What if Elizabeth Bennet secretly read tarot to save Longbourn—and Mr Darcy was the one man she couldn’t read?

A Regency-set Pride & Prejudice variation with drawing-room tension and sharp chemistry: Elizabeth falls first, secrets threaten scandal, and the story delivers a swoony happily ever after.

Elizabeth Bennet has a secret life she will not speak of in daylight.
While in disguise, she reads fortunes with a worn deck of tarot cards—keen observation dressed as mysticism, because gentility does not pay debts and Longbourn cannot afford pride.

Then Miss Bingley insists upon an entertainment at Netherfield, and Elizabeth is dragged into a drawing room full of eyes, expectations, and judgement.

The last person she wants looking too closely is Mr Darcy.

Fitzwilliam Darcy has no patience for fashionable nonsense.
Yet the moment the cards are placed in his hands, the “fortune-teller” speaks to truths he has buried since Ramsgate, truths no stranger should know.

He tells himself he watches Elizabeth Bennet to protect his friend.

Elizabeth tells herself she despises his interference.

Neither believes the other is capable of understanding them… until conversation turns to confession, and the danger shifts from gossip to something far worse.

If Elizabeth is exposed, she is ruined. If Darcy reaches for her, he risks everything he has built his life upon: duty, discretion, and pride.

Take His Likeness is a standalone novel in The Austenesque Collection. A romantic, Regency-set Pride and Prejudice variation with a tarot twist, sharp chemistry, and the delicious peril of falling in love where you cannot afford to.

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Praise for Take His Likeness:

★★★★★ “If you love Pride and Prejudice, this will be a treat for you!”

★★★★★ “This P&P variation turns the story on its head while still preserving the main points from canon.”

★★★★★ “Lovely writing, fascinating plot, and lots of frustrating romantic moments for our dear couple.”

★★★★★ “This version of Elizabeth Bennet… is surprisingly unique!”

★★★★★ “Her descriptions of emotions are perfect… stuck to canon and brought in something new yet era-appropriate.”

★★★★★ “Well researched—the tarot was spot on.”

★★★★★ “The characters are well-drawn, the dialogue full of life, the writing is excellent.”

★★★★★ “I’ve never come across a tarot card-reading Elizabeth in the hundreds of variations that I read… a wonderful, low-angst version and I highly recommend it.”