Darcy & Desire: A Steamy Pride & Prejudice Variation

My Dearest Darcy... Is Happily Ever After just the beginning? Lizzy and Darcy are married. They're ecstatically happy newlyweds. But a journey to London separates them. Whatever will they do? Write letters, of course!

Unsurprisingly, love letters exchanged soon after the honeymoon are likely to be full of longing and lust. At the beginning they are the Regency equivalent of sexting! The use of euphemisms and the vernacular for naming body parts (lists of them) starts off as amusing and gets rather tedious. The addition of bodily secretions to the letters seemed somewhat gross. I enjoy mature descriptions of sex, but these were really not.

As a background Elizabeth meets some of her neighbours, including the odd Lady Malkin, her family and celebrity guests. The interactions and machinations of these acquaintances are quite intriguing.
The letters got better when Elizabeth had more to tell Darcy, than what she missed about his body
Having said that, their reunion makes for a satisfying ending.

I received a free copy of this book via NetGalley and am voluntarily leaving a review. All views expressed are my own.