more than a blue ribbon?

Mr. Darcy has lived as a fugitive for years... until the day he saves Elizabeth Bennet's life A carriage ride with her aunt and uncle Gardiner would usually be a most agreeable excursion for Miss Elizabeth Bennet. But when a highwayman ambushes them in the wilds of Scotland and leaves Elizabeth for dead, only one man comes to her rescue… Mr. Darcy. The enigmatic gentleman had been living in hiding, until a lady's screams tore his peace to shreds. Rushing to help, he finds a striking dark-haired woman who has no idea who she is. He must find out, and return her to her family—but how? As Mr. Darcy's mysterious past catches up with him, the two strangers have no choice but to pretend to be a married couple. Sparks fly as they dash from one perilous moment to another. Will Mr. Darcy ever clear his name? Will Miss Bennet's memory ever return? And will their make-believe marriage turn to dust when the truth is out? Marrying Mr. Darcy is a standalone sweet and clean Regency romantic suspense story, reimagining the lives of the main characters from Pride and Prejudice. It is full of intrigue, drama and suspense, bound to keep you on the edge of your seat all the way through to the breathtaking finale.

A marriage of convenience - with Mr Darcy? Her family is convinced Elizabeth Bennet has leapt from one mishap to another, and when news of his surprise wedding spreads, Mr Darcy finds himself without the support of family and friends. Will such an onslaught of opposition from all sides unite the new Mr and Mrs Darcy, or cause further heartache?

I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses. ELIZABETH BENNET is determined that she will put a stop to her mother's plans to marry off the eldest Bennet daughter to Mr. Collins, the Longbourn heir, but a man that Mr. Bennet considers an annoying dimwit. Hence, Elizabeth disguises herself as Jane and repeats her vows to the supercilious rector as if she is her sister, thereby voiding the nuptials and saving Jane from a life of drudgery. Yet, even the "best laid plans" can often go awry. FITZWILLIAM DARCY is desperate to find a woman who will assist him in leading his sister back to Society after Georgiana's failed elopement with Darcy's old enemy George Wickham. He is so desperate that he agrees to Lady Catherine De Bourgh's suggestion that Darcy marry her ladyship's "sickly" daughter Anne. Unfortunately, as he waits for his bride to join him at the altar, he realizes he has made a terrible error in judgement, but there is no means to right the wrong without ruining his cousin's reputation. Yet, even as he weighs his options, the touch of "Anne's" hand upon his sends an unusual "zing" of awareness shooting up Darcy's arm. It is only when he realizes the "zing" has arrived at the hand of a stranger, who has disrupted his nuptials, that he breathes both a sigh of relief and a groan of frustration, for the question remains: Is Darcy's marriage to the woman legal? What if Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet met under different circumstances than those we know from Jane Austen's classic tale: Circumstances that did not include the voices of vanity and pride and prejudice and doubt that we find in the original story? Their road to happily ever after may not, even then, be an easy one, but with the expectations of others removed from their relationship, can they learn to trust each other long enough to carve out a path to true happiness?

Agitated and angry that Anya should hold such sway over his sister, Darcy summons her to the balcony. In biting words he denounces her, whereupon she slaps him hard across the face. "The one advantage of my sex is the freedom to strike a man with impunity." But the enmity between them is superficial and cannot long endure. Later that night, Darcy will abandon all propriety and come close to ravishing the beautiful young woman. An Englishman of wealth and status could never compromise his social position by marrying a woman with a scandalous past. Darcy must have Anya the only way possible. When he is certain she loves him, he asks her to accept his offer. However, the friendship between Anya and Darcy's sister complicates the matter. "What of Georgiana? Will you allow your sister to visit your mistress?" The appearance of a rival forces a decision, and Darcy takes Anya as his wife. Finally, this willful woman must submit to him. Without doubt, the marriage will prove to be as tempestuous as the courtship.

What do you do when you're a contestant on a reality TV dating show and you find yourself falling for the presenter-not the bachelor? Phoebe Wilson is a total romantic. As in she's read Pride and Prejudice fifty-one times, her favorite movie scene is the boombox serenade in Say Anything, and she goes to sleep every night certain that one day she'll meet her prince and get her happily ever after. That's why she entered the reality TV show, Dating Mr. Darcy. Everyone knows Mr. Darcy is the most romantic hero of all time, so the guy posing as him has got to be as close to perfect as any guy can get. The only problem is it's not Mr. Darcy who's got Phoebe's pulse rising. It's his best friend, Johnathan Bentley a.k.a. Mr. Bingley, the show's presenter. Not the bachelor. Despite knowing she's breaking the rules, Phoebe begins to snatch secret moments alone with Johnathan. But when someone discovers them, things begin to get complicated. Secrets, lies, and blackmail. Will Phoebe and Johnathan's love story survive? Falling for Mr. Bingley is the first book in a spin-off series of the Love Manor Romantic Comedy series. Each book can be read as a standalone title. Originally published as A Very English Love Story in the Love in the City box set, this story has been expanded into a full-length novel with new scenes.