England’s best mages are called to Pemberley in their youth. Elizabeth can’t understand why she’s always left behind.

Not only does her father neglect to correct what must be an oversight, he won’t allow her to use her most powerful magic at all. Each year, he further restricts Elizabeth’s movements. She can no longer wander beyond Longbourn’s boundaries, and he locks her chamber door at night with magical charms.

She allows her father to believe that his efforts are enough to keep her home. But when first her elder sister and then her youngest sister are called, Elizabeth is finished pretending. On the last day of the fifth moon, she defies his father’s edicts by following her sisters through the portal to Pemberley.

Not everyone is pleased to see her.

Since the attack five years ago that left Fitzwilliam Darcy in charge of hundreds of young mages, he and his cousin have been keeping a dangerous secret. The last thing he needs to add to his crushing number of responsibilities is training an uninvited mage—even a pretty, intelligent one—whose magic is unusual and unpredictable. The portal is closed, however, so he cannot send her back.

He is not an easy master. She is not a compliant pupil. Still, Elizabeth is determined to find her place at Pemberley, something Darcy admires. Her talents are a puzzle, though, and her strength often falters. Perhaps there was a reason she was never called.

Yet Darcy has no choice but to continue working with Elizabeth. For the secret he’s been keeping is beginning to unravel, and Elizabeth’s unique magic may be the only way to keep Pemberley from unravelling with it.