The Marriage Trap
(2026)(A book in the Pride and Prejudice Variation series)
A novel by Melanie Rachel
She came to Ramsgate to recover. He came to protect his sister. Someone else came to ruin them both.
Elizabeth Bennet came to Ramsgate to recover from the worst months of her life, not to be caught in a scandal with the most irritating man in England.
Fitzwilliam Darcy came to Ramsgate to protect his sister, not to find himself honour bound to marry a woman who would rather throw him into the sea.
But when one catastrophic event leaves them publicly compromised, the only way to restore their reputations is a hasty engagement neither of them chooses.
Now they are married, barely acquainted, and trying to build something real from the wreckage of someone else's malice. There are rules: separate chambers, shared responsibilities, honesty even when it stings.
There is also the unfortunate reality that Darcy is not as awful as Elizabeth assumed, and Elizabeth is not as manageable as Darcy expected. As well as the small problem of whoever engineered their downfall—because apparently, they're not finished yet.
They married to survive the scandal. Now they must survive the marriage.
The Marriage Trap is the fifth standalone novel in the Darcy & Elizabeth Rom Com Collection.
Elizabeth Bennet came to Ramsgate to recover from the worst months of her life, not to be caught in a scandal with the most irritating man in England.
Fitzwilliam Darcy came to Ramsgate to protect his sister, not to find himself honour bound to marry a woman who would rather throw him into the sea.
But when one catastrophic event leaves them publicly compromised, the only way to restore their reputations is a hasty engagement neither of them chooses.
Now they are married, barely acquainted, and trying to build something real from the wreckage of someone else's malice. There are rules: separate chambers, shared responsibilities, honesty even when it stings.
There is also the unfortunate reality that Darcy is not as awful as Elizabeth assumed, and Elizabeth is not as manageable as Darcy expected. As well as the small problem of whoever engineered their downfall—because apparently, they're not finished yet.
They married to survive the scandal. Now they must survive the marriage.
The Marriage Trap is the fifth standalone novel in the Darcy & Elizabeth Rom Com Collection.
- Forced marriage / marriage of convenience
Compromised into marriage (Regency scandal)
Enemies to lovers
Pride & Prejudice variation
Forced proximity (marriage)
Slow burn romance
Misjudgment / first impressions
External antagonist / sabotage
‘We must make this work’ marriage
Emotional intimacy after marriage
Witty banter
HEA
Genre: Historical Romance
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