Mary Smythe

'Tis the Season is a collection of stories inspired by the beloved characters of Jane Austen in Pride and Prejudice. This collection is comprised of the following nine novellas: Heart Enough by Amy D’Orazio A Yuletide Dream by Julie Cooper In the Spirit Intended by Jan Ashton Stranded at...

“He is the kind of man, indeed, to whom I should never dare refuse anything which he condescended to ask.” (Mr. Bennet, Pride and Prejudice Volume III, Chapter 17) It had never occurred to Fitzwilliam Darcy that once he had chosen a bride, her father might dare to refuse his consent. When...

Darcy's own name leapt at him from the page and his treacherous eyes could not withstand the temptation drawing them downward. What had Elizabeth written about him? Fitzwilliam Darcy is on the verge of proposing to Miss Elizabeth Bennet when he happens upon her diary in a field of bluebells...

To think that Mr. Darcy considers himself in love with me! Elizabeth Bennet is horrified when, during a walk in Netherfield’s gardens with her sister Jane, she witnesses Mr. Darcy take a fall from his horse. Rushing to his aid, she is bewildered when he–seeming quite out of his...

Fitzwilliam Darcy, Hero is a duology comprised of two previously published novella length variations of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.

I do not see what right Mr Darcy had to decide on the propriety of his friend’s inclination, or why, upon his own judgement alone, he was to determine and direct in what manner that friend was to be happyWhen Fitzwilliam Darcy hides Jane Bennet's presence in London from his friend Bingley, he assure