Mr. Darcy is in a chaotic emotional state just a week after his failed proposal to Elizabeth Bennet. When he takes his frustrations out on a midnight ride, he comes across an upturned carriage, only to find the one and only Elizabeth injured inside.

The curate's words haunt Darcy, "So, perhaps, young master, you were born a Darcy because you were not strong enough to be born a farmer." These words ringing in his ears Pemberley's young master struggles to act on the good principles he has been given.

When Mr Bennet is struck down by a fatal illness, Jane and Elizabeth learn the truth of their relationship to the Fitzwilliams of Yorkshire - and each other. On hiatus.

More lies behind the family history of Bennet than meets the eye. When Fitzwilliam Darcy makes their acquaintance and feels himself drawn to the elusive Elizabeth, he finds that his desire for her is thwarted by the secrecy surrounding Longbourn estate.