Elizabeth's matchmaking for Anne de Bourgh backfires when she falls for Anne's secret fiancé, Mr. Darcy.

When Elizabeth Bennet arrives in London for the social season, she never expects to befriend the pale, sheltered Anne de Bourgh. Beneath Anne’s quiet exterior burns a brilliant mind yearning for freedom, and Elizabeth cannot resist drawing her into London’s glittering literary scene.

Determined to find Anne true love, Elizabeth introduces her to charming playwright Julian Gardiner. She doesn’t expect to keep running into the insufferably proud Mr. Darcy—Anne’s stern guardian, who seems to disapprove of every breath Elizabeth takes.

Yet as Anne blossoms under Julian’s passionate attention, something shifts between Elizabeth and Darcy. His brooding disapproval becomes protective concern. His cutting remarks reveal unexpected wit. And those dark eyes that once seemed cold now follow Elizabeth with an intensity that makes her pulse race in the most inconvenient way.

Elizabeth tells herself she’s imagining things. She’s focused on Anne’s happiness, not her own traitorous heart.

When Lady Catherine discovers Anne’s forbidden romance, she strikes with devastating precision. Anne disappears behind Rosings’ walls, heavily drugged and barely conscious, while preparations for a forced wedding proceed. Only then does Elizabeth learn the shattering truth—Anne has been promised to Darcy since birth, and Elizabeth has been falling for her best friend’s intended husband.

With time running out and conventional rescue impossible, Elizabeth faces her most dangerous gamble yet—a desperate deception that will either save her dearest friend or destroy them all. Sometimes love requires more than good intentions. Sometimes it demands everything.

The most dangerous match is the one that sets your world on fire.