In today’s story, 17-year-old Lady Victoria Aston learns she must marry by the end of the 1817 season to prevent her family’s estate from falling into the hands of her villainous brother-in-law. Looking to the characters in her beloved Austen novels for support, “Vicky” weathers suspicious accidents, rising tensions, and multiple suitors, including Tom Sherborne, the childhood best friend who broke her heart years earlier.