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The Duke's Daughter: Parts 1, 2 & 3: A Pride and Prejudice Variation
Part 1: Lady Elizbeth Bennet is the Daughter of Lord Thomas and Lady Sarah Bennet, the Duke and Duchess of Hertfordshire. She is quick to judge and anger and very slow to forgive. Fitzwilliam Darcy has learnt to rely on his own judgement above all others. Once he believes that something is a certain way, he does not allow anyone to change his mind. He ignored his mother and the result was the Ramsgate debacle, but he had not learnt his lesson yet. He mistakes information that her heard from his Aunt about her parson’s relatives and with assumptions and his failure to listen to his friends the Bingleys, he makes a huge mistake and faces a very angry Lady Elizabeth Bennet. Part 2: At the end of Part 1, William Darcy saved Lady Elizabeth Bennet’s life, but at what cost? After a short look into the future, part 2 picks up from the point that Part 1 ended. We find out very soon what William’s fate is. We also follow the villains as they plot their revenge and try to find new ways to get money that they do not deserve. Elizabeth finally admitted that she loved William the morning that he was shot, is it too late or will love find a way? As there always are in life, there are highs and lows and this second part of three gives us a window into the ups and downs that affect our couple and their extended family. Part 3: In part 2, the Duke’s Daughter became a Duchess. We follow ODC as they continue their married life as they deal with the vagaries of life. We left the villains preparing to sail from Bundoran to execute their dastardly plan. We find out if they are successful or if they fail. In this final part of the Duke’s Daughter series, we get a good idea what the future holds for the characters that we have followed through the first two books in the series.
599 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 15, 2021
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Shana Granderson
55 books64 followersI have three children and after a disastrous first marriage I found my soul mate who I thought that was lost to me over 25 years ago. I recently married the love of my life. I live with my soul mate in Australasia and have three pets, two cats, Darcy and Bingley and a golden lab, Honey.
Like many high school students, Pride and Prejudice was assigned to me in an English literature class. It was not my favourite book, but I read it as I had to. I forgot about the book until in my 30’s when I saw and fell in love with the 1995 Pride and Prejudice version made for TV in England, and purchased a copy of the DVD that is now much played.
The tipping point was the 2005 big screen adaption of P&P. Not long after seeing it I found and read the complete works of Jane Austen on Amazon, starting with Pride and Prejudice. The latter book is by far my favourite. After I read it three of four times over, I wistfully said to myself: ‘it is a great pity that Miss Austen never wrote a sequel to her seminal novel.' One day I was searching Kindle books and for the fun of it I entered “Pride and Prejudice Sequel’ into the search not expecting any results.
The rest is history. I discovered the JAFF community and books. I became a veracious reader of JAFF books and once I had devoured all of the sequels and continuations that I could find, I read my first variation. I had been resisting variations wrongly thinking that I would not enjoy them as much as the sequels. Boy, was I ever wrong! Today I am the proud owner of well over 1,000 JAFF novels that I have purchased on Amazon. 'A Change of Fortunes' is my first book that I wrote. There are a number of others on the way.
Like many high school students, Pride and Prejudice was assigned to me in an English literature class. It was not my favourite book, but I read it as I had to. I forgot about the book until in my 30’s when I saw and fell in love with the 1995 Pride and Prejudice version made for TV in England, and purchased a copy of the DVD that is now much played.
The tipping point was the 2005 big screen adaption of P&P. Not long after seeing it I found and read the complete works of Jane Austen on Amazon, starting with Pride and Prejudice. The latter book is by far my favourite. After I read it three of four times over, I wistfully said to myself: ‘it is a great pity that Miss Austen never wrote a sequel to her seminal novel.' One day I was searching Kindle books and for the fun of it I entered “Pride and Prejudice Sequel’ into the search not expecting any results.
The rest is history. I discovered the JAFF community and books. I became a veracious reader of JAFF books and once I had devoured all of the sequels and continuations that I could find, I read my first variation. I had been resisting variations wrongly thinking that I would not enjoy them as much as the sequels. Boy, was I ever wrong! Today I am the proud owner of well over 1,000 JAFF novels that I have purchased on Amazon. 'A Change of Fortunes' is my first book that I wrote. There are a number of others on the way.
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March 22, 2021
An Anticipated Repackaging 3.5 stars rounded to 4
I have always enjoyed this storyline having first read it as individual entries. However, this compilation misses the mark early on with an uncomfortable example of proofread failure. The repetition of " It was the influence of her late mother that had made Caroline Bingley as she used to be: " and subsequent pages three times was frustrating beyond words. Also early on another unfortunate error (were the twins Jane and Mary or Jane and Marie?) detracted and led to me searching for "the shiny object" rather than reading the story.
I have always enjoyed this storyline having first read it as individual entries. However, this compilation misses the mark early on with an uncomfortable example of proofread failure. The repetition of " It was the influence of her late mother that had made Caroline Bingley as she used to be: " and subsequent pages three times was frustrating beyond words. Also early on another unfortunate error (were the twins Jane and Mary or Jane and Marie?) detracted and led to me searching for "the shiny object" rather than reading the story.
August 6, 2022
I think né of the things this author does very well is share the characters introspection. There are lots of characters and we take a deep dive into all of their thoughts.
For my tastes there is a little too much and the thread of the story gets lost in all that internal dialogue. One thing I found annoying and repetitive is the fact that many characters are so lost in thought that they have to apologize to whom ever they are sitting with because they ignore the conversation. How many apologies for “wool gathering” can one novel have? I lost count after 7.
The story is full of romance and adventure, villains and heroic rescues. It’s fun, it’s fiction so I don’t sweat the believability issue.
For my tastes there is a little too much and the thread of the story gets lost in all that internal dialogue. One thing I found annoying and repetitive is the fact that many characters are so lost in thought that they have to apologize to whom ever they are sitting with because they ignore the conversation. How many apologies for “wool gathering” can one novel have? I lost count after 7.
The story is full of romance and adventure, villains and heroic rescues. It’s fun, it’s fiction so I don’t sweat the believability issue.
April 24, 2022
In need of so much editing!
This isn't a bad storyline and the character development is okay. It's not a bad read, it's just in great need of a good editor! There are lots of spelling and grammatical errors. This could be told in one longish book. There's lots of repetitive parts, where several different characters go through the "same courtships" and all of their fathers & brothers give the exact same "warnings" to the suitors. It's rather bloated and would have been much more interesting without the rote retelling. The first book is interesting. The next two, not so much.
This isn't a bad storyline and the character development is okay. It's not a bad read, it's just in great need of a good editor! There are lots of spelling and grammatical errors. This could be told in one longish book. There's lots of repetitive parts, where several different characters go through the "same courtships" and all of their fathers & brothers give the exact same "warnings" to the suitors. It's rather bloated and would have been much more interesting without the rote retelling. The first book is interesting. The next two, not so much.
July 18, 2022
Loved these booke
This Author always writes books that are so interesting and ones you cannot put down once you have started I had to read the books in two days of not sleep. Excellent Read.
This Author always writes books that are so interesting and ones you cannot put down once you have started I had to read the books in two days of not sleep. Excellent Read.
October 3, 2025
The Duke’s Daughter
Wonderful story, well written, and delightful to read. Darcy has his Hunsford moment the night of the Meryton Assembly when he mistook the names of the Bennets as Benet, Longbourn as Longriver, and Hertfordshire as Herefordshire. Lady Elizabeth was quick to set him straight rather harshly. Both he and Elizabeth had some serious issues to overcome - his haughtiness and her quickness to harsh judgment of others. Grow they both did until they found happiness in each other. Enter the dastardly Wickham along with several other unsavory characters. Needless to say, the ducal families took care of the scoundrels, infiltrating their enemies with Richard Fitzwilliam’s military friends and those working for the Duke of Longbourn’s shipping company. By the time the duo reached Pemberley to kidnap Elizabeth, the Duchess of Derbyshire, all of Younge’s crew was replaced with soldiers and men that sailed for Thomas Bennet’s shipping company. The two hateful people who wanted revenge and money they felt was owed them were in for the shock of their shortened lives. Happiness in marriages was the entire theme throughout this story and everyone who was related to the Bennets achieved this on choosing their partners in life. Good story.
Wonderful story, well written, and delightful to read. Darcy has his Hunsford moment the night of the Meryton Assembly when he mistook the names of the Bennets as Benet, Longbourn as Longriver, and Hertfordshire as Herefordshire. Lady Elizabeth was quick to set him straight rather harshly. Both he and Elizabeth had some serious issues to overcome - his haughtiness and her quickness to harsh judgment of others. Grow they both did until they found happiness in each other. Enter the dastardly Wickham along with several other unsavory characters. Needless to say, the ducal families took care of the scoundrels, infiltrating their enemies with Richard Fitzwilliam’s military friends and those working for the Duke of Longbourn’s shipping company. By the time the duo reached Pemberley to kidnap Elizabeth, the Duchess of Derbyshire, all of Younge’s crew was replaced with soldiers and men that sailed for Thomas Bennet’s shipping company. The two hateful people who wanted revenge and money they felt was owed them were in for the shock of their shortened lives. Happiness in marriages was the entire theme throughout this story and everyone who was related to the Bennets achieved this on choosing their partners in life. Good story.
April 24, 2025
Perhaps Three and a Half
It is an interesting story, but much of it is improbable. Would Fitzwilliam Darcy not listen to anyone? Perhaps. But would he rudely interrupt? Probably not, it just wasn't done. Would there not be any others who would think of how unlikely it would be to kidnap a Duke's daughter besides Tony? Who knows? Greed is a powerful motivator. But that the new recruits would all be 'plants' seems unlikely.
Unfortunately, the greatest problem with this trilogy is in the editing... Or lack thereof.
A council is a group. On the other hand, counsel is what you listen to or give as a counselor. I rolled my eyes too many times because of the wrong word being used.
Then there was the mix up of than and that...
So many mistakes that could have been corrected if someone would have read the books after completion, but before publishing.
I apologize for my harshness but CAN'T WRITERS READ? Why not go back and make sure what was written was really what was meant? Some sentences were absolutely absurd and nonsensical because similar words were inserted.
It is an interesting story, but much of it is improbable. Would Fitzwilliam Darcy not listen to anyone? Perhaps. But would he rudely interrupt? Probably not, it just wasn't done. Would there not be any others who would think of how unlikely it would be to kidnap a Duke's daughter besides Tony? Who knows? Greed is a powerful motivator. But that the new recruits would all be 'plants' seems unlikely.
Unfortunately, the greatest problem with this trilogy is in the editing... Or lack thereof.
A council is a group. On the other hand, counsel is what you listen to or give as a counselor. I rolled my eyes too many times because of the wrong word being used.
Then there was the mix up of than and that...
So many mistakes that could have been corrected if someone would have read the books after completion, but before publishing.
I apologize for my harshness but CAN'T WRITERS READ? Why not go back and make sure what was written was really what was meant? Some sentences were absolutely absurd and nonsensical because similar words were inserted.
September 15, 2023
Interesting saga
Entertaining variation with way too many grammar errors and I'm not even considering punctuation. Wrong words and/or names should have been caught when editing. I had a hard time with Elizabeth taking Darcy to task when her behavior was worse than his. Elizabeth, at 21 had a reputation that no parent would have approved, yet no one bothered to check her and then let her publicly destroy a man's position in society t still not check her behavior. Unfortunately, one has to read the rehashing of Darcy's faults forever and still Elizabeth no one really finds fault with her. Not well done.
Entertaining variation with way too many grammar errors and I'm not even considering punctuation. Wrong words and/or names should have been caught when editing. I had a hard time with Elizabeth taking Darcy to task when her behavior was worse than his. Elizabeth, at 21 had a reputation that no parent would have approved, yet no one bothered to check her and then let her publicly destroy a man's position in society t still not check her behavior. Unfortunately, one has to read the rehashing of Darcy's faults forever and still Elizabeth no one really finds fault with her. Not well done.
April 11, 2021
A Good Idea, But....
In my opinion this book could have been so much more than it was. The book started with so much promise but became quite tedious and difficult to get through. The poor grammar, bad spelling and run-on sentences became too much by the second book. The overuse of the same words and phrases in one conversation became maddening.
I don't like leaving bad reviews and I will give this author another try, but this series is just a pass.
In my opinion this book could have been so much more than it was. The book started with so much promise but became quite tedious and difficult to get through. The poor grammar, bad spelling and run-on sentences became too much by the second book. The overuse of the same words and phrases in one conversation became maddening.
I don't like leaving bad reviews and I will give this author another try, but this series is just a pass.
January 25, 2022
Good book to read
Very good long read. Very interesting and keeps you wanting to continue reading it. Just brilliant the way things went.
Very good long read. Very interesting and keeps you wanting to continue reading it. Just brilliant the way things went.
September 16, 2022
Way too many errors to count. There are numerous issues with grammar, sentence structure and continuity.
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