Elizabeth Bennet was meant to have a fairy tale.

Her whirlwind marriage to the charming Earl of Courtenay brought her wealth, a title, and a love she had never dared imagine—until Henry was murdered on a lonely road, leaving her a widow, with child, and caught in the crosshairs of a treasonous conspiracy.

The men of Parliament have uncovered a web of radical plotters, and at its center stands Francis Warren—Henry's twin brother, who would do anything to claim the Courtenay fortune and earldom. To protect both Elizabeth and the unborn heir, the government devises an audacious scheme: she will return to Hertfordshire and resume her life as plain Miss Bennet, her identity concealed by Parliamentary decree, hiding in plain sight among the neighbors who have known her since childhood.

Fitzwilliam Darcy, weary of the marriage mart and troubled by his young sister's increasingly willful behavior, has at last resigned himself to an arranged match—trusting his uncle, Lord Matlock, to choose wisely. He could not have anticipated that the lady selected for him would be so remarkable, so warm, so entirely unlike anyone he has ever encountered. Nor could he know the secrets she carries.

As conspiracy tightens around them and danger draws ever closer, Elizabeth must decide how much she can trust a man who does not know who she truly is—and Darcy must reckon with the possibility that love, when it finally comes, arrives wrapped in secrets.

Alas, some truths can only be told once the heart is ready to hear them.

The Best Part of Love is a Pride and Prejudice Variation.

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