Following her adventures in The Bad Miss Bennet (published in UK as Who Needs Mr. Darcy?), Lydia finds herself en route to Brazil accompanied by her trusty maid, Adelaide. She joins the exiled Portuguese Court in Rio where she soon catches the eye of the heir, Dom Pedro. In an adventurous year, she acquires a parrot with ‘filthy verbiage’, is captured by pirates, makes a second disastrous marriage, and eventually returns to Pemberley to annoy the Darcys.

Is the intrepid Lydia destined to roam the world indefinitely in search of ‘an agreeable husband with an estate and two matching footmen’ – or will she find happiness at last? … You need to read the book!