Lizzy and Darcy meet first in Meryton and rub each other the wrong way. If not for a series of thefts requiring someone to solve the mystery, they would likely never find an accord. Working together has the unexpected effect of bringing them a new understanding, and when they thwart a kidnapping, she thinks they might have a chance at friendship and perhaps more. Then Darcy and the Netherfield party depart without word or explanation, leaving Jane (and possibly Lizzy) heartbroken. When she...

No good deed goes unpunished.While visiting Charlotte at Hunsford, Lizzy rejects Mr. Darcy’s proposal. Fate conspires to throw them together the next day as they rush to stop Charlotte and Richard from making a huge mistake. Their mission proves futile, but they reach a new understanding. Both believe their flight to follow their friends remains a secret, but secrets have a way of leaking…Scandal dictates Darcy must propose, and Lizzy must accept. She refus...

The road to perdition is paved with good intentions…and unwarranted assumptions.Two years after his failed attempt to propose, Darcy finds himself attending the same house party as Lizzy. At first, he tries to resist the inclination to care for her again, but when he believes she is making poor choices, including privately meeting a scandalous new gentleman of their acquaintance and stealing from their host, he has to intercede. He feels compelled to save Lizzy fro...

Marooned with the last man she would ever marry...Lizzy and Jane are on a ship bound for America to stay with Mr. Collins’s younger brother when they meet Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy. Mr. Darcy’s disapproval of the burgeoning affection between Jane and Charles is painfully obvious, and Lizzy does her best to thwart his attempts to stop the developing relationship. She is puzzled by how invigorating it can be to trade barbs with Darcy, and he seems to enjoy it as well,...

From hope to heartbreak...Elizabeth Bennet stands at the altar to marry her beloved Mr. Darcy, a fragrant bouquet in her hand and joy in her heart. Then, a troubling outburst halts the ceremony. A mystery from Darcy's past comes to light and jeopardizes their future.Questions swirl as Darcy sets out to defend his honor and reclaim his bride. A familiar foe looms. Lizzy still loves Darcy fiercely—yet she agonizes over the mounting challenges unraveling their...

A murder in Meryton leads to Lizzy becoming Darcy’s Alibi.When Wickham is discovered with a knife through his heart—and the hilt has the Darcy crest—suspicion immediately turns to Mr. Darcy. Lizzy soon learns who the real killer was, and the circumstances of why, and she is forced to act to save the culprit and Mr. Darcy. She claims she spent the night with him at Netherfield, thus besmirching her reputation and ensuring utter ruin unless Darcy offers marriage. He d...

Blackmail leads to an unlikely partnership.When Fitzwilliam finds Lizzy waiting in his carriage with a pistol aimed at him, they quickly discover they both have a mutual problem. Their sisters’ indiscretions are being used by someone to extort their families, so they decide to work together to learn who is blackmailing them. At first, they argue and have nothing in common, but he starts to see more to Lizzy than her fine eyes. Fitzwilliam is falling in love with her...

Someone is marrying Mr. Darcy, but which one?Eighteen years ago, Fitzwilliam left Netherfield and Lizzy behind after they nearly shared a kiss. Lizzy couldn’t dwell on the knowledge he was going to marry Anne, because she had to accept Mr. Collins’ proposal after her father’s untimely death. She consigned her feelings for Fitzwilliam to a deep place in her mind, never to be considered.Years later, her daughter returns home from a visit to Rosings Park with ...

A midnight tryst, mistaken identities, and perhaps a passion that could last a lifetime?Lydia has been a naughty girl and has George Wickham convinced Uncle Gardiner has given her a generous dowry. Lizzy is determined to protect her sister from the scoundrel, so when she intercepts a note suggesting a midnight tryst in the library at the Netherfield Masquerade Ball, she intends to warn him away permanently. Mr. Darcy intercepts the same note, believing Lizzy is the...

Mr. Darcy likes to be in control…After a revealing midnight meeting in Netherfield’s library, Lizzy can’t keep her thoughts from Mr. Darcy. When her mother lies to her about Mr. Bennet’s impending death to force her to marry Cousin Collins, she acts in hasty desperation and compromises Mr. Darcy with a kiss. He won’t hear of her refusing his grudging proposal, both because he wants to preserve his honor and Georgiana’s standing, and because he suspects Lizzy has ce...

In danger with Mr. Darcy, the last man she would ever marry. Right?En route to Netherfield on horseback, Fitzwilliam Darcy is caught in a heavy, unexpected snowstorm. When he stumbles across a carriage accident, with a dead driver wearing Longbourn livery, he fears the worst upon finding an empty carriage. He sets out to find the missing Bennet, hoping it is not his beloved Elizabeth. When he finds her, and it is his love, he is determined to save them both from the...

While in Kent, Fitzwilliam finds the object of his affection in attendance at Hunsford. Interaction deepens his interest, and he’s prepared to throw aside caution and common sense to claim Elizabeth Bennet as his bride. On the cusp of proposing, they end up arguing instead when she learns about his meddling to keep Bingley safe from Jane. While fleeing him, Lizzy is injured, and he carries her to Rosings Park. It is the beginning of a new understanding between them.It is also the b...