C M Mitchell
THE BOOKS
From adventures of surviving adolescence in modern day to stories of women during the time of the American Revolution, Regency Era, and the 17th century, The Girl Rocks Universe Saga is a series following the lives of different heroines inspired by Jane Austen's classic novel, Pride and Prejudice, and is aimed at the young adult audience, gives them a connection to the characters, and brings them into a world of comedy, adventure both modern and historic, fantasy, and romance.
Girl Rocks Universe
A Modern Tale of Pride and Prejudice, Volume 1 of the Girl Rocks Universe Saga
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Mr. Darcy comes to the 21st century! It's a truth, universally acknowledged, that three girls in the midst of growing up are going to have some very strange adventures. Issy Bennet lives in Hertfordshire, Wyoming. Her and her friends Mel and Cary, are finishing up their junior year of High School at Meryton High when the arrival of two boys in the neighborhood causes quite a stir: Chris Bingley and William Darcy. Chris Bingley is fun loving and handsome, yet William Darcy, on the other hand, is arrogant and haughty, leading him to do what he does best: make a bad impression over and over again. And it gets harder...both men find themselves attracted to Issy Bennet and Mel Goldman, the two Hertfordshire girls who they have no intention of falling in love with. Will they overcome their pride, or will everything come tumbling down around them in the end? Is there a such thing as happily ever after? A fresh, hilarious, quirky and new take on Jane Austen's timeless classic 'Pride and Prejudice', 'Girl Rocks Universe' is a story about three girls who experience everlasting friendship, independence, self-respect and individuality.
The modern series of Pride and Prejudice continues. Three years after the end of Girl Rocks Universe, Issy Bennet and Mr. Darcy are now getting married and this tale is told through the eyes of her little sister, Katie Bennet, who is graduating High School. On the brink of her life changing and witnessing her sister getting married, Katie Bennet is wild and rebellious. Yet on the brink of Issy and Darcy's wedding, she meets Darcy's cousin and best man for his wedding, Raymond Fitzwilliam. Both are shocked when they discover that they are immediately intrigued by each other, yet Katie's reckless behavior immediately repulses him, they clash bitterly, and both part from each other with mutual hatred for one another. Katie goes off to college, grows more mature while Raymond goes off and continues serving in the army, but both eventually run into each other again and continue their battle of wills. Yet their hate HATE relationship eventually turns into a love hate one and everyone is left wondering, will anything happen next between the two of them, or will distance only grow?
Girl Reaches Clouds
A Modern Tale of Pride and Prejudice, Volume 2 of the Girl Rocks Universe Saga
Girl Races Time
A Modern Tale of Pride and Prejudice, Volume 3 of the Girl Rocks Universe Saga
It's a truth, generally believed, that a girl who is described as being intelligent, must be doing something to make herself continuously look it. Melinda Bennet was the third of the Bennet sisters, but was awkward, antisocial and was the least loved of her sisters. Taking place three years after Girl Reaches Clouds, the tale begins with Melinda failing at getting a job that she's dreamed about, and it's the eve of her younger sisters wedding. Yet one day, her friend and roommate, Abbey, wins two tickets to Barton Park, a regency fairytale land set in England. After graduating college and having no idea of where to go, Melinda decides to throw caution to the wind and go on this trip where they get to travel back in time to what life was like in England in the early 1800s. However once they get there they begin to have more experiences than they bargained for and Melinda discovers a secret about the Darcy family that no one could have predicted.
Girl Raises Eclipse
A Modern Tale of Pride and Prejudice, Volume 4 of the Girl Rocks Universe Saga
'It's an observation, universally remarked on, that a younger sibling must be, in some way, jealous of their older sibling. And the older sibling must think the younger sibling is spoiled. I've always hated that assumption because it is not always the case.'
William and Geneva Darcy were a brother and sister born into a family of wealth, happiness, and prosperity. Yet only one thing continues to get in the way of all the gifts they've been given: their constant warring with each other. Both, since they were kids were struck with a strong sense of sibling rivalry that plagued them well into their teens. Yet as tragedy begins to strike at them from all sides, both siblings join together and help rebuild the life that fell apart around them. Yet, unaware of their good luck, both brother and sister find something that they never expected to discover: two people who they would soon fall fully and irrevocably in love with. As Darcy found his destiny in Issy Bennet of Hertfordshire Wyoming, only time would tell who was the man good enough to win the heart of Geneva Darcy, the lively and spunky heroine from Ashford, England. The tale of Geneva Darcy, Mr. Darcy's little sister, is now told in a modern and epic coming of age story!
Girl Runs Galaxy
A Modern Tale of Pride and Prejudice, Volume 5 of the Girl Rocks Universe Saga
It's a fact, generally thought but never spoken, that a tale like mine... should never be told.
Lauren Bennet was the youngest of five daughters and was the one who was thought to be destined for great things... only she wasn't. Wild, reckless, and careless, Lauren Bennet has lost her job, has been kicked out of college and has nowhere to turn. In an act of desperation, she decides to join a mission unit of young adults who sign up to clean up destitute areas in America. Upon going, she immediately gets into trouble, but she finds two men who refuse to allow her to fall through the cracks. On one hand she meets Dorian Darcy, Mr. Darcy's cousin, and then she meets a man named Whistler, a stern old man who pushes Lauren into realizing her frivolous nature. He then shows her the journals of two heroines from two different time periods that he was researching in America during the early nineteenth century. Through reading the history and inner feelings of both those women, Lauren Bennet begins to see her own life differently. Will Whistler help her patch up her soul? And will Dorian Darcy teach her self-discovery, and the path of true love? Or will Lauren Bennet fall along a downward spiral that she has created for herself? Will Lauren Bennet be able to escape being... Lauren Bennet?
Girl Rocks World
A Modern Tale of Pride and Prejudice, Volume 6 of the Girl Rocks Universe Saga
It's a fact, unspoken but no less true, that a girl like me never could be given a happy ending.' Cary Lucas was one of a group of three friends, and she was always considered as the one of no importance. What is worse is that while her friends all seem to find their purpose, their paths, and they experience true love, Cary is left wondering where her journey will take her, but then one day, she gets struck by a decision to make a choice. Posing as a man, she joins a male ice hockey team, and begins to find significance and a place where she belongs. While there, she remeets a man named John Clarvil, the Native American man who she once fell in love with when he lived next door. Little by little, they become friends, but Cary grows to fall in love with him all over again. Yet to add to this, meeting him drives Cary to learn about the history of a native American woman who was John's ancestor when America was not even colonized, Manoaka, and her journey to save her people inspires Cary to continue her path. But how long can she keep up the facade? If she were to get discovered, would everything come crashing down, and would she lose everything that she has gained with John? Here comes the modern tale of Charlotte Lucas, one of the few other heroines of the original tale of Pride and Prejudice.
Girl Reaches Mars
A Modern Tale of Pride and Prejudice, Volume 7 of the Girl Rocks Universe Saga
Caroline Bingley was a woman who lost out on her fate, her love... on her Mr. Darcy. It's a fact, not enjoyable but frequenty felt, that some bad memories can last inside of you forever. In the year of 2019, Corin Bingley had her heart broken years ago. Over time, instead of letting go, she has sadly clung to her pain and never allowed herself to live much after it. Then one day, while rock climbing, Corin falls, gets into an accident and is knocked out. When she wakes up, she is immediately greeted by a face that she does not recognize, and in a world that is foreign to her. Little by little, she pieces together that she is in Maryland in the year 1905, and to all around her, she is Caroline Bingley instead of Corin. The longer she stays in this world, the more memories of her 'supposed' life actually begin to come to her and she soon accepts that the life of Corin Bingley 'the girl from Ashford England in the 21st century', was just one long nightmare. Being in this new life, she begins to gather a new way of being, but only after going through a romantic experience that was marred by many errors of 'pride and prejudice' along the way, does she begin to discover what being Caroline Bingley really means. Is this new life of hers really a dream come true... or is it all really just a dream? The tale of Caroline Bingley is now unfolded, and the road to her happy ending might not be as far as she thinks.