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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My husband’s departure meant I was somewhat freer to spend my time as I wished, for although he did not dictate my daily routine, I was obligated by his presence to be constantly useful.

The time had come to face what I had not heretofore had the courage to confront.

If I now wept or kept to my room to grieve, I could do so without risking Mr Darcy’s notice of my reddened eyes and tragic looks he would find so offensive.

Though my life had been equally ruined by this ill-fated union, he was not in possession of the facts and considered himself to be the only wounded party.