A night of passion changes two peoples lives forever. Will he ever find out? Will she ever love him? I guess you'll have to read and find out.

Lucien Blake comes home - but what will he do, and how will he be who he is destined to be.

Lizzy becomes Darcy's Mistress. Be prepared for a full bodied story with plenty of sweet and spice to suit a daring reader! After his failed marriage proposal FD brings Bingley & Jane together, EB does not go to Pemberley with her Aunt and Uncle. Instead in this variation Bingley and Jane marry earlier & Lydia elopes with Wickham sooner. Scattering the lives of the Bennets.

Elizabeth, or Betty, is much like you would picture her. Educated and intelligent, but also stubborn and prone to losing her temper. She has one unusual gift, however, that you won't recognise: with a touch, Betty can hear other's thoughts. Will this ability give her a better understanding of the arrogant Will Darcy, or is she doomed to repeat the events of P&P? Modern.

Georgia and Elizabeth Bennett are both teachers at Pemberly Prep. During the Christmas holidays Georgia devises a plan to throw Elizabeth into the path of her bother as much as possible. Will Lizzy and Will resist, or will the magic of the season (and a meddling little sister) bring them together?

AU. New York, 1939. NYPD Homicide Detective Nick Buchanan is recruited to an undercover operation with the FBI. His new partner is private investigator Jennifer Mapplethorpe. It is an operation and a partnership that will change both their lives forever.

Mr. Darcy has trouble maintaining the dignity of his station when his transformation takes furrier form. (Rated T to be safe later.)

Kate Beckett is a rising star in her Manhattan law firm. But when she inherits a struggling bakery in a small Connecticut town, she's faced with a decision that could change the course of her entire life. A Castle Ficathon 2021 entry. COMPLETE

M-rated 4 part companion piece to Whisking It All.

Jean has lived a very long time, using her gifts to hide her true nature. Now Lucien Blake has entered her life and hiding is more difficult than it has ever been. And when her secret starts to threaten Ballarat, she will have to learn to trust for the first time in order to help Lucien solve these grisly murders.

When Kate Beckett, no-nonsense professional ballroom dancer, takes on bestselling novelist and renowned playboy Richard Castle as her partner for the third season of Dancing with the Stars, will the sparks that fly light up the dance floor, or send their chances for the trophy up in flames?

A politician, a reporter and a coroner all walk into a bar and witness an awful death. In Roaring Twenties Toronto, prohibition is in full swing but someone has taken to poisoning bootleg booze. The new Mayor's friend is dead in a posh speakeasy and meanwhile, the bodies are piling up, and love, death, betrayal and secrets beleaguer the team. AU-1920's Toronto.

When her father falls ill, Lizzy is forced to marry the seemingly harmless Mr. Collins. Unfortunately not all is as it seems with the parson, and a simple marriage of convenience turns dangerous. Lizzy finds shelter in a great Lady who has suffered similar humiliations, but when her nephew comes to visit, the game begins to change.

Modern AU. Jean Beazley is a blues singer trying to get back into the Los Angeles club scene after many years away. She needs an accompanist, and up steps Lucien Blake, a pianist with a troubled past. Little did either of them know where the makeshift partnership would lead.

Kate Beckett struggles with her demons after the Sniper case and, because of it, she's re-assigned to protect celebrity writer, Richard Castle, whose life is threatened by a dangerous stalker. AU-meeting fic set during season 4.

Kinktober Smut Fic Bingo: in the shower or bath

On a quiet summer night, Lucien discovers just how lonely Jean has been, and decides to do something about it. A series of smutty scenes set over the course of the show. Now complete.

Jean discovers a mysterious box in the garden leading her on a trail to find Lucien. Using her knowledge of her husband with the help of her friends she works to bring him home while keeping her family safe.

A housekeeper finds herself in a new place and searching for a purpose. A priest finds himself in the same place but utterly lost. The relationship that blossoms between them will change them both utterly and completely. Jean and Lucien AU.

As suggested in the title of Jane Austen's original work, Darcy's greatest failing is pride. His passionate love for Elizabeth only mitigates this character flaw, resulting in the awful proposal at Hunsford. If happenstance forced Darcy to marry Elizabeth before he loved her, or even knew her at all, would he ever be able to get past his pride to recognise his fortune?

Fitzwilliam Darcy is the CEO of Darcy Technologies and Elizabeth Bennet is his newest employee. Soon, the two start a casual sexual relationship, despite the fact that commitment-phobe Lizzy proclaims to hate the man. Eventually, she has to decide whether to let herself be vulnerable with another person, or keep her independence. Light Angst. All chapters available once more!

Darcy and Elizabeth find their attraction for each other impossible to ignore. Can such improper behavior overcome the misunderstandings of Pride and Prejudice?

It was too loud to be 1899. Too loud and too bright. William fought to open his eyes only to slam them shut against the chemical burn of the strange, overly saturated lights coming from the ceiling. He groaned. There was no doubt: this was still 2012. AU, William x Modern!Jullia. Follows Episode Six of The Murdoch Effect.

"Let me get this straight…" Lizzie started, her eyes narrowing at the man still kneeling in front of her. "You were a complete jerk to me… because you liked me? Are we in kindergarten or something? Are you going to pull my hair at the playground tomorrow?" [Modern P&P]

An alternative saga of Jennifer Mapplethorpe and Nick Buchanan, how they met and fell in love, how they fell apart and fell back together.

Set directly after the end of Season 3. Phryne had called to Jack to 'come after me' when she ran to the plane. This story imagines what happens when he finally does. because, of course, he tried so hard not to fall in love with her. After the first chapter the action will move to England.

Fate gives Nick and Jen a second chance the night they're reunited in Matt's kitchen, but starting over will prove more complicated than either of them ever imagined.

"This is a bad idea," Kate whispers as Lanie fluffs the skirt of her dress. Her best friend straightens to adjust the stray curls of Kate's hair, ensuring the pretty bun at her nape is secure. "A little late to be getting cold feet, honey." Set any time between 4x10, 'Cuffed', and 4x11, 'Till Death Do Us Part'.

Modern/AU: Belle, a writer for a local newspaper, is helping a friend with a story when she meets Adam, a guitarist for a popular local metal band. As she gets to know him, she realizes that they have more in common than their seemingly different interests would suggest.

Inspired by Lessons in Love by Warmwoollenmittens. After Jean leaves the Church, she comes to realize how inexperienced she is in the ways of love between a man and a woman. She approaches her fiance to have him teach her all the wonderful things that they will be able to share in their married life.

Sometimes it takes practice to make perfect.

They might have taken the long way round, but she could do this. She could be the doctor's wife.

Because I read a prompt about Kate Beckett being an actress, cast in a new role as a detective, who, for character research, is paired up w/ NYPD partners Rick Castle & Jordan Shaw to observe and learn the ropes. And, of course, there's a spark between Kate & Rick, but he's currently seeing his on-again, off-again Kyra Blaine, which makes things a bit more complicated.

Nick Buchanan and Jennifer Mapplethorpe, from "first meeting" to first meeting to love and heartbreak and, finally, to happily ever after.

AU. Prince Adam is never cursed and grows into a spoiled, self-centered adult. When an attempt to flee his responsibilities backfires, he ends up stranded in a small provincial town. Can he find his way out before anyone discovers who he really is? Or will his budding friendship with a beautiful but funny girl cause him to reconsider his plans entirely?

This is a modern day AU for Jean and Lucien. It's been in my brain for a while now, but I've been hesitant to put it in writing because once I start, I will have to see it through. Wish me luck with that. It will be multi-chapter. As usual, I do not own Doctor Blake Mysteries, I am merely inspired by the characters there. All feedback is welcome and very appreciated.

While following a lead in a gruesome homicide case, Captain Kate Beckett disappears and is eventually presumed dead. Six years later she's found, barely alive, in a cabin in the woods, only to return to a world she no longer recognizes. An Absentia-inspired Castle fic.

A busy week combined with a day filled with heated glances and teasing touches has brought them to this moment.

Soulmate AU; the basic premise has been borrowed from professortennant with permission. On Jean's 18th birthday, the marking begins. Every cut, every scrape, every bruise will be etched into the skin of her soulmate, a sign that he is hers, as she is his. But Jean is about to discover that when it comes to her soulmate, things are messier than she could ever have imagined.

Post-series fic. Nick and Jen attend a wedding together and all sorts of feelings emerge.

A gift for AndAllThatMishigas; what happened after Jen and Nick left the elevator at the end of 4.16.

What if Jean could no longer cope with the re-appearance of Mei Lin. Prompted by me follow on to Distant Shores, where Jean and Lucien are half the world apart. Rated T for future chapter/s.

Jen and Nick meet again for the first time and old feelings resurface.

Jean isn't quite ready yet, and Lucien understands.

Just a little something inspired by a tumblr exchange about Lucien and his abilities in the singles scene. Not quite AU, not quite canon-compliant. Just some fun.

She's glad she could help out Alexis, reassure her that the school dance won't be so bad even though her dad is attending as a chaperone. But she's just made a promise she's not entirely sure she knows how to keep. How on Earth is she going to distract Richard Castle? AU where Kate is Alexis' teacher.

Credit to Seven Dragons for Distant Shores, written June '16. A story that broke many hearts as Lucien went back to Mei Lin and Jean left to live in a boarding house in Ballarat. I often wondered what happened to her so here is my imagining of what happened next, which probably bears not resemblance to Seven's idea. Thank you, my dear for allowing me to write this. x

Jean decides to do a little baking on a chilly evening, Lucien thinks he's helping. Just a little romance for our Jeanuary celebrations. Enjoy.

Lucien leads his sister to believe that he is in a committed relationship, but when she drops by for an unexpected visit, he has no choice but to beg Jean to help him keep up the act.

TDBM2k17 Secret Santa prompt: Jean and Lucien attend a fancy party, her first foray in public as the doctor's wife.

Kate Beckett wakes in a world where nothing is as she knows it to be. A season 4, AU story. NOW COMPLETE.

AU - Lucien receives a letter from his mother asking him to come home because his father is dying. He returns to Ballarat to find a housekeeper being friendly with Genevieve Blake. Lucien must cope with losing his father, adjusting to the new life he's fallen into, and endeavor to make his mother proud. And what of this Jean Beazely, who is so unimpressed by his charms?

When she told him to do whatever he wanted, she meant 'take the certain British secret agent offer.' She definitely didn't mean, well, this. Picks up after the Heat Wave launch party in 2x05. One-shot.

Lucien asks Jean to pretend to be his wife for a business conference, but things don't go as planned.

A collection of unrelated AUs: In every universe, in every scenario, they find each other. Jean/Lucien, Matthew/Alice

AU: Jean Beazley is a single parent who has hired Lucien Blake to take care of her two boys while she works. They never anticipated falling in love.

Combining the ends of s1 and s2. Jack has just left Ballarat, leaving Jean alone. Lucien has just gotten word that his daughter is alive in China. He knows he needs to say goodbye, and she realizes she doesn't want to let him go.

Lucien has always been a person who needs to touch. Jean loves it more and more every day.

Post 5.07. Jean is angry and fed-up and worked up. So she takes what she needs from Lucien and leaves him hanging. Smut.

Photographer Kate Beckett and aspiring novelist Rick Rodgers are perfectly content in their solitary lives. But it's only after an unlikely matchmaker conspires to have them meet that they realize how extraordinary their lives could become. A Castle AU for Summer Ficathon 2016 co-written by airbefore and caffinate-me.

Set after 5.7. I'm sure this will be proved entirely wrong by 5.8, but never mind, it's just a bit of fun. The title is for the folks on Tumblr - I couldn't resist!

Lucien and Jean are engaged and sharing a bed in the weeks leading up to their wedding. Their mornings are starting to get steamier and steamier...

Lucien has been wrapped up in a case lately and Jean is impatient to have her husband pressed against her as soon as possible.

Coffeeshop AU. Jean Beazley opens her own tea and coffeeshop, but everything changes when Lucien Blake comes to town.

(post-5.03) There's a newfound confidence in Jean Beazley. She's Lucien's partner in life, in crime-fighting, and now in science. And Lucien is very, very turned on by this confidence.

When Lucien's investigation leads to a tragedy, Jean must help him solve the problem.

First morning as Doctor and Mrs Blake after a night filled with love, passion and some memories that can't wait to emerge.

It can be difficult to let go of the past. *content warning; discussion of non-consensual sex*

They're both muddling through life. Her days are full of politics and paperwork. His are spent surfing the web in his underwear and buying gadgets to drive his mother crazy. Could a charity auction be what Captain Kate Beckett and novelist Richard Castle need to find their way together? Or will fumbles and stubbornness keep them apart? AU. A Castle 2015 Hiatus Ficathon story.

From an idea of Coachsone's, Jean comes back to Ballarat for Matthew's retirement party. A short chapter to get the 'party' started. If this story disappear from this page I have taken the rating to M.

AU. Belle arrives from London to the French countryside in the summer of 1911. As her father is in declining health, she is presented with the coldhearted heir to a castle. Meanwhile, Babette arrives with dreams of becoming a lady's maid. As Belle feels like a prisoner in Lord Adam's world of opulence, Babette feels as though her life has just begun. DowntonAbbey!BeautyandtheBeast.

"Detective Castle, this is Katherine Beckett, famous mystery novelist with 26 bestsellers to date, perhaps 27 soon if this all works out. And your shadow for the foreseeable future." AU.

Or #38 if you prefer. Set after S4, Lucien and Jean are at stalemate. Can Jean change that, and so change everything? I wanted this to be T, but it's not, it's M. Sorry not sorry.

A Lucien and Jean story set sometime after the Dennison Case and before Adelaide. This is the T version of an M story, where they become more than friends.

This is my first M fic, and I have read others but still worry I may have crossed the line too far. Please tell my if I have. I had just planned a sweet K or K story, how far away from that have I gone? I'd like to write another chapter but if I do it will be re-worked and rated T.

The bus to Adelaide is caught in a storm and Jean and Lucien must spend the night in a hotel. What will happen?

Nothing happened in Adelaide. It happened before Lucien and Jean left Ballarat.

Sometimes the story begins "And they lived happily ever after."

It's Jean's first birthday as Mrs. Blake and Lucien is determined to make it one she will never forget. This is Ballarat though, which means Lucien is busy as ever. A killer of women is lurking, and Lucien is determined to keep Jean safe. Not all fluff , but not all angst either.

Stuck in limbo after Mei Lin's departure, Lucien and Jean try to find each other again. However, not all good beginnings have happy endings, and not all happy beginnings end the same way. Jean Beazely has always understood this. Lucien Blake, despite what he had been through, always seemed naively convinced that things would turn out for the best.

The moment they met, their lives became extraordinary. They just didn't know it yet. A pre-series meeting AU. Entry for the Castle Summer Hiatus 2015 Ficathon.

Another version of Adelaide! So many possibilities! This one came from thinking about how different Lucien and Jean were with each other after Adelaide, compared to before (particularly Jean!).

This story is set sometime after the end of series 4. Lucien comes home to find Jean has a new dressing gown, and maybe a new attitude.

A few too many Whiskeys lower inhibitions. Short and sweet & complete. Set in season 2 of Dr Blake Mysteries

Tonight she could be anyone... A preseries Caskett meeting. Winter 2015 #CastleFicathon entry. Betaed by the extraordinary Kylie and Jamie. x

This story is set about a month after the end of series 3. It assumes that Lucien did not go to Adelaide with Jean, and that he just let her go. So neither of them is exactly happy! Mattie tries to sort that out...

A nightmare has a happy ending. Some Jean/Lucien fluff.

Takes place within S3 E5. When Jean's birthday night out goes terribly wrong, Jean and Lucien are left pondering the meaning of family, past sins, and their future.

This story takes place after S3 E6 and looks at what might have happened if Blake actually reacted to Jean saying she was leaving. Told from Blake's perspective. Slightly angsty Lucien/Jean romancefloof.

AU. Two years after model Grace Beckett uses her twin sister, Kate's, name in a one-night-stand with mystery novelist Richard Castle, things get complicated when the real Kate Beckett brings Castle in for questioning in a murder.

In Ballarat, Jean and Lucien must be a respectable widow and doctor. Then Lucien gets on a bus, and they can take a holiday from that life.

Two strangers meet in a bar and spend a single night together, never to meet again. Can it really be that simple? Of course not.

"Diving head first into her mother's murder has left little room for romance. She's turned down any offer of being set up, in favor of protecting her walled off heart. Giving her favorite author her number was a decision that fate seemed to make for her, forcing her to go along with the plan whether she wanted to or not." An AU Caskett meeting. #CastleFanficMonday

In any universe, they are meant to be together. It's only a matter of time. (Multi-chapter romance set entirely in the AU!Canon reality.)

"So that's Detective Beckett?" he asks Ryan, tilting his head towards the duo, now bickering about whatever is contained in the paper bag. "Doesn't she get along with her partner?" - My entry for the Rom Com Fic Challenge and also for the 2015 Castle Ficathon. Loosely based on the movie '10 Things I Hate About You', AU after 1x01.

Elizabeth and Jane Bennet are coerced by their mother into participating in a reality show starring none other than William Darcy. Elizabeth's one goal is to be the first bachelorette to get kicked off the show. Will Mr. Darcy grant her wish or somehow convince her to stay? Elizabeth/ Darcy, Jane/ Bingley, Charlotte/ Fitzwilliam pairings. Beta'd by Ivy2010.

"This woman could be anyone. He could've seen her before, or multiple times, and not have known it was her, the one with the voice that's captured his kid. And him." AU prompt fill. Alternatively titled "Kate Beckett sings 90s hits" probably.

Det. Kate Beckett isn't so sure about her new partner, Det. Richard Castle. He's irritating and doesn't always play by her rules...he also just might be the one person she never knew she needed. AU set circa Season 1.

The tires chew up the road, carrying him back to the city he escaped from less than two weeks ago. Back to the oppressive heat radiating from the sidewalks and the cold loneliness of an empty loft. Back to the haunted streets, where the ghosts of happy memories and what-might-have-beens lurk around far too many corners. Post season one AU.[Summer Hiatus Ficathon Entry]

Castle steals a police horse. The arresting officer is none other than Kate Beckett. "You got yourself up there and now you're going to get back down. I want you to concentrate. Carefully lift your leg over its flank, then slide to the ground. Preferably without breaking anything. Or losing that blanket. No one wants to see your bare ass swaying in the moonlight. Least of all me."

When his friend Bingley drags the beautiful and elusive Will Darcy out for his birthday, he expects a quiet meal out of the spotlight and nothing more. But when they end up at an underground cabaret club, the sensual woman on stage well and truly steals his spotlight, amongst other things, and Will's world is about to be rocked. Less naive, more adult P&P. MA - sex, BDSM & swearing

He likes her. She understands the power of grammar and that's just… hot. For some reason, he's the one left a little dumb struck. He doesn't know why his suave has suddenly left him, and of course it all had to happen when in the face this beautiful, intriguing woman. AU: Meeting in the public library.

Kate Beckett, aka Lola Banks, is the award-winning superstar of Hollywood, and her entire life is under threat. After a shooting on the red carpet, Kate's publicist insists on hiring her a bodyguard. Richard Castle, ex-army sniper, is hired to protect her, though Beckett insists that she can take care of herself. AU Rated M

There are two kinds of folks who sit around thinking about how to kill people: psychopaths and mystery writers. He threw away his chance to be the kind that pays better. Very AU.

"She'd been expecting a balding, middle aged man with a beer gut, but the guy climbing down from the cab was tall, broad, and young. Well, still older than her, but close enough to her age for her to be looking twice. And he was well worth a second look." Written to fill the #UnsexyJobsForCastle challenge. Septic tank cleaner AU. Oneshot, for Jill.

Renown scientist William Darcy is tired of dealing with the expectations of a real woman. He decides to make a companion based on the most ideal woman of his acquaintance, Elizabeth Bennet, and he offers her the most unusual proposal. M for mature sexual content.

AU first meeting. Her shoulders are slouched when he sees her. Everyone's are, but even with three layers of blood and make-up plastered to her skin the way she slumps as she walks is kinda cute.

On the surface they are living the American dream, but as the sun goes down, so does their façade. An Alternative Universe

Phryne is receiving death threats and Jack does what it takes to keep her safe.

…the more they stay the same. *Season 2- AU Caskett story* Kate Beckett is bored with life, but when a serial killer starts dedicating murders to her- someone enters the scene to aid with the investigation and her life may never be the same.

Kate Beckett works alone. But her latest mission forces her to face the reason she went into her line of work and to deal with the man who has challenged her patience from the start.

"She isn't here, Mr. Castle. Don't you want to protect her? Isn't that what all of this is about?" AU from "Always"

AU. Meet Richard Castle, playboy mystery writer and reality television latest star. Beckett's undercover to bust a drug ring and part of her cover involves getting very close to one of New York's most eligible bachelors. The strait-laced cop isn't charmed by his flirty banter and she won't chase after him like the female contestants on the show. She's out to cuff him, not jump him.

If it only takes a moment for your life to change forever, can a 'one time thing' right the wrong? An AU Caskett meeting.

AU: Professor Alexander Rodgers was never one for the lime light. Though he moonlights as famed novelist, Richard Castle, his true pride lies in his work teaching at NYU. All this comes to a standstill however when he finds his worlds colliding, with his alter ego called out as a person of interest in a murder investigation.

"How did it get so late so soon?" - Dr. Seuss

He's armed, she's dangerous!

A modern retelling following the original storyline, in which most of the main characters are gainfully employed adults.

"What was his problem? Did he have no sense of justice or morals whatsoever? He just let a killer free and all he could think about was boobs." An AU Castle/Beckett story.

It floats across her mind, her history. Her past. The reasons why she is what she is and why she can no longer be who she was. Why Kate Beckett disappeared and Lone Vengeance was born. AU.

This green-eyed woman took a bullet for Mal Reynolds before he ever learned her name. Kate Beckett becomes a character in the 'verse. Mackett.

In this modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth Bennet is a high-powered, idealistic lawyer, Will Darcy is CEO of a private equity firm, and they grapple with work, love, and family. M for bad language and gauzy sexual metaphors.

AU. What would happen if Castle met Kate through doing research with Lanie. How would he win her heart?

Four years can make a world of difference. AU.

He's pretty sure he convinced the lady with the smoky voice that he knew exactly what he was doing, knew how to give her a good time. A variation on the 'Vice Beckett' theme. For ER, on request.

AU. What happens when two people, who are perfect for each other, meet in exactly the right place at the completely wrong time? For literature professor Katherine Beckett and writer Richard Castle, only time will tell. COMPLETE.

"Where are your hands right now?"

Three times Castle and Beckett go undercover and it ends in sex and one time it doesn't .

Working together in Homicide, their shared history put behind them & hidden from colleagues, the last thing Jen and Nick expect is to be thrown together again in a 2nd u/cover mission, mirroring the one 4 yrs previously, when they were first introduced

This is set at the end of Series 3, Episode 26 "In Harm's Way", where Jen and Nick share a "moment" in the car. What may have happened from that point on.

What was Nick thinking and where was he going the night Dane mowed him down in his car? My imaginings of what Nick and Jen were thinking and going through during those days Nick was missing up until the last episode Ghosts and a bit beyond. Nick/Jen

Finale didn't happen. Castle gets the nerve to ask Beckett on a first date, but bodies have a way of showing up at the worst of times. Happy Birthday to Carolina17! WARNING: Violence and angst. SPOILERS for 3XK. COMPLETE

The threat of Homicide being closed down has passed, and Nick and Jen are finally together again. Or are they?

The world didn't end. It is only his world that is crumbling down. Post 3x17 - Countdown.

It's Ryan and Jenny's wedding and love is definitely in the air.

Kate Beckett works on what may be the most unusual murder case of her career. Will her personal involvement with the victim help her solve the case, or will it cause events to spiral out of control? Now *COMPLETE*

Modern, based on the characters of Pride & Prejudice yet not a modern adaptation of the classic . Story begins after Darcy has rescued Lydia, and involves Darcy & Lizzy finding their way to each other. 15 chapters. Please R&R.

Elizabeth leaves behind a heartbroken husband and her expanding family to pursue a music career and leave behind a torturous past. Why did she leave? Where is he now? What will happen when she returns 5 years later? Elizabeth & Darcy.

An argument gets rather...heated, and of course, one thing leads to another.

Beckett is jealous. Castle wants to play a game. This could be dangerous.

Modern P&P. A love story. Lizzie's a ballet dancer that may never dance again; Darcy's a doctor that helped save her leg. A story exploring love and how it drives people to do some of the things they do. COMPLETE!

A fantastic, lovely story with modern twist. An unwilling Elizabeth the teacher and Darcy the shipping heir meet...will they ever get over their pride? Probably not. ....Must review.

Campy, light story about bad karma, bad rock bands, and shoes.