The Courtship of (the Wealthy) Miss Elizabeth Bennet (The Courtship Duology #1)

When Miss Elizabeth Bennet’s mother inherits a fortune from an old flame, it’s the best and worst thing that’s ever happened to the Bennet family.

Now, their financial difficulties are over and they can indulge in dresses and balls and travel. However, the way the money comes to them has a whiff of scandal, and tongues wag against Mrs. Bennet’s possible past behavior.

Elizabeth wishes primarily to find some way to clear the family name and silence the gossips. But she cannot help but wonder about what this inheritance might mean for her and a certain Mr. Darcy, a man whose proposal...

When Miss Elizabeth Bennet’s mother inherits a fortune from an old flame, it’s the best and worst thing that’s ever happened to the Bennet family.

Now, their financial difficulties are over and they can indulge in dresses and balls and travel. However, the way the money comes to them has a whiff of scandal, and tongues wag against Mrs. Bennet’s possible past behavior.

Elizabeth wishes primarily to find some way to clear the family name and silence the gossips. But she cannot help but wonder about what this inheritance might mean for her and a certain Mr. Darcy, a man whose proposal she refused after he went on and on about how far beneath him she was.

Perhaps now that she has a hefty dowry, things might be entirely different between them.

But before she sees Mr. Darcy again, his cousin Colonel Fitzwilliam is there, courting her, and she is thrust into a new world in London, a world of balls and fancy dresses and overly solicitous fortune hunters.

Elizabeth’s courtship has only just begun…

Dear reader, this wealthy-Lizzy variation is the first of a duology. Do be aware, it ends on a cliffhanger. This first book is not steamy, but the second book will be.