I’m so proud to host Melissa Anne’s Cover Reveal for the re-release of A Different Impression. It was one of the first times I had read Melissa’s writing. I loved it then and I’m sure I’ll love it even more now. Over the years, her work became a comfort I can’t do without. She has such a remarkable talent for helping shut my worries out getting lost in her stories.

She’s an incredible writer, and an even better friend. I hope you’ll drop a comment and let her know how much you’re looking forward to the re-release.

-MJ Stratton

Why did I rewrite *A Different Impression?

When I started writing, I had absolutely no idea what I was doing.

I wrote my first novel, What Happened After Lambton, late at night after the kids were asleep and mostly while my husband was working through tax season. I didn’t tell anyone what I was doing, and I published under a pen name partly because I didn’t want anyone in my real life to know.

By the time I published my second book, the only person who knew I was writing was my husband—and I only told him because, much to my surprise, I had actually sold a few copies.

A Different Impression was written much the same way.

I was still figuring all of this out. I posted the story on FFN because that was what I had done with the first one, and then I published it in 2023. Three years later, it is still my bestselling book by copies sold, with more than 4 million pages read.

For an indie author, that feels pretty incredible, and I will always be grateful to the readers who embraced this story.

But I also knew it wasn’t my best work.

I’ve learned a lot in the years since I wrote it—everything from how to better Britishise my books (Britishise? Is that a word? ) to pacing, point of view, dialogue, and simply telling a story more effectively. Readers have asked for an audiobook of A Different Impression for quite a while, but I didn’t want to record the original edition.

Before I did that, I wanted the chance to go back and make the book something I felt better represented the writer I am now. So I rewrote it. I cut more than *12,000 words*, tightened the prose, removed a good deal of unnecessary explanation, cleaned up some of the head-hopping I was prone to in those early books, and revised the story from beginning to end.

The heart of the story has not changed.

This is still the same A Different Impression readers have known since 2023—but I hope it is a much stronger version of it. And because the basic storyline remains the same, I’ll be pricing the new edition at $2.99.

This re-release isn’t about trying to sell readers the same book twice. It’s about giving a story that has meant a great deal to my writing career the revision I’ve wanted to give it for years—and finally making it ready for audio. Amazon doesn’t let us Even better, I’m working with *Benjamin Fife* on the audiobook, and we are hoping to release the new ebook and audiobook together.

And now…the new cover!

What if one act of kindness changed everything for Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet?

Distracted at the Meryton assembly, Darcy never utters his infamous insult—and Elizabeth has no reason to form an immediate dislike of him. What if Mr Bennet finally became aware of his youngest daughter’s behaviour and left his book room long enough to do something about it? What if Caroline Bingley’s shrewish nature were revealed much sooner? And what if a less arrogant Darcy recognised his attraction to Elizabeth much, much earlier? With less pride and prejudice standing between them, Elizabeth and Darcy are free to pursue their happily ever after together. There are still villains determined to separate them, but schemes are far more easily defeated when our dear couple face their enemies side by side.

Can anyone succeed in dividing a united Elizabeth and Darcy?

 Author’s Note: This substantially revised edition was previously published under the same title. Although the novel has undergone significant revisions, the original storyline remains unchanged.

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