Meg Osborne

Colonel Fitzwilliam is only too pleased to share the good news of his engagement with his cousin until a surprising source suggests that the true reason for Mr Darcy's sudden return to Hertfordshire might be to stop, rather than celebrate, the match. Caught between the interests of his cousin and his friend, Mr Darcy seeks assistance from a reluctant Elizabeth Bennet and finds himself invested in more than one couple's future happiness. Jane Bennet must choose between Colonel Fitzwilliam and Charles Bingley - but in so doing, will she make a husband of one and an enemy of another? Book Two in a new series based on Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.

Captain Wentworth went away to sea and didn't return...until now. Anne Elliot had had almost ten years to come to terms with the loss of her first love, but when a mysterious stranger arrives in Bath and charms the season's high society (including her father and sister) she cannot subdue her curiosity. Investigation leads her to discover this newcomer may not be new at all, but someone she first met many years before... A Matter of Means is a variation novel based on Jane Austen's Persuasion.

En route to London, Elizabeth Bennet has matrimony in mind - for not one but two of her sisters. She scarcely dares to dream of revisiting her own past romance. Ftizwilliam Darcy once vowed never to revisit history, but time has changed him and now he is forced to acknowledge he has not stopped loving Elizabeth, and never shall... Book 3 of Romance and Reconciliation, a Pride and Prejudice variation series that contemplates what might have happened if Mr Darcy met Elizabeth Bennet long before the Meryton Assembly.

Thrust into society once more, neither Fitzwilliam Darcy nor Elizabeth Bennet can even contemplate renewing the affection they once shared: they can barely look at one another When an old antagonist tips his hand, secrets are revealed and Elizabeth and Mr Darcy are forced to acknowledge the love the had for one another had never truly gone away... Book 2 in a fun new Pride and Prejudice variation series. Romance and Reconciliation what if Mr Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet met long before the Meryton Assembly...?

Sometimes romance appeas out of nowhere...Jane Bennet has been swept up in a courtship nobody expected with a new arrival to Hertfordshire. Elizabeth Darcy can do nothing but witness this surprising turn of events from a distance, and quiz her other sisters for information.Fitzwilliam Darcy is determined to support Charles Bingley through his perceived disappointment, but when his friend's spirits lift in a growing friendship with Georgiana, will Darcy encourage the connection or seek to prevent it?A Surprise Engagement is the sixth and final book in A Convenient Marriage, a series of Pride and Prejudice Variation Novellas.

A festive Pride and Prejudice variation novella.Elizabeth Bennet is furious when she discovers Mr. Darcy has removed, with Charles Bingley in tow, to London for Christmas, seeing in it a blatant attempt to undermine the relationship that had begun to flourish between Bingley and her sister. When the Gardiners invite Elizabeth and Jane to stay with them in Gracechurch Street over the festive season, she seizes on the opportunity to repair the damage Darcy has caused and reunite the lovers, little realising her own heart is in danger, and from Darcy himself.Fitzwilliam Darcy acted in the best interest of his friend in preventing an unequal match - or so he thought. Reacquainted with both Jane and Elizabeth Bennet, he is forced to acknowledge his first, hasty assessment of both sisters was utterly false. Can he salvage not only his friend's hopes of future happiness, but his own, before the year is out?This is a regency Pride and Prejudice variation novella of approximately 20 000 words.

Intent on avoiding both Elizabeth Bennet and her manipulative sister, Fitzwilliam Darcy whisks Charles Bingley back to London, abandoning Elizabeth to her own obstinacy, convincing himself he cares nothing for her. Eager to support her sister, Elizabeth finds herself at odds with first Mr Darcy and then her family as her attempts to divert Mr Collins and encourage Jane all come to nought. Her fledgling friendship with Mr Wickham causes her still more isolation and Elizabeth is left wondering if she has put her trust in the wrong people?A Friend's Betrayal is book two in the Season of Misunderstanding series of Pride and Prejudice variation novellas.

If connections alone could not be enough to guarantee a suitable match, nor beauty, was it really so dreadful to turn one's focus to any other opportunity to tip the scales in one's favour?Jane Bennet has been gifted an opportunity and she is not afraid to use it, feigning illness in order that she might remain a little longer under the Netherfield roof, and hopefully move one step closer to securing Mr Bingley's heart. She doesn't expect her sister to arrive, bedraggled and covered in mud, ready to spoil everything she is working for Fitzwilliam Darcy's interest in Elizabeth Bennet grows when, out of sisterly devotion, she treks miles to be at Jane's side and restore her to health. When she is similarly stricken he finds himself emulating behaviour he has all too recently despised in his friend. He cannot help it, and is rapidly developing an affection for the young woman he scorned at the Meryton Assembly. When he overhears a conversation that suggests the illness that kept both ladies at Netherfield was a lie, he realises his first assessment was correct. Elizabeth Bennet and her sister are manipulating their way into marriage, and he is determined to stop them.A Sister's Fault is book one in the Season of Misunderstanding series of Pride and Prejudice variation novellas.

Elizabeth Bennet's Christmas is a quiet one, with heavy snowfall preventing anybody coming and going from Longbourn. She is puzzling over how to reunite her sister with Mr Bingley when Mr Darcy crosses her path, and offers to do the thing she cannot: to summon Mr Bingley back to Netherfield, and to Jane. Fitzwilliam Darcy returned to Hertfordshire on a fleeting errand, never thinking he would find himself snowed in alone for Christmas. Surprised not to enjoy his involuntary isolation, he makes his way on foot to Longbourn, and finds in the Bennets the warmth and society he didn't know he needed.

Fate finds a way...Mr Bennet is dead, and with Mr Collins eager to take possession of his inheritance, the grieving Bennet family are forced to leave Longbourn and life as they knew it behind. Staying in London can only ever be temporary, but after meeting Fitzwilliam Darcy at an assembly, not even Elizabeth Bennet an imagine how things will change.Fitzwilliam Darcy is looking for a solution to a cash flow problem, not a family of bereaved women. Yet something prompts him to step in and offer his help, in the form of an empty cottage at the far reaches of his estate that the family might call home if they wish. He little realises the change such an invitation will wreak on his home, his habits or his heart...

In the wake of his brother's sudden death, Colonel Fitzwilliam's life is thrown into turmoil but he is left to weather the gathering storms alone as his key confidante, his cousin, is distracted from helping by his own rapidly changing circumstances.Mr Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet have finally acknowledged their long-growing affections for one another and plan to marry as soon as possible. Lizzy ought to be completely happy. But with one sister still estranged from her and another whose own happiness looks set to be usurped she has her work cut out in ensuring her whole family - and not just her - might face a happier future.With one friend working with her and another against her, can she settle matters not only for herself but for her sisters too - and round out the year with not one wedding, not two, but three?

Elizabeth Bennet is bound for London - to stay with her Aunt and Uncle Gardiner and escape a sisterly feud dividing Longbourn. She knows only one thing will restore Jane's friendship to her, and is determined to use her time in London to reunite her sister with Mr Bingley, even if that means crossing paths with Mr Darcy once more.Fitzwilliam Darcy thought that escaping Hertfordshire would mean escaping Elizabeth Bennet, but with his newly-arrived cousin, Colonel Fitzwilliam, determined to interfere can he ever hope to keep his true feelings hidden?Forced to work together instead of at odds, will London spell romance for more than one Hertfordshire couple?An Aunt's Assistance is book three in the Season of Misunderstanding series of Pride and Prejudice variation novellas.

** All three books of the Pathway to Pemberley series - Collected into one volume **The Collins Conundrum - Elizabeth returns home one day to find her sister engaged, not to Mr Bingley, but to the rather more dreadful prospect of their cousin, Mr Collins. Begging her father to intervene, the marriage is delayed unless and until Mr Collins can convince Jane to marry him for his own merits, rather than upon her mother's interference. This sets the redoubtable Mr Collins a task, and he recruits eager Mary Bennet to help him "win fair Jane." Elizabeth refuses to leave matters to chance, and instead is determined to thrust her sister and Mr Bingley back into one another's circles again, although this means being at close quarters with Mr Darcy, a man who she so dislikes. Her actions have another unintended consequence, however, when Mr Bingley's wavering attachment to Jane begins to consider fixing to another fair maiden - Elizabeth herself.*The Wickham Wager - George Wickham is drowning in debts, until his friends propose an amusing wager: can he win Elizabeth Bennet's heart? Money and challenge is reason enough for him to take on the bet, but when he realises that in securing Elizabeth's affections, he might also strike a blow to Fitzwilliam Darcy his goal is clear. Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy are navigating an icy friendship after her refusal of his unexpected proposal. Elizabeth struggles to align the friendly Mr Wickham of her acquaintance with the rake Mr Darcy deems him, and assumes this is yet another example of Darcy's pride blinding him to a person's true nature on account of their social position. Her new understanding of Darcy's character prompts the realisation that she does love him, after all, but can she dare to hope he still cares for her?*The Darcy Decision - Mr Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet have finally confessed their true feelings for one another and decided to marry - and not even Mr Bennet's opposition will prevent their future happiness. Their friends support the match, even if Elizabeth's father remains an obstacle, and the group departs to London for Christmas. Caroline Bingley seems to be the only person of their party to recognise the true folly of the match, and will stop at nothing to force Fitzwilliam Darcy to see sense, even if that means involving his own aunt, Lady Catherine de Bourgh, who is surely against such a marriage...

Longbourn's resident songbird finds her happily ever after, and determines to help her sister, Elizabeth, find hers.Mary Bennet is used to being the overlooked Bennet sister, but when Colonel Fitzwilliam accidentally enters her life, everything changes.As cousin to Mr Darcy, Colonel Fitzwilliam knows what it's like to feel invisible. His experiences at war have left him with one goal in mind: to marry, set up home and live in peace. When he witnesses the interaction between his cousin and Mary's sister, Elizabeth, he is determined his own happiness will not be the only end in mind.However, with Mrs Bennet focused only on securing Longbourn by matching one of her daughters with the odious Mr Collins, will there be any chance of marrying for love, for anybody?Longbourn's Lark is book one of A Convenient Marriage, a Pride and Prejudice variation novella series.

The worst has happened - Anne de Bourgh and George Wickham are married.Fitzwilliam Darcy is willing to accommodate the couple at Pemberley for Anne's sake if not for her husband's, for he puts little faith in Wickham's promised intentions to change.With Georgiana temporarily displaced by the new arrivals, Elizabeth embarks on the running of Pemberley whilst keeping her new family together. How will the new Mr and Mrs Darcy fare in trying to do what is best for their family and friends, as well as preserving their own happiness?The Consequence of Haste is book five of A Convenient Marriage, a Pride and Prejudice variation novella series.