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Pride, Prejudice and the Perfect Match
Read the latest contemporary romance by national bestselling author Marilyn A single mother and an ER doctor meet on an Internet dating site—each for reasons that have little to do with finding their perfect match—in this modern, Austen-inspired story. It’s a tribute to the power of both “pride� & “prejudice� in bringing two people romantically together, despite their mutual insistence that they should stay apart� Would an Elizabeth Bennet by any other name be as appealing to a Darcy? Beth Ann Bennet isn’t looking for love. She’s an aspiring social worker using an online alias to study sex-role stereotypes. Dr. William Darcy isn’t looking for love either. He’s just trying to fund his new clinic by winning a major bet. Both think Lady Catherine’s Love Match Website will help them get what they want—fast, easy and without endangering their hearts. Both are in for a big surprise. Pride, Prejudice and the Perfect Match…where true love is just a fib and a click away. "Brant couldn’t have done a better job at pulling me into the story and keeping me hooked until the end... I liked this book so much that I delayed watching the Season 3 premiere of Downton Abbey!! (This is a huge deal.)" ~Kimberly Denny-Ryder, Austenprose Heart-warming, tender, and sweet � Pride, Prejudice and the Perfect Match is a lovely tribute to Jane Austen and her masterpiece." ~Austenesque Reviews Praise for Marilyn's debut novel, According to "A charming book." ~Family Circle "Fresh, original, and lots of fun." ~Barnes & Noble Review "Brant infuses her sweetly romantic and delightfully clever tale with just the right dash of Austen-esque wit." ~Chicago Tribune
212 pages, Paperback
First published January 7, 2013
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Marilyn Brant
35Ìýbooks405ÌýfollowersMarilyn Brant is a New York Times & USA Today bestselling author of contemporary fiction. Her debut novel won RWA's prestigious Golden Heart Award® in 2007 and she was named the 2013 Author of the Year by the Illinois Association of Teachers of English. She wrote ACCORDING TO JANE, the story of a modern woman who receives dating advice from the spirit of Jane Austen, FRIDAY MORNINGS AT NINE, and A SUMMER IN EUROPE, all women's fiction releases from Kensington Books.
She's also a #1 Kindle & #1 Nook Bestseller and has written a series of fun and flirty contemporary romantic comedies, such as ON ANY GIVEN SUNDAE and PRIDE, PREJUDICE AND THE PERFECT MATCH, along with a bestselling coming-of-age romantic mystery (THE ROAD TO YOU), a sweet holiday romance (THE KNIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS), and the 7-book "Mirabelle Harbor" contemporary romance series. Look for her latest releases, THE SECRET LIFE OF MAGGIE BLAKE, a modern romantic spy comedy inspired by the Scarlet Pimpernel (May 2022), and NOT ANOTHER ROMAN HOLIDAY, a rom-com novella set in Italy (November 2023)!
Marilyn lives in the northern Chicago suburbs with her family, analyzing novels for the storytelling website Save the Cat! and working on her own writing projects. When she isn't rereading Austen's books or enjoying the latest releases by her author friends, she's daydreaming plot ideas for her next novel, eating chocolate indiscriminately and hiding from the laundry.
She's also a #1 Kindle & #1 Nook Bestseller and has written a series of fun and flirty contemporary romantic comedies, such as ON ANY GIVEN SUNDAE and PRIDE, PREJUDICE AND THE PERFECT MATCH, along with a bestselling coming-of-age romantic mystery (THE ROAD TO YOU), a sweet holiday romance (THE KNIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS), and the 7-book "Mirabelle Harbor" contemporary romance series. Look for her latest releases, THE SECRET LIFE OF MAGGIE BLAKE, a modern romantic spy comedy inspired by the Scarlet Pimpernel (May 2022), and NOT ANOTHER ROMAN HOLIDAY, a rom-com novella set in Italy (November 2023)!
Marilyn lives in the northern Chicago suburbs with her family, analyzing novels for the storytelling website Save the Cat! and working on her own writing projects. When she isn't rereading Austen's books or enjoying the latest releases by her author friends, she's daydreaming plot ideas for her next novel, eating chocolate indiscriminately and hiding from the laundry.
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November 26, 2016
Dear reader,
This modern story centres around Beth,a trainee social worker,who,in her determination to obtain top marks in her final paper on gender role stereotypes,completes a false dating profile to attract a specific type of man.
Pretending to be Charlotte,a twenty-two year old psychology major,with no dependents,her intention is to meet a man,ascertain the required information,write up her results and hopefully be recommended for the position of social worker in the dept.that she's currently working in.
Entering the fray is one Dr Darcy, whose burning ambition is to set up a clinic for single mothers and their children,to provide for others,what both his mother and himself,a child of a single mother,were deprived of,many years ago.
Promised funding for his clinic by his wealthy cousin,Richard,he must first prove that he's successfully gone on a series of dates with the same lady,hence his online presence on the Lady C. dating agency!
Thus do Charlotte and William meet, attraction clouding the fact that lies have laid the foundation for this,their initial meeting and will ultimately lead to their downfall.
What will befall this,in some ways,highly compatible couple when Will,adamant that single mothers will not feature in his romantic future,realise that Charlotte is mother to an adorable six year old,and is hell bent on being a social worker,working in a despised profession that triggers,for him, memories of past embarrassing and haunting experiences?
How will Beth react on discovering that Will initially dated her to gain funding for his clinic,and is still deeply scarred by his past,has,in ways,never forgiven his mum for his being a child of a single mother,and that this man that holds her heart is too tunnel focused in his wishes to fix the past by his attempts to 'manipulate the future',and in turn,pays a huge personal price for such?
This was a short,sweet story,and while not,strictly speaking,shadowing Pride and Prejudice,it is nonetheless an enjoyable tale,sprinkled with the necessary spoonful of angst that is thankfully quickly resolved.
This modern story centres around Beth,a trainee social worker,who,in her determination to obtain top marks in her final paper on gender role stereotypes,completes a false dating profile to attract a specific type of man.
Pretending to be Charlotte,a twenty-two year old psychology major,with no dependents,her intention is to meet a man,ascertain the required information,write up her results and hopefully be recommended for the position of social worker in the dept.that she's currently working in.
Entering the fray is one Dr Darcy, whose burning ambition is to set up a clinic for single mothers and their children,to provide for others,what both his mother and himself,a child of a single mother,were deprived of,many years ago.
Promised funding for his clinic by his wealthy cousin,Richard,he must first prove that he's successfully gone on a series of dates with the same lady,hence his online presence on the Lady C. dating agency!
Thus do Charlotte and William meet, attraction clouding the fact that lies have laid the foundation for this,their initial meeting and will ultimately lead to their downfall.
What will befall this,in some ways,highly compatible couple when Will,adamant that single mothers will not feature in his romantic future,realise that Charlotte is mother to an adorable six year old,and is hell bent on being a social worker,working in a despised profession that triggers,for him, memories of past embarrassing and haunting experiences?
How will Beth react on discovering that Will initially dated her to gain funding for his clinic,and is still deeply scarred by his past,has,in ways,never forgiven his mum for his being a child of a single mother,and that this man that holds her heart is too tunnel focused in his wishes to fix the past by his attempts to 'manipulate the future',and in turn,pays a huge personal price for such?
This was a short,sweet story,and while not,strictly speaking,shadowing Pride and Prejudice,it is nonetheless an enjoyable tale,sprinkled with the necessary spoonful of angst that is thankfully quickly resolved.
February 24, 2014
In this story Beth Ann Bennet is a 26 year old single mum who is training to be a social worker. She signs up to a dating website to try and find a man to study for her sociology module, which is focusing on gender stereotypes. To make her dating profile more attractive she tells some lies on it, changing her job, her age and omitting to mention her child. She isn’t ashamed of who she is, although she modestly underrates her attractiveness, but she isn’t actually pursuing a relationship here, just trying to get some research done. She even uses a pseudonym to sign up with. Will Darcy, gorgeous doctor, is trying to get some funding for a new clinic to provide treatment for single mothers and their children, who wouldn’t be able to afford treatment otherwise. His rich cousin, Bingley has agreed to make a large donation, in return for workaholic Darcy having 5 dates with somebody and bringing them to Bingley’s birthday party. This is why Darcy signs up for online dating. He is pretty truthful on his application, the only lie he tells is his reason for signing up.
Beth notices Darcy’s profile online and they exchange emails. She didn’t intend to meet her case study subject, but she is enticed enough to meet with him for coffee and finds she is much more attracted to him than she had anticipated. The attraction is mutual, and they have a few more dates. In the course of this she finds out that he hates social workers and would actively avoid dating a single mum. This is due to his own childhood bad experiences of step-families and bad social workers, plus the perception he has of social workers who deal with his single mum patients. So Darcy is massively prejudiced, but Beth not so much. They both have their share of pride, but I wouldn’t especially call either of them proud. Both of them keep people at an emotional distance, but for him it’s more self-preservation, and she has been focused on raising her child, who is just coming up to school age. Once Beth realises the views Will holds she can’t see any future for the relationship, built as it is on deceit, but both of them are already in deeper than they had intended...
The story wasn’t was what I was expecting. From the title I expected a modern update of Pride and Prejudice with a recognisable story arc, but this doesn’t follow the lines of Pride and Prejudice at all. There are recognisable names and characters, but the dynamics between them are different, particularly between Beth and Will, and the events are pretty different. This is not to say that I didn’t enjoy the story, I liked it very much, but it wasn’t what I expected. The main similarity to me was the theme of realising what prejudices are held and overcoming them.
Both Beth and Will were really admirable characters, if you could overlook the initial lying! He was so focussed on improving life for people who were struggling financially both for their benefit and for the greater good of society, and is also a caring son. Beth had been left by her husband around the time their baby was born and had been raising her son on her own since then while trying to train in a job that was more fulfilling emotionally than financially. I very much enjoyed seeing Beth and Will’s story, and there were many occasions when I doubted that it would be possible to provide them with a happy ending. In fact, I had real trouble putting the kindle down and I read it pretty much in one sitting!
Beth notices Darcy’s profile online and they exchange emails. She didn’t intend to meet her case study subject, but she is enticed enough to meet with him for coffee and finds she is much more attracted to him than she had anticipated. The attraction is mutual, and they have a few more dates. In the course of this she finds out that he hates social workers and would actively avoid dating a single mum. This is due to his own childhood bad experiences of step-families and bad social workers, plus the perception he has of social workers who deal with his single mum patients. So Darcy is massively prejudiced, but Beth not so much. They both have their share of pride, but I wouldn’t especially call either of them proud. Both of them keep people at an emotional distance, but for him it’s more self-preservation, and she has been focused on raising her child, who is just coming up to school age. Once Beth realises the views Will holds she can’t see any future for the relationship, built as it is on deceit, but both of them are already in deeper than they had intended...
The story wasn’t was what I was expecting. From the title I expected a modern update of Pride and Prejudice with a recognisable story arc, but this doesn’t follow the lines of Pride and Prejudice at all. There are recognisable names and characters, but the dynamics between them are different, particularly between Beth and Will, and the events are pretty different. This is not to say that I didn’t enjoy the story, I liked it very much, but it wasn’t what I expected. The main similarity to me was the theme of realising what prejudices are held and overcoming them.
Both Beth and Will were really admirable characters, if you could overlook the initial lying! He was so focussed on improving life for people who were struggling financially both for their benefit and for the greater good of society, and is also a caring son. Beth had been left by her husband around the time their baby was born and had been raising her son on her own since then while trying to train in a job that was more fulfilling emotionally than financially. I very much enjoyed seeing Beth and Will’s story, and there were many occasions when I doubted that it would be possible to provide them with a happy ending. In fact, I had real trouble putting the kindle down and I read it pretty much in one sitting!
June 14, 2022
Nice Read
Reviewed in Canada on May 1, 2020
Very enjoyable story with light shades of Pride and Prejudice. Well written, sweet. I liked the character portrayals in this book and recommend it.
Reviewed in Canada on May 1, 2020
Very enjoyable story with light shades of Pride and Prejudice. Well written, sweet. I liked the character portrayals in this book and recommend it.
July 29, 2015
I've been on a huge Austen adaptation kick lately. I just want to read ALL THE ADAPTATIONS. Seriously. I have a shelf dedicated to the ones I own and another to the ones I've checked out at the library. I think I've only met one adaptation that I didn't love. I just love the feels that come along with a great Austen adaptation. I love experiencing the stories in a new way.
This one was no exception. I've given the whole online dating thing a shot and I totally understand the pressure that goes along with it. I've always tried to be completely honest in my profiles, but I've been caught unawares by those who aren't up front. For example, one of my great disasters was with a guy who said online that he was a senior software engineer. There are certain expectations that go along with a profession like that, so when he showed up and complained long and loud about my $3 salad, I knew something was up. I brought the topic around to work, and it turns out that he'd been out of work for over a year and had never even been a software engineer. Cut that one short. Yeah.
Anyway, I digress. Back to the book.
Both parties in this one are guilty of falsifying information, or at least, not telling the whole truth. The hijinks that ensue are a ton of fun and I found myself cringing at all the right moments. It was hilarious. I totally guessed how some things were going to turn out, but that didn't bother me at all. This wasn't supposed to be some deep, heavy, philosophical read. It was supposed to be a fun ride and it was.
I liked the characters, especially Jane, Beth Ann's best friend. She was just exactly what you'd want in a best friend - someone who is always there for you, lets you make mistakes and is there to help you pick up the pieces, helps you put your life back together, etc.
My favorite among the males was Bingley MacNamara, Darcy's cousin and meddler-in-chief. He cracked me up. He was a lot more astute than I originally suspected, so he was a very nice surprise. I'd have liked to see more of him.
Dr. Darcy is prickly, but not as much as he could have been. I'd have liked to see him stay a little truer to character, but it didn't bother me that much. He was still a cool guy, and his motives were awesome.
Beth Ann was also not as true to Elizabeth as she could have been, but I'm putting that up to artistic license. I wish she'd been a little stronger, but she was okay. Of all the characters, she was probably my least favorite, though I definitely didn't dislike her.
Reading Pride and Prejudice as an online dating story was pretty cool. It was definitely true to life and mirrored a lot of what I've seen and/or experienced myself. I like that Marilyn Brant took it this direction because it was so much fun. It was clean too. I'd recommend it with no reservations (i.e. 'there's this one part...') to anyone who loves Austen adaptations. I read it in a couple of hours and wanted to start over the minute I finished. I'm glad I bought a copy for my Kindle app!
It's a 3.5 Eiffel Tower book for me.
Content Advisory:
Language: Moderate
Sexuality: Mild
Violence: Mild
This one was no exception. I've given the whole online dating thing a shot and I totally understand the pressure that goes along with it. I've always tried to be completely honest in my profiles, but I've been caught unawares by those who aren't up front. For example, one of my great disasters was with a guy who said online that he was a senior software engineer. There are certain expectations that go along with a profession like that, so when he showed up and complained long and loud about my $3 salad, I knew something was up. I brought the topic around to work, and it turns out that he'd been out of work for over a year and had never even been a software engineer. Cut that one short. Yeah.
Anyway, I digress. Back to the book.
Both parties in this one are guilty of falsifying information, or at least, not telling the whole truth. The hijinks that ensue are a ton of fun and I found myself cringing at all the right moments. It was hilarious. I totally guessed how some things were going to turn out, but that didn't bother me at all. This wasn't supposed to be some deep, heavy, philosophical read. It was supposed to be a fun ride and it was.
I liked the characters, especially Jane, Beth Ann's best friend. She was just exactly what you'd want in a best friend - someone who is always there for you, lets you make mistakes and is there to help you pick up the pieces, helps you put your life back together, etc.
My favorite among the males was Bingley MacNamara, Darcy's cousin and meddler-in-chief. He cracked me up. He was a lot more astute than I originally suspected, so he was a very nice surprise. I'd have liked to see more of him.
Dr. Darcy is prickly, but not as much as he could have been. I'd have liked to see him stay a little truer to character, but it didn't bother me that much. He was still a cool guy, and his motives were awesome.
Beth Ann was also not as true to Elizabeth as she could have been, but I'm putting that up to artistic license. I wish she'd been a little stronger, but she was okay. Of all the characters, she was probably my least favorite, though I definitely didn't dislike her.
Reading Pride and Prejudice as an online dating story was pretty cool. It was definitely true to life and mirrored a lot of what I've seen and/or experienced myself. I like that Marilyn Brant took it this direction because it was so much fun. It was clean too. I'd recommend it with no reservations (i.e. 'there's this one part...') to anyone who loves Austen adaptations. I read it in a couple of hours and wanted to start over the minute I finished. I'm glad I bought a copy for my Kindle app!
It's a 3.5 Eiffel Tower book for me.
Content Advisory:
Language: Moderate
Sexuality: Mild
Violence: Mild
February 1, 2013
This was my first book by Marilyn Brant and won't be my last! It was fun and her writing is very easy to read. I enjoyed that she wrote in third person so you got to see both Beth and Will's points of view. As mentioned in the summary above, Will and Beth both submitted a profile on a dating website to meet someone for ulterior motives. They both lied; however, Beth pretended to be someone she wasn't in order to use her match as research and Will failed to mention he was only looking for someone in order to win a bet with his cousin. This relationship seemed to be doomed to fail from the beginning.
At first I wasn't sure I liked Will. Marilyn did a great job of portraying him in a way that prevented the reader to automatically fall for him. That is what he did though - he kept everyone outside his wall of emotion and detached so he wouldn't get hurt. Beth on the other hand had a tough time keeping her emotions in check. She was serious about her research, but she started falling for Will even though she knew she shouldn't take things futher becasue of her dishonesty. Beth also seems to be the only woman who is able to break down Will's walls and manages to pierce his heart, without realizing it. Once Will finds out that Beth lied to him, we finally start to see some real emotion from Will. It is amazing how you can draw closer to someone even when they are angry! He was no longer the cool, logical doctor only worried about his clinic and helping people in order to fight the system that he was subjected to growing up.
We all try to anticipate how a story is going to go based on what we have read in past books. We know the hero and heroine will get together in the end in a romance novel, but it is the getting there that we love to read about. Pride, Prejudice and the Perfect Match did not disappoint in the "getting there" part. There were some surprises that happened along the way and when I thought they would forgive one another, well, they didn't! I was mentally urging Will and Beth to cut the crap and go to the other one (because I knew how they both felt about the other one - the fun part about being in both characters' heads), but they didn't listen. Stubborn characters!
I thought Marilyn did a fabulous job with the story and the characters. I enjoyed the sweet romance that formed between the characters and loved Will's cousin Bingley and Beth's best friend Jane. I sure hope Marilyn writes a book about them! They would be so much fun to read about. If you are looking for a fun, contemporary read (whether or not you have read Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice) that is hard to put down, I highly recommend Pride, Prejudice and the Perfect Match!
At first I wasn't sure I liked Will. Marilyn did a great job of portraying him in a way that prevented the reader to automatically fall for him. That is what he did though - he kept everyone outside his wall of emotion and detached so he wouldn't get hurt. Beth on the other hand had a tough time keeping her emotions in check. She was serious about her research, but she started falling for Will even though she knew she shouldn't take things futher becasue of her dishonesty. Beth also seems to be the only woman who is able to break down Will's walls and manages to pierce his heart, without realizing it. Once Will finds out that Beth lied to him, we finally start to see some real emotion from Will. It is amazing how you can draw closer to someone even when they are angry! He was no longer the cool, logical doctor only worried about his clinic and helping people in order to fight the system that he was subjected to growing up.
We all try to anticipate how a story is going to go based on what we have read in past books. We know the hero and heroine will get together in the end in a romance novel, but it is the getting there that we love to read about. Pride, Prejudice and the Perfect Match did not disappoint in the "getting there" part. There were some surprises that happened along the way and when I thought they would forgive one another, well, they didn't! I was mentally urging Will and Beth to cut the crap and go to the other one (because I knew how they both felt about the other one - the fun part about being in both characters' heads), but they didn't listen. Stubborn characters!
I thought Marilyn did a fabulous job with the story and the characters. I enjoyed the sweet romance that formed between the characters and loved Will's cousin Bingley and Beth's best friend Jane. I sure hope Marilyn writes a book about them! They would be so much fun to read about. If you are looking for a fun, contemporary read (whether or not you have read Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice) that is hard to put down, I highly recommend Pride, Prejudice and the Perfect Match!
July 9, 2013
Fun, clean romance
Beth Ann Bennett needs to finish her college degree in social work so she can be recommended for the promotion at work. As a single mom, the raise will really help her and her 6-year-old son, Charlie. She just has one more paper to write, and to write that paper she needs to gather sociological data, and she needs a stereotypical male to serve as her subject. So her best friend, Jane, convinces her to join an online dating website... She can send a few emails and collect some data and finish her paper. Will Darcy appears to have all the stereotypes she is looking for -- you could say he is a perfect match!
Will Darcy is a doctor with big plans to open a clinic to help low income moms and their children. His wealthy cousin, Bingley McNamara, is willing to fund the clinic IF Will goes out with the same woman 5 times and then brings her to meet Bingley on Bingley's birthday. For the emotionally detached Will, this seems practically impossible but he is desperate enough for the funding to try. So he joins an online dating website to help him find his perfect match!
When Will Darcy asks to meet her in person, Beth knows she should turn him down. Her entire profile is a lie, but she can't resist the opportunity to meet Will in person. So she tells him her name is Charlotte Lucas (after all, what's one more lie) and agrees to meet him. They go on four dates and Beth realizes she is in way over her head... Not only is it inevitable that she will get caught in her lies, but she has two other strikes against her, too:
1) She is a single mother; Darcy is biased against being a stepdad because of the two horrible stepdads he had growing up
2) She is a social worker; Darcy hates social workers because of the way they treated his mother when she was a single mom.
The truth comes out, and Will and Beth need to find out if what they share goes deep enough to forgive the deception... I'm glad to know there will be a sequel to this book! I have a feeling it will be Bingley and Jane's story and I can't wait to read it...
Beth Ann Bennett needs to finish her college degree in social work so she can be recommended for the promotion at work. As a single mom, the raise will really help her and her 6-year-old son, Charlie. She just has one more paper to write, and to write that paper she needs to gather sociological data, and she needs a stereotypical male to serve as her subject. So her best friend, Jane, convinces her to join an online dating website... She can send a few emails and collect some data and finish her paper. Will Darcy appears to have all the stereotypes she is looking for -- you could say he is a perfect match!
Will Darcy is a doctor with big plans to open a clinic to help low income moms and their children. His wealthy cousin, Bingley McNamara, is willing to fund the clinic IF Will goes out with the same woman 5 times and then brings her to meet Bingley on Bingley's birthday. For the emotionally detached Will, this seems practically impossible but he is desperate enough for the funding to try. So he joins an online dating website to help him find his perfect match!
When Will Darcy asks to meet her in person, Beth knows she should turn him down. Her entire profile is a lie, but she can't resist the opportunity to meet Will in person. So she tells him her name is Charlotte Lucas (after all, what's one more lie) and agrees to meet him. They go on four dates and Beth realizes she is in way over her head... Not only is it inevitable that she will get caught in her lies, but she has two other strikes against her, too:
1) She is a single mother; Darcy is biased against being a stepdad because of the two horrible stepdads he had growing up
2) She is a social worker; Darcy hates social workers because of the way they treated his mother when she was a single mom.
The truth comes out, and Will and Beth need to find out if what they share goes deep enough to forgive the deception... I'm glad to know there will be a sequel to this book! I have a feeling it will be Bingley and Jane's story and I can't wait to read it...
January 23, 2013
Dr. Will Darcy may be a prominent Chicago physician, but at his heart, he's a wounded child of a single mother. He learned from a young age that kids of single parents get their heart broken by fleeting relationships. After learning to detach his emotions from his work, he's now ready to build a clinic to help single mothers in Chicago. All he needs is money from his philanthropic cousin to make his dream come true. But, his cousin has some crazy conditions for Will. Lying a bit on a dating profile isn't that big of a deal, when it's for a good cause, right?
Single mom, Beth Bennet needs one last sociology class to finish her degree and pull her and her son, Charlie, out of the poverty spiral left by her absent ex-husband. It's okay to lie on a dating profile for research purposes, isn't it?
Pride and Prejudice and the Perfect Match provides an unique, modern twist on the classic Austen story. Brant's writing evokes more than just a basic misunderstanding between two people. She paints a vivid portrait of shame, pride, desperation and devotion single mothers feel about bringing children into a less-than-idyllic situation. Though Will and Beth may be a 'perfect match,' neither of them are ready for a real relationship. Both must face and forgive themselves and accept that the people in their life can love them exactly for who they are and not who they think they should be.
One thing of note - the story ends with 15% of the Kindle pages left to complete making it more like a novella. Brant fills it with snippets of her other novels. I found that this distracted me from Will and Beth's story.
There is was one quote in the story about mothers that I'm thinking about printing out and putting on my wall - overall, a warm and fuzzy read!
Single mom, Beth Bennet needs one last sociology class to finish her degree and pull her and her son, Charlie, out of the poverty spiral left by her absent ex-husband. It's okay to lie on a dating profile for research purposes, isn't it?
Pride and Prejudice and the Perfect Match provides an unique, modern twist on the classic Austen story. Brant's writing evokes more than just a basic misunderstanding between two people. She paints a vivid portrait of shame, pride, desperation and devotion single mothers feel about bringing children into a less-than-idyllic situation. Though Will and Beth may be a 'perfect match,' neither of them are ready for a real relationship. Both must face and forgive themselves and accept that the people in their life can love them exactly for who they are and not who they think they should be.
One thing of note - the story ends with 15% of the Kindle pages left to complete making it more like a novella. Brant fills it with snippets of her other novels. I found that this distracted me from Will and Beth's story.
There is was one quote in the story about mothers that I'm thinking about printing out and putting on my wall - overall, a warm and fuzzy read!
August 8, 2014
Beth is a single mom in her late 20s embarking on a career as a social worker who signs up on an online dating website for purely research purposes. She gives herself an alias, omits the mention of her child and changes her education and career on her profile. Darcy is a handsome doctor who wants to open up his own clinic to help single moms and young children but requires the monetary means to do. Bingley promises to supply the necessary funds if Darcy signs up on hybrid same online dating site and goes on 5 dates with a girl. Hence Beth and Darcy collide! They have a few dates and Darcy immediately falls for Beth except he reveals that he doesn't like social workers and that he could never be in a relationship with a single mom - exactly what Beth fears. Beth decides to end the relationship by ignoring his emails even though she has fallen for him herself and poor Darcy doesn't know what's wrong. Although their paths are sure to cross and how will Darcy react when he learns the truth about Beth?! Darcy pride comes in as his mind rules against his heart. Through the helps of their friends Jane and Bingley they will acknowledge their true feelings at least to themselves.
This is certainly not a modern pride and Prejduce as I expected. Darcy's mother is alive, Bingley is the rich womanizer, Jane is a woman with attitude, Beth is a single mom (Wickham is the father), lady Catherine owns the dating website...so different but well written and a great story!
This is certainly not a modern pride and Prejduce as I expected. Darcy's mother is alive, Bingley is the rich womanizer, Jane is a woman with attitude, Beth is a single mom (Wickham is the father), lady Catherine owns the dating website...so different but well written and a great story!
March 27, 2013
If I wouldn´t need to work in between reading I wouldn´t have looked up from the pages once.
Pride, Prejudice and the Perfect Match is a short, sweet, romantic, fun novel everyone in love with Mr.Darcy should read! Seriously, go, get it!
Beth Bennet is a student on her way to becoming a full-time social worker. Will Darcy is a Doctor with high goals for a clinic.
If Beth wouldn´t have to hand in her final paper and if Will wouldn´t need funding for the clinic, they might never meet. That´s where Lady Catherines Dating website comes in.
I loved reading how they got to know each other (or did they? ;)). Brant has created two wonderful caracters with Beth and Will. Charlie, Beth´s 6-year-old son is an absolute sweetheart. And not forgetting Bingley! Brant did a great job creating a modern Bingley with the regency one in the mind of all us readers. Will and Beth are perfect modern versions of Elizabeth and Fitzwilliam, imo. Bingley I find always a bit hard to translate to modern. Marilyn Brants Bingley is spot on!
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Pride, Prejudice and the Perfect Match is a short, sweet, romantic, fun novel everyone in love with Mr.Darcy should read! Seriously, go, get it!
Beth Bennet is a student on her way to becoming a full-time social worker. Will Darcy is a Doctor with high goals for a clinic.
If Beth wouldn´t have to hand in her final paper and if Will wouldn´t need funding for the clinic, they might never meet. That´s where Lady Catherines Dating website comes in.
I loved reading how they got to know each other (or did they? ;)). Brant has created two wonderful caracters with Beth and Will. Charlie, Beth´s 6-year-old son is an absolute sweetheart. And not forgetting Bingley! Brant did a great job creating a modern Bingley with the regency one in the mind of all us readers. Will and Beth are perfect modern versions of Elizabeth and Fitzwilliam, imo. Bingley I find always a bit hard to translate to modern. Marilyn Brants Bingley is spot on!
Nothing more to add then - Start reading! Soon!
February 15, 2013
Since I began watching The Lizzie Bennet
Diaries on YouTube, I have developed more
appreciation than ever for fictional attempts
to transfer Pride and Prejudice into our contemporary world. This particular Jane-
Austen-inspired novel was very intriguing and
thoroughly fun and entertaining. I liked the choices the author made to "modernize" the novel and characters. There were certainly some serious themes about deception
and, of course, pride and prejudice. However it it was the familiar 200-year old romantic core of the story that carried me happily to the end. I had to sit up very late and finish this book!
Diaries on YouTube, I have developed more
appreciation than ever for fictional attempts
to transfer Pride and Prejudice into our contemporary world. This particular Jane-
Austen-inspired novel was very intriguing and
thoroughly fun and entertaining. I liked the choices the author made to "modernize" the novel and characters. There were certainly some serious themes about deception
and, of course, pride and prejudice. However it it was the familiar 200-year old romantic core of the story that carried me happily to the end. I had to sit up very late and finish this book!
July 30, 2014
For those readers who love Pride & Prejudice like I do you'll enjoy this book of Beth Bennett and Will Darcy. Beth is a single mom an Will is a doctor who has dreams of opening a clinic. There's the usual misunderstandings - oh, okay LIES, with the result of hurt feelings and a parting of the ways. There's not a lot of action in this story but the writing is good and holds your interest.
April 22, 2015
Who would ever think of Darcy and Elizabeth meeting online? This book is very fun and romantic. I thoroughly enjoyed it as a modern adaptation of P&P that did veer from the original plot, but stayed true to the characters.
February 12, 2018
A most enjoyable read
I don't normally enjoy modern take offs of Pride and Prejudice, but this one had me in its grasp within pages. It does not follow canon, but the story is so very well done that I just loved it. I look forward to reading the follow up novel.
I don't normally enjoy modern take offs of Pride and Prejudice, but this one had me in its grasp within pages. It does not follow canon, but the story is so very well done that I just loved it. I look forward to reading the follow up novel.
August 16, 2014
This is a beautifully written book!
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July 13, 2022
I dnf’d this book a few years ago but I gave it another chance after accidentally clicking on its cover in my Kindle.
Actually, it’s ok, but Ic couldn’t fully connect with the characters somehow.
Actually, it’s ok, but Ic couldn’t fully connect with the characters somehow.
January 21, 2013
In reading a large variety of Pride and Prejudice variations, I’ve come to expect works of all shapes and sizes. What I didn’t expect, however, was a work that centers on an online dating site. Such is the premise of Pride, Prejudice and the Perfect Match by Marilyn Brant. Sure, we’ve seen modern adaptations on the beloved original, yet this is a new twist that adds another dimension to the story between the Lizzy and Darcy that we all cherish. How would this timeless love story survive in a world governed by digital matchmaking?
The last thing that Beth Ann Bennet wants to do is end up on a dating site, but much to her chagrin, here she is. As a social worker studying sex-based stereotypes, she signs on to Lady Catherine’s Love Match Website under a pseudonym in order to get a firsthand account of said stereotypes. She is surprised, however, when she meets Dr. William Darcy through the site. He has his own secrets, however, as he too is signed up for the dating service under false pretenses. In order to settle a bet and win funding for a new clinic he is building, Darcy agrees to sign on to the site and find a match. Now that they have met, both agree that it would be in their best interests to stay apart, yet there seems to be an invisible force that draws them to each other, making that original promise much harder to keep. Although they both assume that the site will give them a superficial and fleeting glance at a relationship, what they actually encounter is something much deeper and more personal. What will happen once they come to find that this meeting is not what they originally intended, but something much more involved indeed?
At first blush, I found the idea behind this story to be intriguing and fresh. Always up for a new take on the P&P variation genre, I was excited to see what Brant had in store. I was surprised to find that the storyline between Darcy and Elizabeth seemed to be swapped somewhat with the plot between Jane and Bingley, but this didn’t seem to detract from the flow of the work at all. In fact, it made me read faster. After a while, the old Darcy and Elizabeth I’ve come to know and love made their appearance, as the story made a course correction and we came back into familiar territory. When this was coupled with references to Roman Holiday and high tea, I began to feel like I was reading a book that was a greatest hits of all the things I love in life. Brant couldn’t have done a better job at pulling me into the story and keeping me hooked until the end. I loved how her work was different enough that I felt really out of my element at first, but then brought back to the themes of compassion, forgiveness, and love that really hold Darcy and Elizabeth together. This was an amazingly smart move that left me more than satisfied at the end of this work. In fact, I liked this book so much that I delayed watching the season 3 premiere of Downton Abbey!! (This is a huge deal) In all, if you’re up for a new and exciting change in the P&P variation world, I strongly suggest that you give this a try. Who doesn’t love a fresh look at our Darcy and Elizabeth?
Kimberly (Reflections of a Book Addict)
Originally Posted on the Austenprose Blog
The last thing that Beth Ann Bennet wants to do is end up on a dating site, but much to her chagrin, here she is. As a social worker studying sex-based stereotypes, she signs on to Lady Catherine’s Love Match Website under a pseudonym in order to get a firsthand account of said stereotypes. She is surprised, however, when she meets Dr. William Darcy through the site. He has his own secrets, however, as he too is signed up for the dating service under false pretenses. In order to settle a bet and win funding for a new clinic he is building, Darcy agrees to sign on to the site and find a match. Now that they have met, both agree that it would be in their best interests to stay apart, yet there seems to be an invisible force that draws them to each other, making that original promise much harder to keep. Although they both assume that the site will give them a superficial and fleeting glance at a relationship, what they actually encounter is something much deeper and more personal. What will happen once they come to find that this meeting is not what they originally intended, but something much more involved indeed?
At first blush, I found the idea behind this story to be intriguing and fresh. Always up for a new take on the P&P variation genre, I was excited to see what Brant had in store. I was surprised to find that the storyline between Darcy and Elizabeth seemed to be swapped somewhat with the plot between Jane and Bingley, but this didn’t seem to detract from the flow of the work at all. In fact, it made me read faster. After a while, the old Darcy and Elizabeth I’ve come to know and love made their appearance, as the story made a course correction and we came back into familiar territory. When this was coupled with references to Roman Holiday and high tea, I began to feel like I was reading a book that was a greatest hits of all the things I love in life. Brant couldn’t have done a better job at pulling me into the story and keeping me hooked until the end. I loved how her work was different enough that I felt really out of my element at first, but then brought back to the themes of compassion, forgiveness, and love that really hold Darcy and Elizabeth together. This was an amazingly smart move that left me more than satisfied at the end of this work. In fact, I liked this book so much that I delayed watching the season 3 premiere of Downton Abbey!! (This is a huge deal) In all, if you’re up for a new and exciting change in the P&P variation world, I strongly suggest that you give this a try. Who doesn’t love a fresh look at our Darcy and Elizabeth?
Kimberly (Reflections of a Book Addict)
Originally Posted on the Austenprose Blog
January 21, 2013
Marilyn Brant has written another wonderful story! In this modern twist Brant brings Pride and Prejudice into the present with all its technology, like online dating!
To prove her theory that men are of a certain stereotypical type Beth Ann Bennet joins an online dating service called Lady Catherine's Love Match to find the perfect man to base her research paper on. She figures she gather all the info she needs within a few emails and maybe one meeting -- then end it. What she doesn't count on is handsome Dr. Darcy, the man she had picked out of all her possible matches.
Meanwhile, Will Darcy has joined Lady Catherine's Love Match for his own reasons, but he’s not looking for love either. No, he has a bet with his cousin, Bingley, and if Darcy wins the bet he'll get the funding he needs for his health clinic. But when he meets Beth everything changes! He is drawn to her more than he thought was possible. As they both fall in love with each other, is their love strong enough to stand firm when the truth comes out?
I found it interesting how Brant put a different twist to the characters of Pride and Prejudice. For instants, Jane is Beth’s best friend, not her sister. Bingley has more money than Darcy. And the name Beth gives as her real name on Lady Catherine’s Love Match is Charlotte Lucas! Loved it! And the obstacles that Darcy and Beth have to overcome are in tune with today's society.
I would have liked to see Jane and Bingley’s storyline developed more. I think they would be another perfect match!
I love a story that gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling inside, and that’s just what Pride, Prejudice and the Perfect Match did to me! I LOVED it! It’s a perfect book to curl up on a couch with!
*I was provided a copy of the book by the author for my honest review.*
To prove her theory that men are of a certain stereotypical type Beth Ann Bennet joins an online dating service called Lady Catherine's Love Match to find the perfect man to base her research paper on. She figures she gather all the info she needs within a few emails and maybe one meeting -- then end it. What she doesn't count on is handsome Dr. Darcy, the man she had picked out of all her possible matches.
Meanwhile, Will Darcy has joined Lady Catherine's Love Match for his own reasons, but he’s not looking for love either. No, he has a bet with his cousin, Bingley, and if Darcy wins the bet he'll get the funding he needs for his health clinic. But when he meets Beth everything changes! He is drawn to her more than he thought was possible. As they both fall in love with each other, is their love strong enough to stand firm when the truth comes out?
I found it interesting how Brant put a different twist to the characters of Pride and Prejudice. For instants, Jane is Beth’s best friend, not her sister. Bingley has more money than Darcy. And the name Beth gives as her real name on Lady Catherine’s Love Match is Charlotte Lucas! Loved it! And the obstacles that Darcy and Beth have to overcome are in tune with today's society.
I would have liked to see Jane and Bingley’s storyline developed more. I think they would be another perfect match!
I love a story that gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling inside, and that’s just what Pride, Prejudice and the Perfect Match did to me! I LOVED it! It’s a perfect book to curl up on a couch with!
*I was provided a copy of the book by the author for my honest review.*
February 18, 2013
If you’re expecting your typical ‘Pride and Prejudice� contemporary re-telling of Jane Austen book, you’ll be pleasantly surprised by finding out that while some names have stayed the same and brought into the 21st Century, the roles might be a bit reversed.
As blurbs go, this one’s perfect and gives you just enough of a peek and a hook into the story saving me the trouble of summarizing it for you, thus letting me tell you the reasons why I liked it.
Ms. Brant cleverly takes some of the bones of the original, shakes them up, guiding them to their perfect landing and giving us a story that is all her own.
The characters, main and secondary, were three-dimensional to a point that they might have been your neighbors or your friends, that’s how real they felt. The plot was intriguing and kept you in anticipation of the final reveal, which kept the story moving and entertaining.
And just when you thought you got it all figured out, Ms. Brant gives you a surprise or two!
You know what else I liked about this story? It made me remember what my husband once told me and at the time, I don’t think I appreciated his wisdom. He said I was everything he never ....for the rest of my review, I'd be honored you pop over to b2b....Thanks!
Mel for b2b
*Book provided by the author.
As blurbs go, this one’s perfect and gives you just enough of a peek and a hook into the story saving me the trouble of summarizing it for you, thus letting me tell you the reasons why I liked it.
Ms. Brant cleverly takes some of the bones of the original, shakes them up, guiding them to their perfect landing and giving us a story that is all her own.
The characters, main and secondary, were three-dimensional to a point that they might have been your neighbors or your friends, that’s how real they felt. The plot was intriguing and kept you in anticipation of the final reveal, which kept the story moving and entertaining.
And just when you thought you got it all figured out, Ms. Brant gives you a surprise or two!
You know what else I liked about this story? It made me remember what my husband once told me and at the time, I don’t think I appreciated his wisdom. He said I was everything he never ....for the rest of my review, I'd be honored you pop over to b2b....Thanks!
Mel for b2b
*Book provided by the author.
January 22, 2013
Lying on an online dating profile?!? Who would do such a thing?
While it may be a common practice for people to lie about their age, income, and weight on their online dating profile, Dr. Will Darcy and Beth Bennet do a little more than slightly misrepresent the truth about themselves. Beth isn't the twenty-two-year-old, softball loving, psychology major she claims to be, she's a social science major working on a project about gender stereotypes. And although Will Darcy is upfront about his profession as an ER doctor and his bordering-on-addiction-passion for coffee, he fails to mention that he is looking for a relationship only to win a high-stakes bet...
After several email exchanges and a couple of casual dates Will and Beth find themselves in a little bit of a dilemma. On the surface it seems Will and Beth are starting to develop a relationship that is sincere and genuine, but in actuality it is one filled with hypocrisy and deceit. Will Beth understand and be forgiving about Will using her to win a bet? What Will think of Beth when he discovers her true profession and that she is a mother with a six-year-old-son? Is it too late to come clean with the truth? Are they in too deep? Is there any hope for our “perfectly matched� deceivers?
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While it may be a common practice for people to lie about their age, income, and weight on their online dating profile, Dr. Will Darcy and Beth Bennet do a little more than slightly misrepresent the truth about themselves. Beth isn't the twenty-two-year-old, softball loving, psychology major she claims to be, she's a social science major working on a project about gender stereotypes. And although Will Darcy is upfront about his profession as an ER doctor and his bordering-on-addiction-passion for coffee, he fails to mention that he is looking for a relationship only to win a high-stakes bet...
After several email exchanges and a couple of casual dates Will and Beth find themselves in a little bit of a dilemma. On the surface it seems Will and Beth are starting to develop a relationship that is sincere and genuine, but in actuality it is one filled with hypocrisy and deceit. Will Beth understand and be forgiving about Will using her to win a bet? What Will think of Beth when he discovers her true profession and that she is a mother with a six-year-old-son? Is it too late to come clean with the truth? Are they in too deep? Is there any hope for our “perfectly matched� deceivers?
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October 27, 2014
The story of Beth Bennet, a social work student, who meets Will Darcy, a doctor, through Lady Catherine's Perfect Match dating website. There were lots of other Pride and Prejudice references: Beth's first husband was called Pete Wickham, Darcy's cousin was called Bingley and Beth's best friend was Jane. However, the plot bore no real resemblance to The Austen novel and in particular Jane and Bingley never even met.
I bought this Kindle book after failing to win a copy through the first readers' scheme, but I should have been content not to win. The writing wasn't great, everyone was either lying to or manipulating everyone else to a bewildering extent. Darcy went from being unable to countenance a relationship with a single mother to the extreme opposite seemingly because Beth's son had been very brave and polite after breaking his arm. Darcy was supposed to be so full of neuroses from his childhood that I don't think I would have taken him on. Beth and Darcy fell in love despite Beth lying so completely about her life that I fail to see what they could possibly have conversed about on their dates (and indeed the dialogue quoted was sparse and awkward).
I bought this Kindle book after failing to win a copy through the first readers' scheme, but I should have been content not to win. The writing wasn't great, everyone was either lying to or manipulating everyone else to a bewildering extent. Darcy went from being unable to countenance a relationship with a single mother to the extreme opposite seemingly because Beth's son had been very brave and polite after breaking his arm. Darcy was supposed to be so full of neuroses from his childhood that I don't think I would have taken him on. Beth and Darcy fell in love despite Beth lying so completely about her life that I fail to see what they could possibly have conversed about on their dates (and indeed the dialogue quoted was sparse and awkward).
December 19, 2017
I read all the reviews on Amazon so that I could decide if I wanted to buy and then read this story. And then I read the excerpts from the second book on the Austen Authors' new site. I just finished reading this. Yes, it kept my interest. And I do agree that there was no need to name the characters after our favorite couple in P&P since this book could stand alone as a novella. I, too, do not find that the personalities remind me at all of the original Elizabeth and Darcy, but they are interesting on their own. Using an Internet dating site was a new approach, which worked very well. There are many strings left hanging in this first story and I look forward to more than one follow up story from this author. Well done overall. When will we see a movie come out from one of the JAFF books? Austenland is the only one in the modern vain, unless you want to count Bride and Prejudice, of which I am aware. I would love to see one of the "What-if" stories put into film. (Now grammar issue: possessive tense for plural nouns- Should read Mary's and Sue's book...not Mary and Sue's book. I am seeing this error in so many stories and I am not an English teacher.) Does this bother anyone else?
December 31, 2019
Contemporary Pride and Prejudice variation.
A fun, entertaining and romantic book with underlying depth and thoughtfulness.
Single mother and social worker Beth Bennet, took on an alias as Charlotte Lucas and entered the fray of online dating as a research project for her assignment on Stereotypical males.
Dr Will Darcy ticked all her boxes and was the chosen example of man.
Darcy's peculiar cousin Bingley was rich and able to fund Darcy's big project, the clinic for single mothers. He liked games though and made Darcy a bet. If he could get a lady on five dates, he would fund his clinic.
Entering the dating game on false premises, neither had pictured themselves falling in love...
The truth has a way of making itself known though.
I really liked this adaptation of PnP into the modern era. I thought the comparison of a dowerless daughter of a country squire Regency Elizabeth to a contemporary single mother, a particularly clever one. There are definitely similarities of how they would be regarded from society in general, in which I have some personal experience.
Recommend!
A fun, entertaining and romantic book with underlying depth and thoughtfulness.
Single mother and social worker Beth Bennet, took on an alias as Charlotte Lucas and entered the fray of online dating as a research project for her assignment on Stereotypical males.
Dr Will Darcy ticked all her boxes and was the chosen example of man.
Darcy's peculiar cousin Bingley was rich and able to fund Darcy's big project, the clinic for single mothers. He liked games though and made Darcy a bet. If he could get a lady on five dates, he would fund his clinic.
Entering the dating game on false premises, neither had pictured themselves falling in love...
The truth has a way of making itself known though.
I really liked this adaptation of PnP into the modern era. I thought the comparison of a dowerless daughter of a country squire Regency Elizabeth to a contemporary single mother, a particularly clever one. There are definitely similarities of how they would be regarded from society in general, in which I have some personal experience.
Recommend!
March 13, 2013
This modern day romance has all the names we want to see in a modern P&P story!(Bennet,Jane,Darcy,Bingley and Lady Catherine)
Beth Ann Bennet is a struggling student in her last semester to being a social worker. Her final assignment is to do a research paper on sexual role stereotypes. So she goes to an online dating service call Lady Catherine's Love Match. She enters information she thinks will attract the right man for her research. Anyway she finaly chooses Dr Will Darcy a 30ish ER DR. Dr Darcy has his own reasons for signing up on the dating service. And so the dance begins. Beth is not looking for romance but Darcy is for at least 5-6 dates. Anyway as the story progresses we realise that both Beth and Will have personal issues to work out and how that will affect there relationship is the journey. It was a wonderful easy read and I throughly enjoyed it.
Beth Ann Bennet is a struggling student in her last semester to being a social worker. Her final assignment is to do a research paper on sexual role stereotypes. So she goes to an online dating service call Lady Catherine's Love Match. She enters information she thinks will attract the right man for her research. Anyway she finaly chooses Dr Will Darcy a 30ish ER DR. Dr Darcy has his own reasons for signing up on the dating service. And so the dance begins. Beth is not looking for romance but Darcy is for at least 5-6 dates. Anyway as the story progresses we realise that both Beth and Will have personal issues to work out and how that will affect there relationship is the journey. It was a wonderful easy read and I throughly enjoyed it.
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September 13, 2013As always, being the author of a novel brings with it a natural and inescapable bias when it comes to talking about them -- I don't release books I don't love! The characters in this story have a special place in my heart, though, because they're both striving to make life better for others and, yet, they're flawed and frequently conflicted individuals. They have their own biases, much like their literary inspirations (Jane Austen's Darcy and Elizabeth), but they live in a modern world and need to use technology that didn't exist back then. They were also great fun to write, as were the secondary characters who sometimes liked to steal their scenes, LOL. I truly hope all who read my book will enjoy my short, light, contemporary homage to Pride and Prejudice on this 200th Anniversary of its release!
April 13, 2013
I was pleasantly surprised by this one. The Lizzie character actually has a son and is an aspiring social worker. The Darcy character is an ER doctor trying to start a clinic to help single mothers.
Aside from there being too much detail about types of coffee in the beginning, I thought this was a wonderful retelling. However, the "book" was pretty short--and there were a lot of extra pages that just included excerpts from this author's other novels. I was hoping for a longer read, but I definitely stayed interested the entire time.
I'm going to check out a few more of her books. Hopefully they're a little longer and just as good!
Aside from there being too much detail about types of coffee in the beginning, I thought this was a wonderful retelling. However, the "book" was pretty short--and there were a lot of extra pages that just included excerpts from this author's other novels. I was hoping for a longer read, but I definitely stayed interested the entire time.
I'm going to check out a few more of her books. Hopefully they're a little longer and just as good!
January 20, 2014
3.5 stars rounded up - This is a modern day tale with the names of the P&P characters but not so much the plot. I enjoyed the plot however. Both the heroine and the hero sign up for a match making service for reasons other than meeting the love of their life. Both characters are so likable and the lying was addressed internally in a way that, for me, it wasn't as deceitful as this plot type usually is.
This is a quick read with a clean romance.
I look forward to the sequel when it comes out.
This is a quick read with a clean romance.
I look forward to the sequel when it comes out.
March 8, 2013
I do not often get to read books with my busy schedule and writing myself, but I was fortunate to receive a copy of this book and could not help myself! I took a peek at the first page and was hooked! I spent the rest of the day reading it and finished that night with a smile on my face. This story is witty and entertaining but also has a very thought provoking storyline. If it were possible I would give it ten stars. Bravo, Marilyn! I will read the rest of your stories now.
January 22, 2016
It was cute and it was clean but the ending resolved itself too easily for the problem and it really annoyed me that the characters were named the same as Pride and Prejudice but weren't even fundamentally the same. That might be a stupid thing to complain about but I kept trying to make comparisons that didn't work.
December 23, 2016
A wonderful introduction to Marilyn Brant
I enjoyed this modern story of Elizabeth Bennett and Will Darcy. Same delightful characters set in Chicago with a few wrenches thrown in (I.e., a crazy Bingley, interesting Jane, and other fun sides). I do not wish to spoil the whole story, but this book is worth the time. A fun escape! I would recommend it.
I enjoyed this modern story of Elizabeth Bennett and Will Darcy. Same delightful characters set in Chicago with a few wrenches thrown in (I.e., a crazy Bingley, interesting Jane, and other fun sides). I do not wish to spoil the whole story, but this book is worth the time. A fun escape! I would recommend it.
February 7, 2013
For any fan who appreciates a little Jane Austen sprinkled in her romance!
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