Pemberley by the Sea

Marine biologist Cassie Boulton likes her coffee with cream and her literature with happy endings. Her favorite book is Pride and Prejudice, but Cassie has no patience when a modern-day Mr. Darcy appears in her lab. Rich and good-looking, but silent and aloof, Calder Westing III doesn't have anything to offer beyond a famous family name, at least as far as Cassie can tell. But there is more to Calder than meets the eye, hidden behind the public facade of a man ill-suited for the political life his family expects, and he can't get enough of Cassie Boulton. Especially after one passionate night by the sea.

Cassie has her own reasons to keep her distance. Behind the veneer of scientific accomplishment, wit, and warmth, she is determined to hide secrets from her past. That means avoiding men who want to get too close,':i! especially tempting and dangerous ones like Calder.

Frustrated by Cassie's evasions, Calder tells her about his feelings the only way she'll let him—by rewriting her favorite book, with the two of them in the leading roles of Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet. But only Cassie can decide Whether to risk her future by telling him the dangerous truth. What she doesn't know is that she isn't the only one with secrets,' ones that could mean the end of the Westing family ambitions.