Strangers After the Hunsford Refusal

A fortnight after refusing Mr. Darcy in Kent, Elizabeth Bennet is obliged to attend a seaside house party in the hope of cheering Jane after Mr. Bingley's abandonment.

Their hosts are four extravagant Goulding matrons, notorious matchmakers determined to take Darcy and Elizabeth's romance into their own hands.

Elizabeth expects mayhem, but not the antics of Darcy's indomitable cousin, Lady Rebecca, nor a steady new friend in Anne Elliot as familiar faces appear in a new light and unlikely alliances form.

Trying to distract herself by meddling in other romantic entanglements only makes her rapidly changing feelings for Darcy harder to ignore.

Amid the Gouldings' distinctive shenanigans, with friends and villains alike crowding the party, the last man she thought she could ever marry works to win her esteem, and Elizabeth must face the love already blossoming between them.