When a desperate letter from Jane

forces Elizabeth Bennet to beg help from Mr Darcy, she discovers his pride hides a steadfast love. He offers his name, his hand,

and his help, and she must decide if mere gratitude can lead to felicity in marriage. Beneath the crisis uniting them lies a secret that will test all they have built, and force Elizabeth to reckon with how much she can risk for a happiness she has only just begun to believe in.​

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Fitzwilliam Darcy, who prides himself on his good sense, finds his prudence and pride being dismantled—by a storm, a mule, a fever, and his own feelings—after he overhears Elizabeth Bennet explain why she would never marry him. By the time she  forces the conversation he has been too cautious to begin, he has long since stopped arguing with himself and is only waiting to be asked.​

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Forced into intimacy neither chose, Darcy and Elizabeth must navigate a marriage neither planned. She is determined not to resent a husband who was trapped into proposing. He's desperate to prove he would have chosen her anyway. Can two people who married as strangers discover they are perfect for one another?​

To save her three-year-old brother from an abusive uncle and grasping relatives, Elizabeth Bennet retreats to an isolated cottage where her crumbling reputation makes her dangerously vulnerable. When Fitzwilliam Darcy literally falls into her life, he becomes obsessed with the fierce woman who would sacrifice everything for a child the world calls defective.​​​

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