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  • The Marriage Bargain: A Variation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice

  • By: Lucy Marin
  • Narrated by: Alexandra Lee Smith
  • Length: 11 hrs and 58 mins
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By: Lucy Marin
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“You can sell Pemberley and settle as many debts as possible. Or you could marry a wealthy woman and use her fortune to restore it.”

Fitzwilliam Darcy, heir to a mountain of debt, a tarnished family name, and a crumbling estate, finds himself confronted by an unthinkable choice. Knowing it is a last chance to save his birthright, he agrees to an arranged marriage with Miss Elizabeth Bennet, ward of her wealthy but vulgar uncle, Mr. Gardiner. Despite entering into the marriage understanding what he is giving up, he soon finds himself resenting the actions of his forebears and the choices he feels he was forced to make.

Elizabeth Bennet knows that marrying a gentleman of high birth would allow her to reclaim the social status she lost when her father died. Having been approached by men falsely proclaiming their affection for her, she embraces the opportunity to set the terms of her marriage openly and honestly. After meeting Mr. Darcy and his sister, Elizabeth is determined to give them the home and care they deserve. Believing she and Mr. Darcy have a common understanding of what their union will be like, she has high hopes for a happy future.

A friendship between them soon promises to bloom into something more romantic, but Darcy has unresolved issues in his past that will not remain hidden. Dismayed, Darcy at last confronts his errors…but is it too late for he and Elizabeth to find happiness together?

The Marriage Bargain is a forced or contracted marriage variation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and will be enjoyed by fans of Georgette Heyer's A Civil Contract and other regency romances.

©2022 Lucy Sportza (P)2022 Quills & Quartos Publishing

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Was a difficult book to finish

Not a lot happens and the iconic characters are reimagined in ways that show the opposite of their iconic traits.
It is by no means a modern retelling, evident in the plot and character arcs and for a modern audience, it is lacking in substance, especially in comparison to the original P&P.
The romance feels very forced, definitely towards the end of the novel and I was not invested in their journey that seemed to go around in circles.

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