It's November 1952 in New York City where mysterious denizens linger in smoky bars and darkened alleys. The second Red Scare is dredging up a new swarm of and "Commies and "; "duck and cover" is the lingo of the day. And hard-boiled private eyes aren't always men.One audacious dame, Elizabeth Bennet, is undercover in a case of suspected murder: her best friend, Mary King, has been missing for eighteen months. Determined to find the man she believes did the girl in - one George Wickham - her investigation collides with an enigmatic bachelor, Fitzwilliam Darcy and his socialite sister, Georgiana.Darcy is loaded, from a high-society family with all the money and the right connections for a future in politics. Elizabeth's a career girl from the wrong side of the East River, but the sexual chemistry between them cannot be denied. She is focused on finding Slick Wick and Darcy is hell-bent on stopping her investigation. But why? He's hiding something, but she'll use almost every weapon in her H-bomb arsenal to get his lips flapping.Murder, kidnapping, and a brainy broad with a body for sin are just enough to break Darcy's stone-cold reserve. She's so provocative that maybe he'll even be taking a trip down the aisle despite where she's from, what she does, and the fact that she knows George Wickham.Be advised: mature sexual content