She came to Ramsgate to recover. He came to protect his sister. Someone else came to ruin them both. Elizabeth Bennet came to Ramsgate to recover from the worst months of her life, not to be caught in a scandal with the most insufferable man in England. Fitzwilliam Darcy came to Ramsgate to protect his sister, not to find himself honour-bound to marry a woman who would rather throw him into the sea. But when a forged note, a convenient witness, and one catastrophic evening leave them publicly compromised, the only way to restore their reputations is a hasty engagement neither of them chose. Now they are married, barely acquainted, and trying to build something real from the wreckage of someone else's malice. There are separate chambers, shared responsibilities, honesty even when it stings. There is also the unfortunate reality that Darcy is not as awful as Elizabeth assumed, and Elizabeth is not as manageable as Darcy expected. As well as the small problem of whoever engineered their downfall—because apparently, they're not finished yet. They married to survive the scandal. Now they must survive the marriage. The Marriage Trap is the fifth standalone novel in the Darcy & Elizabeth Rom Com Collection.