A sexy, bold adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice that re-paints favorite characters in twenty-first century colorsJudge Fitzwilliam Darcy, a legal expert on both sides of the Atlantic, is ready to hang up his black robe and return to the life of a country gentlemanÂuntil he meets Elizabeth Bennet, a fresh-faced attorney with a hectic schedule and no time for the sexy but haughty … sexy but haughty judge.
Tempers and sparks fly in Judge Darcy’s courtroom and outside, in a series of chance encounters that give each of them pauseÂas the two match wits and try to fight their overwhelming attraction. When they meet up in England at an international law conference, they embark on a hot, heavy affair. Back in the States, though, ethical considerations intrude, and each is subjected to a torturous period of soul-searching before they can find their way back to each other…
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Many modern versions of Jane Austen’s works fail to hit the mark because the author forces a “rewrite” of the original, altogether forgetting that some scenarios and mores from the Regency era make no sense in the modern day world. Or worse yet, the author fails to deliver any character development – depending almost wholly on the expectation that …