The Winter of Our Discontent (Pride and Prejudice Variations #1)

The Winter of Our Discontent (Pride and Prejudice Variations #1)

Author: Grace Gibson Listening Length: 7h 17m
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I signed my maiden name first before memorialising my new name. Elizabeth Madeline Darcy. Elizabeth Bennet lay dead on the altar of matrimony. HAVING SIGNED THE REGISTER as Elizabeth Darcy, the former Miss Elizabeth Bennet must somehow survive a crushing scandal as a stranger to herself. Her unwilling husband is so out...

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In the grey light of early morning, my husband’s valet handed my maid a flat package. In turn, Wilson handed Romney a sealed letter from me addressed to Mr Darcy. I turned to my packet and first pulled out the note inside.

Madam—

He had written the dates as specifically as he would with a contract for a lease, making clear I would not receive more until the following quarter day, nor had he bothered with even the barest of complimentary closes one expects in polite correspondence, ending only with his initials: FWD.

I felt my eyes widen to the size of saucers as I next pulled out of the packet seventy-five pounds. “So much?” I whispered.