A Portrait of Mr. Darcy’s Love (Sweet Mr. Darcy Pride and Prejudice Variations)

When Mr. Darcy becomes unexpectedly captivated by an unfinished portrait, he never imagines he will come face-to-face with the woman in it at a Hertfordshire assembly.

Before he ever sets foot in Hertfordshire, Fitzwilliam Darcy becomes rather absurdly attached to the face of a young woman in a painter’s portfolio.

She is merely an unfinished portrait—a gentleman’s daughter somewhere south of London whom he will never meet.

Then she turns around at the Meryton assembly. And he panics.

His attempt to conceal his astonishment results in one spectacularly disastrous remark, a thoroughly offended Miss Elizabeth Bennet, and a first impression neither of them is likely to forget.

Unfortunately for Darcy, avoiding Elizabeth proves impossible. She is everywhere.

At dinners and card parties, on walks through the village, and in crowded drawing rooms, laughing at jokes he cannot hear and saying precisely what she thinks.

The woman he first admired in paint is infinitely more dangerous in person—clever, lively, and entirely capable of reducing his carefully ordered world to chaos.

Yet while Darcy struggles to understand the alarming direction of his feelings, another gentleman is making himself exceedingly agreeable in Hertfordshire.

Wickham’s easy charm conceals motives of his own, and Elizabeth may find herself caught between first impressions and uncomfortable truths.

As winter settles over the county, Elizabeth and Darcy are drawn together in ways neither anticipated.

But before either can hope for happiness, one stubborn gentleman must overcome his disastrous beginning… and one intelligent young woman must decide whether a man can be entirely different from the portrait she painted of him in her mind.

Lose yourself in a sparkling Pride and Prejudice variation filled with wit, warmth, and the delightful absurdity of a Mr.

Darcy who falls in love with a portrait—and then has the misfortune of meeting the original.

pride & prejudice variation – Darcy falls first and hard – portrait to lovers – disastrous first impressions – witty banter – protective Darcy – winter in Hertfordshire – slow-burn sweet romance – romantic suspense – happily ever after