Author: Kelly Miller
Editor: Jo Abbott
Cover Artist: The Red Fox Creative
Amazon ebook: $3.99
Paperback: $9.99
Kindle Unlimited: Free
Print Length: 197 Pages
Release Date: November 14, 2025
When she comes to live with them, her Uncle Allan Barton avoids her, while Aunt Rebecca welcomes three-year-old Elizabeth with open arms. By the time she is five, Elizabeth's memories of her parents and her sister Jane have faded. But when her nurse lets her view a portrait of her parents, her mother appears regal and happy, and her father well-read.
Elizabeth dreams about her late family, and yearns to read the books her father left her. What kind of woman will Elizabeth Bennett become? And how will she enjoy growing up on the Bartons’ estate in Wiltshire? Let’s grab a cup of tea, leap into The Impoverished Orphan: A Pride & Prejudice Variation, and see!
Story
The past holds nothing for Elizabeth. Her parents’ estate, Longbourn, was entailed, and ownership has passed to Mr Collins. Except for her uncle Gardiner, her extended family succumbed to the same ague that took her parents and sister. And after Aunt Rebecca's death, her uncle prevents Elizabeth from seeing her uncle Gardiner, claiming he is a dishonest and disreputable man.
While Uncle Barton has suffered from depression, his affection for Elizabeth grows after his wife's death, and he makes every effort to include her in his family. Elizabeth loves her cousins, and Noah and Cassie return her affection. But despite their mutual love for each other, Elizabeth is a penniless outsider, reliant on their kindness and hospitality.
Glimpses of Elizabeth's childhood show how her relationship with her family grows and changes. After a tenth of the novel, readers arrive in 1811. Elizabeth is twenty years old when Cassie's romance with Stephen Ware hits a rough spot.
Soon afterward, Fitzwilliam Darcy enters The Impoverished Orphan: A Pride & Prejudice Variation. After foiling George Wickham's scheme to acquire Georgiana's fortune, Darcy comforts his shattered sister while conferring with a Bow Street Runner on the murder of his neighbor. Although he disliked Mrs Cooper, Darcy agrees to watch for anyone resembling Mr Notley’s chief suspect when he visits his friend in Wiltshire.
Nature stripped Elizabeth Bennett of her family in The Impoverished Orphan: A Pride & Prejudice Variation. Then Darcy inadvertently robs Elizabeth of what she most cherishes while attempting to ease Georgiana's suffering. Still, Elizabeth is too concerned about others to dwell on her injuries. And despite the difficulties involved, Darcy seeks to assuage the hurt he has caused Elizabeth.
As in Jane Austen’s novel, Elizabeth and Darcy must learn to get past their initial perceptions of each other. As understanding develops between them, Darcy must reconcile his perception of what matters to him with his growing attraction to Elizabeth. While doing that, Darcy detects another mystery. So, while keeping an eye out for Mrs Cooper’s murderer, Darcy seeks to unravel a twisted past to help Elizabeth secure a better future.
Final Thoughts
As Kelly Miller welcomes readers into a cozy mystery and love story, she portrays Elizabeth Bennett and Fitzwilliam Darcy's struggles through their eyes. While Darcy is wealthy and well-traveled, Elizabeth wears her cousin's hand-me-down clothes and rarely leaves her uncle's estate. But as Darcy discovers, Elizabeth is rich in the things she values in The Impoverished Orphan: A Pride & Prejudice Variation.
5 Stars
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