Like The Gentleman He Was: A Pride and Prejudice Variation (Elizabeth and Darcy : An Alternate Path to Happiness)

Fitzwilliam

Fitzwilliam Darcy was finding it difficult to fight his attraction to the impertinent, green-eyed Miss Elizabeth Bennet. So, when Miss Bingley proposes to decamp from Netherfield behind Bingley's back, he reluctantly agrees, telling himself it would be good both for his friend and his beleaguered heart. However, he is unable to leave without one last glimpse of the lovely Miss Bennet. An unfortunate accident occurs when he goes to meet her one last time. His rescue of Elizabeth leads to gossip and rumours, forcing him to offer marriage. To his surprise, he realises that neither he is unhappy with the outcome nor is Elizabeth happy with it; in fact, she dislikes him deeply. But Fitzwilliam Darcy has never run away from challenges, and he would not from this unique one—courting his own wife and making her fall in love with him, at least as much as he was with her.

Elizabeth

Circumstances forced Elizabeth Bennet to marry a man she heartily disliked only a few days before her marriage. What could be her future with such a man? To her surprise, she finds that not only is Mr Darcy a man she could respect, but he also has the charm to make her fall in love with him. In love with a man who had confessed to finding her barely tolerable! Oh, was she doomed for a marriage of unequal affections, or would she overcome her insecurities and find true love?