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A Pride and Prejudice what if story. Elizabeth Bennet meets Mr Fitzwilliam Darcy when he comes to visit his friend at Netherfield Park. There, they come to know each other, learning about one another much sooner than expected. A sudden outbreak of scarlet fever comes to the neighborhood, and Netherfield is turned into a makeshift hospital. Who will survive the epidemic and who will have their lives changed forever?

Fitzwilliam Darcy must marry before his next birthday or lose his inheritance. He has never met a young lady who caught his attention, until the swollen river during a storm brings Miss Elizabeth Bennet to Pemberley. Not knowing if her father is dead, and needing protection, will she agree to marrying the man who risked his life to save her from drowning? What will happen when their family and friends begin to arrive at Pemberley? Note: Chapter 20 has a sexual scene at the end of the chapter. It is the only sexual scene in the book. Also, This author is grateful for the services of Kay ...

A Pride and Prejudice variation. There are magical beings in England. Elizabeth Bennet and her family have a secret they guard, for fear of what would happen should they be discovered. Due to a drought in the neighborhood surrounding Longbourn, the Bennet family is struggling. Jane and Elizabeth decide to sell the herbal products and remedies that they make. They are soon introduced to the Fitzwilliam and Darcy families. What will happen when Mr Darcy discovers the lady who has captured his heart has magical abilities?

Is a fire at his family estate of Pemberley, which happened when Fitzwilliam Darcy is a boy, connected to a fire which happened at Netherfield Park, years late? Pemberley was destroyed by a fire, claiming the life of Darcy’s mother, Lady Anne Darcy. Years later, Darcy meets Elizabeth Bennet, who is living in London with her aunt and uncle. Elizabeth had survived the deadly blaze at the home of her childhood friend, a fire whiched claimed the lives of the owner of Netherfield and his family. When she becomes the target of someone trying to kill her, pieces of the puzzle come together. Will...

A Pride and Prejudice What If story. What if Elizabeth Bennet was a writer, known under a man's name, and had made a very profitable career for herself? She has made her family's future secure and now faces a new facet in her life, learning how to survive a relationship.

The Darcy family tree has many branches, one of which leads to Thomas Bennet's family. The Darcy and Bennet families have long been friends, including young Fitzwilliam and Elizabeth. To protect his son from an arranged marriage to Fitzwilliam's cousin, Anne De Bourgh, his father makes an arrangement for him to marry his dearest friend, Elizabeth Bennet. Then tragedy struck, with the death of Lady Anne Darcy. The boy decides loving someone can only lead to heartache, and he does not wish to suffer loss again. What will become of Fitzwilliam and Elizabeth?

When Elizabeth Bennet is visiting her friend Charlotte at Hunsford, Elizabeth comes up missing. Darcy is determined to find the young lady who has captured his heart, only he is met with many people in his way. Who can he trust and who will betray him? And will he find Elizabeth before it is too late?

Who knew that wearing a simple floral bonnet would change lives forever? Elizabeth Bennet is in Hyde Park with her cousins when two men attempt to abduct her. Their target was another young lady, who was wearing a similar bonnet. The abduction is thwarted, but introduces Elizabeth to the Darcy siblings. She is afraid of losing her new friends if they knew the truth, she cannot return to her father's estate as Elizabeth has refused to marry her father's heir. But the Darcys have met Mr Collins, and they support her decision. What will happen when the parson refuses to accept that Elizabeth ...

A Pride and Prejudice Variation Elizabeth has lived at the estate of her uncle all of her life. Her mother died at her birth and her father died before her first birthday. As she meets and begins to fall in love with Fitzwilliam Darcy, secrets from her past come to the surface, secrets that were kept to protect her from someone who wishes her dead. Will Darcy stand beside her when he learns the truth? What will happen when the one man who desires her death, learns of her location?

A Pride and Prejudice variation. The worlds of Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet literally collide. During a violent storm, Darcy races to recover his sister from George Wickham. At the same time, Elizabeth and her father are traveling to holiday in Ramsgate with the Gardiner family. When the two carriages collide, their lives will be altered forever.

A Pride and Prejudice what if story. With the departure of the Netherfield party to London, the Bennet family's hopes of a marriage between Jane and Mr Bingley are dashed. Due to declining health, and wishing to protect his family, Mr Bennet insists on Elizabeth marrying his cousin, Mr Collins. On the way from the wedding breakfast to Hunsford, a terrible carriage accident befalls the newlyweds. Mr Darcy receives a letter from his aunt, pleading for his assistance, as her clergyman is dead and his wife is terribly injured. What will Darcy's reaction be to finding the young lady he cannot ...

A Pride and Prejudice variation. After the Netherfield Park ball, and the departure of its inhabitants, the Bennet family was struck with a devastating event. Elizabeth Bennet is determined to take a position as a lady's companion, which leads to her life being put in jeopardy. Will the culprit bring about her ruination or even succeed in his plot to eliminate her?

A Pride and Prejudice variation. Elizabeth Bennet Fitzwilliam was born and raised in Belgium, where she met and married Colonel Richard Fitzwilliam. When he is killed in battle, Elizabeth moves to England, to an estate near her uncle, Thomas Bennet, and his family. Meeting Elizabeth as her ship arrives on English shores, Fitzwilliam Darcy is determined to protect his cousin's widow from the rest of the Fitzwilliam family. Richard's family were not pleased when he married against their wishes, and they are determined to take out their fury on Elizabeth. When it is learned that Elizabeth is ...

Georgiana Darcy made a foolish mistake. One that would have deadly consequences. Believing herself in love with George Wickham, she leaves Ramsgate with him, to make the journey to Gretna Green to elope. During the trip, Georgiana learns the truth of why Wickham wished to marry her, for her fortune. The young lady was able to escape from Wickham, and ends up in the post coach which happens to stop in Meryton. The stop in Meryton is one that will change the lives of all they know and love. Elizabeth Bennet has been given an ultimatum, marry the heir of her father's estate or leave her family...

A Pride and Prejudice variation. Fitzwilliam Darcy finds a wrecked carriage while on his way home to his estate of Pemberley. The only survivor is a young lady who is escaping a very dark and horrifying past. Taking the name Julia Moreland, the young lady is under the protection of Mr Darcy, allowing her to recover from a brutal history of domestic abuse. Hiding Miss Moreland from her husband is the only way Darcy can protect her and the family she has been torn from for nearly three years. But will it be enough? Warning, adult situation involving domestic violence in the story.

What if Elizabeth and Jane were the daughters of Mr Bennet's first wife, Eleanor, who died in childbirth bringing Elizabeth and her twin brother (who also died) into the world? Distraught, a few years later, he marries Fanny Philips who turns out to be a vicious and vindictive woman who holds Elizabeth to blame for all the wrongs in her life. The girls are forced to leave their family home to live in Lambton with an aunt and uncle, and they meet the Darcy family. What means will Fanny enact to revenge herself for all the wrongs she feels Elizabeth has done her?

A Pride and Prejudice what if story. Elizabeth Bennet has no notion that she is of royal blood. Her father has kept a secret from her of her birth mother and the love that they shared. Having been trapped in a loveless marriage by Fanny Gardiner, Mr Bennet has struggled for years. After the carriage Elizabeth is traveling in is robbed and she is abducted,the race is on to rescue her. The highwaymen have no notion of her heritage, and they are on their way to Liverpool to sell Elizabeth and her aunt's maid as slaves. Fitzwilliam Darcy and his cousin, Colonel Fitzwilliam, are in hot pursuit ...

A Pride and Prejudice variation. What if Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy came to an earlier understanding, including the infamous "not handsome enough" words being uttered in a different context. But outside forces from different corners of England are attempting to keep the two apart.

A Pride and Prejudice variation. Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy came to an understanding while she was visiting her best friend at Hunsford. But then Darcy must rush to Scotland to be with his ill sister and a tragedy strikes at Elizabeth's family home of Longbourn. Darcy is told that his beloved died, devastating the Master of Pemberley. While Darcy is trying to put his life back together, Elizabeth is attempting to survive the injuries she suffered. Can they find each other and happiness?

A Pride and Prejudice what if story. Mr. Darcy has had a dream for several years about the woman he would one day marry. When he finds Elizabeth Bennet at the Meryton Assembly, he instantly makes plans to secure his future. Will Elizabeth accept her future willingly or will she refuse to become the future Mrs Darcy. In this tale, we have the pleasure of meeting Lady Anne Darcy who is still alive and a Lady Catherine de Bourgh who is a survivor of an abusive husband who is deceased. Also present in the tale is the heir of Longbourn who is Jane and Elizabeth's elder brother.