PRIDE AND PROTEST

A Fierce Showdown Between a Woman and a CEO in Nikki Payne's Modern Pride and Prejudice Retelling

In this fresh and modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice by debut author Nikki Payne, Liza B., the DJ who truly cares, is determined to reclaim her neighborhood from a heartless property developer flooding DC with unaffordable condos. Her planned protest at a corporate event takes an unexpected turn when she mistakes the smoldering-hot CEO for the waitstaff. When they clash, the sparks fly, but Liza's impossible-to-ignore family complicates her every move. She wants Dorsey Fitzgerald out of her neighborhood, but she'll settle for getting him out of her head.

Initially, Dorsey dismisses Liza Bennett as someone more interested in performing outrage than acting on it. As the adopted Filipino son of a wealthy white family, he has always felt out of place and can spot a fraud from a mile away. However, when Liza's protest results in a viral meme, their lives are thrown into chaos, and Dorsey realizes that this irresistible revolutionary is the most genuine woman he's ever met.