Elizabeth Bennet has received two proposals of marriage in the last twelve hours: one from her ridiculous cousin Mr. Collins and the other from the arrogant and disdainful Mr. Darcy. She turns both of them down flat. Unfortunately for her, between her mother's insistence that she marry and some mysterious hold Mr. Darcy has over her father, she is forced to choose one. Fitzwilliam Darcy is a man in need of a wife. He has searched high and low amongst the high society women of London but has yet to meet someone who combines all the attributes he requires. When he meets Miss Elizabeth Bennet in...

Fitzwilliam Darcy must marry or lose guardianship of his misbehaving young sister. Elizabeth Bennet has been sent to her godfather's house, political associate to Darcy's uncle, to live to escape her mother's anger. Giving up their dreams of a love match, can these two strangers find happiness in a marriage of convenience? Or will others separate their fledgling bond before the marriage begins?

In this Pride and Prejudice Novella Variation, Elizabeth Bennet is introduced to Fitzwilliam Darcy through her sister, Mary, who is friends with Darcy's sister. They make an immediate connection and a courtship follows. When Darcy proposes, Elizabeth is eager to accept him. Darcy escorts his betrothed to her home estate of Longbourn, which happens to be next door to Darcy's friend's leased home of Netherfield. Two people from Darcy's life-his aunt and his former friend-appear in the area, determined to step between the couple, but Darcy puts them in their places and they go on their way. One...

One ball, two compromises, a lifetime of happiness. In an attempt to out-scheme his sister and see his friend happily married, Charles Bingley is planning more than a ball. But will what he has planned bring about the desired conclusion? Fitzwilliam Darcy attends Bingley's ball to please his friend. He has not thoughts of making a match in Hertfordshire no matter what his heart may tell him about the lovely Elizabeth Bennet. To Elizabeth, Darcy is no more than the slightly rude friend of her neighbor, pleasant when he chooses to be but otherwise unremarkable. She long ago vowed to marry only...

Two calculating cousins. Three cunning plots. One forced marriage. Fitzwilliam Darcy and his wife, Elizabeth, think they are safely married. Not everyone agrees. Darcy's aunt, her daughter, and Elizabeth's cousin are determined to separate them. When Lady Catherine de Bourgh discovers that her nephew has married, she is disappointed. She soon learns that she cannot let it go, and so travels to Hertfordshire to confront her new niece. When her plot fails, the true impetus behind her visit is revealed. Lady Catherine Impedes is the second book in Zoe Burton's Darcy Marriage Series. If you like...