Darcy’s Dark Summer by M. A. Sandiford

MAKING DO …
Three years have passed since Elizabeth rejected Darcy’s proposal. Mr Bennet is dead, exhausted by a futile search for Lydia. To support her impoverished family Elizabeth seeks a position as companion to the daughter of Lord Selborn, a London-based diplomat. Obliged to consort with high society she dreads running into Darcy, who knows of her family’s shame. It comes as a relief when Lord Selborn is dispatched to the German Confederation and takes along his wife and daughter—and Elizabeth too.

But the Napoleonic Wars are over, and wealthy Englishmen are rediscovering the pleasures of touring Europe. It is not long before Elizabeth finds herself re-united with the last man in the world she wishes to meet …