Showing results for "Katherine" in Victorian

Poor relation Kynthea Petrelli never dreamed she'd have a Season, but she is getting one…even if only as a companion to her younger, wayward cousin Zoe. Unfortunately, it isn't Zoe who trips and spills the potion on the oh-so-perfect Duke of Harle, but Kynthea. And before long, she finds herself the center of a scandal—and unexpectedly, the object of his desire. As Kynthea's reputation unravels, the duke can't resist acting as her unlikely champion. But society expects him to marry for advantage and his mother is demanding a proper alliance.

En dramatisk og opslugende fortælling fra forfatteren til "Arven" og "En sang fra fortiden" om to stærke kvinder, som er villige til at risikere alt for at afsløre fortidens knusende og svigefulde løgne. Bath 1821: Dybt inde i Lansdown Cresent på et højdedrag med udsigt over byen rager et herskabshus op. Huset tilhører den velhavende og indflydelsesrige Alleyn-familie. Her har sønnen Jonathan isoleret sig bag, siden han kom tilbage fra Napoleonskrigene. Men tjenestepigen Starling tror ikke på, at det er krigens rædsler, der tærer på Jonathan.

Harriet Hapgood has always delighted in arranging the lives of others, while generally doing as she pleased. And after having thwarted her cousin Caroline's engagement, what better way to pass a dull winter than in helping Caroline to a new husband? Her cousin sets her sights on the glittering Mr. St. John Rotherwood, so Hetty cheerfully puts her shoulder to the matchmaking wheel.

At age thirty, the kindly and helpful Miss Rosemary DeWitt assists the vicar with the parish school, burying her disappointment that life seems to promise nothing more. But a chance encounter with an unknown, brooding gentleman sets her on a new path—one which might lead where her heart never dreamed.

Somerset, England, 1808. Alice Hapgood is obsessed with studying flora and fauna. With upper-class standards taking a dim view of a lady dirtying her hands, she wears boys' clothing to pursue her passion. And when an assistant position for a handsome member of the Royal Society crops up, she impulsively dons her disguise and risks ruin.