Distraught by the tragic events that have devastated her family, the usually wilful Elizabeth Bennet does the only thing she can to secure her family's she accepts a disagreeable marriage proposal. Summoned to Kent to meet Lady Catherine de Bourgh, Lizzy is stunned when she crosses paths with Fitzwilliam Darcy. She is even more surprised by her growing fondness for him, but it is too how can she back out of the engagement without bringing shame on her family and condemning them to poverty? But she does not reckon on the strength of Darcy's feelings. He has become quite enchanted by the lively-eyed young lady he first met in Herefordshire. Can he save her from the terrible decision she felt was her only choice?