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A year goes by without much success later Aunt March dies and leaves her large estate Plumfield to Jo. Because the Professor is poor, the wedding must wait while he establishes a good income by going out west to teach. On his last day, he proposes to Jo and the two become engaged. Professor Bhaer is in Massachusetts on business and visits the Marches' daily for two weeks. Amy's aunt will not allow Amy to return unchaperoned with Laurie and his grandfather, so they marry before returning home from Europe.

With the news of Beth's death, they meet for consolation and their romance grows. She is unimpressed by the aimless, idle, and forlorn attitude he has adopted since being rejected by Jo, and inspires him to find his purpose and do something worthwhile with his life. Laurie encounters Amy in Europe, and he slowly falls in love with her as he begins to see her in a new light. Jo devotes her time to the care of her dying sister. At home, Beth's health has seriously deteriorated. Laurie travels to Europe with his grandfather to escape his heartbreak. When she returns to Massachusetts, Laurie proposes marriage and she declines. Jo is persuaded to give up that type of writing as her time in New York comes to an end. Professor Bhaer suspects her secret and mentions such writing is unprincipled and base. For extra money, Jo writes salacious romance stories anonymously for sensational newspapers. He has come to America from Berlin to care for the orphaned sons of his sister. Jo takes German lessons with another boarder, Professor Bhaer. She spends six months with a friend of her mother who runs a boarding house in New York City, serving as governess for her two children. Jo decides she wants a bit of adventure and to put distance between herself and Laurie, hoping he will forget his feelings. Jo confides in Marmee, telling her that she loves Laurie like a brother and that she could not love him in a romantic way. At first she believes it's with Beth, but soon senses it's with herself. While trying to uncover the reason for Beth's sadness, Jo realizes that Laurie has fallen in love. Beth's health is weak due to complications from scarlet fever and her spirits are down. Amy is chosen over Jo to go on a European tour with her aunt. Laurie graduates from college, having put in the effort to do well in his last year with Jo's prompting. Meg seeks advice from Marmee, who helps her find balance in her married life by making more time for wifely duties and encouraging John to become more involved with child rearing. When they have twins, Meg is a devoted mother but John begins to feel neglected and left out. Three years after the events of Little Women, Meg and John marry and learn how to live together. Good Wives is generally regarded as the second book in Louisa May Alcott's Little Women series.