A good marriage. Can that really be too much to hope for? When Elizabeth Bennet travels with her sister Jane from Mississippi to the middle of Texas, a good marriage is all she dreams of. Now she knows it is the one thing she can never have. Far from home and almost alone in the strange and alien landscape of Texas, Elizabeth finds herself compelled to marry a man whom she finds entirely unsuitable. A marriage for sweet love had been her secret dream, but in the 1880s, it seems an unlikely prospect for a young lady of slender means. All her hopes are dashed by the man she is compelled to marry. Too arrogant, too opinionated, and altogether too handsome, Mr. Darcy is not at all what she was expecting when she and her sister traveled west. Will Jane be more fortunate? Or will Miss Caroline Bingley drive the couple farther apart? Perhaps romance can bloom in 1880s Texas. But first, it must overcome pride, presumption, prejudice, and misunderstanding. Oh, and the endless, scheming interference of certain others. Is there any hope for these two pair of lovers? The Secret Mrs. Darcy is a 62,000-word novel of sweet, clean, and wholesome delight.