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Fair Stands the Wind: A Pride & Prejudice Variation

Catherine Lodge ()

SubgenreHistorical Romance
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingPG
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age13

Content levels

ViolenceNone
Sexual contentMild
LanguageNone

Synopsis

And for fear of pity you will turn away love? When the party from Netherfield sweeps into the Meryton assembly rooms, Elizabeth Bennet has more pressing concerns than eligible newcomers. Her father is dying, the entail looms like a storm on the horizon, and the burden of securing her family's future has fallen squarely on her shoulders. Captain Fitzwilliam Darcy has prize money enough to make every matchmaking mama in Hertfordshire abandon all pretence of subtlety. Taciturn, abrupt, and unsettlingly difficult to read, he has come to Hertfordshire to escape…and the last thing he wishes for is an entanglement with a clever young lady with impertinence and wit, who calls him out without vanity and makes him laugh without trying. He has navigated storms that would break lesser men. He is wholly unprepared for Elizabeth Bennet When Darcy arrives unannounced at Netherfield in the small hours with his young sister and a secret he is not yet ready to share, Elizabeth finds herself drawn deeper into the mystery of a man who is at once admirable and baffling. Between nursing Jane through a fever, fending off Mr Collins, and managing her mother's increasingly spectacular schemes, she has little time to examine why the Darcy’s rare moments of warmth should matter to her quite so much. Tropes Marriage of Convenience - slow burn - epistolary component - forced proximity - Elizabeth falls first - Darcy is a naval captain - wounded hero - Pemberley is neglected and then restored

Tags

Regency EraPride and Prejudice RetellingJane Austen VariationEpistolary Elements

Is Fair Stands the Wind: A Pride & Prejudice Variation appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 13 and up.

A clean Regency romance with no explicit content or violence. Contains themes of parental death and family economic crisis, handled with period-appropriate restraint.

What to know going in

This book has no graphic violence, mild sexual content, and clean language. Content notes include death of parent, grief, and chronic illness.

Publisher age: Adult·Our content rating: 13+

Publisher ages reflect reading level; our rating reflects content maturity — they can differ.

Who'll love this

Teens who love Pride and Prejudice retellings will enjoy this slow-burn romance with Elizabeth and naval captain Darcy navigating duty, family, and hidden secrets.