The season is about to begin—and there’s not a minute to lose.Kitty Talbot needs a fortune. Or rather, she needs a husband who has a fortune. This is 1818 after all, and only men have the privilege of seeking their own riches.With only twelve weeks until the bailiffs call, launching herself into London society is the only avenue open to her, and Kitty must use every ounce of cunning and ingenuity she possesses to climb the ranks.The only one to see through her plans is the worldly Lord Radcliffe and he is determined to thwart her at any cost, especially when it comes to his own brother falling for her charms.Can Kitty secure a fortune and save her sisters from poverty? There is not a day to lose and no one—not even a lord—will stand in her way...
Gids voor een dame Reeks
Stap binnen in de glinsterende balzalen en salons van Regency Engeland met deze boeiende historische romanserie. Volg ambitieuze jonge vrouwen terwijl ze de complexiteit van de samenleving doorkruisen en gebruik maken van humor en strategie om hun toekomst veilig te stellen. Verwacht scherpe dialogen, onmiskenbare chemie en heerlijke wendingen terwijl ze fortuin najagen en, misschien, onverwachte liefde vinden.
Aanbevolen leesvolgorde
When shy Miss Eliza Balfour married the austere Earl of Somerset, twenty years her senior, it was the match of the season--no matter that he was not the husband Eliza would have chosen.But ten years later, Eliza is widowed. And at eight and twenty years, she is suddenly left titled, rich, and, for the first time in her life, utterly in control of her own future. Instead of living out her mourning quietly, Eliza heads to Bath with her cousin Margaret. After years of living according to everyone else’s rules, Eliza has resolved, at last, to do as she wants.But when the ripples of the dowager Lady Somerset’s behavior reach the new Lord Somerset—whom Eliza knew, once, as a younger woman—Eliza is forced to confront the fact that freedom does not come without consequences, though it also brings unexpected opportunities . . .