He doesn’t believe in fairy tales. She’s living one she can’t escape.
Elizabeth Bennet has always known her father was a prince, she simply never expected it to matter. Living quietly in Hertfordshire with her mother’s family, her royal blood seems irrelevant.
But just after her eighteenth birthday, an envoy from the Thurnian court arrives with an invitation: her grandfather the king wishes to welcome her into the royal family.
Miles away in Derbyshire, Fitzwilliam Darcy faces pressure of his own. His uncle the earl wants him to reclaim a title stripped from his family hundreds of years ago.
Having both family and friends who are members of the aristocracy, Darcy knows firsthand that such a life holds no appeal for a man who values his independence.
