PRIDE AND PREJUDICE

Imagine that Jane Austen had written the opening line of her satirical novel Pride and Prejudice this way: "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a good romp and a good wife — although not necessarily from the same person or from the opposite sex." In Pride and Prejudice: Hidden Lusts Mr. Darcy has never been more devilish and the seemingly chaste Elizabeth never more turned on.

The entire cast of characters from Austen's classic is here in this rewrite that goes all the way. This time Mr. Bingley and his sister both have designs on Mr. Darcy's manhood; Elizabeth's bff Charlotte marries their family's strange relation and stumbles upon a secret world of feminine relations more to her liking; and, in this telling, men are not necessarily the the only dominating sex. And of course there's some good old fashioned bodice ripping that shows no pride or prejudice and reveals hot hidden lusts in every page-turning chapter.

This was a favorite and Frankfurt, and should go to publishers with a flair for the creative erotic novel, publishers of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, and publishers smartly captializing on retellings of the classics. Mitzi Szereto is the author of Erotic Fairy Tales and Wicked and the editor of several erotic anthologies. She is a regular contributor to Penthouse magazine. Szereto lives in Leicestershire, England.