title: MR. DARCY'S BRIDEs: A Pride and Prejudice Vagary
author:  Regina Jeffers 
description: With 30+ books to her credit, Regina Jeffers is an award-winning author of historical cozy mysteries, Austenesque sequels, vagaries and retellings, as well as Regency era-based romantic suspense. A teacher for 40 years, Jeffers often serves as a consultant for Language Arts and Media Literacy programs. With multiple degrees, Regina has been a Time Warner Star Teacher, Teacher of the Year, and a Martha Holden Jennings Scholar, as well as a Smithsonian presenter. She has been a finalist for both the Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense and the Frank Yerby Award for Fiction multiple times, as well as a finalist for the Chanticleer International Book Award. Living outside of Charlotte, NC, she spends her "free" time in her flower gardens and loving on her three grandchildren.
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  Piers Larne had learned to hide his feelings behind a mask of bitter
  indifference and a large decanter of brandy. But the sight of the heiress his
  father was forcing him to wed sobered the viscounts dissolute soul. Her
  silvery blond hair and flawless pale skin could lure a man to madness. Not
  that Vivian Marleigh would be a willing bride; her hatred for him shone
  clearly from eyes the color of moonlight on water. But she could not very well
  refuse. Long ago, the shock other mothers death had robbed her of the power of
  speech, and the delicate beauty could not say what was in her heart. It was up
  to Piers to spark the fires that would melt her icy reserve, and teach her the
  pleasures that await those who seek only passion and SPEAK ONLY LOVE
  
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  UNEXPECTED PLEASURE
  
  "Pledge me your hatred, my lady," Piers challenged, looking down at her.
  
  Vivian's lips parted, revealing her tightly clenched t