by Nia Farrell
First published 2016
Elizabeth Bennet finds herself drawn into a world where familiar faces harbor hidden appetites. Mr. Darcy commands respect not just through wealth but through dominance, while she discovers submissive longings she never knew existed. When Darcy confesses his desire to dominate her, Elizabeth mistakes his proposition for a marriage proposal. Their misunderstanding deepens the rift between them, complicated by Darcy's interference in her sister Jane's romance with the eager but inexperienced Charles Bingley. Around them, Regency society pulses with secret desires. Darcy's bisexual cousin Hugh pursues his own pleasures, while the formidable Aunt Catherine rules as Mistress Cat. The notorious Wickham continues his seductions, and even the local militia finds creative ways to pass their time. Elizabeth must navigate this charged landscape while wrestling with her conflicting feelings for a man she claims to despise. As social conventions clash with carnal needs, she faces a choice between the safety of respectability and the dangerous allure of surrender.
Genres: romance, historical-fiction, adult-fiction, erotica, 19th-century, bdsm
Vibes: dark, emotional, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, forced-proximity, misunderstandings
Setting: Regency Society
Period: Regency Era
302 pages · Kindle Edition · Long Branch Books
Content warnings: explicit-sexual-content