The Honourable Colonel Fitzwilliam: A Pride and Prejudice Sequel (The Austen Continuations #4)

A charming colonel with a tendency to mask his pain with a smile and follow orders. A ruined woman that he cannot stop thinking about. Will they fight for their second chance, or will they both keep living inside the stories that others wrote for them?

The Honourable Colonel Richard Fitzwilliam has been an officer in His Majesty’s military machine for well over a decade now. Over that time, Richard has found that it’s easier to coast through life with a smirk and a well-prepared story. It does not matter that he will never see the field of battle, will never make his mark on the world. After all, he is the son of an earl, and will have a good life. Never mind the wound that’s defined him for years now. Richard will keep drinking, smirking, and telling poor young ladies one story, and rich young ladies another. As long as they stay at arm’s length. Stubborn as an ox, he would rather live a lonely life than settle for anyone less than the woman who has haunted him eleven years.

Lady Augusta Tietjens might just be the unluckiest duke’s daughter in all of England. Not only did her parents rip her away from the only young man she has ever fallen in love with, but when she decided to break the rules with the man her parents wanted her to marry, it ended up costing her everything. Ruined in the eyes of society, Augusta has resigned herself to a life of genteel solitude, her wonderful son a sort of consolation, making the ruination worth it, in a sense. If only her betrothed had not died two weeks before their wedding, Augusta would be a respected countess. Perhaps if she had urged her love to drag her away to Scotland all those years ago, all the pain could have been avoided. Such is life.

The Honourable Colonel Fitzwlliam is an emotional second chance romance between two broken adults wrenched apart by fate and cowardice. Are they strong enough to move past the pain and seize happiness?