
After James' departure, Sarah goes through some changes of her own as she leaves Longbourn to become the personal maid for Elizabeth Bennet after she is married to Mr. Unfortunately, this causes a problem as James' past comes to light and he is forced to become separated from Sarah just as their love is in full swing. Bennet gets the idea that she must have have her girls at all of the local parties plus throw a few of her own so that the eligible and respectable men will notice her daughters.

Meanwhile,their employers, the Bennet family, are overjoyed to learn that a new bachelor has moved in to a local home and the Militia has set up a camp in the nearby town. After a disastrous first encounter, a romance slowly blooms between the pair as James works to protect secrets about his past.


Housemaid Sarah often dreams of a life outside of servitude or of some kind of interesting change until mysterious new footman James Smith arrives. Longbourn, by Jo Baker, is the tale of servants of Longbourn House, the home of the Bennet family from Jane Austen's Pride and Predjudice.
