Mary, Mary, Oh So Contrary

In Volume II of The Adventures of Miss Mary Bennet, in which the characters from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice return, even Mary's recent success in publishing cannot take away the sting of a regal visitor or the distress of a difficult decision. She has little time to fret about her future before a summons arrives from Pemberley, where she overhears shocking news about the man an outraged Georgiana Darcy loves and is determined to prove innocent. Their inquiries result in peril, giving Mr. Darcy good reason to tell his wife that their sisters might need a firmer hand in the future. Mary receives a second summons-this time from Lady Catherine de Bourgh, who is determined to dictate the course of Mary's next novel, and to see that Mary becomes a governess, unaware that Mary has begun to rethink her determination to remain a spinster.