For Mature Audiences ..".in his behaviour to me there were stronger influences even than pride." When George Wickham speaks these words to an impressionable Elizabeth Bennet, she can have no idea how true they will turn out to be. Stronger Even than Pride, Gail McEwen's latest novel, explores whether love can survive the biggest obstacles that Fate and a most ruinous stubbornness-can conjure up to separate two people destined to be together. After Elizabeth refuses to read the faithful narrative of Darcy's dealings with Mr Wickham, this Pride and Prejudice variation takes an unexpected turn when she chooses to exonerate the wrong man. Events quickly spiral out of control, and Fitzwilliam Darcy is forced to watch helplessly as the woman he loves slips further and further from his grasp. Can there be a happily ever after for them? Can a love, stronger than pride, redeem even the worst mistakes?

Is there anything more perfect than a romantic wedding and a honeymoon in paradise? The happy ending that began in Reflections continues as Elizabeth and Will Darcy settle into married life. Their rambunctious two-year-old son, Elizabeth's new job, a meddling mother-in-law, and Will's daily lessons about fatherhood are among the inescapable challenges that are simultaneously frustrating and amusing. The newly married couple discovers the complexity of family life and their need for one another when past ghosts unexpectedly return, casting a shadow on the happy life they are building.