CHAPTER 40 IS UP! Modern AU. Robert and Cora take their three daughters on a cruise, but is all as it seems or are the girls keeping secrets from them? And then there's the man Cora keeps seeing, does she recognise him or not, and if she does what does it mean? The past is full of memories, but are there some that have been buried and now threaten?

Unable to cope or forgive Robert after Sybil's death, Cora takes Violet's advice and travels to Newport to recover from the loss on her own. Lost without his wife, Robert soon follows her there with only one goal in mind: to win back his wife and bring her back home where she belongs.

For Robert and Cora Crawley, marriage came well before love, at a rather young age, and without much knowledge of the birds and the bees. How did these two find their way to loving each other? Like so many others, I'm writing a pre-canon story.

During his Grand Tour, Robert Crawley falls in love with a captivating French woman. He spends a few perfect months with her before the distress of DA's finances forces him back to England and into a marriage of convenience. His new wife is beautiful and sweet, he might not love her, but he is drawn to her. This is the story of Robert and Cora Crawley and their life together.