Every girl that ever read Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice fell in love with Mr. Darcy, for those girls this is not that book. Ann Herendeen's novel gives readers everything that you didn't know, or rather this story is about the 'real truths' that occurred behind the scenes. Truths that you were too young to be told about...then. Pride/Prejudice is filled with erotic steamy twists that answer questions you never thought to ask the first time. The wonderful Mr. Darcy begins the book with a bang! Still charming, still glorious, yet he might just be scandalously delicious. Did you ever wonder what was really going on behind closed doors between Mr. Darcy and his much beloved friend, Charles? Why do Darcy and his foster brother have the painfully bad relationship that they do? Just how far has Darcy taken these relationships and where will they go from here?

Then there was Elizabeth Bennet. She's young, she's prejudiced, and not nearly as innocent as she seems. Just how 'close' are Elizabeth and Charlotte? How many "intimacies" do they share? And finally, can Darcy and Elizabeth set aside their "friends" to find an endless love together? Can Darcy and Elizabeth give up everything, or do they secretly hang on to the pleasures that they have found? Will they ever be free from pride, free from prejudice?

I found this book to be filled with highly erotic, explicit, and graphic scenes! The characters, deprived from the opposite sex due to the constraints of the time, are left to fend for themselves...together. The lines between what society views as right and wrong are so blurry they are invisible! Herendeen's story gives us secrets, scandals, forbidden loves, and eroticism the story has never had before!

As a warning to lovers of Austen's story, this book is not for you. I fell in love with Darcy just like every other girl. I remain true to the original story. That said, I found that within two pages this book had taken my vision of Darcy and spun it upside down, inside out, and everywhere but where it belonged. I did not like the results what so ever!

However, I believe that had the story not been based on Darcy and Elizabeth, it may have appealed on some level. Place it under erotic, the book without the story line, would have been a very, very steamy read.

Book Summary

For readers who've loved Jane Austen's most popular novel—the inestimable Pride and Prejudice—questions have always remained. What is the real nature of Darcy's intense friendship with Charles Bingley, to explain why he would prevent Bingley's marriage to Elizabeth's beautiful and virtuous sister Jane? How can Darcy reconcile his own desire for Elizabeth with his determination to save his friend from a similar entanglement? What is the disturbing history behind Darcy's tortured relationship with his foster brother, George Wickham? And what other intimacies, besides their cherished friendship, are exchanged between Elizabeth and Charlotte Lucas?

Ann Herendeen, acclaimed author of Phyllida and the Brotherhood of Philander, reimagines this classic love story, focusing on the untold aspects of Jane Austen's timeless novel. Pride/Prejudice brings to light all the buried secrets, potential scandals, and unspoken, forbidden loves of Austen's story, weaving a tale of intertwined passions, pride humbled, and ultimately, freedom from prejudice.

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