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From Pemberley to Manhattan
People are never ready for the impossible.
When Mr. Darcy discovered a trespasser in his lands, he imagined the young man to simply be a lost drunk from the village. Never would he have guessed that the man was a brilliant scientist. And the first time traveler in History. Let alone would Mr. Darcy suppose that he himself would become the second man to ever travel through time.
Yet, he did. Mr. Darcy accidentally ended up in the twenty-first century. At first, he desired nothing but to return to his beloved Pemberley. However, as he discovers the magical powers of technology and makes the strangest – yet kindest – friends, he wonders if, when the time comes, he will have the strength to return to when he belongs. Especially now, that he would have to leave behind a lovely lady who enchanted him. A lady with a lot of personality and mesmerizing green eyes.
* From Manhattan to Pemberley will be released in 2018.
When Mr. Darcy discovered a trespasser in his lands, he imagined the young man to simply be a lost drunk from the village. Never would he have guessed that the man was a brilliant scientist. And the first time traveler in History. Let alone would Mr. Darcy suppose that he himself would become the second man to ever travel through time.
Yet, he did. Mr. Darcy accidentally ended up in the twenty-first century. At first, he desired nothing but to return to his beloved Pemberley. However, as he discovers the magical powers of technology and makes the strangest – yet kindest – friends, he wonders if, when the time comes, he will have the strength to return to when he belongs. Especially now, that he would have to leave behind a lovely lady who enchanted him. A lady with a lot of personality and mesmerizing green eyes.
* From Manhattan to Pemberley will be released in 2018.
260 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 6, 2017
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June 22, 2017
WARNING! This book stops suddenly and with no warning or hint that there will be a sequel. I am imagining that there will be at least two more sequels: one to tell Ethan's story of his time at Pemberley from 1811 to 1813 and then a book to tell how the lovers resolve the fact that they are separated by 200 years of time.
I have another warning. There are numerous errata which seem to be due to the fact that English is a second language for this author. Dwelling/dwelled...I could not figure that one out for many pages = dueling/dueled and then there is the exclamation of "ooowwwnn!". I have no idea what that is suppose to mean: Oh, no? Oh? If you figure it out, let me know, please. One other thing which at first threw me: Nat is attempting to give up her habit of using curse words so she substitutes other words and it might come across as misspellings.
The first few pages have Ethan Estevez-Brown showing up on Pemberley's grounds in 1811 and in the presence of Darcy but suddenly Darcy steps through the portal (It seems, accidently.) and the machine in modern times has then been fried and set up and used against US Government regulations. So those who realize what happened are trying to cover up Ethan's disappearance and, at the same time, to rebuild the time-travel apparatus. Bobby/Robert, Ethan's brother is part of that team.
While the scientists labor, Nathalie's family offers to allow Darcy to live with them and are told that he is an actor who "lives his role" in order to learn to stay in character. We meet three generations of the family; you will love the grandmother who has married a man about 15 years younger then she (Can you say cougar?) but flirts outrageously whenever she meets a gorgeous man...and Darcy is such.
Nat/Nathalie and Darcy have immediate sexual magnetism going on between them. Darcy lives under strict rules of propriety from the 19th century so fights against and turns down many-an-opportunity to get-it-on with Nat. When she finally learns when he is from and that he will go back in time she "understands" that it is better not to start something that can't be finished...ever.
But we also meet her friend, Fanny, and Fanny's boyfriend/detective, Terry, as well as Doug, who is Nat's boyfriend and another "friend" Patty and her date, Peter. Much of the book tells of the on-and-off relationships and the sexual mores of these people. Darcy's adjustment in modern time is rocky but not all of it is spoken of at the onset. He continues to be a man who observes or takes it in before reacting but there are moments...as when he attacks a wall in the Louve in Paris because he hears voice come out of the wall (i.e., microphone/speaker).
A Dumbledore-type Professor shows up and claims to have communications from Ethan and we are never told how that happened. (But if you have read the Outlander series you might have an inkling.) Darcy & Nat are several times spirited away and one is not sure if it is the government or the research team or perhaps some bad guys who want in on the time travel phenomena.
The only thing similar to P&P is the person of Darcy and mentions of Georgiana and Pemberley. So those names are the only claims which make this tale a "variation". There is a lot of sex talk but not any graphic details. You are told that there was an encounter without reading much more.
The errata was very distracting and I made 97 notes or highlights on my Kindle copy which sometimes numbered three per page. It did not make for smooth reading not just because of the misspellings but also because the reader has to pause and try to figure out what is meant.
I have another warning. There are numerous errata which seem to be due to the fact that English is a second language for this author. Dwelling/dwelled...I could not figure that one out for many pages = dueling/dueled and then there is the exclamation of "ooowwwnn!". I have no idea what that is suppose to mean: Oh, no? Oh? If you figure it out, let me know, please. One other thing which at first threw me: Nat is attempting to give up her habit of using curse words so she substitutes other words and it might come across as misspellings.
The first few pages have Ethan Estevez-Brown showing up on Pemberley's grounds in 1811 and in the presence of Darcy but suddenly Darcy steps through the portal (It seems, accidently.) and the machine in modern times has then been fried and set up and used against US Government regulations. So those who realize what happened are trying to cover up Ethan's disappearance and, at the same time, to rebuild the time-travel apparatus. Bobby/Robert, Ethan's brother is part of that team.
While the scientists labor, Nathalie's family offers to allow Darcy to live with them and are told that he is an actor who "lives his role" in order to learn to stay in character. We meet three generations of the family; you will love the grandmother who has married a man about 15 years younger then she (Can you say cougar?) but flirts outrageously whenever she meets a gorgeous man...and Darcy is such.
Nat/Nathalie and Darcy have immediate sexual magnetism going on between them. Darcy lives under strict rules of propriety from the 19th century so fights against and turns down many-an-opportunity to get-it-on with Nat. When she finally learns when he is from and that he will go back in time she "understands" that it is better not to start something that can't be finished...ever.
But we also meet her friend, Fanny, and Fanny's boyfriend/detective, Terry, as well as Doug, who is Nat's boyfriend and another "friend" Patty and her date, Peter. Much of the book tells of the on-and-off relationships and the sexual mores of these people. Darcy's adjustment in modern time is rocky but not all of it is spoken of at the onset. He continues to be a man who observes or takes it in before reacting but there are moments...as when he attacks a wall in the Louve in Paris because he hears voice come out of the wall (i.e., microphone/speaker).
A Dumbledore-type Professor shows up and claims to have communications from Ethan and we are never told how that happened. (But if you have read the Outlander series you might have an inkling.) Darcy & Nat are several times spirited away and one is not sure if it is the government or the research team or perhaps some bad guys who want in on the time travel phenomena.
The only thing similar to P&P is the person of Darcy and mentions of Georgiana and Pemberley. So those names are the only claims which make this tale a "variation". There is a lot of sex talk but not any graphic details. You are told that there was an encounter without reading much more.
The errata was very distracting and I made 97 notes or highlights on my Kindle copy which sometimes numbered three per page. It did not make for smooth reading not just because of the misspellings but also because the reader has to pause and try to figure out what is meant.
July 4, 2018
A time machine sends Darcy to present day England and he then is transported to Manhattan by the scientists involved.
Didn't care for the story, the writing or the characters I actually had to give up after about 60%. Not really a lot of connection with Pride and Prejudice.
Didn't care for the story, the writing or the characters I actually had to give up after about 60%. Not really a lot of connection with Pride and Prejudice.
June 19, 2020
Not what I expected
I didn't even finish this book. It doesn't work. It tries to be outlander but done badly. Boring but more so annoying conversations on a weak premise.
Got it cheap and got what I paid for. Disappointing.
I didn't even finish this book. It doesn't work. It tries to be outlander but done badly. Boring but more so annoying conversations on a weak premise.
Got it cheap and got what I paid for. Disappointing.
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