The story follows the main character Elizabeth Bennet as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of early 19th-century England. Elizabeth is the second of five daughters of a country gentleman living near the fictional town of Meryton in Hertfordshire, near London.

On Christmas Eve, around 1812, Pip, an orphan who is about six years old, encounters an escaped convict in the village churchyard while visiting the graves of his mother, father, and siblings. The convict scares Pip into stealing food and a file to grind away his shackles, from the home he shares with his abusive older sister and her kind, passive husband Joe Gargery, a blacksmith. The next day, soldiers recapture the convict while he is engaged in a fight with another convict; the two are returned to the prison ships from which they escaped...

Katerina Petrova was born and raised in Russia. She lived a lavish life due to her and her family's involvement in the mafia. However, one day everything changed. Her fathers number two turned on the family and managed to kill everyone in her family besides her as he had always had a soft spot for her and hesitated before pulling the trigger. Katerina managed to escape due to his hesitation and flee to America. Once in America she changed everything about herself, she dyed her blonde hair black and now wore brown eye contacts. She even changed her name to Savannah Brooks then found herself in the small town of Davenport, Iowa. Needing to earn money as she no longer had access to her family fortune she decides to apply to a coffee shop named 392 Dport. Little did she know going to that coffee shop would change her life forever when she met the owner Colby Lopez better known as Seth Rollins. Seth is immediately intrigued by the unique woman and plans to figure her out. However, Savannah trusts no one and knows better to let anyone in. She knows the mafia will be looking for her and will never stop. Will Seth be able to break down the Russians stone cold exterior or will he simply be nothing more than her boss. Warning: Mature themes.