What if there was a previous connection between Mr Bennet and the Darcy family through Mr Darcy's uncle, the widower Lord Matlock?

Fitzwilliam Darcy has always been a man of self-control who has always tried to keep his weaknesses under good regulation. His main concern in life is the care of his sister and his duty towards Pemberley, his family's legacy, and his name.

Part of this duty is to find a wife — someone to fulfil the responsibilities attached to the name of Mrs Darcy — the most difficult of all his tasks.

His beliefs and principles are called into question when he joins his friend Mr Bingley in Hertfordshire and meets a young woman with a quick mind, unrestrained manners, a strong character, and a pair of the most beautiful eyes in a pretty face. A woman who enchants and charms him as nobody else ever has — especially when she spends a few days at Netherfield, nursing her sister — and attracts him so strongly.

Towards the end of November, a week before the Netherfield ball, three gentlemen arrive in Hertfordshire to disrupt the peace and to alter Darcy's plans: Mr Collins, a cousin of Mr Bennet's who is visiting Longbourn; George Wickham, a former acquaintance who is joining the militia regiment encamped nearby; and Lord Matlock, the brother of Mr Darcy's late mother.

Several years after losing his wife, Lord Matlock is enjoying life to the fullest and is determined that his too-serious nephew Fitzwilliam Darcy do the same.

What nobody in Meryton knows is that Lord Matlock has a previous acquaintance with Mr Bennet, and the two were friends in their youth.

Furthermore, there is a dramatic secret that has bound the two former friends through the decades, which, once revealed, could significantly harm Lord Matlock's family.

The unexpected reunion between Mr Bennet and Lord Matlock will bring some disruption to the people of Meryton, Longbourn, and Netherfield and will change the course of events as we know it from canon.

Will this change be for the better or worse? Will Mr Bingley and Jane's and Mr Darcy and Elizabeth's journeys towards happiness be shorter or longer than those we already know?

We shall find out together in this romantic, witty story, recommended for readers of all ages.