One masquerade. One misplaced slipper. One very unexpected betrothal.

When Elizabeth Bennet dons the mask of Athena at a glittering Twelfth Night masquerade, she expects only an evening of diversion—not disaster. But after a misadventure involving a determined rake, a lost shoe, and a most inconvenient encounter in the garden, she finds herself at the centre of London’s latest scandal.

Fitzwilliam Darcy prides himself on propriety. But when he spots a lady in distress at a ball and gallantly steps in to help, he doesn’t rescue her from trouble—he walks straight into it with her. One country maiden, a moonlight encounter, and a slipper in the wrong hands is all it takes: the ton believes them engaged—or worse. Now entangled with the quick-witted, sharp-tongued Miss Elizabeth Bennet, his carefully ordered, predictable world begins to unravel.

Darcy is prepared to do what honour demands. Elizabeth, however, is prepared to do anything to escape the engagement—including leveraging her intellect, wit, and every ounce of stubborn determination she possesses. Unfortunately for her, Mr. Darcy is equally resolved not to let society destroy their reputations—or to let her go.

Sometimes it takes a masquerade to reveal the truth, a lost slipper to find your footing, and a forced engagement to discover a love worth fighting for.

The Slipper Scandal is the second standalone novel in the Darcy & Elizabeth Rom Com Collection.