In marriage-minded Regency England, one simple word can ruin your life. Compromise! can bring down a virtuous maiden, like Miss Elizabeth Bennet, and her entire family along with her.When Elizabeth finds Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy outside Netherfield, alone and at his most vulnerable, she must make a quick decision to bend the rules of propriety to help him or turn her back on someone in need. Her … need. Her tender heart reaches out to him and his wounded one grabs hold of her well-intentioned support. Discovery changes the course of their lives as Elizabeth is forced to accept a reluctant proposal of marriage from this man whom she has just barely begun to respect. Can Jane Austen’s most beloved couple reach a compromise that might turn a tenuous friendship into a loving marriage? Will it survive as desperate, unscrupulous, and foolish people alike set compromising machinations into motion for their own greedy ends?
Follow Elizabeth and Darcy in this novel-length Regency romance as J. Dawn King takes them through a sweet variation of Pride and Prejudice where compromises abound and outcomes will surprise you.
By the author of Amazon bestsellers A Father’s Sins and One Love, Two Hearts, Three Stories.
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This book was really fun and had a lot of unexpected plot twists that kept me guessing about what would happen next. I enjoyed reading this story and thought it was really well written and I liked how all the characters interacted with each other. The epilogue at the end was also really cute and I liked that it was broken up into two parts to show both one year later as well as five years later.
Not my favorite Pride and Prejudice spin off but fun for the fan of this genre.
Very cute, sweet twist on my favorite book.
Hold your breath surprises, evil relations, jealous, conniving, husband hunter
I almost didn’t buy this book. I read some of the reviews and didn’t think I could bear seeing a broken and vulnerable Darcy. Oh was I ever mistaken. I forgot that a phoenix rises from the ashes and boy did Darcy rise.
J. Dawn King hooked me from the get go and I was on a speed ride for the rest of the book. There were moments of laughing out loud, holding my breath as a scene played out, squeals of glee, giggles, guffaws, outbursts of “OH NO”, and hand over my mouth laughter, and those “Oh no they didn’t” moments. I loved this book. What a scream. My anxiety soon gave way to simply relaxing and enjoying the ride. I was never able to figure where the story was headed and was completely caught off guard by the surprises. I love when an author does that.
Ms. King masterfully constructed a story that on the surface looked one way but underneath was a whole other story. The pacing was even, no jolts. The language was easy to read, and there were minimal errors. The machinations of those evil characters we love to hate were superb. Even with the revelation that Lady Anne’s side of the family was not so nice. However, the masterful strategies and maneuvers of those characters that we love to love were better. No one can out maneuver Darcy and Colonel Fitzwilliam when they put their heads together.
Oh I loved how evil was constantly thwarted at every turn. King was a genius with her movement of scenes and characters. Nothing was what it seemed. Everyone had a role to play in the overall scheme of things. I was constantly being led to believe one thing and then something else happened. The twists and turns were a constant surprise. We see a bit more of Mary Bennet and a very different Anne de Bourgh in this version. They become great friends and were quiet a team.
This book was a delight. There are moments when you think all is lost, but [like Elizabeth] keep your faith in Darcy and all will be well. The Epilogue was delightful, so cute and delicious.
The characters were one dimensional.
A good, quick read.
Would read it again !
Well worth the read
This was a play on one way to marriage in the emergency romance. The writer took this to the second generation of the hero and heroine in a cute epilogue.
But this story uses compromise to force the hero (who is happy rtf o be compromised) and the heroine (not so much) to come together and marry and make their own happily ever after. It’s a quirky story, and very entertaining.
It’s pretty much a crack-fiction version of Pride and Prejudice. Far-fetched, but still a fun read if you aren’t too serious.
nice twist on the classic story
horrid and i usually like this author
I really enjoyed it. Didn’t want to stop reading.
I have read several books by this author and all very well-written. Quick page turners and characterizations are good. Recommend
This was humorous and a sweet love story and very heartfelt. ODC seemed out of character in parts of the book. But, still enjoyed it.
Too much drama.
It was a great story with none of the gratitutous sex found too often in ‘romance novels’
A nice twist on Pride and Predjudice
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It was very well written and moved along at a brisk pace with no long boring details. Each time I read it I found it hard to put down as it wound me into its fabric.
This author does a great job with the Darcy books. They are fun and entertaining.