Ann Barker

Jessie Warburton has been hopelessly in love with the rakish Earl of Ashbourne for years....

Evangeline Granby is so tired of her aunt's lectures on morality that she allows a handsome young gallant to take her to an inn where they indulge in a desperate and very improper flirtation....

When Eustacia Hope is jilted at the altar, her parents decide to save her reputation by sending her to stay with her godmother, Lady Agatha Rayner, a clergyman's widow....

Lord Thurlby can only ever recall previous visits of Lavinia Muir, his mother’s goddaughter, with a shudder....

After her father’s death, Theordora Buckleigh’s new adopted family want to give her a London season....