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Overthrowing Such Schemes
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After her almost-elopement, Georgiana is revealed to be with child. Darcy is determined to adopt the child as his own, and so proposes marriage to Elizabeth.
After her almost-elopement, Georgiana is revealed to be with child. Darcy is determined to adopt the child as his own, and so proposes marriage to Elizabeth.
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June 23, 2016
This is a story of tragedy and triumph. The plot is somewhat similar to Imperative: A Tale of Pride and Prejudice, Volume 1 & 2; yet this author manages to convey the entire tale in less than 70 pages rather then the 1500 of the other story. It is also clean enough to read to your grand mom without blushing (no Regency condoms here - thank the Lord).
Again Georgiana has been alone with Wickham and he has used her inappropriately and she has fallen with child. Darcy, having skipped the Netherfield ball, applies to Elizabeth Bennet to end his suffering and be his wife. He is upfront and honest about the reason for his hasty and unexpected address. Luckily for Darcy, and us the dear readers, she had already been approached by Mr. Collins and is being pressured by BOTH parents to marry him. Thus she says "Yes"
They marry before Christmas and hie to London to live a somewhat chaste but loving life. After moving to Pemberley Georgiana falls ill and and their relationship is tested. There is more tragedy to come for ODC but they get to HEA. And no one is trying to kill Darcy ++
Again Georgiana has been alone with Wickham and he has used her inappropriately and she has fallen with child. Darcy, having skipped the Netherfield ball, applies to Elizabeth Bennet to end his suffering and be his wife. He is upfront and honest about the reason for his hasty and unexpected address. Luckily for Darcy, and us the dear readers, she had already been approached by Mr. Collins and is being pressured by BOTH parents to marry him. Thus she says "Yes"
They marry before Christmas and hie to London to live a somewhat chaste but loving life. After moving to Pemberley Georgiana falls ill and and their relationship is tested. There is more tragedy to come for ODC but they get to HEA. And no one is trying to kill Darcy ++
June 24, 2016
As Leslie said in her review, there are a lot of similarities to the basic premise of Imperative Volumes 1 and 2 minus the length and overly melodramatic elements. Mr. Bennet is joining Mrs. Bennet in pushing Elizabeth to marry Mr. Collins. In this case, Darcy has rushed from Netherfield to London, where he discovers that Georgiana is pregnant. He seeks a way to raise her child without creating a scandal and realizes that, if he were married, he could claim the child as his own. Since he hasn't been able to forget Elizabeth or the way she lovingly tended to her own ill sister Jane, he returns to Hertfordshire. He proposes, confiding the full situation to her. She accepts, as she sees marriage to Mr. Darcy as a way to get away from her parents' disappointment over her refusal of Mr Collins and the least objectionable of her options. The story diverges from Imperative in significant ways, though, and I did enjoy it on its own merits.
The relationship between Darcy and Elizabeth is developed nicely. There's a cute snowball fight at Pemberley. They also have a major disagreement which results in an exchange of letters between them. The first true kiss they share is a nice romantic moment. When they finally feel free to share a bed, the writing is sweetly suggestive but not explicit. They return to Netherfield for a wedding, and Bennet family drama there envelops them.
My only criticism is that, even though there are many well-written scenes and some obstacles, this is more a chronology of events that start around the time of the Netherfield ball. There's no single decisive climax that the rest of the book builds toward. Despite that, this is a very enjoyable story and one that I do recommend, especially to fans of Imperative.
The relationship between Darcy and Elizabeth is developed nicely. There's a cute snowball fight at Pemberley. They also have a major disagreement which results in an exchange of letters between them. The first true kiss they share is a nice romantic moment. When they finally feel free to share a bed, the writing is sweetly suggestive but not explicit. They return to Netherfield for a wedding, and Bennet family drama there envelops them.
My only criticism is that, even though there are many well-written scenes and some obstacles, this is more a chronology of events that start around the time of the Netherfield ball. There's no single decisive climax that the rest of the book builds toward. Despite that, this is a very enjoyable story and one that I do recommend, especially to fans of Imperative.
March 12, 2020
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“Those concocting evil schemes rarely perform them in descending order of evilness, so he could assume phase two was to be worse.” –Mandy Ashcraft, Small Orange Fruit
Rating: PG17: steamy due to sexual tensions but not graphic: 21 chapters + epilogue:
This was an adorable story full of love and family devotion. Darcy and Elizabeth came together early in the story due to a common goal… protect Georgiana. There were consequences to Ramsgate and Darcy needed a wife quickly to mitigate the situation. I loved this Darcy and Elizabeth page-time together. It was a journey of discovering their true feelings for each other and what family meant.
I had questions that left me puzzled as to why something happened the way it did. I’m still not sure why. I recommend this for a quick read and a lovely JAFF variation.
“Those concocting evil schemes rarely perform them in descending order of evilness, so he could assume phase two was to be worse.” –Mandy Ashcraft, Small Orange Fruit
Rating: PG17: steamy due to sexual tensions but not graphic: 21 chapters + epilogue:
This was an adorable story full of love and family devotion. Darcy and Elizabeth came together early in the story due to a common goal… protect Georgiana. There were consequences to Ramsgate and Darcy needed a wife quickly to mitigate the situation. I loved this Darcy and Elizabeth page-time together. It was a journey of discovering their true feelings for each other and what family meant.
I had questions that left me puzzled as to why something happened the way it did. I’m still not sure why. I recommend this for a quick read and a lovely JAFF variation.
July 6, 2018
I have to mention up front that this author has Elizabeth as a blond! Sorry, that just does not sit well with me. And others have mentioned the similarity to another novel, which I have also read and recognized the similarity to immediately.
Georgiana has been impregnated by Wickham. Darcy's solution is to marry and present the child as his own. But what lady would go along with such a scheme? He has admired Elizabeth Bennet while visiting with Bingley at Netherfield. She has proven how caring she can be towards a sister. He catches her at the right moment when in this variation both Mr. and Mrs. Bennet are insisting she marry Collins to save the family from future hedgerows. She compares both men and finds that at least Darcy would be an intelligent and well mannered husband and so accepts his offer. Mr. Bennet is not happy with her choice but she is adamant that she will not yield.
So we have a marriage of convenience. They cannot consummate their marriage as Georgiana's baby will prevent Elizabeth's taking a chance on becoming pregnant on her own.
This novel does have Darcy's family against the marriage but he insists he is content and that she pleases him. We read as they find behaviors and traits to admire in one another and regularly meet in the library to discuss books.
While our couple does have their HEA we also learn of Mr. Bennet's thoughts and anxieties when he overhears some startling information as the Gardiners talk about Elizabeth's solicitation of advice on marital relations from her aunt...weeks after the wedding day.
The page count for this book is deceiving as when you pull up the link you will find a two-page spread with only one page number per 2 pages. Thus 64 pages is 128 in actuality. The pages are not abbreviated, either. There are some editing needs but it is an unpublished work so we cannot complain about that.
Georgiana has been impregnated by Wickham. Darcy's solution is to marry and present the child as his own. But what lady would go along with such a scheme? He has admired Elizabeth Bennet while visiting with Bingley at Netherfield. She has proven how caring she can be towards a sister. He catches her at the right moment when in this variation both Mr. and Mrs. Bennet are insisting she marry Collins to save the family from future hedgerows. She compares both men and finds that at least Darcy would be an intelligent and well mannered husband and so accepts his offer. Mr. Bennet is not happy with her choice but she is adamant that she will not yield.
So we have a marriage of convenience. They cannot consummate their marriage as Georgiana's baby will prevent Elizabeth's taking a chance on becoming pregnant on her own.
This novel does have Darcy's family against the marriage but he insists he is content and that she pleases him. We read as they find behaviors and traits to admire in one another and regularly meet in the library to discuss books.
While our couple does have their HEA we also learn of Mr. Bennet's thoughts and anxieties when he overhears some startling information as the Gardiners talk about Elizabeth's solicitation of advice on marital relations from her aunt...weeks after the wedding day.
The page count for this book is deceiving as when you pull up the link you will find a two-page spread with only one page number per 2 pages. Thus 64 pages is 128 in actuality. The pages are not abbreviated, either. There are some editing needs but it is an unpublished work so we cannot complain about that.
July 12, 2018
Of the several commendable traits of this book, I mostly admire the authors ability to stick to the point with no sidetracks wathsoever. The other favourite trait was her ability to write their passion in a chaste way. It is probably hypocritical of me, as I love mush, I do not like it when their passion is their main drive or the reason for their love to develop. In this book however, it felt like their love sprung from their character traits and the passion came naturally as a consequence, not as the main drive. Well done and it made it a pleasurable sweet and romantic read, despite the dire circumstances.
It enters pre-canon as Darcy was too late in rescuing his sister in Ramsgate. Finding her in the lesser part of London, the sojourn soon revealed that there had been consequences...
To solve the "problem" and simultaneously rescue the Darcy/Fitzwilliam reputation, the only solution Darcy could think of was he was to marry and claim the child as his own.
Leading to a sort of FMS but due to circumstances rather than a compromise.
Elizabeth was under duress, as Mr Collins had proposed and her father had his reasons for putting some pressure on her to accept.
A frank Darcy proposed and between to evils, it was clear who was the lesser one.
Married, they removed to Pemberley to conduct their plan but the best plans of mice and men tend to go awry...
Loved the development of their relationship and the plausibility to the plot.
Heartily recommend this book !
It enters pre-canon as Darcy was too late in rescuing his sister in Ramsgate. Finding her in the lesser part of London, the sojourn soon revealed that there had been consequences...
To solve the "problem" and simultaneously rescue the Darcy/Fitzwilliam reputation, the only solution Darcy could think of was he was to marry and claim the child as his own.
Leading to a sort of FMS but due to circumstances rather than a compromise.
Elizabeth was under duress, as Mr Collins had proposed and her father had his reasons for putting some pressure on her to accept.
A frank Darcy proposed and between to evils, it was clear who was the lesser one.
Married, they removed to Pemberley to conduct their plan but the best plans of mice and men tend to go awry...
Loved the development of their relationship and the plausibility to the plot.
Heartily recommend this book !
October 23, 2021
Well written and plotted.
December 23, 2020
A well constructed novellas length read. The characterisation is good.
July 18, 2021
A marriage of convenience proves to be the making of both Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet. This is a sweet novella length story and the author tells a beautiful story.
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