When a misguided proposal from Mr Collins prompts Elizabeth Bennet out of doors she stumbles across George Wickham who has reasons of his own to lie low in Meryton for a few hours. Neither of them can imagine the long-reaching consequences of this brief meeting or what danger Elizabeth will soon find herself in.

News of Elizabeth's disappearance mobilises her family and friends to search for her. New allegiances are formed and true characters exposed ensuring life at Longbourn will never be the same.