When Mrs Bennet has a heart attack just over a year before the events of P&P, a widow makes designs on Mr Bennet. But rescue comes in the unlikely form of Charlotte Lucas who realises the potential for disaster said widow would have upon the Bennet family, and offers the most unlikely assistance with far reaching consequences.

Darcy has just been rejected by Elizabeth, thrown into an unfamiliar world of uncertainty and self-doubt. Her rebuke forces him to take stock of his life and become a better man. Perhaps if fate is on his side, his struggles will be rewarded, and she will be placed on his path again. This is the original Pride and Prejudice story, the second half, from Darcy and other gents' POV.