Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy only knows that his sister grows pale when he asks her what happened. He knows that she seems incapable of putting her ordeal into words. He's in Hertfordshire for one reason: to find out what befell her. He doesn't have time to dance at this horrid ball in Meryton, so he claims that none of the women are handsome enough to tempt him. As if fate means to scold him, he immediately sets eyes on Miss Elizabeth Bennet. From then on, he is a man destroyed. Miss Elizabeth Bennet hates Mr. Darcy, and not only because she overheard him saying that she wasn't handsome, but because he is arrogant and disparaging and altogether wretched. But when Mr. Darcy comes upon her at the Netherfield Ball as she is having an unfortunate mishap with her clothing, they are discovered together, her dress in disarray. The scandal demands a solution, and Mr. Darcy provides it. He asks her to marry him. But when he claims to be swept away by her beauty, she knows he is lying. Indeed, it seems he is lying about a great many things and hiding even more. Trapped in this marriage for the sake of her family's reputation, she abhors Mr. Darcy's secrets, even as his kisses awake tumultuous reactions deep within her. She is falling for this man, but how can she ever love him when he will not trust her? By the by, this book isn't the least bit clean. Be advised.

Mr. Darcy likes to be in control? After a revealing midnight meeting in Netherfield?s library, Lizzy can?t keep her thoughts from Mr. Darcy. When her mother lies to her about Mr. Bennet?s impending death to force her to marry Cousin Collins, she acts in hasty desperation and compromises Mr. Darcy with a kiss. He won?t hear of her refusing his grudging proposal, both because he wants to preserve his honor and Georgiana?s standing, and because he suspects Lizzy has certain tastes that will well-suit his own proclivities. That doesn?t keep him from being angry that she viewed him only as a choice moderately preferable to Mr. Collins, and the resentment seems impossible to overcome. ÿ With his sister determined to dislike Lizzy and make her suffer for forcing him into marriage, and Fitzwilliam himself seemingly unable to forgive her, any attempt to be happy seems doomed. They entered marriage as adversaries, but can the passion growing between them help them find a new accord, or will Lizzy be forced to continue to for pay compromising Mr. Darcy? While Abbey sometimes writes sweet JAFF, this is strictly SENSUAL. It has mild scenes of a dominant nature.

The river isn't the only thing overflowing in Hunsford when a natural disaster forces Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy to work together.

With gentlemen scarce at the Meryton assembly, Elizabeth Bennet means to scold the man in the shadows who refuses to dance. But when he comes into the light, she sees his horribly scarred face and his limp. Fitzwilliam Darcy survived a tragic carriage accident that claimed the life of his sister, and by all accounts of those who knew him, he is much changed. Now, he is a beast of a man, often in a bad temper, owing the pain he still suffers from the injuries he incurred. Elizabeth pities the man until he kisses her in the middle of the dance floor at the Netherfield Ball with everyone looking on. He’s trapped her in a marriage that is not of her choosing, and now she must travel with him to the isolated estate of Pemberley. Mr. Darcy knows what he’s done is monstrous. But there are monstrous things within him now. He doesn’t know what has possessed him to trespass against this beauty that will now be his wife. He knows he is beyond any hope. And yet… she stirs things within him. He will not let her go. This first book in the Happily Ever Collection unites Beauty and the Beast and Pride and Prejudice. Though each story in the collection takes its cue from a fairy tale, there are neither magic nor otherworldly elements in the stories.

After Miss Elizabeth Bennet’s father is swindled in an investment opportunity, the family finds themselves in dire straits, and the eldest Bennet sisters must seek positions as governesses. Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy needs a replacement for the disastrous Miss Younge, who brought his younger sister to near ruin at the hands of the late Mr. Wickham, so he hires Elizabeth. Wickham was killed in a flurry of violence. He threatened Miss Darcy with a knife; Mr. Darcy rushed to defend his sister; the end result was not entirely purposeful. Now, however, both Mr. Darcy and his sister are altered, and Elizabeth knows nothing of what befell them both. So, she arrives to an imposing and grim estate, a secretive and brooding employer, and a haughty and troubled charge. I’m afraid this is another of my out-of-character Mr. Darcy variations. I know not entirely what happened, but a bit of Mr. Rochester seemed to creep into him by degrees as I wrote, and I fear he is a bit darker than our own Fitzwilliam, though hopefully circumstances explain his behavior. I also failed at keeping it clean. Again. I seem to always fail at that, don’t I? Heavens.

Someone is marrying Mr. Darcy, but which one? Eighteen years ago, Fitzwilliam left Netherfield and Lizzy behind after they nearly shared a kiss. Lizzy couldn?t dwell on the knowledge he was going to marry Anne, because she had to accept Mr. Collins? proposal after her father?s untimely death. She consigned her feelings for Fitzwilliam to a deep place in her mind, never to be considered. Years later, her daughter returns home from a visit to Rosings Park with the news William Darcy wants to marry her. Lizzy is at first opposed to her daughter marrying Mr. Darcy?s son, but after seeing them together, she?s convinced Lottie will be happy with the boy. It?s no surprise when Mr. Darcy appears in full wrath, intent on preventing the union. As Lizzy and Fitzwilliam clash about their children?s futures, the past they never addressed lingers between them. Will passions ignite and give them a second chance, or are they both too proud and prejudiced to embrace this new opportunity? This features a widely divergent timeline sprinkled with a dash of what-if. What if a reformed Lady Catherine, shaped by grief, has mellowed and wants to play matchmaker? What if Lizzy took the reins of Longbourn? What if Fitzwilliam never learned to temper his pride in the past and is forced to do so now to embrace a chance at a happy future? ÿWhile Abbey sometimes writes sweet JAFF, this is strictly SENSUAL.

You've got mail, Elizabeth Bennet! In this short story retelling, Elizabeth decides that Mr. Darcy is the last man she could ever marry. When Mr. Darcy realizes that Elizabeth is the only woman for him, he must come up with a clever way to change her mind and win her heart.

What if Mr Collins shocked Elizabeth with his base conduct at the time of his proposal, thus sending her dashing out of her house, and into the arms of Mr Darcy? What if that accidental encounter was witnessed, and impropriety was assumed? What if Mr Darcy was glad of the excuse to marry his heart's desire - only to have his best hopes blasted within hours of his wedding? What if he found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time more than once? Evil rumours, an early marriage, a dreadful misunderstanding, an old secret and good intentions gone awry. What if 'I do' is not the end, but the beginning of the adventure? (The novel addresses mature themes. Given the 'early marriage' premise, the issue of growing affection and intimacy is central to the story. The relevant scenes are emotive and deeply sensual, but never explicit.)

Pride and Prejudice continued from the original book when Elizabeth Bennet refuses Mr. Darcy's proposal at Hunsford.

A salacious secret at Pemberley. Will Mr. Darcy's carefully hidden delights be exposed? When Elizabeth Bennet, the woman Darcy yearns for but cannot marry, arrives unexpectedly at Pemberley, he struggles not to succumb to tormented desire. But when she discovers his secret dungeon, his gloves come off, and the pleasure begins.