UNDOUBTEDLY BY DESIGN

Michelle D’Arcy

After the world’s worst timed and worst worded proposal, Fitzwilliam Darcy strives to understand and to accept the reasons behind the unexpected rejection he receives. With acceptance, comes the desire to become a better man, even if the lady who inspired that change will never know the result of her take down. At his ancestral home for the summer, he will conquer the biggest and most painful disappointment of his life.

At Hunsford, taken by surprise by the unexpected proposal from the last man in the world she would have imagined to make one to her, Elizabeth Bennet has delivered the most unladylike refusal, accompanied by a string of (mostly unwarranted) reproaches. After striving to understand and accept the explanations in the letter he writes to her afterwards, Elizabeth vows to more carefully judge new acquaintances and avoid jumping to hasty conclusions as she travels for the summer with her closest and dearest family members, the Gardiners.

For both, one faithful July, Pemberley provides succour and a haven of peace and new beginnings amidst the beauties of the manor and splendours of the surrounding park, as well as in the company of old and new friends alike.

Pemberley, Elizabeth, Darcy…and romance! But then a letter arrives…

You already know what’s about to happen, don’t you? Or, do you?

What is one to do when one’s fifteen-year-old sister chooses to leave her friends and family and throw herself into the power of a well-known scoundrel?

When you think you know what will happen, you will be proven wrong!

A truly unique twist to the well-known tale, this Pride and Prejudice novella, ‘Undoubtedly by Design’, is a fast-paced romance at Pemberley from the author of and ‘An Unpleasant Sort of Man’ and ‘A Most Alarming Report’.