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.

She works as a call reciever for the suicide hotline. One day she gets a call from a boy in need of immediate assistance. Breaking code, she leaves her station to go and look for him. He only hints as to where he is, leaving her to use the clues to find his location. Will she be able to find him in time? What if he turns out to be more important to her than she ever imagined? But, what if she only meets a body?