Chapter 9 A Winter Wonder

I genuinely LOVE scenes where Mr. Darcy is the worried father-to-be, and he and Elizabeth are romantically making decisions for their family… together. XOXOXO Elizabeth Ann West Chapter 9 – A Winter Wonder, a Pride and Prejudice Variation “Mrs. Darcy? Time to open your eyes. Mrs. Darcy?” A husky male voice tickled Lizzie’s ear, and […]

Chapter 8 A Winter Wonder

As I reread this chapter, I laughed at myself and how much I am such a fangirl of Downton Abbey. I still rewatch all of the seasons every year. 🙂  XOXOXO Elizabeth Ann West Chapter 8 – A Winter Wonder, a Pride and Prejudice Variation With a temporary truce called between Lady Matlock and her […]

Chapter 7 A Winter Wonder

And a Happy Christmas 🙂 Oh I laughed so hard at the end of the little girl not telling Mr. Darcy her name! 🙂  XOXOXO Elizabeth Ann West Chapter 7 – A Winter Wonder, a Pride and Prejudice Variation Freshly cut boughs of evergreen decorated every flat surface of the first floor of Pemberley. After […]

Chapter 6 A Winter Wonder

Entrenched . . . it was such a terrible fate. We know it as being “on a budget.” 🙂 I felt so bad for Kitty in this story…but YAY Uncle Gardiner! We should all have an uncle like him! XOXOXO Elizabeth Ann West Chapter 6 – A Winter Wonder, a Pride and Prejudice Variation Three […]

Chapter 5 A Winter Wonder

It was fun to work in real historical figures into this tale… by bringing in the Bachelor Duke (son and daughter of the famous Duchess of Devonshire)!  XOXOXO Elizabeth Ann West Chapter 5 – A Winter Wonder, a Pride and Prejudice Variation The acceptance of a dinner invitation to Pemberley by the young Duke of […]

Chapter 4 A Winter Wonder

Can I just admit sometimes the scenes most fun to write are the ones with scoundrels in them? 🙂 XOXOXO Elizabeth Ann West Chapter 4 – A Winter Wonder, a Pride and Prejudice Variation Edward Gardiner loathed his empty house. By day, he toiled endlessly to manage his contracts and pursue new vendors for his […]

Chapter 2 Mr. Darcy Presents His Wife

This chapter did not want to be written… oooh it was a stubborn little beastie. I kept getting stuck at trying to write it in a way to capture Elizabeth’s challenges with her mother and elder sister, because in canon, there is a discernible break between the sisters after London. According to the annotated Pride and […]

Chapter 1 Mr. Darcy Presents His Wife

Many of my stories are what I call, frankenbooks. They begin as one length idea, or story idea, and I get in there writing and . . . the characters have other ideas! My job is often just trying to capture what the characters are doing in my head. This story WAS supposed to just […]

Chapter 3 A Winter Wonder

Those girls! Could you imagine what would have happened if Mr. Darcy caught them?? 🙂  XOXOXO Elizabeth Ann West Chapter 3 – A Winter Wonder, a Pride and Prejudice Variation Youth abounded in the halls of Pemberley between the Gardiner children and the younger women in residence, often resulting in startling shrieks of laughter and […]

Chapter 2 A Winter Wonder

I am terribly sorry I lost track of things and began posting this book from 2015 and then stopped. Life became very distracting for me as I poured my energies into another project, and the Universe reminded me loudly and clearly, I am an author. 🙂 *giggles* Shall we resume? XOXOXO Elizabeth Ann West Chapter […]

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