The Second Mrs. Darcy: A NovelSimon and Schuster, 2007 M03 6 - 352 pages The next adventure of the Darcy family from the author of Mr. Darcy's Daughters -- the story of a reluctant heiress who has been left a widow by Darcy's cousin Christopher. It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single woman in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a husband. So say the friends and family of impoverished widow Octavia Darcy when she unexpectedly inherits a fortune, but she has a different view and looks forward to a new life of independence. Escaping from the efforts of her half brothers and sisters to marry her off, Octavia goes to Yorkshire to find out more about the family she never knew, and while she is there she meets and crosses swords with landowner and politician Sholto Rutherford. When she returns to London to share a house with the dashing Lady Susan, Octavia, now secure in her new life, becomes caught up in the romantic problems of her niece. Then, the shadow of George Warren, the old nemesis of the Darcy family, falls over her, and she is threatened with the loss of both inheritance and reputation. |
Contents
Section 20 | 171 |
Section 21 | 179 |
Section 22 | 185 |
Section 23 | 194 |
Section 24 | 208 |
Section 25 | 212 |
Section 26 | 217 |
Section 27 | 220 |
Section 9 | 69 |
Section 10 | 79 |
Section 11 | 93 |
Section 12 | 106 |
Section 13 | 110 |
Section 14 | 121 |
Section 15 | 132 |
Section 16 | 139 |
Section 17 | 150 |
Section 18 | 155 |
Section 19 | 164 |
Section 28 | 228 |
Section 29 | 234 |
Section 30 | 241 |
Section 31 | 249 |
Section 32 | 261 |
Section 33 | 271 |
Section 34 | 280 |
Section 35 | 289 |
Section 36 | 301 |
Section 37 | 307 |
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