50% off: Buy ten book bundle and save Get paperbacks on Amazon It was impossible for the wealthy Mr. Darcy to marry an impoverished girl with a scandalous sister. After Mr. Bennet died when Elizabeth was still a child, Mrs. Bennet wasted all of the money that had been settled upon her. Just when it seemed like things could not get worse for the Bennet sisters, Lydia married a blacksmith. Afterwards Elizabeth and Jane were barely seen as gentlewomen, but Elizabeth refused to ever let herself be unhappy. She still believed Jane and her would marry for love.Mr. Darcy's uncle had been an exemplary guardian for Darcy after his father killed himself in grief over his wife's death, but it annoyed Darcy how Lord Matlock insisted he always keep a mistress. His uncle pushed a new woman on Darcy every single time Darcy grew bored and ended an affair. Not again. This time he'd find his own woman. He wanted to find someone he could talk and laugh with. Someone like the vivacious Miss Elizabeth.But even though Elizabeth's family had fallen far, she could never accept the offer Mr. Darcy would make..."This Pride and Prejudice variation has some unexpected twists, loads of delightful banter, a smattering of relationship angst, and a nice dollop of happy ever after."
