Girl Reaches Clouds — C.M. Mitchell

Like every book in the series, this novel can be read without reading any other books in the saga, but all the books are linked to each other. Have you ever wondered what it would be like if Kitty Bennet began to appreciate her older sisters? What it would be like if Kitty looked up to Elizabeth and her love for Mr. Darcy? Now finally, the tale of Kitty Bennet is told. Katie Bennet is the fourth of five sisters, is one of two twins, and is now on the brink of going off into college and witnessing the wedding ceremony of her older sister, Issy, to the formidable Mr. Darcy from Derbyshire, California. Under the influence of her vain and outlandish twin sister, Lauren Bennet, Katie is a reckless girl who only has good intentions to her name, but not always good actions. Yet, on the brink of Issy's wedding, Darcy's best man and favorite cousin, Raymond Fitzwilliam, comes down to Hertfordshire Wyoming for the ceremony. Secretly in love with his cousin's fiancee for the last three years, Raymond Fitzwilliam is a man who's heart was broken for too long. Resolving himself to the fate of a man who missed out on the first true love of his life, his sole ambition is now to step aside and be the best man he can toward his love struck cousin, but is shocked by a new face when he catches his first glimpse of Katie Bennet. Both become immediately intrigued by each other, but Katie's wild behavior immediately gains Raymond's disgust and lack of respect. They clash bitterly and both part from each other with a mutual hatred for one another. While Katie goes off to college, she becomes separated from her rambunctious sister, Lauren, and begins to mature, and Raymond goes off to serve in the army. Eventually, both encounter each other at Darcy's home for a Christmas celebration and both Katie and Raymond at first continue their battle of wills with each other, much to the disappointment of Issy and Darcy, who wished for a reconciliation. Yet over time, Katie and Raymond's hate HATE relationship alters to a love hate one, and eventually everyone begins to wonder: will anything further occur? Are these two people who are destined to war with each other forever, or destined to become attracted to each other? Will history repeat itself and the love of Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet move on to her little sister and Darcy's cousin? Here is the story where Kitty Bennet is given a second chance to tell her tale.