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Pride and Temptation

A Forbidden Love – A Pride and Prejudice Variation

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Pride and Temptation

By: C.J. Matteo
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Some stories are born in fire.

Elizabeth Bennet has never been the quiet type. Clever, sharp-tongued, and fiercely self-possessed, she’s spent her life sidestepping expectations.
Marriage? Yes — for some. But not for convenience. Not for coin.

Fitzwilliam Darcy sees everything. And judges most of it. Cold, composed, and born to power, he’s used to admiration — not argument.

But then he meets her.

From the candlelit chaos of a country ball to whispered moments in shadowed gardens, their words clash. Their glances linger.
And what begins as disdain slowly twists into something darker — magnetic, forbidden, and impossible to ignore.

This is not the Pride & Prejudice you remember.
It’s deeper. Rougher. Slower to trust.
But when it ignites — it doesn’t burn politely.

Pride and Temptation is a sensual, character-driven variation filled with slow-burn tension, sharp wit, and stolen moments that ache.

Perfect for fans of steamy historical retellings, enemies-to-lovers romance, and regency passion with heat, hesitation, and longing in every glance.
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liked the story. disliked the narration. very confusing with darcy thrown into every conversation especially when he was not a part of the conversation. finally figured out it was the word darcy not the character.

interesting story

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so many issues with "find and replace" name corrections using "Darcy" as a filler for at least 5 other male characters in this book. it made it hard to finish. no pauses or breaks between different scenes was distracting. this could be a great story as the bones are there, but its obvious this hasn't seen an editor and probably never will at this point.

I don't think an editor ever checked this book

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The story has an odd cadence with very little actual dialogue and with a lot of abrupt phrasing. I don't really mind VV but there is a LOT of editing needed. Every male character is mixed up and being called Darcy, even in the middle of conversations about the actual Darcy, which was massively confusing. ODC obviously have issues communicating, which aligns with canon, but they seem to learn to read each other's minds instead, as there was no real progress in the dialogue. More time spent describing physical movements and atmosphere than the relationship growth. Can't quite figure out the timeline of the story either...

Still figuring out the trope...

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Did you mean Wickam or Bingly? Yes, did you say Darcy? Yes. Too annoying to continue. This is a good story but it needs a good edit and a better narrator

That everyone mans name was Darcy

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This novel is overlong, but putting the narration speed at 1.5 certainly helped. I do not care for virtual voice, but it was listenable with the sped up narration. There were some errors, such as Wickham being referred to as Darcy a few times in one chapter. Plus a couple of times the exact same passage of writing was inserted into more than one chapter. But despite these issues, I enjoyed the story overall, once I adjusted to this author's style. Definitely worth a look, esp. for free.

Overlong but OK

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