The Mask of Meryton: A hidden-identity retelling of Pride & Prejudice

By Eloise Arden

Behind every polite smile is a carefully guarded secret.

After the unexpected death of Mr. Bennet, Elizabeth Bennet concocts a delicate ruse to protect her family's home and finances. She arrives in Meryton under a false identity-a distant cousin's ward-determined to keep her secret buried. Yet the discerning Mr. Darcy, newly arrived in the neighborhood, grows suspicious of the poised young woman who seems too clever and too captivated by him to be what she claims.

As Elizabeth and Darcy spar through social gatherings and subtle interrogations, the tension between them builds. Each ballroom encounter, each guarded conversation, draws them closer toward the truth. With every step they take together, Elizabeth's carefully constructed mask slips, revealing a power struggle not only between pride and prejudice, but between the peril of deception and the possibility of real happiness. Love may shatter the fa ade forever, or force Elizabeth to lose the very person she's risking her life to protect.

Never lift the veil of Meryton if you fear the truth.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FMD9MTQB
• ISBN13: 9798297891159
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 8.0"