Mistletoe and Mischief: A Pride and Prejudice Christmas Anthology

Mistletoe and Mischief: A Pride and Prejudice Christmas Anthology PDF Author: Jann Rowland
Publisher: One Good Sonnet Publishing
ISBN: 1989212166
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 199

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For those who want to curl up by the fire at Christmastime with short stories inspired by Austen's beloved Pride and Prejudice, authors Jann Rowland, Lelia Eye, and Colin Rowland bring you this anthology of eleven stories. Dive right in and enjoy, among several others, the following: A SPRIG OF MISTLETOE When Fitzwilliam Darcy joins Mr. Bingley before Christmas with his sister in tow, he discovers they have been invited to a Christmas party at Longbourn. Though it is an amusement Darcy dreads, he discovers love through the interference of a beloved sister and a parasitic plant. MR. COLLINS'S SPIRITED ENCOUNTER Elizabeth agrees to marry Mr. Collins out of the desire to save her family. However, visits to Mr. Collins from well-meaning spirits on Christmas Eve could very well transform her feelings of despair on Christmas morning into joy. THE YULE LOG Elizabeth receives Mr. Darcy's reluctant permission to decorate Pemberley manor for the Christmas holiday. It is her observance of a most cherished holiday tradition that threatens their love.

Mistletoe and Mischief: A Pride and Prejudice Christmas Anthology

Mistletoe and Mischief: A Pride and Prejudice Christmas Anthology PDF Author: Jann Rowland
Publisher: One Good Sonnet Publishing
ISBN: 1989212166
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 199

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Book Description
For those who want to curl up by the fire at Christmastime with short stories inspired by Austen's beloved Pride and Prejudice, authors Jann Rowland, Lelia Eye, and Colin Rowland bring you this anthology of eleven stories. Dive right in and enjoy, among several others, the following: A SPRIG OF MISTLETOE When Fitzwilliam Darcy joins Mr. Bingley before Christmas with his sister in tow, he discovers they have been invited to a Christmas party at Longbourn. Though it is an amusement Darcy dreads, he discovers love through the interference of a beloved sister and a parasitic plant. MR. COLLINS'S SPIRITED ENCOUNTER Elizabeth agrees to marry Mr. Collins out of the desire to save her family. However, visits to Mr. Collins from well-meaning spirits on Christmas Eve could very well transform her feelings of despair on Christmas morning into joy. THE YULE LOG Elizabeth receives Mr. Darcy's reluctant permission to decorate Pemberley manor for the Christmas holiday. It is her observance of a most cherished holiday tradition that threatens their love.

Only Exceedingly Shy

Only Exceedingly Shy PDF Author: Jann Rowland
Publisher: One Good Sonnet Publishing
ISBN: 1990856438
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228

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Disheartened and convinced by Elizabeth’s assertion of Miss Bingley’s character, Jane Bennet insists Elizabeth return to London with the Gardiners after Christmas to provide her with a reprieve from their mother, who has not accepted Elizabeth’s rejection of Mr. Collins’s suit. What Elizabeth could never have imagined was her chance meeting with Mr. Darcy in London, and even more shocking is his request to introduce her to his sister, Miss Georgiana Darcy. When Elizabeth agrees, she makes the young heiress’s acquaintance, immediately understanding Miss Darcy’s crippling shyness and her low spirits. Amid her interactions with Miss Darcy, Elizabeth learns another astonishing fact, that Mr. Darcy looks at her with the eyes of a suitor. Though Elizabeth’s world is turned upside down, she learns there is more to Mr. Darcy than she ever thought. She also learns to be wary of the claims of a man who took advantage of her initial dislike for the gentleman. With her usual fortitude, Elizabeth navigates these shoals, determined to provide friendship to a young girl, learn more about the increasingly intriguing Mr. Darcy, and discover the truth about Mr. Bingley’s abandonment of her sister.

Mischief and Mistletoe

Mischief and Mistletoe PDF Author: Mary Jo Putney
Publisher: Kensington Books
ISBN: 142013194X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 413

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This delightfully daring collection of holiday Regency novelettes, follows the lives and loves of eight individuals, from a spirited lady who sets out to save her rakish best friend from a unsuitable engagement, to a bold spy who finally gets his chance with the woman he has always loved. Original.

Flight to Gretna Green

Flight to Gretna Green PDF Author: Jann Rowland
Publisher: One Good Sonnet Publishing
ISBN: 1989212212
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 139

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Fitzwilliam Darcy had not expected to see Miss Elizabeth Bennet at Pemberley. Even less anticipated had been her reception at seeing him there. Whereas their last meeting at Hunsford had ended in acrimony, now she appeared to be receptive to him! The morning after the ecstasy of her company at Pemberley, Darcy goes Lambton, hopeful his fondest dream might finally be realized. But all is thrown into chaos when Darcy receives word that Wickham was sighted in Lambton. The event takes on new meaning when Darcy arrives at the inn and learns of Miss Lydia Bennet’s elopement with his nemesis. The protection of the woman he loves foremost in Darcy’s mind, he joins Miss Bennet as she and her relations follow their wayward relation, intent upon recovering her from the clutches of the man who has absconded with her. What they find was something none of them could have expected. Flight to Gretna Green is a novella of 39,000 words.

No Indignity So Abhorrent

No Indignity So Abhorrent PDF Author: Jann Rowland
Publisher: One Good Sonnet Publishing
ISBN: 1990856365
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 555

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“Assistance is impossible; condolence, insufferable. Let them triumph over us at a distance, and be satisfied.” In a world where a single misstep by a woman is injurious to all her family, the Bennets of Longbourn finds themselves shunned and despised by all their friends when one sister runs away with an officer. Mr. Bennet rouses himself from his beloved books and pursues the lovers to London, but returns empty-handed, his daughter lost forever. When the Bingley party arrives at Netherfield Park, they discover a neighborhood with a salacious scandal and a family ostracized from their midst. Though Miss Bingley revels in the gossip she learns from those with little sense and less discretion, Fitzwilliam Darcy keeps himself aloof, unwilling to join the condemnation without proof of poor behavior. Thus, when Darcy meets Miss Bennet by chance on a secluded path of her father’s estate, he finds her strangely compelling. The compulsion to continue to meet with her is strong, in defiance of the consequences if they should be discovered. Elizabeth Bennet finds herself equally intrigued, so much so that she begins to dream of a life free of scandal, where the Bennets have some hope of redemption. This re-imagination of Jane Austen’s beloved Pride and Prejudice answers the question of what might have happened had Fitzwilliam Darcy arrived in Meryton to find a Bennet family mired in scandal, one that he can do nothing to repair. Though many challenges lay in their path, including fallen sisters, despicable libertines, and a neighborhood determined to denounce the Bennets as depraved, Darcy and Elizabeth are convinced that their future happiness lies together.

Something More Substantial

Something More Substantial PDF Author: Jann Rowland
Publisher: One Good Sonnet Publishing
ISBN: 1990856241
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 523

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In Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth Bennet meets Fitzwilliam Darcy in Meryton, where Mr. Darcy’s concern for his sister and general reticence leads him to insult her. But what if Mr. Darcy did not meet her there, instead making her acquaintance in other circumstances more favorable to their understanding? When she visits Rosings Park and her friend, Charlotte Collins, Elizabeth does so with no notion that Fitzwilliam Darcy even exists, for Netherfield Park remained empty the previous autumn. As is his custom, Mr. Darcy comes to Rosings in his cousin’s company, and there he meets a young lady unlike any he has ever met. Rosings itself is not a place where he can conduct any sort of campaign to win the fair maiden’s heart, for his aunt, Lady Catherine de Bourgh, is watchful and determined Darcy will marry her daughter. Despite this interference, Darcy eventually leaves Kent, secure in the knowledge that Miss Elizabeth is a woman he would like to come to know better. The question he is unable to answer is when he can meet her again, for their positions in society are oceans apart, and there is little opportunity for chance meetings. But fate has other plans, for not only do they meet again, but they also encounter each other in a place that allows their love to blossom. Only the small matters of his family expectations and her condition in life stand in his way. Yet Darcy is determined to pursue Miss Elizabeth, certain in the knowledge she will make him the happiest of men.

Fate's Intervention

Fate's Intervention PDF Author: Jann Rowland
Publisher: One Good Sonnet Publishing
ISBN: 1990856284
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 221

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Lydia Bennet suffers a mishap as she is about to leave for Brighton, rendering her unable to keep her engagement. Despite Lydia’s vocal distress for her misfortune, her sister, Elizabeth, can only feel relief at the knowledge that her family’s respectability is safe for the moment. But all is not well, for Mr. Darcy soon comes to Hertfordshire, bringing his sister and cousin with news that his oldest enemy means harm to the Bennet family and to Elizabeth in particular. Though Elizabeth cannot understand why Mr. Wickham would target her, she is determined to thwart him with the gentlemen’s assistance. But Mr. Wickham’s plot is more sinister than even this, for his purpose, and his objective, is beyond what even Mr. Darcy might have thought him capable. Yet the threat of Mr. Wickham will not deter them, for in protecting themselves from the machinations of a man without morals, Darcy and Elizabeth find happiness neither thought possible. Fate’s Intervention is a Pride and Prejudice variation of approximately 60,000 words, featuring a quicker resolution to Elizabeth and Darcy’s story and a dastardly George Wickham!

Prisoner of Longbourn

Prisoner of Longbourn PDF Author: Jann Rowland
Publisher: One Good Sonnet Publishing
ISBN: 1989212530
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 533

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On a lonely path on the estate of Longbourn, Fitzwilliam Darcy suffers an accident, being thrown to the ground when a woman runs in front of his horse. When Darcy wakes, he finds himself at Longbourn, injured and confined until his body can heal. The Bennets, he thinks, are an eclectic mix of characters, and at times he finds them difficult to endure. The unresolved question of who caused his accident festers in the back of his mind, leading him to suspect his hosts of deceit. As his time at Longbourn lengthens, however, Darcy finds himself becoming more accustomed to them. Esteem begins to overtake him as he considers their unstinting hospitality and care for him, a man no more than a stranger to them. In particular, Darcy is intrigued by the second daughter, Miss Elizabeth, a woman unlike any other, and one for whom he quickly develops a liking. Eventually his forced confinement wears on Darcy, and the coming of a relation he finds difficult to endure, along with the reappearance an old enemy, wreak havoc on his equilibrium. When events happen which demand his action, he cannot allow the family who succored him to suffer from the ignominious behavior of one of their number.

Danger at the Netherfield Ball

Danger at the Netherfield Ball PDF Author: Jann Rowland
Publisher: One Good Sonnet Publishing
ISBN: 1989212743
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 152

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A chance encounter in the streets of Meryton lead newly arrived George Wickham to suspect that Fitzwilliam Darcy feels an attraction for the enchanting Miss Elizabeth Bennet. Never one to allow an opportunity to pass, Wickham begins to plot how he can turn his hated foe’s admiration to his own benefit. Elizabeth, though she originally gives credence to Mr. Wickham’s words, soon learns how mistaken she is when Mr. Darcy unexpectedly opens himself to her, informing her of the potential threat his former friend poses. Elizabeth believes Mr. Darcy’s account and resolves to avoid Mr. Wickham at all costs. Little does Elizabeth know that Mr. Wickham has chosen the ball at Netherfield Park as the venue where he will obtain his vengeance. Summoning her courage, Elizabeth must stand firm to protect herself from his machinations, with help from Mr. Darcy and her father. For Mr. Darcy does admire her, a notion Elizabeth might not have allowed only days before, and that admiration may become her salvation. And her means of future happiness. Danger at the Netherfield Ball is a novella of approximately 41,000 words.

More Agreeably Engaged

More Agreeably Engaged PDF Author: Jann Rowland
Publisher: One Good Sonnet Publishing
ISBN: 1989212840
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 170

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The morning of Mr. Collins’s proposal, Elizabeth leaves Longbourn for a walk, furious at the parson for proposing and her mother for pressing her to accept, eager to put some distance between herself and those who would persecute her. While walking, she meets a most unexpected acquaintance. Fitzwilliam Darcy is dealing with frustrations of his own. Caroline Bingley, fearful that her brother means to propose to what she considers an unsuitable woman, has demanded that Darcy support her determination to prevent him from making a drastic mistake. While Darcy might have agreed with her view, what she suggests strikes him as deceitful. Their meeting on the path proves fortuitous, for it allows them a chance to work past their first impressions. As they meet every day the following week, they understand more of each other, their regard growing, barriers between them falling. While misunderstandings drove them apart, on the paths of Longbourn estate they have the chance to set all right between them and attain happiness together that neither thought possible.