(HarperCollins) In this retelling of Jane Austen’s classic Pride and Prejudice , Herendeen explores the untold loves of Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet. Filled with buried secrets, potential scandals, and forbidden romances, her novel brings to light the passionate attachment behind the friendship of Fitzwilliam Darcy and Charles Bingley, along with that of Elizabeth Bennet and Charlotte Lucas. Herendeen works as a cataloging librarian specializing in natural history. She is also the author of the novel Phyllida and the Brotherhood of Philander.