I love both the book and miniseries North & South, and it has inspired me to finally start writing, with a sequel. It starts at the last scene in the movie, a scene I have probably watched hundreds of times, and mostly draws from the miniseries rather than the book Enjoy, and please comment..I'm interested to know what you think!

Four years ago, Evelyn Wright's perfect life as a debutante in London was ripped away from her, and her family moved to the countryside. Since then, she has adjusted to the simple life, but one letter is about to send her to the city and back into the life of a socialite, forced to suffer through balls, matchmaking, scheming mothers and worst of all, despicable rakes. Evelyn wants nothing to do with this life, eager to return home, until a ​fateful decision throws her into the path of one of societies most daring rakes, Nathanial Blackmore, the Duke of Winchester. He is arrogant, rich and entitled, everything she despises about men, but as the unlikely pair begin to work together to avoid the hangman's noose, she discovers that there is a lot more to him than sinful smiles and dangerous promises. Can they escape the death sentence that hangs above them? Or is Evelyn more in danger of losing her heart, than her head?

A second series inspired by the women in the Sanditon Sisterhood, in which the female characters find their voice, their strength, their power. Sidney Parker has disappeared. As torrential rain floods the streets of Sanditon, search parties are released to comb the town, the coves and beyond, and as Mary Parker awaits further news at home, she begins to reflect upon the events of the summer that led to this. Charlotte Heywood has returned home to Willingden and very nearly resigned herself to the daily toils of pastoral life, but when an unexpected letter arrives, she must decide whether she is ready to begin anew. Set both in Sanditon and London, this is a story of what might have happened next.