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The Rogue's Widow: A Pride and Prejudice Variation (Sweet Escapes Collection) Kindle Edition

by Alix James (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

4.2 704 ratings

Part of: Sweet Escapes Collection (5 books)

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Previously published as The Rogue's Widow by Nicole Clarkston

An Arrangement She Cannot Refuse.
An Attachment He Cannot Deny.

Elizabeth Bennet never expected that answering an advertisement for a lady’s companion would result in almost immediate marriage and widowhood. Destitute and hopeless after her father’s death, she accepts the position as a means to provide a home for her family but is daily baffled by the abrupt ways and inscrutable motives of her employer and benefactor, Mr Darcy.

Fitzwilliam Darcy had a simple plan: secure a steady companion for his younger sister Georgiana and a wife for his father’s dying ward, to prevent a neighbouring estate from falling into the hands of George Wickham. Elizabeth Bennet is the perfect answer… a little too perfect. As her sweetly impertinent character encourages Georgiana and wins the respect of the village, Darcy’s own heart begins to fall for the woman whom honour forbids him even to think of.

When a legal challenge brings into question Elizabeth’s rights to the estate, Darcy must find a way to mend old family breaches and reveal secrets better forgotten. Will he permit himself to reach for the one who holds his happiness? Or will events conspire to take her forever from his life?

The Rogue’s Widow is a sweet Regency Pride and Prejudice Variation of approximately 50,000 words.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0859W2BFR
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Winsome Wit Publishing; 2nd edition (March 6, 2020)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 6, 2020
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 6244 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 ‏ : ‎ 171 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #59,782 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #66 in British Historical Literature
- #441 in Historical Regency Fiction
- #1,476 in Regency Historical Romance

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Nicole Clarkston
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Nicole Clarkston is a book lover and a happily married mom of three. Originally from Idaho, she now lives in Oregon with her own romantic hero, several horses, and one very fat dog. She has loved crafting alternate stories and sequels since she was a child, and she is never found sitting quietly without a book or a writing project.
Nicole also writes novellas as Alix James.
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Alix James
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Alix James is a best-selling Austenesque author with nearly 30 books in print.
Always on the go as a wife, mom, and small business owner, she rarely has time to read a whole novel... but somehow she manages to write them! She loves coffee with the sunrise and being outdoors with kids and horses. When she does get free time, she likes to read, camp, dream up romantic adventures, and tries to avoid housework.
Each Alix James Story is a clean Regency Variation with a guaranteed happy ending, no infidelity, and heroes you can fall in love with.
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ArkansasAustenFan

Great read with an amazing twist.

Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2023

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There is plenty of intrigue and action with our favorite characters and those we love to hate. Darcy has ingenious plans to help Georgiana, Elizabeth’s family and thwart his arch enemy. The story moves quickly and it is fun to see Darcy and Elizabeth fight their attraction for each other. Richard finally gets revenge.

Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2020

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Calling this a variation is a stretch, as there is no resemblance to the original P&P except the names, and the location of Pemberly. Even the character of Darcy is almost unrecognizable, particularly in the beginning when he is first meeting Elizabeth and arranging to hire her for a very peculiar purpose. In fact, I deducted a star because of the very odd behavior exhibited by Darcy towards Elizabeth on their first meeting, behavior lacking any degree of rationality or sensibility.

In order not to spoil the premise, I'll only say that Darcy hires Elizabeth to be a companion to his sister, and for another strange and mysterious purpose. Elizabeth, whose father has died, is fairly desperate for this position, which will allow her to take care of her remaining family. The Darcy in this book recognizes his strong attraction to Elizabeth fairly quickly, so there isn't the lengthy period of hostility that the original has.

Wickham is the sole villain in the story, but there are a lot of twists to his backstory, and more characters in league with him to complicate matters.

I love this author. She is a very talented writer and storyteller, and she has a stellar proofing team, as I could find very few editing errors. The story grabs you from the very start, and has drama, mystery, suspense, and wonderful romance. I recommend it highly.

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Gail frisby

Interesting

Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2020

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Liked the story interesting but the villains did not get their due. I wanted to see an epilogue of maybe give years later, or something. Good book!!

Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2020

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As always I have truly enjoyed this story. You have a way of making the story fun and I spend a lot of time laughing with Elizabeth in the story. I like the manly man of Mr. Darcy yet he always has a soft fun side as well. I love how you portray Colonel Fitzwilliam, he's a no nonsense kind of guy and can see right through Darcy. He is a true, time worn soldier in all your books. The fact that most of your stories are not just a repeat of P&P makes for a wonderful read.

The only surprise was Elizabeth's willingness to marry the way she did the first time and then she gives Darcy a hard time, but I guess if she was so willing with Darcy, the story would be over in two pages. I like how you handled Mrs. Younge and Mrs. Bennet.

I believe anyone who purchases this book will love it. Thanks for another wonderful read and I look forward to the next.

J. Maner

Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2020

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I very much enjoyed the unique twist presented by this story. In short, Mr Bennet has died leaving his family destitute. Elizabeth is out looking for a position to help with expenses and she answers Darcy's ad only to discover that she won't only be Georgiana's companion. Oh, no. Darcy wants her to marry a syphilitic reprobate in debtor's prison in order to prevent the man's brother from inheriting the estate three miles from Pemberley. And so, Elizabeth becomes Mrs Bernard Wickham with the expectation that she will soon become a widow with claim to an estate she's never seen.

And that's just the prologue.

Don't worry, she never even has to touch her "husband." Darcy very kindly lends her a handkerchief, lolz.

I guess my only complaint, and the reason I deducted a star, is that I don't really understand how/why Elizabeth nearly got taken in by George Wickham even after Darcy set her up to inherit a home for her mother and sisters, essentially saving them from genteel poverty. Seems like she owed him the benefit of the doubt. And why wasn't Darcy clearer about why Wickham couldn't be trusted sooner, considering that Elizabeth was his sister's companion? Also, I thought the evolution of their romance, at least the early part of it, was a little weak. I was nearly as surprised as Lizzy when Darcy proved to be enough in love with her to burst out with it. After that, however, it felt more natural.

The above didn't bother me overmuch and I will likely read this book again. Maybe upon a second perusal I'll feel differently since there were enough other elements to distract me. If that proves to be the case, I'll amend my review. Either way, I still recommend this variation with no hesitation.

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JGS

Original plot

Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2020

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Story is pretty far off of canon so the reader can enjoy not knowing for sure what’s going to happen. Darcy is not the whining, guilty, disdainful of others. More of a take charge kind of guy. Nice change. Very well written, quite the page turner. I recommend the book highly.

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Regina Mayorga

Could’ve been better with more depth to it

Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2020

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This is probably one of the most original stories I’ve read in a long time. And I was certainly invested in it. But then the climax and resolution happened much too quickly. Had the ending been fleshed out more, I would’ve declared this story as 5 stars...I’ll elaborate in a bit.

Darcy wasn’t the most likable character. He was a downright douche to Elizabeth and controlling to all of those around him. A slight exaggeration of canon. But I accepted it because I was able to see his thoughts and his character evolve somewhat.

Elizabeth was okay, but more naive than I expected when it came to Wickham.

The supporting cast was okay, with Bingley having more of a spine and assertiveness and Richard being his usual pest to Darcy....but nothing else stood out to me.

When Lizzy and Darcy finally came together, it did feel a bit rushed and forced. Which is sad because I absolutely loved their flirtation in the end. I wish there had been more at the end to savor between the two of them. Had that been the case, the story’s conclusion would’ve been much more satisfying.

But it was a nice, short read and worth reading once.

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CFra

Creative plot and lovely story

Reviewed in Canada on June 20, 2023

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Does the author set a challenge for herself for “most out-of-the-box plots? If so, she is outdoing herself.

Sure, this is a book where Elizabeth is Georgiana’s companion. But that’s completely secondary to the main plot, which is Darcy finding a wife to Wickham’s older brother, who is dying in the gaol, and securing someone to inherit his state. Then, of course, falling in love with her.

This author always portrays Elizabeth and Darcy with the personalities we would expect from Jane Austen’s characters. And as a bonus, her books are always well edited, in my experience. Finally, there isn’t much anguishing drama, which I appreciate.

Recommended!

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Fantastic

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 11, 2020

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I devoured this book on one sitting.
The well loved pride and prejudice characters are there but this adaptation is a wonderful variation that moves from the usual Austen storyline adaptation format to something a bit more different, all the while being a joy to read.

Craftyhj

3.75*

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 6, 2023

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An interesting plot, generally well presented. some suspension of belief is needed to assume Elizabeth would agree to the initial premise but, it is fiction so why not?

The plot moves on at a steady pace and is well done although Darcy is rather perverse at times.

There are a few errors in choice of language but these do not impact on the reading enjoyment.

The new cover is disappointing - a definite step backwards from the original cover. It makes no sense to put an auburn haired woman on the front when Elizabeth is clearly described in the book as being dark haired.

Marie

Enjoyable from Cover to Cover

Reviewed in Canada on March 7, 2020

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Nicole Clarkston is a favorite JAFF author and this story does not disappoint. From the beautiful cover and the opening pages, she draws you in to another unique variation and maintains your attention to the last page. Wickham.... wait! Two Wickhams? How can it be? Elizabeth is impertinent and a commanding Darcy has a bit of snark. I loved the way he has his way with George. Brilliant! Read it, dear reader. You will not be disappointed.

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DMT

Interesting storyline Enjoyable read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 15, 2020

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I thoroughly enjoyed this book An original plot, believable characters and
Well written. A pleasure to read. Will read more from this author

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