With the disastrous proposal in Hunsford finally forgotten, and Lydia’s scandalous elopement behind them, Elizabeth and Darcy are now united in their feelings for each other. Day by day, their relationship grows in the autumnal Hertfordshire countryside, as they plan their future together. On the cusp of announcing their happiness to the world, Darcy is called to London by an urgent letter from his solicitor, leaving Elizabeth at Longbourn to await his return. But instead of the loving man that left her only a few days ago, it is a dark and strange Darcy that reappears, breaking her heart and shattering her dreams. Her loving betrothed appears to be lost forever, destroyed by a crippling sorrow that he refuses to share with her. Bewildered and angry, Elizabeth is on the verge of giving up hope of her love and the happy future she had imagined beside him at Pemberley. However, this is not the young lady we know, whose courage rises at every attempt to intimidate her. Will she, finally, overcome her despair and decide to fight for the man she loves? ‘For Richer, for Poorer’ is a 56000 word novel, abounding in romance and adventures, spiced with moderate angst, an invitation to lose yourself in the Austenesque world.