Mrs. Hurst’s Return

When Louisa Hurst returns unexpectedly to Netherfield Park, Elizabeth Bennet is certain something is amiss.

After all, only months earlier, Mr. Bingley abandoned Hertfordshire without explanation, taking his sisters and Mr. Darcy with him—and leaving Jane Bennet heartbroken.

Now Louisa has returned alone, speaking warmly of Jane and hinting that her brother may soon follow.

Elizabeth does not trust her. Yet as the days pass, Louisa proves far more perceptive—and far more determined—than anyone expected.

While Caroline Bingley remains in London, Louisa quietly sets about repairing old mistakes, restoring Jane and Bingley’s attachment, and drawing Mr.

Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet into one another’s company with increasing frequency.

To Elizabeth’s surprise, the proud, disagreeable gentleman she believed she despised begins to reveal an entirely different character.

But when Caroline Bingley returns to Netherfield and discovers what has been happening in her absence, old tensions flare anew.

With pride, prejudice, and wounded vanity threatening to undo everything, Darcy and Elizabeth must decide whether they are willing to trust one another at last.

Book Five of the Netherfield Returns series, Mrs.

Hurst’s Return is a charming and romantic Pride and Prejudice variation filled with second chances, unexpected alliances, family conflict, and a very different path to happily ever after.