Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy have been living happily ever after. Then the unthinkable happens and in the midst of illness, grief and death Elizabeth faces a threat from those who should be friends. She must decide what she is wiling to do in order to preserve her beloved Pemberley and if she is desires or deserves a life of her own after everything that has happened.

"Daughters are never of so much consequence to a father" In an ideal world she would have had everything but every life, no matter how simple, no matter how elaborate, is filled with predictable and unforeseen challenges. She was, however, her father's daughter. (Contains a Major Character Death)

London, 1893. Darcy is a failed scientist, but a very dutiful English duke. Elizabeth is an aspiring architect, and a very reluctant American heiress. He wants capital for a new venture to boost declining land yields. She needs a title to claim her inheritance and take control of her future. They meet; sparks fly. [Potentially a series of one-shots.]

A second glance at Elizabeth, and Darcy felt an immediate pull. In a library one evening, his guard dropped, and he couldn't help himself. It was not a lady's imagination that led a rapid jump from admiration to matrimony skipping over love, but it was rather the heated actions of both. Deep feelings tend to get in the way when hidden and can undo the potential for happiness.

At Netherfield, Elizabeth is finally provoked to anger. A glimpse at the consequences, as a few of our favourite characters speak their mind. Full story now available on Kobo and Amazon Kindle. Author: Margaret Gale. I have left the first two chapters, which were originally written as a two-shot, here for you to enjoy.

The Road Taken Continued - After two years of marriage, Darcy and Elizabeth should be blissfully into their Happily Ever After. However, old habits die hard, and circumstances arise that resurrect feelings of pride and prejudice. How will the love they have built weather the test against such destructive emotions? Or will they find that their trials surpass the boundaries of love?

Mr. Darcy considers his sister's suitors with caution.

Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy share their first kiss.

It's the smallest moments that can make life that much sweeter.

At a time when the eldest Bennet sisters should begin families of their own, life perhaps holds other things in mind along the way.