The Highbury Variation continues in a chaotic summer full of dancing, duels, and drama. Elizabeth’s quickly ended engagement to Mr. Knightley, as well as her sister’s engagement to Mr. Bingley, has people using words like fortune-hunter and hussy to describe them. Will Mr. Darcy be deterred by the resistance of society and his family? Meanwhile Jane Fairfax’s position as a governess is threatened by the unwanted attention of several gentlemen, including her resentful, rejected fiancé Frank Churchill. When he makes a bet about her in a gentleman's club, her reputation teeters on the edge of a cliff. Jane can't be sure if Mr. Tom Bertram of Mansfield Park is also offering insult or... something more? She should never trust this rakish friend of Mr. Churchill’s, but she may have no choice. And when Darcy gets pulled into the fracas, Lizzy may get to see another side of him altogether. Join Elizabeth and Jane as they navigate love and loyalty in the refined drawing rooms of Regency London.