What really happened at Netherfield—and why Mr. Bingley never came back.

When Charles Bingley abruptly departs Hertfordshire after the Netherfield Ball, Jane Bennet is left confused and heartbroken. But the real reason for his disappearance has nothing to do with her.

Bingley is pregnant—with Fitzwilliam Darcy’s child.

In a society that offers no place for men like them, the two closest friends craft a delicate fiction: illness, travel, and a charitable guardian for the “orphaned” baby. But as months pass and baby Rosamund grows, what began as protection becomes a quiet, secret domesticity—one filled with midnight feedings, tender glances, and the constant threat of discovery.

When the truth finally comes to light at a grand ball at Pemberley, Darcy must choose between reputation and love—and Bingley must decide if he’s willing to be claimed in front of all of society.

A tender, reimagining of Pride and Prejudice, Pride and Paternity explores what might have been between two gentlemen too loyal, too reserved, and too in love to speak the truth—until a child gives them something worth fighting for.

This gay romance features secret baby, surprise pregnancy, fake engagement, ballroom confession, found family, cute baby hijinks, friends to lovers.