Showing results by author "Abbey North" in All Categories

Shortly after losing her first pregnancy to miscarriage, Lizzy opens Pemberley to an ill and very pregnant Lydia, who has been abandoned by Wickham. The delivery proves too much for her fragile sister, leaving pitiable little Lydia in need of a devoted family in the absence of a loving mother. As the months pass, and Lizzy and Fitzwilliam come to love Lydia’s daughter as their own, a new pregnancy only increases their happiness. Everything feels as though it should be in place for a happy ending until Wickham’s return.

Lizzy is a young woman of modest means and social standing working as governess to the Darcy cousins, Richard and Fitzwilliam. She spies where she should not, and the Darcy men show her the error of her ways via her sweet submission. Will Lizzy capture and hold the attention of these two high-born gentlemen, or is her passionate nature going to lead her to ruin?

After months of trying to conceive without success, Lizzy is feeling dejected about the prospect when Lydia shows up for an unexpected visit. She brings along her infant son, and Lizzy is enamored with baby Ian. When Lydia leaves Ian behind to go to London to search for her missing husband, Fitzwilliam steps in to help deal with Wickham once again. Lizzy knows Ian’s place is with his parents, and she has every faith her husband will help Lydia find Wickham, but she still longs for a baby of her own. Will she and Fitzwilliam ever know what it is to have their own bundle of joy?

Lizzy is the newest instructor at Netherfield Academy, and strange noises have her searching the corridors of the drafty old castle to discover the source. The previous headmaster disappeared under strange circumstances, and when his replacement, Mr. Darcy, catches her in the corridors, he warns her. The first time. The next time, he kisses her, and she sees something different about him. Darcy is as mysterious as the surroundings, and she fears for her life, her sanity, and her heart as she strives to resist the pull he exerts on her.

Three years after Mr. Darcy’s painful proposal and Lizzy’s fervent rejection, she is at a house party, when she receives a mysterious gift. Inside the box is a mask and a heartfelt letter from an ardent admirer, imploring her to meet with him that night for wicked games. It is a scandalous invitation, but Lizzy’s curiosity compels her to accept.

Lizzy arrives at Hunsford to visit Charlotte, having mixed feelings to discover Darcy is in the vicinity to see his aunt, the formidable Lady Catherine. They are inevitably thrown together, and she starts to see a different side to him. When Miss Anne becomes the victim of an extortion scheme, Lizzy volunteers to help identify the blackmailer. She is surprised when Mr. Darcy volunteers his assistance, seemingly accepting the situation and his cousin’s actions.

Fitzwilliam gives his opinion of Meryton and its assembly ball to Bingley before having a chance to thoroughly study the attendees. A woman with fine eyes catches his attention, but she rebuffs his invitation to dance. Miss Elizabeth Bennet quotes his own thoughtless words back to him and seems to find amusement in causing him discomfort as she ensures all in attendance know his thoughts.

Lizzy and her family arrive at Pemberley to allow Fitzwilliam a chance to court her. Things are off to a splendid start until Lady Catherine invites herself, and Caroline Bingley is clearly intent on causing trouble between ODC. Someone is targeting Fitzwilliam and Pemberley for harassment, but is it the same person who murders the stablemaster during Lizzy’s stay? She and Darcy find themselves at odds over theories of the crime, but will that disagreement keep them from building a future together?

After Lizzy rejects Darcy’s proposal at Hunsford, he can’t accept it. He’s lost everyone in the world who matters to him, and he can’t allow Lizzy to slip away, too. In desperation, he kidnaps her with the intent of taking her to Gretna Green before an extended stay at the familial castle. Lizzy refuses his offer of marriage again, leaving him to enact a more desperate plan.

Fitzwilliam’s first impression of the residents of Meryton is poor, save for noticing a pair of fine eyes in a pale face. Elizabeth Bennet fascinates him even as they argue over her mother and sister’s intentions toward Bingley. When he learns of her weak heart, it does nothing to dissuade him from losing his and falling helplessly in love with her.

Meryton is atwitter with the arrival of Mr. Bingley and his friends, but Mr. Darcy leaves a bad first impression on the attendees of the Assembly ball. It’s almost enough to detract from the theft that occurs while everyone is inside dancing. Soon enough, other thefts occur throughout the village. Ever curious, Lizzy ventures to find the thief, acquiring an unexpected ally in the endeavor in Fitzwilliam Darcy. As they work together, she gains a more favorable impression of him, but he is the last man with whom she would ever want to solve another mystery.

An impromptu puppy rescue followed by a drenching rainstorm marks Lizzy’s first meeting with Mr. Darcy and his sweet sister. Quickly followed by his boorish remarks at the Assembly ball, she is left with a negative opinion of the prideful man. A bout of illness strands her at Nethefield, and a high fever leads her to the wrong room. When they are discovered the next morning, everyone ignores Lizzy’s insistence that nothing happened, and Darcy offers for her.

Everyone in Meryton is excited about the upcoming Netherfield ball, but Lizzy is preoccupied, for the thief, though his identity is known, is still at-large. When Mr. Darcy’s sister arrives, she and Lizzy become fast friends, but Lizzy’s acrimony with Darcy threatens everything, especially when she overhears him condemning Jane as a grasping social climber without true regard for Bingley. They are at odds, but when an abduction occurs the very night of the ball, it brings the two of them together to find the kidnapper and rescue his victim.

When Aunt Gardiner treats Lizzy and Jane to a seaside holiday at Ramsgate, Lizzy becomes fast friends with the neighbor, Miss Georgiana Darcy. She clashes immediately with Fitzwilliam Darcy when he comes to visit, but that doesn’t stop her from trying to prevent Georgiana from eloping with Wickham when she learns of the secret romance. Forced to marry, he leaves her without a backward glance as soon as they walk out of the church. Thrown together again in Meryton, will they compromise, or will they allow pride and prejudices to keep them apart?

A moment of madness causes Lizzy and Fitzwilliam to be compromised. They reluctantly wed, but he believes she conspired with her mother to force the union. Under those circumstances, they will never make a marriage work, so she agrees to his plan to pursue an annulment in three years. Lizzy is humiliated but determined to live her life as though Mr. Darcy isn’t part of it...and he isn’t.

It’s Christmastime at Pemberley, and Lizzy is nervous to be hosting her first event. Her family is coming, and so is Lady de Bourgh. An unexpected and unwelcome guest also arrives. How can Wickham have the courage to show his face at Pemberley? Even worse, what is he doing to make poor Lydia so miserable? Lizzy and Fitzwilliam must unravel the details and deal with machinations that threaten their first Christmas together while helping to find Lydia a second chance to move past her marriage mistake and be happy.

While in Kent, Fitzwilliam finds the object of his affection in attendance at Hunsford. Interaction deepens his interest, and he’s prepared to throw aside caution and common sense to claim Elizabeth Bennet as his bride. On the cusp of proposing, they end up arguing, instead, when she learns about his meddling to keep Bingley safe from Jane. While fleeing him, Lizzy is injured, and he carries her to Rosings Park. It is the beginning of a new understanding between them.

Following her rejection of Mr. Darcy’s proposal at Hunsford, Elizabeth has time for reflection and soon realizes she misjudged Darcy and is in love with him. Before she can convey the sincerity of her affections, her life is thrust into turmoil with the death of Mr. Bennet. Facing a life of reduced circumstances and insecurities, Lizzy pleads with Darcy to give her a second chance to accept his proposal. Instead, he agrees to care for her family, but he no longer wants marriage. Lizzy will be his mistress if she wants his assistance.

Dragging along a reluctant Lydia due to her scandalous behavior with a certain redcoat, Lizzy arrives at Hunsford to reunite with Charlotte. To her displeasure, she discovers Mr. Darcy is visiting his aunt at Rosings Park, and their stays overlap. At first, acrimony remains between them, but as the days pass, she starts to soften toward him. Lydia and Georgiana unexpectedly become close friends, and when Lydia is invited to stay with them at Darcy House, Lizzy can scarcely refuse to act as Lydia’s chaperone.

Lifetimes before.... When a fortuneteller at the Netherfield ball tells Lizzy and Fitzwilliam they are soulmates who have lived many lives before, both dismiss the claim. Yet as the days pass, Lizzy finds it harder to disbelieve she was once in love with Mr. Darcy in a previous life. With her loyalties torn between Mr. Wickham, so wronged by Darcy, and the man himself, who draws her, can she separate the truth from the lies? Which man deserves her heart, and which man has held it for innumerable lifetimes before?