Pride and Prejudice: Love of the Game

Elizabeth Bennet has learned the hard way that “care” can be another word for control, especially when it comes from family. When her best friend Charlotte is hollowed out by a relationship that treated her like a contract, Elizabeth does what she always does: she braces, she plans, she protects, she refuses to let the world swallow someone she loves. Then an online game becomes an unexpected lifeline—an invite to a low-pressure guild called Foxglove Court that feels, slowly and stubbornly, like refuge.

Foxglove Court comes with warmth, chaos, and earned belonging: Bingley’s bright, sincere leadership, Georgiana’s quiet courage, and a community that shows up without demanding payment in vulnerability. It also comes with Darcy—controlled, observant, and dangerously steady in a way Elizabeth does not know how to trust without fear.

When Elizabeth’s mother engineers a public ambush with a “perfect” man and a room full of witnesses, the old tactics sharpen into a threat. The pressure is polite. The shame is weaponized. The trap is familiar. This time, Elizabeth refuses without apology.

In the aftermath, Darcy offers something Elizabeth has never been given without strings—clarity, consent, and a promise to want her without owning her. His protection does not perform. His devotion does not demand. His presence becomes a quiet kind of dangerous: the kind that makes Elizabeth realize she might finally be safe enough to want more.

In a world that keeps trying to frame her as “too much,” Elizabeth must decide what it means to choose peace, choose desire, and choose herself—while letting the right person stand beside her, not in front of her. Foxglove Court is not just a game anymore. It is a place where boundaries are respected, loyalty is proven, and love does not have to be a leash.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0GGJ7GSFW
Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 14, 2026
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2.9 MB
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 700 pages
Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Book 1 of 1 ‏ : ‎ The Pemberly Pages
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 12 – 18 years
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