Soon after the Netherfield ball, a troubled Mr. Darcy decides to walk away from a most unsuitable fascination. But heartache is in store for them all, and his misguided attempts to ensure the comfort of the woman he loves backfire in ways he had not expected...

Why is it that the worth of a true blessing is never felt as keenly as when it seems to have become quite out of reach?
In this tale of "'Pride & Prejudice" meets "Sense & Sensibility'," Mr. Darcy is compelled to reflect on this very question, as he struggles to come to terms with the effects of his wrong choices, and fervently hope for a second chance at finding happiness.

""Well, Sir, what shall it be? The joy of music or of the printed word?" she asked, in a manner so highly reminiscent of their past interactions as to make him almost giddy with renewed hope.
"The joy of you. My greatest folly was to ever walk away from it ""

A sequel to Jane Austen's "'Pride & Prejudice'," inspired by the 1995 BBC adaptation and in its spirit, "'From This Day Forward'" explores life at Pemberley after Elizabeth Bennet's marriage to Fitzwilliam Darcy, and the turns their fates might have taken.

On a crisp winter morning in a small country church, Miss Elizabeth Bennet married Mr Darcy - and her quiet, tame existence had abruptly changed. The second daughter of a country gentleman is now many different things, to different people. Beloved wife. Mistress of a dauntingly great estate. Reluctant socialite. Daughter. Sister. Cousin. Friend. Her world is very different too, touched by a series of events that the creator of "'Pride & Prejudice'" would have recognised. And as the days of her married life go by, bringing both joy and turmoil, the man that stands beside her is her shelter and comfort in the face of family opposition, peril and heartbreak.
Three very different Christmas seasons come to serve as landmarks to their lives and there are blissful days and times of sorrow at the old English country house. And before too long, a time would come when Darcy must decide if he is prepared to risk everything for the sake of a full life together - or succumb to the collection of his fears.

""Quiet footsteps, eerily quiet, drew him from his trance. He looked up - and followed. The ghostly sound faded as he reached the eastern staircase and he took the steps two at a time, down to the very bottom. A madman's quest for he knew not what pushed him to the gallery. In the light of the moon, from her portrait, his grandfather's first wife looked down upon him with the deepest compassion. He dug his fingers in his hair. A long, dry sob racked his chest as he pounded the frame of the unfortunate woman's likeness, and broken gilt plaster fell to the floor. He covered his mouth with his fist, stifling the groan. And ran.""

A number of broken-hearted characters from Jane Austen's best novels are thrown together by the vagaries of fate, and all manner of unwise decisions are taken at this vulnerable time. But then their past creeps up upon them - and what is there to do but face it, and hope that their convoluted paths will finally lead them to their proper place?

""Elizabeth... Elizabeth... Elizabeth..." he murmured against her lips, her skin, her hair, and then her lips again. "I cannot forsake you I cannot I cannot lose you I cannot bear to think of a life without you - 'tis not worth living, 'tis but a slow death I cannot lose you I beg you, do not send me away again I love you Elizabeth, I love you ""

Friends, rivals, foes, wrong choices and a duel - Fitzwilliam Darcy's life is never dull "'The Subsequent Proposal'" - a story that is primarily about him - follows Mr. Darcy in his struggles to decipher the troubling enigma of Elizabeth Bennet's feelings - and to correct the worst misjudgement of his life...