The Lady Series

Lady Josephina Barrington has no patience for society’s rules—or its dull suitors. She rides like the wind, speaks her mind, and refuses to marry for anything less than true love. When a forbidden hunt ride brings her face-to-face with the dashing Earl of Sunningdale, sparks fly faster than a race at Epsom Downs.

Presenting the Lady is the second stand-alone regency romance story in The Lady series. Arabella, nearing the time she will be presented and have her first season, is a little zealous and gets into the type of scrapes that could easily cause a scandal. Her brother, the Earl of Sunningdale and her friend, the new Countess, do everything they can to keep her from inadvertently sabotaging her future. Follow the family as they feud, attend balls, hunt, and hatch scheme after scheme to get Arabella safely launched into society.

Constance Wellington has just launched her first charge into society. Weeks later, Arabella Allington and her new husband, Viscount Pommeray, are off on their honeymoon while Constance's employers are touring the south of France. She's barely started enjoying this peaceful reprieve when another charge is thrust upon her. If she thought Arabella was a handful, preserving Miss Penelope's virtue might very well make her reconsider the nunnery!

As the eldest Allington daughter, Prunella knows her duty: to make a respectable match and maintain her family’s honor. Yet when she meets George, everything she thought she wanted begins to change. With her mother’s social climbing ambitions weighing heavily on her, Prunella faces a difficult choice—do her duty or follow her heart. Will she risk scandal by eloping for love?

Victoria Allington, the Dowager Countess of Sunningdale, has finally discharged her motherly duties. Both her daughters and her eldest son are married, and her youngest son is on his way to a promising career in His Majesty's Army. She should be content. Yet, when an old friend remarks on her ever-expanding list of complaints, Victoria admits something has to change.

Henry Allington, the Earl of Sunningdale's younger brother, has just returned to London to complete his military training after spending four years in Paris with his sister, Prunella, and Major Fitzsimmons. That had been the plan. However, he has fallen in love and has no idea how the family is going to react to the news.

Virginia Gillingham has watched her older sisters marry for love. Of course, she wants the same…only she craves a little adventure first. With her friends, Selina and Madeline du Campion, the trio set off on a series of dares, each one more exciting than the last.

Anna Gillingham has only been to a handful of balls, but when she slips into an empty room to escape an impossible suitor, she knows enough to realize one shouldn’t be stealing paintings from the library. To her surprise, the man she startles with a rolled-up canvas under his arm is none other than Duke Albion Weatherwax.

Growing up, Andrew Gillingham paid little attention to Amanda Abbott. Thinking of her only as the neighbor’s bothersome younger daughter, his interactions with her mostly involved rebuking her girlish adoration. Years later, when they are reintroduced to polite society, Andrew is taken aback. Amanda, fresh out of finishing school, is no longer the shy, lanky slip of a girl he remembered. What’s more, she seems entirely unaware of how lovely she has become–or that Laurence du Campion has set his sights upon her.

Lord Gillingham hasn’t been the best father, or even the best person. What started out as arranging advantageous matches to ensure his daughters’ futures and increase his fortune has led to avarice. The girls’ once affable and caring father has slowly but quite surely become the kind of man who would jeopardize his children’s happiness for the sake of his riches.

Emily Blackmore, the oldest daughter of the Earl of Blackmore, fell in love with Philip Sinclair when she was 14. After he went to war, they continued their acquaintance through letters. When Philip finally returns to England, he finds Emily betrothed to another.

Now that Emily is off the shelf, all eyes turn to Olivia. Feeling unprepared for the marriage mart, let alone matrimony, Olivia arranges a fake engagement with her cousin’s friend. Thomas Corley finds the proposal amusing and timely. With a title and fortune in the balance, it is just the thing to keep his father at bay.

Identical twins Beatrice and Bridget have often played tricks on their loved ones. They've even gone so far as impersonating each other for fun. However, it seems they've fallen for the same marquess, and their pranks could very well cost them both a wealthy suitor.

Bridget Blackmore thought a visit to the country would provide a reprieve from her unwanted betrothal to Lord Edmund Tanner, a man she had never met. But when Bridget’s friend Julia disappears, Bridget is mistaken for Julia by none other than Lord Edmund himself. Whisked away to Scotland and forced into a hasty marriage, Bridget must navigate the dangerous path of deception. Can she escape her captor, or will she find herself falling for the very man she vowed to avoid?

Sarah had given up on love. On the way to visit her aunt, her carriage breaks a wheel. Lord Benjamin Pennington, the man who courted her with such finesse and then dumped her for a Duke’s daughter, comes to her rescue. On the way to his estate, Sarah and Benjamin are attacked by highwaymen. When she wakes in a strange house, she has no idea who she is.