William Ryder has travelled to Pemberley with something important to tell Mary. With her mother already anticipating a proposal, Mary prepares herself for a declaration that could finally give her the security everyone believes she needs.  What follows is rather more complicated.

Mr Bennet’s death leaves Mary facing the future she has always feared. But being forced out of Longbourn unexpectedly gives her something she has never really had before: the opportunity to discover who she might be away from her family.

Mary rushes to Pemberley fearing that her mother is seriously ill. Instead, she finds Mrs Bennet remarkably healthy, and herself suddenly at the centre of the family’s romantic attention.