A second glance at Elizabeth, and Darcy felt an immediate pull. In a library one evening, his guard dropped, and he couldn't help himself. It was not a lady's imagination that led a rapid jump from admiration to matrimony skipping over love, but it was rather the heated actions of both. Deep feelings tend to get in the way when hidden and can undo the potential for happiness.

Set shortly after Jane falls ill upon going to Netherfield Park, Elizabeth follows and injures herself on the way, only to be rescued by one Mr. Darcy. A divergence of the events in the original Pride and Prejudice.

After Mr. Bennet's untimely death, Mr. Darcy proposes marriage to Elizabeth to save her from marrying an odious man. Will they learn to love one another, or will their battle of wills destroy their union?