A Heart's Secret
A Pride and Prejudice Variation (In Want of a Wife)
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Naomi Rose-Mock
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Ali Scott
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Mr FD of Derbyshire has been paying a great deal of attention to a certain Miss B. Has one of England’s wealthiest bachelors finally been ensnared?
FITZWILLIAM DARCY HAS A SECRET, one that haunts him at every turn. Against his better judgement, he accepts an invitation to a house party in Hertfordshire where he encounters the beautiful Miss Elizabeth Bennet of Longbourn, whose lively spirits prove a welcome distraction from his sorrowful past. Yet his peace is disturbed by threats to his family and to his good name. Elizabeth is unexpectedly implicated, but should he suspect Elizabeth…or protect her?
AFTER THEIR FIRST MEETING at the assembly in Meryton, Elizabeth Bennet is convinced there can be no ruder man than Mr Darcy. But a series of encounters at Netherfield Park forces her to reconsider her opinion of him, and she soon learns that Mr Darcy is a man with hidden depths.
WHEN THE MYSTERIOUS ANNOUNCEMENT of their engagement is published in a London newspaper, she has no choice but to place her trust in him. They strike a deal, and suddenly Elizabeth is drawn into a web of deceit. Who is behind the malicious gossip column? What pain lies in Mr Darcy’s past? And what secret lies deep within her own heart?
A Heart's Secret is a forced engagement, wounded hero variation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. The content is clean and the angst level is moderate.
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Will they be able to stop the gossip articles? What other secrets will be revealed? And will their fake engagement become a real one?
The book was very well written by the author Ali Scott. I have also read her other books and liked them all very much. Therefore this book was no disappointment.
In this story Darcy and Elizabeth are, due to their fake engagement, forced to spend a lot of time together. I always like stories where they need to spend time together and come to know each other better in a relatively short time. This is also the case here. Due to their “engagement” they see each other regularly and learn to admire the qualities of each other. Therefore it is no surprise that in the end there might not only be a FAKE engagement 😉.
I like very much that the two also come to appreciate their company in times of distress and happiness. Especially Darcy needs to only think of Elizabeth to calm down when he is in a distressing situation.
Darcy was a bit more vulnerable in this variation than usual. Due to events in his past he has a lot of grief in his heart and nobody to share this with. As Darcy and Elizabeth decide that there should be no secrets between them Darcy finally has someone to confide in. And Elizabeth voluntarily shares his grief and comforts him. Only with her help Darcy is able to overcome his grief in the end.
Due to threats being represented in the form of articles in a gossip paper there is also a mystery to uncover in this story. I always like it when Darcy and Elizabeth need to search for hints and work together to solve a problem, therefore this story was very much to my liking. The gossip articles were printed anonymously in a newspaper which made it more challenging to reveal the culprit and stop the printing. Because of the unknown enemy who does not stop printing the next articles Darcy and Elizabeth also have more pressure to solve the case because, alongside, they fight to save their reputations which suffer due to the articles.
There is a new side character in this story I liked very much, it’s Lady Cecilia Fulford, Colonel Fitzwilliam’s sister. She is Mr Darcy’s cousin, too. Darcy brings Elizabeth to stay with his cousin at her London townhouse. Lady Fulford is of great help for Darcy and Elizabeth but, as Elizabeth finds out, has her own struggles to fight. Therefore Elizabeth decides to help her and with this also shows Darcy what a compassionate woman she is. That makes him fall in love with her even more.
There are some new villains in the story, some more nefarious than others, but fortunately their machinations are uncovered at the end. From the “old” villains you will encounter Wickham and Lady Catherine. There are also some side characters who behave in a morally deplorable way. But I will not say too much, you need to find out for yourself.
The audiobook was narrated by Naomi Rose-Mock. She was a new narrator to me but I liked her performance very much. She has a very pleasant way of narrating the story. I hope, in future, she will narrate more Jane Austen fan fiction. Her narration made a good book even better and I enjoyed hearing the story even more than only reading it.
If you like to know how an article in a gossip paper can lead to an engagement between Darcy and Elizabeth you should definitely listen to this audiobook.
I highly recommend it.
A heart's secret
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