title: Derbyshire: a sequel to Pride and Prejudice
author: Marie Hgstrm
description: Almost ten years ago I wrote this book as a gift for my sister. It was published in swedish 2006 and translated into english in 2008.
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  TO HAVE AND TO HOLD
  
  
  SALLY WENTWORTH
  
  
  HARLEQUIN PRESENTS 1787
  
  
  WEDLOCKED
  
  
  **TO HAVE AND TO HOLD**
  
  
  **SALLY WENTWORTH**
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## CHAPTER ONE
  
  
  Alix North had fallen in love with Rhys Stirling the first time she had met
  him. Her parents had moved to a new house in Kent,
  
  
  to be within easy commuting distance of her father's new job in Canterbury. It
  was high summer. Alix had gone out to explore the garden,
  
  
  looked through a hole in the hedge, and lost her heart. Rhys had been tall,
  lean-faced, and good-looking. He still was. But then he had been
  
  
  fourteen and Alix just four years old.
  
  
  'Hello,' she'd called to him through the gap. Looking up from the book he was
  reading, Rhys had spotted her face framed by
  
  
  leaves and came to squat down to her level. 'Hello. What's your name?'
  
  
  'Alix. What's yours?'
  
  
  'Rhys. Have you come to live here?'
  
  
  'Yes.'
  
  
  'I expect you'll be going to the local school, then— BABS.'
  
  
  'Babs?' Alix frowned in perplexity. 'It stands for Barkham All B