An heirloom quizzing glass gives Darcy the power to reveal a person's true character—until he meets Elizabeth Bennet, who appears to him bathed in inexplicable light without any need for the glass at all. As he struggles whether to confirm his feelings with the lens that has guided his every decision or follow his heart, can he learn to finally learn to see with his own eyes?

Darcy is confident he is right to hide Jane Bennet's presence in London from Bingley—even if colluding with Miss Bingley meant betraying his own principles. But as guilt sets in and his feelings for Elizabeth grow, he realizes he was wrong to orchestrate his friend's lovelife, and his arrogance may cost him the only woman who could truly make him happy.

Elizabeth, widowed and impoverished at twenty, vows to forge her own future from the ruins of her life, until she meets Fitzwilliam Darcy—a wealthy man bound by secrets who stirs a longing she cannot trust. To win her heart, he must risk everything he has sworn to protect, as together they face a choice more dangerous than either imagined.

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When Darcy learns Elizabeth Bennet's true feelings, he's grateful he did not propose in Kent. But as the London Season drags on, he realizes he cannot be happy without her and returns to Hertfordshire with to win her heart. Just as she begins to soften to him, however, meddling relations, a relentless rival, and malicious gossip interfere in their road to happily ever after.