Elizabeth Falls in Love Before Darcy
A list of Pride & Prejudice variations where Elizabeth falls in love with Darcy first, before Darcy falls in love with Elizabeth Bennet.
There are a lot of different Pride & Prejudice variation tropes, and one of the most popular answer the question, “What if Elizabeth Bennet fell in love with Darcy first?”
Here is a list of some of my favorite Jane Austen fan fics where Elizabeth falls in love before Darcy does.
A Compromised Compromise: An Elizabeth and Darcy Story by Timothy Underwood
At Mr. Bingley’s Netherfield Ball in A Compromised Compromise: An Elizabeth and Darcy Story by Timothy Underwood, Elizabeth tripped and Mr. Darcy caught her in his strong arms, and as he set her back on her feet, they looked deep into each other’s eyes. They kissed.
Unfortunately, they were seen in this passionate embrace before they returned to their senses. Mr. Darcy now must marry Elizabeth to protect her reputation and his own. Even though he still insists to himself that he does not want to.
Soon Colonel Fitzwilliam comes to Hertfordshire to save his cousin from the scheming fortune huntress who trapped him and to chastise Mr. Wickham for his sins.
What will Elizabeth do when she has fallen in love, but Mr. Darcy still claims that he wished they did not need to marry?
The Last Waltz: . . . another pride and prejudice journey of love by Pat Santarsiero
A chance meeting at the age of fifteen has Elizabeth Bennet dreaming of the handsome Mr. Darcy in The Last Waltz: . . . another pride and prejudice journey of love by Pat Santarsiero. But the result of one Fateful night changes everything. Can she ever overcome her insecurities enough to allow herself to be loved?
Experience has taught Fitzwilliam Darcy that love is fleeting at best, an impractical emotion that is hardly worth the effort. Will he ever find the courage to finally offer his heart to someone?
The Last Waltz may be their last chance for happiness.
Lilacs & Lavender: A Pride & Prejudice Variation by Zoe Burton
On her way to Kent in Lilacs & Lavender: A Pride & Prejudice Variation by Zoe Burton, Elizabeth Bennet unexpectedly meets Fitzwilliam Darcy in London. Having spent time reflecting on her interactions with Darcy after the dissolute habits of George Wickham are discovered, she has come to realize her first impressions were wrong.
Love secretly blossoms between the two when they meet again in Kent. By the end of their time together, it has grown from the first blooms of love into ardent admiration, and they are determined to marry.
However, not everyone is pleased and trouble follows our dear couple threatening to tear them apart.
Mr. Darcy – A Man of Honour by Jadie Brooks
Mr. Darcy – A Man of Honour by Jadie Brooks asks several questions. What if Mr. Darcy came into Meryton with the idea of seeking a wife and was first attracted to Jane Bennet?
What if Jane Bennet was not a sweet, kind young woman everyone thought she was?
How would things play out for Darcy and Elizabeth when he found out his error after he was engaged to Jane?
Mr. Darcy’s Cipher: A Pride and Prejudice Variation (Spies and Prejudice Book 1) by Violet King
Outside the Longbourn house, Elizabeth Bennet is an ordinary country miss in Mr. Darcy’s Cipher: A Pride and Prejudice Variation (Spies and Prejudice Book 1) by Violet King. But in secret, she and her father crack codes to foil Napoleon’s schemes against England. More than anything, Elizabeth wants to be loved for herself, but how can she when she lives a double life?
After Fitzwilliam Darcy’s brother is killed in France, a coded letter carries his final words and a dangerous secret. Mr. Darcy brings the letter to the Bennets for answers. But soon the code is the least of Mr. Darcy’s conundrums as he finds himself falling for Elizabeth Bennet. Caught between an assassin and an old enemy, can Mr. Darcy accept his feelings and win Miss Elizabeth’s heart before it is too late?
Find out in Mr. Darcy’s Cipher, Book 1 of the Spies and Prejudice series. Mr. Darcy’s Cipher is a Pride and Prejudice variation novel of 65,000 words with heaps of romance, humor, suspense, code-cracking, and two sometimes bullheaded but lovable leads who struggle to save a nation while falling in love.
Suddenly Mrs Darcy: A Pride & Prejudice Variation by Jenetta James
Elizabeth Bennet never imagined her own parents would force her to marry a virtual stranger.
But when Mrs Bennet accuses Fitzwilliam Darcy of compromising her daughter in Suddenly Mrs Darcy: A Pride & Prejudice Variation by Jenetta James, that is exactly the outcome.
Trapped in a seemingly loveless marriage and far from home, she grows suspicious of her new husband’s heart and further, suspects he is hiding a great secret.
Is there even a chance at love given the happenstance of their hasty marriage?
A Dishonorable Offer: An Elizabeth and Darcy Story by Timothy Underwood
After Mr. Bennet died when Elizabeth was still a child in A Dishonorable Offer: An Elizabeth and Darcy Story by Timothy Underwood, Mrs. Bennet wasted all of the money that had been settled upon her. Just when it seemed like things could not get worse for the Bennet sisters, Lydia married a blacksmith. Afterwards Elizabeth and Jane were barely seen as gentlewomen, but Elizabeth refused to ever let herself be unhappy. She still believed Jane and her would marry for love.
Mr. Darcy’s uncle had been an exemplary guardian for Darcy after his father killed himself in grief over his wife’s death, but it annoyed Darcy how Lord Matlock insisted he always keep a mistress. His uncle pushed a new woman on Darcy every single time Darcy grew bored and ended an affair. Not again. This time he’d find his own woman. He wanted to find someone he could talk and laugh with. Someone like the vivacious Miss Elizabeth.
But even though Elizabeth’s family had fallen far, she could never accept the offer Mr. Darcy would make…
The Trouble With Horses: A Pride & Prejudice Variation Novella by Elizabeth Ann West
When a riderless horse interrupts Elizabeth Bennet’s daily walk in The Trouble With Horses: A Pride & Prejudice Variation Novella by Elizabeth Ann West, she is inspired to begin the search herself. Finding a gentleman in the ravine of a creek bed, she scares off snakes and raises the alarm to end up with the man situated at Longbourn for his recovery.
Enamored with his dark curls and handsome face, her life appears to be following the fairy tale story line of a novel, that is until the proud, disdainful Fitzwilliam Darcy of Pemberley wakes up.
A sweetheart romantic novella, The Trouble With Horses is meant to be a light read for those irreparably addicted to all things Austen. The writing style does not attempt to mimic the incomparable Jane, and the author hopes you enjoy the fun, humorous story as you would an afternoon tea.
Still Waters: A Pride and Prejudice variation by Elin Eriksen
Warning: Infidelity, betrayal and descriptive sexual encounters that are appropriate for a mature audience only.
In the dark hours of the night, Elizabeth’s most beloved sister succumbs to her illness in . The aid of a solicitous gentleman is appreciated until her distraught mother misconstrues the circumstances and creates a situation more intolerable than she could ever have imagined.
Elizabeth is grateful when her betrothed leaves the area to let her grieve the loss of her sister in peace but the gentleman who returns for their wedding is not the same gentleman who left her behind.
She had not expected her life would be easy, moving halfway across the country, married to a man who found her only tolerable, yet Elizabeth is not made for misery. The decision to make the best of what life has given her was easy to make but the follow through breaks her heart as she must fight for her position and accept betrayal too despicable to contemplate.
My contemporary Pride & Prejudice variation, An Unexpected Harvest, also has Elizabeth falling for Darcy first. It’s a bit of a fun role reversal story. Thank you, Tiffany, for inviting me to post the link!
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