Mr. Darcy is the steward of a grand estate. Elizabeth Bennet is a lowly housemaid.It's P&P, but all the characters are servants below stairs All Elizabeth Bennet wants is to escape. The housemaid position in the refuge of Donwell Abbey seems to be the answer to all her prayers.She finds an immediate friend in fellow housemaid Jane Langley, and she respects the housekeeper, Mrs. Charlotte Lucas.Certainly, the steward, Mr. Darcy, is haughty and proper and thinks she's not handsome enough to tempt anyone, but he's easily avoided.Soon, however, Elizabeth must dodge the advances of the butler, Mr. Collins, who has determined making her his wife will greatly increase his happiness, and the jealousy of fellow housemaid Caroline Bingley. And if that weren't bad enough, a dark man from her past lurks outside on the grounds, ready to destroy her new life.Mr. Wickham knows all her secrets, and he can crush her if...

The secret baby JAFF you didn't know you wanted! The night of the Netherfield Ball, Fitzwilliam Darcy watches Elizabeth Bennet dance twice with Mr. William Collins and knows what the man intends. When Mr. Darcy's own dance with the lady in question goes disastrously, he despairs of ever wooing her from the man who duty demands she wed. He takes solace in absinthe, as one does.Elizabeth is not the least bit pleased at the prospect of marrying Mr. Collins and begins drinking heavily, too. When a very inebriated Mr. Darcy appears and takes her off to his room, she doesn't resist. She doesn't resist anything at all.Morning dawns, and all his drunken promises of marriage have evaporated. He doesn't remember bedding her.She has no choice but to marry Mr. Collins.Especially when she realizes that Mr. Darcy's seed has taken root in her, and she will now bear his child. Passing...

A pirate Pride and Prejudice variationOn passage back to England from India, Miss Elizabeth Bennet's ship is boarded by pirates. She is shocked to find that she is acquainted with the pirate captain, who is none other than Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy.Elizabeth only met Darcy once, at a ball years ago in Meryton. Darcy left abruptly to hunt down some soldier named Wickham. The two met for a duel and Wickham fell. Rumors said that Wickham had something to do with the death of Darcy's sister, an event that devastated him and left him a drunkard and gambler who had lost much of his fortune.Apparently, Darcy turned to piracy to make back his fortune. But he is no longer the gentleman that Elizabeth knew. Now taken captive aboard his ship, she is entirely at his mercy...**For readers who will enjoy something different: a deliciously damaged and dashing Mr. Darcy in need of the redemptive power of love.**