I enjoy every one of Kelly Miller’s regency romances and THE DARCY SECRET was yet another lovely trip to Pemberley where Darcy and Elizabeth are forced to question whether a history of mental illness in Darcy’s family might be inherited.

In this variation, Darcy and Elizabeth get engaged and married early on in the book, which leaves time for plenty of lovely closed-door romantic scenes between the couple. But a secret is revealed to Darcy by a relative—that several relatives in his family have experienced madness. Darcy frets over how to tell Elizabeth, and later when they learn there have been incidents at Georgiana’s school, they worry if she may be afflicted.

I enjoyed the initial hesitancy between Elizabeth and Georgiana as they got to know one another. The dog Rory was adorable. As always, the writing of Lydia was top notch, as were all the other side characters. The writing flows and the period details are so perfectly done and one thing I love about Miller’s writing is that you can enjoy wonderful regency romances with very accessible language. I loved the mystery/suspense aspect to this one as well! 5/5 stars. ( )