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Mr Darcy's Second Chance is a compilation of three previously published Pride and Prejudice Variations.

Elsbeth Munford is set to marry the man she loves until an accident destroys her life. Her beauty tainted by ugly scars, Ellie resigns herself to a life of spinsterhood. Frederick Lancaster, brother to the Marquess of Elmridge, returns home from war. A hero in the eyes of others, he is haunted by nightmares. Unable to make his peace with the past, Frederick retreats into the dark until his brother dies and he not only inherits his title, but with it the obligation to produce an heir. When two damaged souls find themselves tied to one another, will they pull each other under?

For Allegra Proctor, tutoring the Earl of Wrexham's son has its disadvantages—namely the widowed earl himself. Arrogant, cold, and moody, Wrexham is also distractingly dashing. But Allegra only needs to to keep secret her real reason for taking a job in the wilds of Yorkshire long enough to right the wrong against her father, committed by the earl's dastardly neighbor. All is going according to plan–until the earl’s son discovers her quest for justice and demands to help. But when their first foray runs into trouble, Wrexham is quickly entangled in the scheming.

His heart torn in two, Graham Astor, Duke of Kensington, mourns his wife. As he distances himself from everything that reminds him of happier days lost forever, he comes to realize that there is one thing he cannot run from. Graham needs a new wife, if only for the sake of his daughter. Disillusioned with love, Rosabel only wishes to not remain a burden to her uncle's family much longer. After seeing her parents' love turn against them, Rosabel dreams of an independent life as a governess. But then a stranger asks for her hand in marriage.

When his wife suddenly drops dead during a family picnic, Adam Collins doesn't think things could possibly get any worse. That is until they do. Family pressure begins to mount for Adam to find a new wife, far sooner than he would like, but he does need help with his young children. Alice Wesley just lost her sister. Her brother Nathan has lost his mind with grief. She will stop at nothing to protect her sister's children, even from her own brother. Now the unthinkable has happened, and it's up to Alice to find a way of escape, both for herself and the innocent children in her care.

Heavily pregnant, Barbara is looking forward to welcoming her new baby. But with her husband Alex still away flying and fighting the Germans, she fears he will miss the arrival of his longed-for child. But after the birth, Barbara is gripped with a terrible fear that she will lose her family completely – that this dreadful war will take everything from her. As she spirals into a dark depression, she pushes everyone away and it seems as though she will lose everyone she loves after all. Unless Barbara can find the courage to grab her second chance at happiness?

Years ago, Lord James Harrington, the Earl of Manderly, saved Miss Evie Ashewood and made her his countess. Their marriage was meant to be a sanctuary—until a threat to Evie’s life shatters their fragile peace and exposes her hidden wounds. Now the quiet earl is tormented by an improper longing…for the wife he adores but cannot reach. Brilliant, shy, and far more comfortable in a greenhouse than a ballroom, Evie never intended to marry—least of all a man as impossibly perfect as James. Yet behind closed doors, his tenderness awakens dangerous desires.

For years, Edna Miller has found herself drawn to Emery Hoschtettler with an attraction she can explain no better than she can put a stop to it. Other suitors come and go, but none make her feel the way she feels around Emery - that incredible floating feeling, as if she was walking on air, mixed with a painful desperation to be ever nearer to him. Despite the fact that Emery seldom seems to pay her much attention, she decides it would be unfair to marry anyone else when her heart longs only for him. He hasn’t seriously dated anyone else either.

Sie wurde gewarnt: Er bekommt immer, was er will. Bisher hat ihm noch keine Miss widerstanden – wird sie die Erste sein? Miss Melissa Amber kann es kaum erwarten, in die schillernde Ballsaison der Londoner Gesellschaft einzutauchen. Sie träumt davon, mit eleganten Gentlemen zu tanzen und ihre ersten Schritte in die hohe Gesellschaft zu machen. Doch ihre Familie warnt sie eindringlich vor einem Mann: Lord Lamont Martindale, dem berüchtigten Earl of Hambelton – ein Verführer, der sich die Eroberung von Herzen zur Aufgabe gemacht hat. Ihr wird nahegelegt, ihm um jeden Preis aus dem Weg zu gehen.

A month ago, Amy Wood had her perfect home, perfect boyfriend and perfect job in London. Now she’s broken-hearted, living in her parents’ tiny bungalow, and working in an estate agents in Bath. But Amy gets a new lease on life when she undertakes to sell Rosemont Hall, a crumbling Georgian mansion riddled with woodworm, dry rot – and secrets.

Gerald feels as though he’s lost everything when his wife takes her last breath. Amelia’s world turns upside down when the Duke of Granbury steps into her tea shop and leaves with her heart. But when a secret from Amelia’s past unveils possibilities, will the duke get a second chance at love from an unexpected source?

Victoria Mountbatten has fought hard to earn her medical degree, but her powerful father uses his influence to block any doctor from hiring her. Faced with an ultimatum—marry a society gentleman or face disinheritance, Tori sees only one path to freedom. She makes a bold proposition to Dr. Harrison Blake, a colleague she's worked alongside for years: a plan that will take them far from Boston's stifling society.

For every fan who has wished Jane Austen herself might have enjoyed the romance and happy ending she so carefully crafted for all her heroines: The Persuasion of Miss Jane Austen, by Shannon Winslow. What if the tale Jane Austen told in her last, most poignant novel was inspired by momentous events in her own life? Did she in fact intend Persuasion to stand forever in homage to her one true love?

Six years after emerging from a fountain of youth, siblings Bill, Paul, and Annie Carpenter, time travelers from 2022, make their way in 1911. In New York, Bill and wife Cassie finish a year as educators and struggle to start a family, while Annie tries her hand as a society reporter. In Arizona, Paul and Andy Lee, sergeants and brothers-in-law, attempt to keep the Mexican Revolution from spilling across the border. For all, life marches on. Then the soldiers receive new orders, Paul and Annie meet alluring strangers, and the family's fortunes take dramatic turns.

Miss Gladdie Lyndon's world is turned upside down when her father’s stroke leaves her in charge of Velvet Brooks Horse Farm. With the horseracing industry in decline and the 1908 Kentucky Derby on the brink of cancellation, Gladdie faces an uphill battle to save her family’s legacy. The pressure mounts as clients abandon the farm, leaving her to pin all hopes on a mysterious new horse champion.

Pippa Fox is every man’s desire. Even mine. But when she calls me, scared and in danger, I couldn’t help but run to her side, throwing us back to five years ago. But this time, I won’t let her go. I can’t. I will make her submit, even if I have to break her spirit to do so.

After spending eight years in jail, Elias Groves is struggling to make a life for himself…. After all, there aren’t many people willing to hire someone convicted of bank robbery. No matter how many times he moves and attempts a fresh start, Elias can’t escape his past, and unable to find stable work, the idea of a wife and a family seems to be slipping further and further from his reach. When his friend suggests perusing advertisements in the paper to find a woman looking for a husband, he’s not convinced.

Sie skandalbehaftet. Er vor dem Traualtar stehen gelassen. Beide mit dem festen Entschluss, nie zu heiraten. Aber gegen Küssen allein spricht doch nichts, oder? Gracie Bradford, die Schwester des Lords of Waldridge, ist unschuldig mit einem Skandal behaftet. Ihr ist klar, dass sie so nie einen Gentleman finden wird, der bereit ist, sie zu heiraten. Das ändert sich auch nicht, als der Ehrenwerte Damian Elder ins Haus ihres Bruders kommt, um ein Hochzeitsportrait für den Lord anzufertigen.

Eigentlich ist er ihr Vormund, aber wer kann sich vor der Liebe wehren? Vor allem, wenn der Earl ein wahrer Märchenprinz zu sein scheint. Gäbe es da nicht ein düsteres Geheimnis im Herrenhaus … George Cockridge, Earl of Townfield, finanziert schon seit vielen Jahren die schulische Ausbildung für die Tochter seines verstorbenen Militärkameraden. Um so überraschter ist er, als er eines Tages eine hübsche, junge Dame in der Eingangshalle seines Herrenhauses antrifft. Patience Danford, ist gerade einundzwanzig Jahre geworden. Alt genug endlich das Mädchenpensionat zu verlassen.

Manchmal … ist es ein Glück, eine Apothekerstochter zu sein. Eloise Padgett ist Apothekerstochter. Einer Leidenschaft folgend arbeitet sie als Krankenpflegerin in reichen Häusern. Ihr neuster Schützling ist Christian Bradford, Lord of Waldridge. Doch entgegen ihrer anfänglichen Vermutung ist der Lord kein älterer Gentleman, sondern ein junger Mann. Mehr noch, sie kennt ihn. Es war eine flüchtige Bekanntschaft in der Apotheke ihres Vaters, wo sie den Lord nach einem Reitunfall verarztet hat. Schon damals war es Liebe auf den ersten Blick für sie.