During her visit to the nearby Village of Crofton, Maggie meets Beth and Jack Crowell, both of whom have ties to the Lacey family and Montclair, and who know if the legends associated with the house and Fitzwilliam Darcy are true. Maggie is befriended by the Crowells who share with her stories of the real people who inspired the Darcys, the Bennet sisters, Lady Catherine De Bourgh, and many of the other memorable characters portrayed in the novel. As their friendship matures, the Crowells, who married in the midst of the horrors of World War I, reveal the devastating impact that the war had on their family--effects that are still being felt 30 years later.
While exploring the Darcy/Bennet love story, Maggie falls in love with Rob McAllister, an American who served as a navigator on a B-17 bomber and who flew 30 missions over Nazi Germany. The effect of seeing planes being shot down is seared into his memory, and he chooses to return to Britain to live among those who have endured so much and understand his loss. Although Rob and Maggie are deeply in love, Rob's wartime experiences have left him with a reluctance to make any decision that affects anyone other than himself, and that reluctance has consequences for his relationship with Maggie.
Pemberley Remembered is a story of lovers who bridge class differences in Regency England, but it also speaks to love and loss in postwar England.