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By Consequence of Marriage: A Pride & Prejudice Novel Variation (The Moralities of Marriage Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Elizabeth Ann West (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Book 1 of 6: The Moralities of Marriage

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This is the first novel in the Moralities of Marriage series, a Pride and Prejudice Variation series.

When his horse throws a shoe, Fitzwilliam Darcy misses rescuing his sister, Georgiana Darcy, from the clutches of George Wickham by only one day. Now on the hunt to find them both, the gossip beginning to swirl in London forces him to abdicate the search to his cousin, Colonel Richard Fitzwilliam, while he plays the wayward gentleman in Hertfordshire with his friend Charles Bingley. After a collision with his future, Darcy struggles to satisfy his attraction to a pair of fine eyes and keep his family's scandal hidden.

Elizabeth Bennet dreams of nothing more than remaining close to her sister, Jane. When the rich gentleman, Charles Bingley, enters the neighborhood, it seems certain that Jane will make a match with him. After all, Jane Bennet is the sweetest and most beautiful woman in the county! But Elizabeth's efforts to find her own local match go awry and she feels abandoned by the first man to cause stirrings in her heart. Her parents attempt to marry Elizabeth off to her cousin, William Collins, who is set to inherit the estate. But when she refuses, she soon finds herself In London with relatives, forced to find her own happiness.

By Consequence of Marriage is a sweet, romantic novel starring our favorite dear couple from Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice, wondering how the story might have changed if Georgiana was lost. It's a great storyline for Jane Austen Book Clubs wanting to compare and contrast how our favorite characters might have changed fundamentally if Mr. Darcy never attended the Meryton Assembly.

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"The unique take on the P&P variation held my attention through each page--I forgot I was reading at times. The author's take on the Regency period shows a lot of research and her character development was refreshingly noteworthy...not just a retelling but a reinvention! This might be the first book that I have read by the author but it will not be the last." - Sarah Price, author of The Plain Fame series.

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Adversity. That's the nice word for when bad things happen out of your control and you make the best of it. :)

I think the reason I loved writing this story so much through the three different versions the trilogy went through (in one, I married Elizabeth to Mr. Collins, honestly, and there's a reason that version will never be finished, lol), was that in this version, Darcy and Elizabeth were not victims. Yes, many things conspire around them to make life miserable, but at the end of the day, both characters stand up and work towards their own destiny.

And that's what we all have to do. The holiday season is especially good at making the adverse situations that much more painful. But picking ourselves up and moving forward is our courage. It is our bravery. It is our strength.

Here's to a wonderful New Year to all of my readers and fans. Your emails and notes this week have been such a blessing. May we all enjoy less adversity and more love and friendship in 2015. :)

Always Smiling,Elizabeth Ann West

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00OLY2JU0
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Elizabeth Ann West (December 23, 2014)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 23, 2014
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2520 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 334 pages

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- #4,069 in Historical Regency Fiction

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A Jane-of-all-trades, mistress to none! Elizabeth Ann West is the author of 10 novels and 11 novellas, 20 of which are story variations of Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice. Her books have won reader conference awards and hit the Historical Bestseller lists on Amazon, Kobo, and the iBooks stores multiple times. A lover of all things geeky, Elizabeth codes websites, dabbles in graphic design, and is always looking for new technology to learn and master. Mother of two, her family has lived all over the United States, currently back home in Virginia Beach, VA. A proud Captain, graduate of Christopher Newport University in Leadership Studies, you can keep up with Elizabeth on Twitter @Eawwrites and on her website, http://elizabethannwest.com where she posts new fiction as she writes it!
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By Consequence of Marriage: A Pride and Prejudice Novel Variation (The Moralities of Marriage Book 1)

Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2017

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Angst upon angst. Couldn't get much worse in this story. Darcy didn't get to Ramsgate in time to rescue Georgiana from Wickham's presence; however the silly child didn't want to be rescued from her lover. Darcy and Fitzwilliam searched for weeks plotting areas the two wayward idiots might be located. When Darcy's aunt, the Countess of Matlock, gets involved, she shooed him out of London to Netherfield. Meeting Elizabeth was definitely an accident, forcing her off the road with his horse. Finally finding her at the bottom of the culvert, she is severely injured and unconscious. Taking her to Netherfield, he leaves Caroline Bingley with no option to refuse his request. He sends a rider to London for his own doctor and requests the local apothecary. Recognizing, Elizabeth Bennet, Caroline begins berating both the Bennet family, especially Elizabeth. Needless to say, Darcy is less than happy with her attitude and remarks. Literally yelling at Caroline to notify her family, he places her in the room assigned to him. Caroline is less than pleased and is anything but pleasant. Still unconscious, Darcy sets her broken ankle. Mr Bennet and Jane arrive to check on Elizabeth. Both Darcy and Bingley wonder about his lackadaisical attitude towards Elizabeth. He leaves Elizabeth in Jane's hands. For weeks Elizabeth and Jane are at Netherfield while she recovers. The more she's around Darcy tells more her feelings for him grow. Little does she know that Darcy's feelings for Elizabeth have grown also. When finally gets to leave her room, she accidentally overhears a discussion about someone pretending to hurt her ankle. Immediately Elizabeth convinces Jane to leave Netherfield in the morning. Little did she know that Caroline pulled a stunt claiming she turned her ankle while walking. Darcy offers his sympathy, but leaves her to sit in the dirt while he gets a footman to help her. This was funny. She never stops trying and you'll have to admit that she's persistent as well as clueless. When Darcy gets a letter from Fitzwilliam saying that he has found Georgiana and Wickham, at first light he's off to London at first light. In his excitement to leave, he leaves the letter on the desk. When Bingley sees her reading Darcy's personal letter, he threatens Caroline where he knows it will hurt - her overspending on her clothing allowance. Both Mr and Mrs Bennet have decided that Elizabeth will marry Collins. Totally against this, Elizabeth refuses his proposal. Even Jane who has married Bingley expects her to marry him for the good of her family. Dragging her through the house by her hair, Mrs Bennet throws her from the house. Darcy depressed about his sister having to marry Wickham since she is with child, totally misunderstands Bingley's wedding will take place on November 13th. Wondering how Bingley knew when his wayward sister was marrying his enemy, Darcy figures they were invited. The day of the wedding, the Bingleys didn't show. Wheels turning in his head, Darcy rushes back to go through the mail that has stacked up during Georgiana's fiasco. Georgiana is a spoiled rotten stupid snot and totally deserves to be with Wickham. Anyway, back to Darcy's mail. Finding an invitation for Bingley's wedding on November 13th, Darcy rushes to Netherfield the next morning. Caroline tries every which way to get him to stay, but finally admits that they have left on their wedding trip taking Mary. He's off to Longbourn when he sees the two giggling Gerties, Kitty and Lydia, and weasels out of them that Elizabeth is in London. Angry, upset, and totally depressed, his household realizes that he has taken to drink. Elizabeth travels to Darcy House to return the book he left for her to read, and even though the housekeeper knows to admit no one, figures this is one call he will want to take. His valet risks Darcy's temper since he recognizes her name and a rather funny scene and dialogue take place in his bedroom. Exchanging their feelings for one another, she approves to a courtship. Unbeknownst to Darcy, he is attacked by his Aunt Catherine, Aunt and Uncle Matlock and forced with an attentive marriage to Anne de Bourgh. When Colonel Fitzwilliam finds out, he is livid. He and Anne love one another, and Darcy tells him that between now and Easter, they will figure out a plan so that Darcy can marry Elizabeth and Fitzwilliam can marry Anne. The next evening Darcy takes Elizabeth and the Gardiners to the theatre and the gossip column announces his attending with an unknown person, Lady Catherine takes it upon herself to put the engagement notice in the paper between he and Anne. Ready to wring his Aunt Catherine's neck, Darcy realizes that he must see Elizabeth to explain. He is not allowed entrance so walks in front of the house, back and forth, until Elizabeth finally goes out to hear what he has to say. Understanding what has happened, Elizabeth promises to wait, and they force a compromise in front of her uncle. Story continues. Book 2

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Wonderful plots

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I'm torn on this one but giving it four stars because of the delicious plots. My hesitation on rating it so high is that Elizabeth comes off more like an impudent pre-teen tomboy than a socially adept impertinent young woman. However, I am looking forward to the next edition in this sequel due to the wonderful intrigues that have yet to be concluded. (I do not describe plot lines in my reviews because it takes away from a future reader's wonderful adventure in their own discovery. Oh yes, I forgot to say there is no descent into soft porn in order to titillate the reader. The story will hold you to the end.)

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Deliciously angst filled

Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2015

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Point one: This is a series, this is the first book in the series so it doesn't end like a traditional book. I am not complaining about that I am merely pointing it out to any one who reads this review
Point two: This book is dark. Many beloved characters will disappoint you a great deal in this book.
No one does angst like this author.

This is truly a different WHAT-IF. As in What if Georgiana eloped with Wickham and was missing for months and what if Mr. & Mrs. Bennet decided it would suit them best if Lizzy married Collins so she could stay and Longbourn FOREVER, and what if Jane Bennet was not so much nice as really complacent and only wanted to avoid conflict.

This book isn't so much a roller coaster as it is the Tower of Terror, you drop and stop and drop some more. Honestly I really wanted to rescue Lizzy myself by reaching into my Kindle and pulling her out.

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Several marriages later....

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3.5 stars

WARNING!!! This is the first book in a three book series and although this first kindle book is offered at $.99 the next two are way over-priced (in my opinion) @ $8.99 and $9.99. And even though this first one is a major cliffhanger I will not pay those prices for either ~300 page story. So I will not be reading how the major crisis in this first book plays out in the following novels.

For about two-thirds of this first book I had thoughts that if I owned the paperback copy I would be checking the last pages of the book to see how it ended. NOW I know that if I had the paperback copy I would have been more alert to the fact that this story continues on. CLIFF HANGER WARNING! Little by little we learn of family secrets and how Darcy and then Richard Fitzwilliam and eventually Elizabeth are forced to play roles in this tale of family secrets, arranged marriages, entailed estates and bastard children.

This book does not follow canon although we meet most of the same people: M/M Bennet, the Lucases, Lady Catherine and Anne de Bourgh, Lord and Lady Matlock, Colonel Fitzwilliam, Aunt and Uncle Gardiner, George Wickham, Georgiana Darcy and Mr. Collins.

As the book description tells the reader, Darcy’s horse throws a horseshoe so he is not on time to prevent the elopement of his sister and that dastardly steward’s son. And in order to cover up the search for the couple Lady Matlock insists that Darcy leave London so as not to draw attention as to why he is in residence. Darcy hues off to join Bingley at his newly leased estate but as he rides trying to vent some of his frustration he gallops around a bend and a woman dives for the ditch to avoid being run down. Elizabeth has been out walking off her own frustration in the collapse of her own marriage plans as she has been told by the man she saw as a suitable match that he plans to marry to further his family connections. So she now lies unconscious with a head and ankle injury and Darcy takes her to Netherfield to recuperate as he doesn’t know her identity. Roles are reversed as Jane now attends to Lizzy while she is bedridden. Darcy, out of guilt, gives her of his time to help while away the hours and they begin to form warmer feelings.

Mr. Bennet has a secret of his own, one involving his health and as he attempts to find a way to insure his family’s future decides that he can keep his country estate in the family by forcing a marriage to Collins. Of course, in this resolve he is joined by his wife. Mr. Bennet’s behavior towards Elizabeth is even more unforgiveable in this version. Then Collins shows sadistic tendencies towards the woman he has been assured will marry him by trying to control not just her reading material. Even Jane turns her back on our dear girl by pushing Elizabeth to give that man a chance, he can't be all that bad. Do you hear me grinding my teeth?

Then there is the leading premise (back to the forefront of the story) - Georgiana is full of teenage idealism (a belief in unrealistic fairy tale endings) as to the attentions of a man allowed to approach her...by Mrs. Younge. Remember Wickham’s version of his history told to Elizabeth in canon – well, here it is Georgiana who hears and believes that pack of lies. So her relationship with W., unfortunately, plays out to the extreme end and then forces her extended family to plot, to plan, to scheme just how to make this look good in the eyes of society.

I loved the part early in the book during which Elizabeth is “lent” a book of Shakespeare’s Sonnets by Darcy. Later, when ODG goes off to “stay” with the Gardiners that loan gives her the pretext to use for its “return” and she is off to his town house to return it. We read of some majors twist here. November 13th has been a day of significant events but also big confusion as to what is going on in town vs. in the shire of Hertford. As Elizabeth and Darcy untangle the impressions about each other’s status we also see how gossip causes Lady Catherine to take steps into her own hands. The next book is to give us the tale of ODC versus Lady Catherine.

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F. Ahlf

Lizzy OOC, mäh :(

Reviewed in Germany on September 13, 2017

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Der Ausschnitt aus der Leseprobe erschien ganz nett..Aber leider geraten die Charaktere ziemlich schnell out of character - und auch noch sehr unsympathisch. Vor allem Lizzy ist nervig, arrogant, selbstverliebt und dumm. Misgünstig gegenüber Jane und einfach nicht ertragbar. Sehr schade! Denn der Schreibstil ist nett und angenehm. Für dsn Preis und weil es echt nervt mit dem OOC eigentlich nur 1 Stern, aber Schreibstil wie gesagt ok und Idee fand ich auch gut

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Carol L

Ceci est une saga sans fin...

Reviewed in France on April 23, 2017

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De base, l'idée est originale.
On se retrouve avec une Georgianna égoïste, naive et revancharde qui fait passer de très mauvais moments à ce pauvre Darcy.

J'aime le fait qu'elle soit obligée de marier son George, mais à partir de là on s'attend tout de même qu'à un moment elle ne soit plus si bête et se rende compte de l'erreur qu'elle a commise...

D'autre part, la rencontre Elizabeth/Darcy s'est faite de façon originale et on s'attend à un dénouement heureux à un moment ou un autre (le principe même des variations P&P quand même), sachant que ça dépendra aussi du comportement de Georgianna, de la famille Bennet et de Lady Catherine. Bref, un scénario original pour aboutir à la même fin.

Intriguée, j'ai lu tout le livre, et là où je pensais trouver mes réponses dans un seul livre, soi disant une histoire complète, j'ai été déçue de me retrouver avec un "la suite au prochain épisode" sans que rien ne soit résolu. Qu'à cela ne tienne, lisons le second tome, même si ça me fait un peu mal de payer si cher pour deux JAFF alors que d'habitude les histoires tiennent en un livre et sont bien moins chères.

Mais le second est encore plus décevant. On n'avance pas. Des rebondissements en tous genres, mais ni les remords de Georgianna, ni les remords de Mr Bennet, ni les remords de Mr Collins, ni le mariage tant espéré de Darcy et Elizabeth ne font surface. Suite au prochain épisode...

Le troisième tome est encore plus frustrant.
Il faudra sans doute attendre 6 tomes avant la résolution de l'histoire.

Alors que Georgianna se marie dans la première moitié du tome 1 après une fuite de plusieurs semaines où elle se cache dans Londres très maladroitement, que toute la famille Fitzwilliam est sur le qui vive, personne ne la trouve ou ne réussit à l'en empêcher... Darcy et Elizabeth n'arrivent pas à programmer un petit voyage à Gretna Green de quelques jours avant le tome 4 alors que le colonel, Bingley, Charlotte les aide ?!!! On va sans doute devoir attendre le tome 6 pour que Mr Bennet accepte enfin que peut être sa fille de 21 ans puisse se marier au plus riche célibataire du pays alors qu'il l'avait bannie du domicile familial sous prétexte qu'elle avait snobé un pasteur ridicule et violent?

Des rebondissements, oui, mais là on frise le ridicule!

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Ximena

BUYER BEWARE!

Reviewed in Australia on December 6, 2020

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I did not realize when I bought this book that it ended in a cliffhanger and there would be 6 books to get to end of of the variation on the one original novel. Subsequent books have been very expensive and the worst of all is that 17 months after publishing the 5th novel the author does not appear to have commenced the 6th book to end the original novel. Nor does she appear to have it listed on her future projects although she has been working on other stand alone novels and novellas. It has been a VERY expensive exersize to be left hanging waiting forever the final novel to be written. I would have thought that Amazon would have some agreement with their authors to concentrate on finishing a series (which are not stand alone In the series) once commenced.

Carole in Canada

What if Georgiana had run off with George Wickham...

Reviewed in Canada on May 2, 2016

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First, I knew it was book one going in and it ends on a cliffhanger. Second, I bought it on sale. I found this to be a quick read with lots of 'drama'. However, emotionally it didn't 'grab me'. I did have sympathy for Elizabeth's plight especially where her parents are concerned. I found Kitty to be one of the more intriguing secondary characters, though she had only a little page time.

In this variation, Georgiana has run off with George Wickham from Ramsgate after believing all his lies and taking his side against Darcy. Darcy, the Colonel and Lady Matlock work against time to recover her before scandal erupts. I had mixed feelings for this Georgiana. Was it rebellion, her feeling neglected, idealism or the need to be loved.

Darcy, at Lady Matlock's suggestion, leaves London to diminish any rumours that something is wrong. In his pain and anger, he runs Elizabeth off the road while pushing his horse faster and faster. So begins Elizabeth and Darcy's relationship...

English Rose

Superb, brilliant, wonderful.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 26, 2014

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The worst aspect of this book was the fact that it ended. I was enthralled at every stage. Elizabeth Ann West is fast becoming my favourite Darcy what if author and I cannot wait to read the next book she writes.

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