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A Promise
What if Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy met at a graveyard after his father's death? What if Lizzy's compassion brought a despondent Georgiana out of her shell?
This Pride & Prejudice variation explores the possibility of touched souls and promises fulfilled.
This Pride & Prejudice variation explores the possibility of touched souls and promises fulfilled.
180 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 9, 2012
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May 13, 2019
A promise to find love
A short story about Elizabeth comforting a small child (Georgiana)in a graveyard found crying all alone. As Elizabeth was drying her tears Fitzwilliam Darcy came calling after Georgiana . Fitzwilliam recently lost his father and was visiting the gravesites of both his mother and father. In that chance meeting a soulmate is found. 5 years after that initial meeting, Darcy meets Elizabeth again while visiting Charles Bingley at Netherfield. Darcy makes the decision to not let Elizabeth go. He has been sad and lonely for too long. Georgiana recently returned from Ramsgate with a broken heart. Darcy wants to marry Elizabeth for himself and for Georgiana as well. Caroline has other plans to try to prevent this. Love conquers all.
A short story about Elizabeth comforting a small child (Georgiana)in a graveyard found crying all alone. As Elizabeth was drying her tears Fitzwilliam Darcy came calling after Georgiana . Fitzwilliam recently lost his father and was visiting the gravesites of both his mother and father. In that chance meeting a soulmate is found. 5 years after that initial meeting, Darcy meets Elizabeth again while visiting Charles Bingley at Netherfield. Darcy makes the decision to not let Elizabeth go. He has been sad and lonely for too long. Georgiana recently returned from Ramsgate with a broken heart. Darcy wants to marry Elizabeth for himself and for Georgiana as well. Caroline has other plans to try to prevent this. Love conquers all.
June 10, 2017
In this Pride and Prejudice variation Elizabeth meets Georgiana and Darcy in the graveyard after their father's death. She is able to console Georgiana which is something no one had been able to do and shortly meets Darcy before they leave for London. Four years later he sees Elizabeth at the Meryton Assembly and completely forgets his manners when he sees the girl he remembers. A whirlwind romance, a wedding, a misunderstanding, a crazy moment with Caroline and our happy couple finds their happily ever after. There is no angst and the story doesn't make much sense.
July 26, 2015
Move along, nothing to see here.
Another plotline with potential wasted for want of writing capability. Horrendous grammar, misused words, and missing words make this book well worth passing on.
Another plotline with potential wasted for want of writing capability. Horrendous grammar, misused words, and missing words make this book well worth passing on.
October 5, 2015
I should not complain due to the fact that I received this for free but it really was not worth the short time it took me to read it!
August 9, 2017
Cool story. Needs editing
I like the story. But there are a number of grammatical errors and dropped words. I wish the kindle app had a way to mark errors for the author.
I like the story. But there are a number of grammatical errors and dropped words. I wish the kindle app had a way to mark errors for the author.
March 15, 2018
Good plot, but it feels a bit rushed. Definitely needs some editing.
October 12, 2013
Updated 10/12/13
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that an author of a Pride & Prejudice variation is in need of a decent proofreader / editor.
I am not an author, I have never written a book so I don't know the process. I have written many technical instruction guides and I know about proofreading.
The book starts off with only a few minor problems but by the time you get to the middle the misspellings, typos and other errors become distracting.
There is a world of difference between lose and loose. But spell check won't find it.
The Loose factor - this is a pet peeve of mine
"loosing control"
"Caroline was not used to loose"
"loosing his patience" twice in the same page.
"loosing control of his ardor"
"Loosing the bravado"
"how close them came to loose what"
"I could loose you"
Other Typos / spelling errors
(Caroline would) "steel Mr. Darcy"
"Does this pleases you"
"Mr. Bennet said shacking his head"
"fwaited"
"Looking into her eldest sister angry look of disbelieve"
"Mrs Bennet screamed and fuzzed"
"wear in her head"
"warmth on her eyes"
"She peaked inside" (no this is not a sex scene)
"and rose it to her lips"
"He did no want"
"After whipping the tears"
"not Know though" (should be not now)
Chronology errors
At the assembly, following Jane & Bingley's first dance Elizabeth asks Charles about Netherfield. Then Jane and Charles approach Elizabeth and Fitzwilliam. Now I can suppose one of two things, either Lizzy screamed the question across the Assembly hall like a fishmonger or there was some editing that wasn't done.
I wanted to like this book. I read a sample on my Kindle and the first few chapters were pleasant, so when it was marked down to $0.00 I bought it.
The premise of this book isn’t bad, what if Elizabeth & Darcy met the year his father died and how it impacted their relationship.
At Merryton Assembly instead of haughty Mr. Darcy we have a Mr. Darcy who has been in love with Elizabeth for 5 years? And she’s in love with him? And a whirlwind courtship follows; because only Elizabeth can save Georgiana from her post Wickham depression, except Elizabeth knows nothing of this.
This Lizzy is self-doubting, self criticizing and has low self esteem. She and Jane constantly bring up 'their low connections'; which no one else has mentioned to them. And this book introduced me to 'Crazy Caroline' I really dislike this plot device. Caroline is conniving, nasty and bitter but she isn't a psychopath and making her one is a cop-out.
And this could be a tolerable story except for the numerous misspellings and editing problems. The author claims to be a law professor; she should know that spell check isn’t the same as proof reading.
I am not a language purist when it comes to P & P variations but when you have someone “turning out” the candles it is a bit off putting.
There are also parts of the story that could use more development.
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that an author of a Pride & Prejudice variation is in need of a decent proofreader / editor.
I am not an author, I have never written a book so I don't know the process. I have written many technical instruction guides and I know about proofreading.
The book starts off with only a few minor problems but by the time you get to the middle the misspellings, typos and other errors become distracting.
There is a world of difference between lose and loose. But spell check won't find it.
The Loose factor - this is a pet peeve of mine
"loosing control"
"Caroline was not used to loose"
"loosing his patience" twice in the same page.
"loosing control of his ardor"
"Loosing the bravado"
"how close them came to loose what"
"I could loose you"
Other Typos / spelling errors
(Caroline would) "steel Mr. Darcy"
"Does this pleases you"
"Mr. Bennet said shacking his head"
"fwaited"
"Looking into her eldest sister angry look of disbelieve"
"Mrs Bennet screamed and fuzzed"
"wear in her head"
"warmth on her eyes"
"She peaked inside" (no this is not a sex scene)
"and rose it to her lips"
"He did no want"
"After whipping the tears"
"not Know though" (should be not now)
Chronology errors
At the assembly, following Jane & Bingley's first dance Elizabeth asks Charles about Netherfield. Then Jane and Charles approach Elizabeth and Fitzwilliam. Now I can suppose one of two things, either Lizzy screamed the question across the Assembly hall like a fishmonger or there was some editing that wasn't done.
I wanted to like this book. I read a sample on my Kindle and the first few chapters were pleasant, so when it was marked down to $0.00 I bought it.
The premise of this book isn’t bad, what if Elizabeth & Darcy met the year his father died and how it impacted their relationship.
At Merryton Assembly instead of haughty Mr. Darcy we have a Mr. Darcy who has been in love with Elizabeth for 5 years? And she’s in love with him? And a whirlwind courtship follows; because only Elizabeth can save Georgiana from her post Wickham depression, except Elizabeth knows nothing of this.
This Lizzy is self-doubting, self criticizing and has low self esteem. She and Jane constantly bring up 'their low connections'; which no one else has mentioned to them. And this book introduced me to 'Crazy Caroline' I really dislike this plot device. Caroline is conniving, nasty and bitter but she isn't a psychopath and making her one is a cop-out.
And this could be a tolerable story except for the numerous misspellings and editing problems. The author claims to be a law professor; she should know that spell check isn’t the same as proof reading.
I am not a language purist when it comes to P & P variations but when you have someone “turning out” the candles it is a bit off putting.
There are also parts of the story that could use more development.
June 8, 2015
Une fanfic payante... Dans cette histoire, Darcy & Elizabeth se rencontrent 5 ans plus tôt, non loin de Pemberley, au moment où Darcy enterre son père. C'est limite le coup de foudre, même s'ils ne se revoient pas tout de suite. Du coup bah... exit l'orgueil, les préjugés et la tension entre les deux. En gros, ça ressemble à n'importe quelle romance de gare... Le style d'écriture est très simple, planplan, les personnages secondaires (Mary, Lydia et Kitty) ne sont pas travaillés, Wickham ne vient jamais à Longbourn (mais reste méchant, son aventure avec Georgiana est d'actualité), quand à Bingley & Jane, leur histoire est à peine effleurée. Exit Lady Catherine, Mr Collins et Charlotte aussi. L'auteure se concentre sur une romance pleine de bons sentiments et de dévotion (limite OOC pour Elizabeth) entre Darcy & Lizzy. En revanche, le personnage de Caroline Bingley est exploité de manière divertissante même si, une fois encore, le tout donne le sentiment d'une petite romance historique, dépourvue d'originalité, de piment et de la verve de Jane Austen.
Ce que j'aime : Caroline la folle, très bonne idée et bien exécutée
Ce que j'aime moins : Aucun piquant et je n'ai pas retrouvé les personnages de Jane
En bref : Une romance plate et sans originalité qui utilise les noms des personnages de Jane Austen avec beaucoup moins de succès que dans Pride & Prejudice
Ma note
4/10
Ce que j'aime : Caroline la folle, très bonne idée et bien exécutée
Ce que j'aime moins : Aucun piquant et je n'ai pas retrouvé les personnages de Jane
En bref : Une romance plate et sans originalité qui utilise les noms des personnages de Jane Austen avec beaucoup moins de succès que dans Pride & Prejudice
Ma note
4/10
February 1, 2015
A different twist
This is a sweet, fast-paced story that was written by someone who is passionate about P&P, not by a practiced author. There were minor grammatical errors throughout, which generally doesn't bother me. Though when you assign a name to characters, make sure to continue with that name. Mr Darcy's butler and housekeeper are Mr & Mrs Harris, but at one point they are called Mr & Mrs Hill.
I really did like the premise behind the story, the first half the book was decently written, but the second half just went so fast. The idea that Mr Bennet had an issue with Mr Darcy without any prevarication was a bit confusing. But what really got me was the idea that no one questioned the haste of the wedding, I mean in Regency period that haste would bring gossip.
I would have assigned this story a 4+ star for the premise, but with all the things I found disturbing to me I generously gave it a 3 star. Anyone might enjoy this book as well if you can get past all the issues I couldn't.
This is a sweet, fast-paced story that was written by someone who is passionate about P&P, not by a practiced author. There were minor grammatical errors throughout, which generally doesn't bother me. Though when you assign a name to characters, make sure to continue with that name. Mr Darcy's butler and housekeeper are Mr & Mrs Harris, but at one point they are called Mr & Mrs Hill.
I really did like the premise behind the story, the first half the book was decently written, but the second half just went so fast. The idea that Mr Bennet had an issue with Mr Darcy without any prevarication was a bit confusing. But what really got me was the idea that no one questioned the haste of the wedding, I mean in Regency period that haste would bring gossip.
I would have assigned this story a 4+ star for the premise, but with all the things I found disturbing to me I generously gave it a 3 star. Anyone might enjoy this book as well if you can get past all the issues I couldn't.
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