The Subsequent Proposal — Joana Starnes

A number of broken-hearted characters from Jane Austen's best novels are thrown together by the vagaries of fate, and all manner of unwise decisions are taken at this vulnerable time. But then their past creeps up upon them - and what is there to do but face it, and hope that their convoluted paths will finally lead them to their proper place?

""Elizabeth... Elizabeth... Elizabeth..." he murmured against her lips, her skin, her hair, and then her lips again. "I cannot forsake you I cannot I cannot lose you I cannot bear to think of a life without you - 'tis not worth living, 'tis but a slow death I cannot lose you I beg you, do not send me away again I love you Elizabeth, I love you ""

Friends, rivals, foes, wrong choices and a duel - Fitzwilliam Darcy's life is never dull "'The Subsequent Proposal'" - a story that is primarily about him - follows Mr. Darcy in his struggles to decipher the troubling enigma of Elizabeth Bennet's feelings - and to correct the worst misjudgement of his life...