Austenesque Lovers TBR Pile Challenge 2025 discussion

This popped up on FB and I recall it was discussed in one of the past years.

Can anyone recall the title of the modern where Elizabeth dies in a crash, Darcy gets hooked on drugs, cleans himself up and then dies too?

Sam wrote: "This popped up on FB and I recall it was discussed in one of the past years.

Can anyone recall the title of the modern where Elizabeth dies in a crash, Darcy gets hooked on drugs, cleans himself u..."

Good grief....:(

LOL- Yeah, I never got into it. BUt I remember people talking about it in the group some year past.

I'm looking for the book where Darcy's father gives him an ultimatum to find a bride before the end of the season or lose his inheritance. Meanwhile Elizabeth has to find a spouse before the end of the season or marry Collins. I paused reading right in the middle, and now can't find it!
EDIT - FOUND Darcy's Ultimatum by Jennifer Joy

Hi all,

I am working on the golden ten challenge and one of the catagories I am missing is:
4. Personal Book Recommendation

So I will really appreciate your best recommendations :-D
I prefer stories without too much angst and it is a bonus if it is available as an audio book.

I have already read pretty much everything by Amy D'Oracio, Julie Cooper, Elizabeth Adams, Abigail Reynolds, Melanie Rachel, Joana Starnes, Alix James, Summer Hanford, Jeannie Peneaux, Sarah Courtney.

I listen to a lot of audios, so I have pretty much heard all of the new P&P variations audios on audible for the last year or more...

Please help 😊😊😊🙏🙏🙏

Hi, Nina!
I would recommend The Wager by Sue Barr. Her books are riveting, and this one is low angst. It is available in audio.

Elin wrote: "Hi, Nina!
I would recommend The Wager by Sue Barr. Her books are riveting, and this one is low angst. It is available in audio."

Thank you for the quick recommendation. I already listened to that one, and I really liked it :-D

Sorry, I should have thought about something more obscure, but those are difficult to find in audiobooks.

There is the newly out Thwarted by MJ Stratton.

I can also recommend Elin's Vedi Veni Vicious, for a very different kind of variation

I heard both of them too 😁

If you want an audio I highly recommend The Sound of Christmas: A Jazz-Age Pride and Prejudice-inspired Christmas

Jann Rowland has a lot of his books out on audio now.

Craftyhj wrote: "If you want an audio I highly recommend The Sound of Christmas: A Jazz-Age Pride and Prejudice-inspired Christmas"

I actually have the sound of christmas on my audible wish list, so I wil go with that one.
Thank you :-)

Sophia wrote: "Jann Rowland has a lot of his books out on audio now."

Thanks Sophia, I have listened to all of them as well...

Perusing the Shelves is a site that's new to me. You can ask where to find a story you remember from a fan fiction site, and even request copies of stories that have been taken down. I understand that several stories have been uploaded to the site as well.

https://www.perusingtheshelves.com/fa...

Liz H wrote: "Perusing the Shelves is a site that's new to me. You can ask where to find a story you remember from a fan fiction site, and even request copies of stories that have been taken down. I understand t..."

Neat!
I wonder if someone started that after the Index came down.

Sam wrote: I wonder if someone started that after the Index came down.

I don't think so, the first post on the linked page is from 2015

How unobservant am I???

Thanks Katja!