Charlotte Lucas: Widow's Second Chance: A Pride and Prejudice Variation
Clara Ashbourne
Charlotte Lucas thought freedom would mean safety, but her late husband’s patroness plots to claim her home and her future. Charlotte vows never to surrender her independence, not even for the security of a second marriage. Then James Ashford returns, the man whose silent devotion once drove him away. His nearness stirs more than comfort. His gaze lingers, his hand steadies, and the brush of his lips threatens every wall she has built.
The village whispers, the steward circles, and scandal waits in the shadows. Between the heat of forbidden desire and the fight for her name, Charlotte must decide if love can give her more than safety. It might give her everything she has always craved.

