Blakely Hill - A Pride and Prejudice Variation (The Sweet Regency Romance #10)

Miss Elizabeth Bennet could not be more pleased for her dear friend Charlotte. Miss Lucas has married an officer of the regiment—Mr. Harry Wheatley, kind, thoughtful, but of middling prospects at best. No matter, Charlotte’s one dear wish was to avoid spinsterhood and she has had the great good luck to marry for love. Happily ensconced in Dorset in her cozy farmhouse, keys jingling around her waist, Charlotte could not know that a letter was on its way that would change everything.

Unexpected by anybody, Mr. Harry Wheatley has just become the next Viscount Blakely, and that makes Charlotte the new Lady Blakely. They will relocate to Blakely Hill, the seat in Derbyshire just nearby the village of Lambton. Elizabeth and Jane are invited to go to Charlotte and assist her in settling into her new household.

Elizabeth finds Mr. Darcy, Blakely Hill’s closest neighbor, a bit dull on first acquaintance. Over time, though, she begins to see that he is a man of intelligence and substance. Their relationship deepens through thoughtful and lively conversation and Elizabeth begins to hope, but unknown to most in the neighborhood, trouble is afoot.

Mr. Wickham has devised a plan to secure his future and, perhaps most dangerous of all, Mrs. Bennet and Miss Lydia Bennet are poised to descend upon Blakely Hill.