Of Inheritance and Intrigue: A Pride and Prejudice Variation

This is a short novel of a little less than 62,000 words. As usual for the author, it is sweet and low-angst and written from a Christian perspective.
Excerpt:
Mr. Phillips walked into Mr. Bennet’s study and dropped his leather valise onto the large oak desk. “Have you told her yet?”
Thomas Bennet looked up sheepishly, “No, I haven’t.”
“Why not, Bennet? She will be one and twenty tomorrow. There are legal arrangements to be handled.”
Mr. Bennet sighed, “I know, I know. It’s just that we will be opening Pandora’s Box once we make it known. I was hoping that you would tell her.”
“No, Bennet, you are her father. You should be the one to tell her. But,” he relented, “I will be here for the disclosure. Shall we?”
Soon-to-be twenty-one year old Elizabeth Bennet knocked and entered when she heard her father call, “Come in, Lizzy.”
“Have a seat, my dear,” her Papa instructed the favorite of his five daughters. “Your uncle and I have some interesting news for you,” nodding for his brother by marriage to speak. Phillips gave the older man a stern look, but decided he would naturally be the better choice to reveal to his niece that she was to become an heiress on the morrow.