The Guardian Gambit: A Pride & Prejudice Variation (The Silver Screen Retellings)

It's double trouble for Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy when her parent-trapping sets off a chain reaction of romance....When Elizabeth Bennet is invited to Weymouth by her indulgent older friend, Lady Gresham, she discovers the last things she could have ever imagined - an identical copy of herself! She and Jane Fairfax have the same birthday, the same mysterious lack of family history... and the same lovely face. When circumstances leave them isolated together for a week, it is only a matter of time before the whole, shocking truth comes out.In a daring scheme, Elizabeth contrives to meet her maternal relations while masquerading as her sister Jane, and there she meets the newest additions to Highbury, Mr. Bingley and his brooding friend Mr. Darcy. Meanwhile, Jane travels to Hertfordshire, pretending to be Elizabeth, and is met with an equally challenging surprise - her wealthy father is engaged to be married to cruel and crafty fortune hunter.With the help of their friends, the twin sisters must work together to reunite their guardians and reignite the romance that once existed between them, but both Jane and Elizabeth are soon swept up in the schemes of a notorious matchmaker with motives of her own.Alliances are forged, secrets are spilled, and kisses are stolen along the way as the two devoted sisters win their battles but lose their hearts to two of Jane Austen's most beloved heroes.... Read more