Assumed Obligation by Kara Louise

July 12, 2019 by Christina

Fiction – print. Lulu.com, 2008. Originally published 2007. 244 pgs. Received from PaperBackSwap. In this sequel to Assumed Engagement, Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy are headed to Paris with plans to dedicate a portion of their honeymoon to visiting and learning about a school for the deaf. A tenant of Darcy’s has adopted a deaf child, and both Elizabeth and Fitzwilliam are eager to set up a similar school at Pemberley to aid their tenant and others in Derbyshire. Meanwhile, […]

Categories: 2019 Reads, 20BooksofSummer, Austen Inspired, Europe, Fiction, France, United Kingdom • Tags: Kara Louise

Darcy’s Voyage by Kara Louise

December 13, 2011 by Christina

Fiction — print. Sourcebooks Landmark, 2010. 503 pgs. Received from PaperBackSwap. Although I do not normally review books I am unable to finish, this is one of those books were I feel like I have to say something. Subtitled “A Tale of Uncharted Love on the Open Seas” and billing itself as a retelling of Austen’s original, Louise’s novel places Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy on the ship Pemberley’s Promise as it sails to the New World. Elizabeth is on […]

Categories: 2011 Reads, Abandoned, Austen Inspired, Chunkster, Europe, Fiction, United Kingdom • Tags: Kara Louise

Assumed Engagement by Kara Louise

March 13, 2009 by Christina

Fiction — print. Heartworks Publications, 2006. 180 pgs. Purchased. What would have happened if Mr. Darcy had written his sister, Georgiana, to inform her that he was going to ask for Elizabeth Bennet’s hand in marriage? She would have likely, but erroneously, assumed that Elizabeth would accept. This story picks up after Chapter 36 in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. On his return trip to Pemberley from Rosings after being refused by Miss Elizabeth Bennet, Mr. Darcy’s carriage overturns and […]

Categories: 2009 Reads, Austen Inspired, Europe, Fiction, United Kingdom • Tags: Kara Louise