Vampire Darcy's Desire: A Pride and Prejudice Adaptation [Paperback]

Regina Jeffers (Author)

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Publication Date: October 1, 2009

Vampire Darcy’s Desire presents Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice as a heart-pounding vampire romance filled with passion and danger.
Tormented by a 200-year-old curse and his fate as a half-human/half-vampire dhampir, Mr. Darcy vows to live forever alone rather than inflict the horrors of life as a vampire on an innocent wife. But when he comes to Netherfield Park, he meets the captivating Elizabeth Bennet.

As a man, Darcy yearns for Elizabeth, but as a vampire, he is also driven to possess her. Uncontrollably drawn to each other, they are forced to confront a “pride and prejudice” never before imagined—while wrestling with the seductive power of forbidden love. Meanwhile, dark forces are at work all around them. Most ominous is the threat from George Wickham, the purveyor of the curse, a demon who vows to destroy each generation of Darcys.

Written in authentic Austen style and faithful to its Regency-era setting, Vampire Darcy’s Desire retells the greatest love story of all time in a hauntingly imaginative fashion.

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About the Author

Regina Jeffers is the author of several Jane Austen adaptations including Darcy's Passions: Pride and Prejudice Told Through His Eyes; Darcy's Temptation: A Sequel to the Fitzwilliam Darcy Story; Vampire Darcy's Desire, and an version of Persuasion told from Captain Wentworth's point of view. She considers herself a Janeite - a member of the Jane Austen Society of North America and spends lots of her free time involved in such. A teacher for nearly 40 years in the public school systems of three different states, Regina Jeffers is a Time Warner Star Teacher Award winner, a Martha Holden Jennings Scholar, a Columbus Educator Award winner, and a guest panelist for the Smithsonian. She served on various national educational committees and is often sought as a media literarcy consultant.

Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Ulysses Press; Original edition (October 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1569757313
• ISBN-13: 978-1569757314
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #497,201 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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A teacher for nearly 40 years in the public school systems of three different states, Regina Jeffers is a Time Warner Star Teacher Award winner, a Martha Holden Jennings Scholar, a Columbus Educator Award winner, and a guest panelist for the Smithsonian. She served on various national educational committees and is often sought as a media literarcy consultant. Like many "snow birds," Jeffers moved to the South several years ago. She is late to the publishing business, having written her first book on a dare from her students, who, literally said, "If you know all this, why do you not do it yourself?" On a whim, she self published her first book, and from there, everything happened at once. Now, writing for Ulysses Press in California, Jeffers is the author of several Jane Austen adaptations including Darcy's Passions, Darcy's Temptation, Vampire Darcy's Desire, The Phantom of Pemberley, and Captain Wentworth's Persuasion. She considers herself a Janeite - a member of the Jane Austen Society of North America and spends lots of her free time involved in such. Jeffers has now branched out into the Historical Romance genre. Her first book in the Realm series, The Scandal of Lady Eleanor, will be released in early 2011.

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42 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Paranormal Retelling, October 10, 2009

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This review is from: Vampire Darcy's Desire: A Pride and Prejudice Adaptation (Paperback)

I was not sure I would want to read this book after reading the disaster known as Mr. Darcy, Vamprye, but I always thought there were several Austen characters who would make good "antagonists" in a paranormal book - Wickham, Willoughby, John Thorpe, Capt. Tilney, etc. What I liked about this one is the way the author keeps the story tied together with the Scottish ballad, making it the basis of the curse under which Darcy must function.

Spoiler Alert!!! Darcy is a dhampir, and each member of the Darcy family faces the situation where he must choose to become a vampire by surrendering to the "need" for blood, or he must be the first to break the curse on the family. The vampirism is passed to the first born son of each generation. No other Darcy has been able to defeat Wickham and the curse, but Fitzwilliam Darcy is determined. Except - he meets Elizabeth Bennet and is drawn to her - desires her as a man would a woman and as a vampire would a victim.

Darcy "fights" Wickham as he does in the original Austen book. Darcy still must save Elizabeth's family from Wickham influence. Wickham takes Lydia to Newcastle as he does in the original. Darcy cannot allow himself to love Elizabeth as he does in the original. The fact that Jeffers tries to keep several of the original Austen elements in place helps this story line. With Mr. Darcy, Vampyre, I felt the author threw in every gimmick she could think of to use. This story line is much tighter in its presentation. The characters' motivations are the same, but there is an element of "sexual tension," necessary for a paranormal or vampire story. A vampire story could not be a chaste as the original Austen works so the reader must be aware of that. However, it is not out and out blatant sex. There is the need for completion as one might expect in a vampire story. Jeffers does bring Darcy and Elizabeth together faster than in the original, but I liked the way she treats Elizabeth. Austen saw Elizabeth Bennet as an intelligent woman, one of the things which attracts Darcy in the first place. Jeffers says she makes Elizabeth the "Van Hesling" character, using her intelligence to help Darcy defeat Wickham and to beat his family curse. She has no powers except her intuitiveness and her brain. That makes her a strong opponent for Wickham. In fact, Darcy becomes a stronger opponent against Wickham when he aligns himself with Elizabeth.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Love this Book, December 12, 2011

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I love this book, it had me captured from the beginning to the end. I love the way Darcy calls Elizabeth,Vixen. I read a few bad reviews, but I guess it depends on taste because this book was great. I wish we could go further with a sequel, especially something that was stated in epilogue I am a bit confused about, but if I say what it is than it will be a spoiler. So, I will just make due of what I think the particularly character meant when talking about a name.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Supernatural pleasure, October 10, 2011

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I greatly enjoyed Regina Jeffer's book, Mr. Darcy's Desire. It was a well-researched, interesting story with a compelling plot and vivid characters. For those of us who are Darcy addicts, this book is a great fix. The brooding, dark vampire Darcy fits very well with canon, and as usual, he is more concerned with duty and protecting those he loves than he is with his own desires. Wickham's character as an archetypical villain is also satisfyingly close to Austen's selfish, vengeful anti-hero. I highly recommend this book for romantic chills this Halloween.