That is, until she overhears him damningly describe her as “thoroughly tolerable.” As it turns out, Darcy’s friend Charles Bingley-Jane’s new love interest-and Meryton manager Andrea are trying to buy the property, and Bennet must move past the trauma that ended her previous career as an interior designer and follow her dreams: “Now Andrea is buying the building. When handsome and aloof patron Will Darcy catches Bennet’s eye, she foresees a more interesting end to her night than expected. Bennet’s duties involve picking up discarded undies and other scanty regalia after the performances of her co-workers, including her BFF Jane Okogu, the aerialists Ginn and Tonic, and Renaissance woman Ming DyNasty. Bennet spends her weekdays as an executive assistant at a startup and her weekends “kittening” for a burlesque show at Meryton, a Tribeca club.
Each encounter begins to feel more heated than the last, but is their chemistry enough to topple that terrible first impression? What’s more, when a charming newcomer arrives on the scene with accusations against Darcy, and a sudden development leaves Meryton’s fate in jeopardy, Bennet will have to decide who to trust in time to salvage her design dreams, her heart, and the stage she shares with her found family…īennet is determined to write Darcy off, but once their besties fall head-over-heels, they’re thrown into each other’s orbit again and again.Pride and Prejudice.if the heroine wore pasties.Įlizabeth Bennet is a self-proclaimed woman of many names-Bennet to friends, Lizard to family, Liz at her day job, and Kitten when she moonlights. Love’s the last thing on her mind when she locks eyes with Will Darcy across the crowded club, yet the spark between them is undeniable-that is, until she overhears the uptight wealth manager call her merely “tolerable.”īennet is determined to write Darcy off, but once their besties fall head-over-heels, they’re thrown into each other’s orbit again and again.
Now an executive assistant by day and stage kitten by night, she’s discovered a second home with the performers at Meryton, Manhattan’s top-tier burlesque venue. A sparkling contemporary retelling of Pride and Prejudice set in the tantalizing world of New York City burlesque, perfect for fans of The Kiss Quotient and The Roommate.Īfter a betrayal derailed her interior design career, Liz Bennet found a fresh start in New York.
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