**Elizabeth Bennet** My life is in tatters: a scandalous elopement, the possible loss of my beloved Longbourn, and the mortifying memory of a rejected proposal. As if that's not enough, I now have the delightful job of handling the unruly Holt children as their governess. Little did I know, this role would pull me into the world of international intrigue. Italy, Napoleon, and danger? Not exactly what I signed up for. **Things going terribly wrong: ** 1. Longbourn's impending doom. (Just perfect.) 2. Becoming a governess. (Desperation calls.) 3. Discovering the Holt's suspicious interest in Napoleon. (Because, of course.) 4. Running into the last person I'd ever want to see. (Why, universe, why?) 5. Realizing that the only man who can help me navigate this mess is the one whose heart I broke. (Oh, irony.) **Fitzwilliam Darcy** Getting over Elizabeth Bennet? Harder than I imagined. Being called upon for a crucial mission? Just my luck. Finding out Elizabeth is tangled in the very web I'm trying to unravel? Absolutely unbelievable. **Things I didn't expect this year: ** 1. Elizabeth becoming ensnared in an international incident. (Coincidence? I think not.) 2. Having to balance my mission with my feelings. (I'm not prepared.) 3. The burning need to protect Elizabeth from looming danger while she still despises me. (Old habits.) 4. Europe on the brink of war... again. (Timing is everything.) 5. Realizing the only way forward is to confront our past. (I could use a sign.) In a world teetering on war, can a gentleman set on deciphering international secrets and a governess wrapped up in her own tumultuous saga find their way back to each other?

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.

Darcy's got the wealth and wit, but Elizabeth's heart is already spoken for. Cue the romance and shenanigans, because the game of love is about to get serious. **Elizabeth Bennet** It was supposed to be simple: come back to Derbyshire, see childhood friends, maybe fall in love. But that was before I realized George Darcy, the boy I'd set my heart on when I was just thirteen, was engaged to Lady Lucilla. Things I didn't expect this week: 1. Realizing I still had feelings for George. (Old habits die hard.) 2. Being warned off by his oh-so-serious older brother. (As if I'd listen!) 3. Finding myself in the middle of a love square? Love rhombus? Whatever it's called. 4. Being oddly drawn to the older Darcy brother. (His eyes... that's all I'm saying.) 5. Being the unintentional wrench in a seemingly perfect engagement. 6. Participating in the wittiest banter battles of my life. (With Mr. Tall, Dark, and Handsome, no less.) 7. Maybe... just maybe... reconsidering where my heart truly lies. **Fitzwilliam Darcy** I pride myself on being the responsible Darcy. But responsibility gets a tad complicated when Elizabeth Bennet storms back into our lives. This week's unforeseen complications: 1. Trying to keep my wayward brother, George, on the straight and narrow. (Impossible.) 2. Watching Elizabeth, with her sparkling eyes and razor-sharp wit, aim for George's heart. (Torture.) 3. Reminding myself I'm trying to keep her away for George's own good. (A lie I keep telling myself.) 4. Finding it increasingly challenging to keep my distance. (Why does she have to be so... captivating?) 5. Becoming entangled in a mess of love, loyalty, and longing. 6. Wishing, for the first time in my life, that I wasn't the responsible one. 7. Realizing that perhaps it's my heart that's at stake in this unexpected game of romance.

Will their love survive their in-laws? The newlyweds of Derbyshire-formerly Mr. Darcy and Miss Elizabeth Bennet-barely have time to enjoy each other's company before unexpected visitors descend upon Pemberley. To Elizabeth's horror, her mother and father have invited themselves and their two married daughters to stay with the Darcys, and their departure date remains as elusive as Mrs. Bennet's manners. Elizabeth feels torn between her duties as a hostess and her desire to throttle her mother to have a moment's peace. Worse, the quest to discover the Bennets' true motives for being there threatens the deep affection she and her husband have for each other. When Mr. Darcy learns the shocking cause of this impromptu visit, he must devise a plan with his wife to save her family from ruin... again. But first, he must save his marriage.

Sparks fly when Miss Elizabeth Bennet takes work as a governess at Pemberley.Will deceptions, highwaymen, and a rambunctious eleven-year-old girl bring Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy together or tear them apart?After rejecting Mr. Collins proposal, Miss Elizabeth Bennet assumes the persona of a widow and goes to Lambton to find work. But when she befriends Mr. Darcy's half-sister Rose and becomes her governess, she must contend with Mr. Darcy, a man she wishes to despise, and Col. Richard Fitzwilliam, a man she wants to love but cannot. With Rose's help, will Elizabeth find the strength to follow her heart?Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy would sooner face bandits than return to Pemberley and deal with his stepmother -- alas, he must do both. And when he discovers Miss Elizabeth Bennet in his home, serving as governess to his half-sister Rose, things go from bad to worse. Col. Fitzwilliam is falling for her. Mr. Darcy is too -- or would be, if Miss Elizabeth were at all suitable. Will Mr. Darcy stop denying his heart before his cousin steals Elizabeth's?Find out in An Unsuitable Governess, a standalone Pride and Prejudice novel of 64,000 words.Warning! This book contains: one not at all wicked stepmother, one 100% wicked band of highwaymen, one rambunctious eleven-year-old, one deceptive governess with a heart of gold, one love-stricken colonel, one handsome gentleman in denial of his true feelings, one found treasure, and two happily ever afters to set your heart aflutter.

Is Mr. Darcy Too Late?In the wake of her father's death, Miss Elizabeth Bennet must fend for her self. While Mr. Darcy is away helping Elizabeth's sister Lydia avoid ruination, her own situation grows desperate. Elizabeth hires on as a governess only to find her charge's life is in danger. Trying to protect the debutante-to-be puts Elizabeth in danger. Suddenly being a governess is not the safe position she had expected...Has Mr. Darcy's devotion been in vain?Now back at Netherfield, Mr. Darcy finds Longbourn inhabited by the Collins, and Elizabeth gone. Mr. Darcy sets off after her following the only information he knows, she is in London, working as a governess. However, governesses about and none of them are Elizabeth. Will he be able to find her and ask if her feelings for him have changed?Can Mr. Darcy find Elizabeth before its too late?Love Unmasked is a Cinderella story of 50,000 words that is a stand alone novel and book 3 of Pride and Prejudice Variations series of standalone Darcy and Elizabeth books. This Pride and Prejudice fanfiction features second chances, a lost love, forbidden love, women in peril and a happy reunion.