A Marriage of True Affection: Pride and Prejudice Continues

“When I said that he improved on acquaintance, I did not mean that his mind or his manners were in a state of improvement, but that, from knowing him better, his disposition was better understood.” - Elizabeth Bennet, Pride and Prejudice

However...

That a couple in love truly know one another makes not for a Happily Ever After, but rather prepares them better for the rough road ahead. Such is gradually discovered as Mr. and Mrs. Darcy begin their marriage in sensual bliss, each looking forward to a lifetime of felicity, and neither of them cognizant of the great challenges therein.

A Marriage of True Affection is a collection of vignettes chronicling the first eleven years in the union of the most beloved couple in English literature. Beginning on their wedding night, the work highlights significant moments that sometimes test, but moreover strengthen the Darcys' relationship as they struggle to overcome the very faults that so nearly separated them forever. For despite the lessons learned and the love they share, our supremely stubborn couple remains, in essentials, very much what they ever were.

Chapters include:

A Midnight Embrace - Awakened on their wedding night, Darcy and Elizabeth express physically what they cannot in mere words

Disturbing Recollections - As they remain haunted by past transgressions, the couple wonder if forgiveness can ever truly be attained

The Storm - The onset of a violent storm en route to Derbyshire leads to their first heated quarrel as a married couple

The Dinner Party - Soon after the birth of their first child, Mr. Darcy battles sexual frustration and jealousy as his charming wife enchants the neighbors

Welcoming Janie Darcy - Elizabeth falls into labor at a time most inconvenient, while Darcy works diligently to save their land from a natural disaster

For Better or Worse - A terrifying encounter befalls the traveling couple, leaving them to work through the ensuing grief and a shared desire for revenge (warning: some disturbing scenes)

Christmas in Spring - When a poacher is caught in Pemberley Wood, the Darcys are not in accord with regards to his punishment

A Jarring Revelation - In Pemberley's library, Elizabeth makes a remarkable, yet potentially devastating discovery. Dare she share it with her husband?

And many more!

With the return of some of our old favorites come new characters, as well, each of whom either helping or hindering our dear couple in good times and bad. And as they learn and grow from each new experience, by their eleventh anniversary, can we really expect the idyllic love Jane Austen so expertly built to have endured?

This work is meant for mature readers.

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• Taking Another Chance: A Pride and Prejudice Variation
• Men Of Consequence: A Pride And Prejudice Variation
• Nefarious: A Pride and Prejudice Variation
• Fitzwilliam Darcy, Poet: A Pride & Prejudice Variation (Dimensions of Darcy Book 2)
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