What Hope Has Done: A Pride and Prejudice Variation Romance (What Time Has Done #2)

After Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy marry, what will become of the other Bennet sisters?
This story is set in the “What Time Has Done” universe and follows the lives of Jane and Kitty after Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy are married.

Jane Bingley is delighted to finally marry Charles Bingley, whom she has loved for years—but when she moves into his Warwickshire estate, she finds things are not as they ought to be. The neighborhood, heavily influenced by the wealthy, proud family of Bingley’s deceased ex-fiancée, have decided to shun her and her husband. Mr. Thomas Sterling, the eldest son of this family, is among the worst offenders, and when Jane invites her sister Kitty to stay with her at Whitewood Hall, Thomas wastes no time in offending the sister, as well. However, Kitty’s strong principles and sense of right make her impossible to intimidate, and she refuses to allow the Sterling family’s prejudices to influence her own behavior or lessen her enjoyments.

In time, Mr. Thomas Sterling comes to admire Kitty’s passion and tenacity. As his feelings change, his behavior also alters, and he begins to make gestures of friendship toward Kitty that her answering coldness cannot discourage. When Thomas’s interest in Kitty’s painting leads to their embarking on a project together, they gradually fall in love—but the disapproval of Thomas’s family threatens to overthrow everything.

This book is the second in the “What Time Has Done” Series, following the fates of each of the Bennet sisters after Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy’s marriage.