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The Happiness of a Most Beloved Sister
A Pride and Prejudice Variation
2025
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Had not my own feelings decided against you, had they been indifferent, or had they even been favourable, do you think that any consideration would tempt me to accept the man, who has been the means of ruining, perhaps forever, the happiness of a most beloved sister?AFTER HER ELDER SISTER JANE is endangered by a youthful romantic disappointment, Elizabeth Bennet takes it upon herself to stand guard over Jane’s heart—as well as her own. Thus, when Mr Bingley enters the neighbourhood and Jane once again appears to be enamoured by a gentleman suitor, Elizabeth is deeply afraid that history will repeat itself. From a protective instinct, she speaks out of turn, possibly ruining Jane’s chance at happiness forever. When Mr Bingley proves to be as fickle in his attentions as Elizabeth feared, she must face the consequences of her well-meaning actions. But is her most beloved sister truly deserving? FITZWILLIAM DARCY IS NOT AT ALL IMPRESSED by Jane Bennet and her pretensions, believing her to be a fortune hunter. Neither does her treatment of Elizabeth endear her to him. When Bingley abandons her, Darcy deems it for the best, easily discerning that her frigid heart remains untouched. He has no inclination to reunite them…until a desperately unhappy Elizabeth asks it of him. Darcy must then choose between his conscience and his heart and also decide wherein his loyalties must lie. THE HAPPINESS OF A MOST BELOVED SISTER is a Pride & Prejudice variation. It is a low angst friends to lovers romance with a guaranteed happily ever after for Darcy and Lizzy.

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Author

Mary Smythe
Author · 9 books

Mary Smythe is a homemaker living in South Carolina with a rather useless BA in English collecting dust in a closet somewhere. She discovered the works of Jane Austen as a teenager, thanks to the 1995 BBC Pride and Prejudice miniseries featuring Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle, and has since gone on to read everything written by Ms Austen at least once yearly, always wishing that there were more. She has been writing since 2001, but only discovered Jane Austen Fanfiction in the summer of 2018. Dare to Refuse Such a Man is the first full-length novel she has ever completed, though she can boast a few shorter works in her library, as well.

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