The Winter of Our Discontent: A Pride and Prejudice Variation (Pride and Prejudice Variations)

After signing the marriage register as Elizabeth Darcy, the former Miss Elizabeth Bennet must navigate a crushing scandal and her new identity as a stranger to herself. Her unwilling husband, believing her to be a fortune hunter, forbids her from discussing the circumstances of their union and seems to loathe even the sound of her voice. Elizabeth's only recourse is often silence. When the couple arrives at Pemberley, Elizabeth is forced to draw upon courage and resourcefulness she did not know she possessed to build a purposeful life. She faces obstacles and detractors while carefully cultivating a friendship with Georgiana Darcy. Meanwhile, Darcy walks a long road of bitter resentment, increasingly isolated during a harsh winter. Confused by his new wife's poise and determination to be useful, his struggles multiply until a moment of reckoning forces him to confront the truth: that even in the harshest winters, tender feelings can quietly grow deep. This variation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice features a forced marriage scenario with a guaranteed happily ever after. The content is closed-door.