The Return to Pemberley Manor: A Pride and Prejudice Variation: The Maplewood Stables Saga, #2

By Portia Appleton

They thought their lives were finally free...

Fitzwilliam and Elizabeth Darcy have happily started their lives as a true married couple, sharing time at Pemberley and Elizabeth's beloved Maplewood Stables in Meryton. As they joyfully anticipate the arrival of their first child, it seems that their life is as close to perfect as it can be. And then, one rainy afternoon, they receive a letter that forces them to question every wonderful thing they have built.

She has been holding a grudge for over a year and she is not prepared to let it go...

While everyone expected that Anne de Bourgh would be pleased to be free of her mother's influence, she finds that she is quite aimless without the very stern direction of Lady Catherine de Bourgh. And right or wrong, she holds her cousin Fitzwilliam responsible for her current state of misery. Now, Anne has made it her mission to destroy the happiness he has established with Elizabeth Bennet, no matter what she must do...

The Return to Pemberley Manor is Book 2 in the Maplewood Stables series, which is a collection of Pride and Prejudice variations. This entry in the series features intrigue, mystery, danger, joy, and a guaranteed happy ending Our Dear Couple!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Daisy Chain Publishing
• Release date: Sep 30, 2021
• ISBN: 9798201125035

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The Return to Pemberley Manor: The Maplewood Stables Saga Book 2

THE RETURN TO PEMBERLEY MANOR: THE MAPLEWOOD STABLES SAGA BOOK 2

A PRIDE AND PREJUDICE VARIATION

PORTIA APPLETON

Daisy Chain Publishing

CONTENTS

Prologue

Chapter 1

Elizabeth

Chapter 2

Darcy

Chapter 3

Elizabeth

Chapter 4

Darcy

Chapter 5

Elizabeth

Chapter 6

Darcy

Chapter 7

Elizabeth

Chapter 8

Darcy

Chapter 9

Elizabeth

Chapter 10

Darcy

Chapter 11

Elizabeth

Chapter 12

Darcy

Chapter 13

Elizabeth

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PROLOGUE

As she shuffled through a stack of papers in the study, she spoke to herself in a voice filled with so much venom, the household staff was afraid to come anywhere near the room. She had been doing the same all day; grumbling out loud and using a series of words that would make a sailor blush. Her anger seemed to be building for the past year and when word came that Elizabeth Bennet was with child, it was as if she had been pushed over a cliff and landed in a sea of pure rage.

Natasha! NATASHA! Have you packed my trunk? I plan to leave first thing in the morning!

A young handmaid appeared in the doorway, her hands trembling with fear. Yes, Miss. The coach will be ready to leave at 6am.

I want it ready to leave at 5am! I would leave tonight if the footmen were not so useless! I must get to Lambton as soon as possible. I will not allow this humiliation to stand a moment longer. Scorned. SCORNED! All for that country girl, that… NOBODY!

Natasha tried to scurry away but her mistress shouted for her to come back.

I am not done with you, Natasha! I need you to find my pillow for the coach. And have you seen those papers my mother drew up when I was born? I am sure I left them on the desk.

The handmaid shook her head nervously. 

I have not stepped foot in the study, Miss, as you instructed. You said you did not want…

I KNOW WHAT I SAID! Go find the housekeeper! Perhaps she can actually be of some use to me.

Natasha ran away from the study as quickly as she was able, leaving her mistress alone to continue to speak to herself.

He cursed me when he left me alone in this miserable old house. No man will come near me now. I will live out my years alone in this place like a ghost if I do not do something about it. This is all his fault. And that miserable wife of his. I will not tolerate it. I will NOT!

The housekeeper appeared in the doorway, though she was far less