Miss Darcy's Companion

A Pride and Prejudice Variation

By: Joana Starnes

Narrated by: Stevie Zimmerman

Miss Georgiana Darcy is need of a companion, and she would much rather not have Mrs. Younge. The recently bereaved Miss Elizabeth Bennet is in need of a position. When she accepts the one Mr. Darcy offers, she finds herself in his near-constant company and gets to know him at his best. Not as he would present himself to strangers in some remote corner of Hertfordshire, but as his nearest and dearest know him. An excellent brother, landlord, master. A wonderful man, noble, kind and impossibly handsome. So who falls in love first? What of Mr. Wickham and his dastardly ploys? And how is a lady's companion ever to have a future with one who could marry into the best houses in the land?

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Entertaining, well written and very well performed

A lovely prude and prejudice variation, with Mr Bennett dying before the Austen story line starts and Elizabeth and Darcy meeting in different circumstances.
The book was well written, great characterization, and very well performed.

Super good story

I very much enjoyed this Pride and Prejudice variation. Darcy and Elizabeth do not meet until after Mr. Bennett dies and Mr. Collins takes over Longbourne. Elizabeth becomes paid companion to Georgiana, who is Darcy's sister. That is how Darcy meets her. Of course he admires her and in this version she admires him from the beginning, but misunderstandings occur and they become star crossed. Mr. Wickham shows up and he is despicable as usual. He tries to take advantage of Georgiana. Lots of angst - the fun kind. I really enjoyed it.

A favorite I revisit often

I loved this story. Delicious angst! And Stevie Zimmerman’s narration does the work justice. Well
Done

Loved it!!

I LOVE ❤️❤️❤️ Joana’s books! And the whole point of tormenting Elizabeth instead of Darcy this time was brilliant! Though heartbreaking! Though seeing the romance survive during such conditions was another notch of Amazing and 5- Star 🌟 rating!
The performance was really quite good! And could see Georgiana come to alive even more than I did when just reading the book! And see to the characters come to life, and how they evolved through the story was nothing short of amazing! I hope to see more books come to life like this soon!

Pretty good

I like the premise and the story was well written. This narrator always does a phenomenal job regardless of author. My only sticking point was the ending. It was wrapped up so quickly and almost glossed over? Just by the title alone you would assume there would be a good amount of fallout from Darcy marrying someone who was in his employ and yet, we are hardly told any details about that likely fallout and it's just so hasty. The last 40 minutes of the book honestly could have been about 2 or 3 times the length if it was delved into more properly.