The Long Journey Home: A Pride & Prejudice Variation

This plot grips you from the start and doesn't let go

During a heated argument on a balcony at the Netherfield ball, Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy are overpowered by ruffians.

They awake on board ship and realise they have been kidnapped. If kidnapping wasn't bad enough, she is sharing a single bunk, in a tiny darkened room with the detestable Mr Darcy, which adds the threat of compromise and ruin. To add insult to injury, the kidnappers have mistaken her for Caroline Bingley!

We follow Elizabeth and Darcy as they struggle to overcome the many obstacles on the path home.

The main focus of the story is on Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy, together with Jonah Hackett, an orphaned ship's cabin boy. We watch Elizabeth move from enmity to love in a few tumultuous days. For Darcy his attraction and admiration deepens to a profound love. They both develop a close bond with Jonah. Although the emotional change is swift, the circumstances and traumas make a few days seem like weeks.

I adored this book. It gripped me from the start and kept me reading to the end (despite it being 2am!) The epilogue is very satisfying.
I heartily recommend that you read this book.

J. Dawn King's books are always a delight to read. I can't wait for the next one.

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