ME AND MR DARCY
Alexandra Potter
Praise for Alexandra Potter
‘Nobody does it quite like Alexandra Potter’
A winning formula of chaotic heroine meeting eccentric hero, and, after misunderstandings, finding love. Sharply written, pacey and funny . . . pure self-indulgence’
‘Funny, romantic . . . tale about what might happen if all your wishes suddenly came true’
‘It’s easy-to-relate-to, curl-up-on-the-couch reading’
‘This deliriously romantic book is lots of fun’
‘I loved it – it’s fun, fast and feel-good – the perfect three! Positively dripping with humour and heart’
Helen Lederer
‘Always perceptive, often funny, never dull.
’‘Feel-good fiction full of unexpected twists and turns’
‘Sharp, witty dialogue’
‘Essential reading for anyone who thinks the grass is greener on the other side’
ME AND MR DARCY
Alexandra Potter
Copyright © 2007 by Alexandra Potter
First published in Great Britain in 2007 by Hodder and Stoughton
An Hachette Livre UK company
The right of Alexandra Potter to be identified as the Author of the Work has been asserted by her in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
All rights reserved.
No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.
All characters in this publication are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
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Book ISBN 978 0 340 84113 6
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For my dear friend Dana
CONTENTS
Me and Mr Darcy
Praise for Alexandra Potter
Copyright
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-one
Chapter Twenty-two
Chapter Twenty-three
Chapter Twenty-four
Chapter Twenty-five
Chapter Twenty-six
Chapter Twenty-seven
Chapter Twenty-eight
Chapter Twenty-nine
Chapter Thirty
Chapter Thirty-one
Chapter Thirty-two
Chapter Thirty-three
Chapter Thirty-four
Chapter Thirty-five
Chapter Thirty-six
Epilogue
Mr Darcy: The Dream Date
About the Author
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
First and foremost I’d like to say a big, big thank you to everyone at Hodder for all their support and enthusiasm for this book, especially Sara Kinsella, who’s quite simply the best editor a girl can have. Thanks also to Isobel Akenhead for all her hard work and Alice Wright for her beautiful covers. I’m also very grateful to my wonderful agent, Stephanie Cabot, for her continued belief in me as a writer and for not telling me I was crazy when I told her about this idea!