or - 'Be careful what you ask for'. Short stories that may or may not follow canon .

Colonel Fitzwilliam, recovering from injuries, joins Bingley and Darcy at Netherfield, where he meets the widowed cousin of the Bennets. Despite his determination not to inflict his battlefatigue (PTSD) on any woman, he falls in love with Edith Farrington, who battles demons of her own.

When Darcy proposes unexpectedly at Hunsford, Elizabeth thinks it is a joke, engineered by Charlotte, to cheer her up. Her reaction is not what Darcy expected. Charlotte's timely return to the parsonage forces ODC to re-evaluate the situation and each other. . .

For years women tried to get Darcy to marry them by any means. By the time he arrived at Meryton, he was thoroughly jaded and had no respect for women. Then he met Elizabeth Bennet, a young lady like no other. While she is staying at Netherfield, he assumes Elizabeth's teasing manner is flirtatious, making him think that she would try to compromise him. But who will compromise whom

How things would play out if Lady Anne was still alive, and instead of Lady Catherine, we get to deal with Sir Lewis de Bourgh instead. And we have the added complication of two children, who were accidentally switched at birth.

What might have happened if a year earlier Mr Bennet had left his study and become more involved with the lives of his family. Could things have worked out differently? . . . . WARNING: This story is finished. I will have to remove it for publication. Probably around 16/06/21.

The characters in P&P will be visited by the spirits to show them their past, present and where their actions might lead them. NOTE::: The story has been removed for publication, except for the first and the last 2 chapters. Now available on Kindle and KU