If there’s one thing to know about Sarah Courtney, it’s her lifelong love of reading. From sneaking books into baseball games or hiding in the woods with a novel to reading while walking (yes, even down the stairs!), Sarah’s passion for stories has always been front and center. Now, as a homeschooling mom of six, ebooks make it easier than ever to sneak in a few pages between her busy moments.
Sarah’s deep admiration for Jane Austen naturally led her to writing JAFF, where she brings favorite characters to life in fresh, creative ways. She’s the author of eight JAFF novels, including the angsty The Olive Branch, the laugh-out-loud Plots, Ploys, and the Art of Matchmaking, and the enchanting A Season of Magic. A fan of fantasy, Sarah often weaves magical twists into her stories, like in Mark of Character and A Disguise of the Worst Sort, giving Elizabeth and Darcy even more delightful challenges to overcome on their way to happily ever after.
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The Olive Branch Elizabeth Bennet faces an impossible choice—wed Mr. Collins or watch him destroy her entire family.
Given a choice, Elizabeth would never dream of marrying the pompous, ridiculous Mr. Collins. But when she refuses his offer, he threatens to reveal a shocking secret that could ruin the Bennets.
Fitzwilliam Darcy has no intention of giving in to his unsettling attraction to Elizabeth Bennet. Still, before he flees to London, he cannot resist seeing her one last time and discovers, to his dismay, that she is now betrothed to her odious cousin. She did everything in her power to evade Mr. Collins at the Netherfield ball, and the woman he sees before him now is not merely unhappy, but afraid. Elizabeth is in trouble, and Darcy cannot bear to abandon her in her distress.
As the wedding day looms, Darcy and Elizabeth become desperate to break the engagement without scandal. It is only when a stranger arrives—a stranger Mr. Collins seems to fear—that Darcy and Elizabeth have any hope of extricating her from this frightening predicament.
As Mr. Collins’s plan begins to unravel, it is clear that Elizabeth may not be the only one in danger. Will she and Darcy be too late to stop Mr. Collins’s vile plans?
A Season of Magic Everyone knows Elizabeth and Jane’s parents were magical murderers. But blood isn’t everything.
When the girls are forced to reveal their elemental magic, it does not matter to the Mage Council that they did so only to save lives. Their parents were traitors and the entire magical community is simply waiting for them to descend into evil themselves.
The Council reluctantly admits Elizabeth to the magical university (and unofficial marriage market) called The Season, where she will learn how to control her powers. If she can keep her head down and avoid drawing any untoward notice, she might be able to graduate and finally be accepted as a fire mage.
But fading into the background will be difficult. Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy, nephew to Lord Matlock of the Mage Council and a student himself, is assigned to observe her and report any misstep. One mistake could send her back to her foster parents, the Bennets—or worse, to prison. Yet when that mistake inevitably comes, he stands up on her behalf. Could he be an ally instead of an enemy?
A Disguise of the Worst Sort Elizabeth believed there was nothing worse than being forced to marry Mr. Darcy. She was wrong.
When Caroline Bingley finds a magical way to switch places with her, Elizabeth loses her name, her body, and even her betrothed in one fell swoop.
Darcy’s life should be perfect. He is to marry Miss Elizabeth Bennet on Christmas Eve. But ever since she arrived at Pemberley, it is almost as if she is another person. Wily rather than witty. Cloying rather than compassionate. Greedy rather than generous. How can the perfect woman he met in Hertfordshire suddenly remind him of Caroline Bingley?
Unable to speak of the curse, Elizabeth is growing desperate. As time before the wedding dwindles away, Elizabeth is beginning to realise how much she cares for Mr. Darcy—just as he is about to promise his love to another woman.
Mark of Character It is a truth universally acknowledged that a soulmarked couple must marry. They must, or they will die.
When Fitzwilliam Darcy arrives in Meryton, he is already engaged to his soulmatch—Miss Caroline Bingley.
He may be the only person in history who detests the woman destined for him. But their soulmarks clearly match, and there is no denying that they must marry.
So why is he so inexorably drawn to the intriguing Miss Elizabeth Bennet?
Elizabeth Bennet always knew she was destined to marry. Her soulmark appeared at birth, meaning that someday she would meet the man who matched it. They would see each other, fall in love, realise their soulmarks matched, and live happily ever after.
Or so she was told.
The dark and handsome Mr. Darcy already has a soulmatch. Why can she not stop thinking about him?
Denying their growing affection for each other seems impossible . . . but they must. Two lives are at stake.
But whose?
Beauty and Mr. Darcy Elizabeth Bennet knows that Fitzwilliam Darcy is a beast. At least, that’s what George Wickham tells her, and she is inclined to believe him. Why, then, is it so hard not to find him interesting and attractive? Is she just another young lady intrigued by a rogue?
Jane Bennet was in love once and has never quite recovered. When the object of her affections returns to Meryton, she is thrilled, until she realizes that the same problem that has frightened off all of her other suitors might drive away the man she truly loves.
Mary Bennet’s pedantic pronouncements irritate her sisters and repel the man she longs for. Is there any hope for a happy ending for her?
Kitty and Lydia Bennet’s giggles and foolish ways make the matrons of Meryton shake their heads. Without real parental guidance, they long for attention, even if means risking their reputations and hope for the future.
Charlotte Lucas has long since given up the idea of finding a husband and having the children she longs for. When an unusual suitor arrives in Meryton, she has one last chance to avoid spinsterhood.
Beauty and Mr. Darcy is a Pride and Prejudice variation in which romance and humor abound! The Bennet sisters’ fairy tales intertwine as they each find their very own happy ending, but there is no fantastical magic in this retelling.
Plots, Ploys, and the Art of Matchmaking When Darcy’s eccentric uncle Lord Matlock arrives in Meryton for a visit with his old friend Mr. Bennet, nobody can escape their mischief. From locked doors to misdirected carriages, Matlock and Bennet wreak havoc on inhabitants of Longbourn and Netherfield alike.
Darcy and Elizabeth fall prey to their relations’ schemes more than once, but they firmly resist any matchmaking efforts. Darcy knows his value in the marriage market and has no intention of marrying beneath him. Elizabeth could never marry such a pompous bore.
But their pride and prejudice become a lot harder to maintain when they find themselves trapped alone together. Will Matlock and Bennet succeed in making matches for all of Meryton—except the two stubborn fools they know belong together?
Vexed a Little in Love Five different stories. Five different paths to happily-ever-after. Whether through letters or matchmaking, soul marks or supernatural spirits, Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy will always find their way to each other in the end.
THE PRECIPITOUS MARRIAGE
Fitzwilliam Darcy’s parents seem determined to control his life, including choosing his bride. When Darcy defies them to marry the lively, impertinent Elizabeth Bennet, they could not disapprove more. But maybe a precipitous marriage is just what the Darcy family needs.
THERE CAN BE NO DOUBT
Darcy’s life depends on finding his soul mate. But his family has anxiously watched the young women introduced to the tonevery year in the hopes of finding her, to no avail. Desperate, his family is scouring all of England to locate his bride. Darcy’s assignment? His friend Bingley’s new estate in Hertfordshire.
A MATCH MADE AT ROSINGS
When Elizabeth meets Lady Cecily, the overlooked daughter of Lady Catherine’s friend, she knows she would be perfect for Colonel Fitzwilliam. Little does she know that she isn’t the only one engaging in a bit of matchmaking at Rosings Park.
PRIDE, PREJUDICE, AND THE CHRISTMAS SPIRITS
When Elizabeth Bennet accepted Mr. Darcy’s proposal at Netherfield, it led to two weeks of happiness. That is, until he discovered that she had not loved him when they wed. Now the two of them are distant and cold, all hopes of an affectionate marriage dashed—until the spirits of some of their dear departed family visit to set things right.
THE COLONEL’S POST
When Elizabeth overhears Mr. Darcy’s insult to her at the Meryton assembly, she tells her dear cousin Colonel Fitzwilliam about it in a letter. He may not be able to help her all the way from Spain, but his advice always makes her laugh.
Darcy regularly writes to his favourite cousin, Colonel Fitzwilliam, but he never intended to reveal his affection for Elizabeth Bennet.
When the colonel finally has leave, he joins Darcy and Elizabeth in Kent. What will it take to convince his stubborn cousins they are perfect for each other?
This collection contains two novellas and three short stories. All stories are clean Pride and Prejudice Regency variations with happy endings.
A Good Name George Wickham’s childhood friendship with Lizzy Bennet saved his life. How will it change her future?
Ten-year-old George Wickham was hungry, lonely, and desperate until the day he met Lizzy Bennet. She transformed his life with a peanut butter sandwich and the magic of books. Losing her friendship devastated him, until his meeting with the Darcy family set him on a course to a new life.
Will Darcy insulted Elizabeth Bennet at their first meeting and accidentally injured her a few months later. She is just starting to overcome her first impression of him when something from his past comes to light. Will the revelation of Elizabeth’s childhood friendship with George Wickham change everything?
“A Good Name” is a clean modern variation of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice,” not a retelling. Is George Wickham born to be the villain, or can he be something more? At its heart, this is a Darcy & Elizabeth romance.
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