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A Cleverly (Un)contrived Compromise
- A Pride & Prejudice Variation
- Narrated by: Stevie Zimmerman
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
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Publisher's summary
Of all the women he could be stuck with, it had to be the one who poses the greatest threat to his plans.
Fitzwilliam Darcy prides himself on his caution. Not willing to leave his beloved sister’s future to chance, he has a plan to see her happily settled. Nothing and no one will stand in his way.
Elizabeth Bennet will do anything to see her dearest sister happy, even defying the surly gentleman from Derbyshire. Using her rapier sharp wit and rapid fire humor, no one, not even Mr. Darcy, will keep her from reaching her goal.
When clever forces contrive to compromise the pair, Darcy and Elizabeth must work together to turn their rivalry into a convincing romance. Can true love win this epic battle of wills?
Someone’s got to give, and Darcy is determined to win. Then again, so is Elizabeth….
A Cleverly (Un)contrived Compromise is a feel-good, low-angst, sweet Regency romantic comedy inspired by Jane Austen's timeless classic, Pride and Prejudice.
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In Vicky Dreiling’s enchanting Regency romance debut, Tristan - the rakish duke of Shelbourne - wants to marry and sire an heir. To help him choose among the dizzying array of wealthy but witless candidates, he secures the services of prim and proper matchmaker Miss Tessa Mansfield. But as Tessa seeks the perfect mate, the duke finds himself distracted by Tessa’s considerable charms.
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- By Ajm220 on 03-14-12
By: Vicky Dreiling
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Sensibly Wed
- Bradwell Brothers, Book 1
- By: Kasey Stockton
- Narrated by: Justine Eyre
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When Felicity Thurston is caught alone with a man at a ball, she must marry him to avoid a ruined reputation. But what she doesn't know is that he's the brother of the man she loves.
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The Narrator is Lacking
- By Montana Mama on 11-11-23
By: Kasey Stockton
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Darcy and Elizabeth: Fair Trade
- A Pride and Prejudice Variation
- By: Kate Bedlow
- Narrated by: Jannie Meisberger
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The morning after the Netherfield ball, Elizabeth Bennet refuses an offer of marriage, setting off a row in the Bennet household that ends tragically. Faced with homelessness and untenable poverty, Elizabeth receives a different sort of offer - from quite an unexpected quarter - and finds herself considering the once-inconceivable prospect of going into trade.
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Light and fun P&P Variation
- By 🌸DARA on 11-15-16
By: Kate Bedlow
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Secrets and Suitors
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Reluctantly returning to London for yet another Season, shy Nora Hamilton has nearly given up hope that she will ever find the love match she longs for. After all, the one man she does harbor feelings for - her closest friend, James - has made it perfectly clear he views her as just that: a friend. With James traveling half a world away and Nora’s father pressuring her to marry for wealth and status, Nora is forced to set aside her desire for love and accept the future she has always dreaded. Until James returns unexpectedly and Nora’s feelings once again rush unbearably close to the surface.
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Worth the Listen!
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By: Joanna Barker
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A Beastly Kind of Earl
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Thea Knight loves a spot of mischief. She especially loves her current mischief: masquerading as her sister, while finalizing her scheme to expose the dastardly knaves whose lies ruined her life. Then big, bad-tempered Lord Luxborough upends her game by maneuvering her into marriage. But it's her sister’s name on the license, so the marriage won’t be valid. Thea’s idea? Keep pretending to be her sister until she can run away.
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A slow burn romance
- By Kika on 06-11-20
By: Mia Vincy
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One Night in London
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- By: Caroline Linden
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With One Night in London, the sensational Caroline Linden kicks off a wonderful new historical romance series about three brothers trying to protect their good names and their fortunes while finding true love. Fans of Elizabeth Boyle and Liz Carlyle will not be able to resist this tantalizing tale that has the middle son of a recently deceased English duke hoping to avoid scandal and ruin as he searches for the young wife his late father never divorced…and encounters instead a desperate beauty who needs his help to rescue an endangered child.
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Beware!!
- By ParkerCD on 02-11-24
By: Caroline Linden
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The Holly and the Ivy
- By: Sarah M. Eden, Anneka R. Walker, Esther Hatch, and others
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As nursemaid to the eight-year-old Duke of Kielder, Robbie will spend her holidays with her young charge as a guest of Lord and Lady Jonquil. While the couple makes the child’s holiday magical, the handsome gardener works his own magic on Nurse Robbie’s heart. A Christmas house party offers two members of the ton an irresistible weekend of anonymity. But their charade comes with unexpected romantic consequences. Alice Hunt is searching for a Christmas miracle: a husband of her choosing. With the threat of an arranged marriage looming, she looks to an unlikely matchmaker for help.
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Great stories!
- By k.vano on 03-05-23
By: Sarah M. Eden, and others
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For the Deepest Love
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- By: Mary Anne Mushatt
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After thinking long and hard, I have come to the conclusion that - although it may not be the kind of love my sister and I once had in mind - marrying Mr Darcy would be marrying for a love of the deepest kind. Recovering from their parents' deaths, Elizabeth and Jane Bennet have held their family together, leaning on the support of their uncle, Edward Gardiner, to help them survive. Thus, when Mr. Gardiner is threatened with scandal and ruin, Elizabeth vows to help him.
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Narration needs to be re-recorded!
- By That's so fetch on 10-15-21
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Rumours & Recklessness
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- By: Nicole Clarkston
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Fitzwilliam Darcy is desperate. Finally confronted with a woman who ignites all his hopes, he agonizes over the cruel trick of fate which placed her in a situation beneath his notice. The morning after the Netherfield ball, he resolves to put as much distance between himself and her as possible.
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Wonderful , I’m still smiling!
- By Patti on 08-09-19
By: Nicole Clarkston
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Elizabeth Bennet wants the truth from Mr. Darcy. When she follows him from the ballroom to insist upon it, she becomes an unwilling witness to a scandalous scene. And for once, she cannot blame Mr. Darcy for disdaining his company, not even when he departs Netherfield in the middle of the ball.
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Orphaned and alone in the world, Elizabeth Bennet has found reasonable contentment as a companion to the dowager countess of Matlock, the affairs of 1811 and Fitzwilliam Darcy long forgotten. But the past intrudes upon her again, and Mr. Darcy returns to her, handsome, wealthy, and widowed, and hiding many secrets beneath his solemn exterior. But if time had altered their circumstances, one thing remains: Mr. Darcy still wishes to marry her, and this time, Elizabeth consents.
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“Mr Darcy, I am eager to hear your explanation for the fact that quite a few people believe we are engaged.” It starts with a bit of well-meant advice. Colonel Fitzwilliam suggests to his cousin Darcy that, before he proposes to Elizabeth Bennet in Kent, perhaps he ought to discuss his plans with their families first. What neither man could have predicted however was that Lord Matlock would write the news to his sister, or that Viscount Saye would overhear and tell his friends, or that his friends might slip a little and let their friends know as well.
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UNTIL THE DAY of the Netherfield Ball, Elizabeth Bennet’s greatest concerns are wondering who might partner with her for a dance and the likely ruin of her shoe roses after she stands up with Mr. Collins. A death in the neighbourhood changes everything, including her belief in the benevolence of the father she has always adored. Suddenly, she alone holds the means of salvation for her family’s future. Alas, what is required of her is marriage to a man old enough to be her grandfather.
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Banished from longbourn at a young age, Elizabeth Bennet is raised among the Fitzwilliams at the Romsley estate, growing up alongside Fitzwilliam Darcy and his cousins. Entering adulthood, Elizabeth soon finds herself in possession of a secret love for him that even she knows is futile, and she must settle for his friendship.
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When Fitzwilliam Darcy meets Miss Elizabeth Bennet, his heart is almost immediately engaged. Seeing the pretty lady before him, a lady of no consequence or fortune, he believes he should not form an attachment to her, unsuitable as such a woman is to be his wife. What he cannot see, however, is the truth. That the simple country girl harbors a secret. Before she meets Darcy, Elizabeth has spent two years hiding from the men who killed her beloved first husband.
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- Fabulous Mrs B
- 05-27-23
Great read
I have read it as a kindle before and now as an audible. The narrator did a splendid job as usual. Great story. Great Jaff.
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- f4ewso45
- 01-21-23
Good Audible and Story
Jennifer Joy is one of my favorite authors and Stevie Zimmerman is my favorite narrator. She does another fine job with a great story. Well done.
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- Claire
- 01-05-23
I can't give a five until
I get to listen to one of these fun stories that does not put in anachronisms. I'm sorry to start every sentence with I, but I can't type and have to dictate. I particularly object to the phrase rolling the eyes. I have researched , and I found it did not come into use as a dismissive or irritated action until the 1950s. before that it always had a sexual connotation. I found this particular variation to be full of phrases that don't fit the time. I heard kidding as in teasing and all sorts of other things that really jar.
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- Lowcountry girl
- 06-08-23
Left hanging
We are left to our own imagination as to how the epilogue came about. Too much emphasis on uncomfortable encounters with the families, not enough story around the outcomes. Mrs. Bennet, Lydia and even Mr. Bennet are all cringe worthy and too stupid to live. Jane is docile to the point of being insensible. She’s one of those people who lacks discernment to guard against danger to herself and others. Annoying. Narration is excellent and saves it from total loss. What substance is there is well done.
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- Marie
- 05-07-23
A Lighthearted Listen
Excellent narration by Stevie Zimmerman, who never disappoints.
Following Georgiana’s disappointment with Wickham, Darcy wants to match Bingley with Georgiana because he feels she is safe with him. Colonel Fitzwilliam doesn’t agree. Nevertheless, to forward his own plans, Darcy encourages Bingley to lease Netherfield and begin to accept more responsibility in his life. Darcy is his often controlling self. Georgiana is crushing on Bingley, who has no idea of it.
Meanwhile, Elizabeth is attempting to rein in the conduct of her younger sisters, as she fears they will jeopardize Jane’s chances with Bingley. Lizzy tries to convince Mr. Bennet to not allow Lydia and Kitty to attend the Netherfield ball. When he refuses her, Lydia swears revenge. At the ball, various contrived minor plots put in play work against one another and will culminate in a compromise, completely “uncontrived” by its two innocent victims.
In this third book to the “Love’s Little Helpers” series, Ms. Joy has written a delightfully-lighthearted story of bound-to-go-wrong plots, mischievous and clever little kittens, a bit of farce and good humour, a teeny tiny touch of angst, and of course, love and a happy ending for all. Definitely recommend!
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- bebe
- 04-05-23
Another Jennifer Joy winner
Great book, masterfully read by Stevie Zimmerman. In this story, Elizabeth's nasty conniving two youngest sisters and Caroline Bingley do their best to ruin Elizabeth's future life. Their intent was to set up a compromising situation with her and the buffoon Rev. Collins. Their plans did not go so well
Darcy is a Netherfield trying to teach Bingley how to manage an estate, and hopefully mature enough to marry. Darcy prefers that his sister Georgianna be Bingley's future wife. In this variation I found Georgianna to be peevish and very immature. She is as bad as Lydia and Kitty. Georgianna has a cat named Serafina, that has four kittens. Everyone loves the felines, except Caroline, who detests them. I liked the cats.
This was a fun listen because the story was interesting and Stevie Zimmerman is amazing.
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