Wickham has been dead for over a year but Lydia remains subdued, consumed by delayed guilt for the selfish behaviour that almost cost her family its respectability. At a loss to know how to restore her sister's spirits, Lizzy Darcy encourages Lydia to start a journal and record her earliest memories of life in Hertfordshire. But Lydia can only recall acts of rebellion on her part and falls into an even deeper depression. Patrick Shannon returns to Derbyshire after a ten year absence, determined to discover what caused the demise of his late father's thriving silk manufacturing business. Offering to help Lizzy's enigmatic new neighbour, Lydia finds herself drawn into a web of secrecy and lies that threatens the safety of them both. Meanwhile, Caroline Bingley has set her heart on winning Patrick's affections and this time no member of the Bennet family will stand in her way