#0 – Again the Magic
Lady Aline Marsden and servant John McKenna fall in love when young, but class difference and family pressure force Aline to send him away through a deliberate cruelty. Years later McKenna returns wealthy and determined to confront the woman he believes betrayed him, while both conceal…
#1 – Secrets of a Summer Night
Penniless gentlewoman Annabelle Peyton joins three other overlooked young women in an alliance to help each other secure suitable husbands. Her pursuit of an aristocratic match is complicated by Simon Hunt, a wealthy self-made man whose lack of title makes him unacceptable to her family but…
#2 – It Happened One Autumn
Lillian Bowman, an outspoken American heiress, repeatedly clashes with Marcus, Lord Westcliff, during a country-house gathering. Their attraction develops through argument and resistance, while a predatory scheme against Lillian exposes the limits of protection offered by wealth and social position. The romance reflects the nineteenth-century exchange…
#3 – Devil in Winter
Shy heiress Evie Jenner proposes marriage to Sebastian, Lord St. Vincent, because she needs protection from relatives determined to control her inheritance. The bargain gives Sebastian access to money and Evie a legal shield, but rebuilding her father’s gaming club and surviving renewed threats require a…
#4 – Scandal in Spring
Daisy Bowman is ordered by her father to marry his trusted employee Matthew Swift if she fails to find another husband. Her dislike of the seemingly conventional businessman changes as she recognizes his humour and loyalty, but a concealed danger from his past threatens the match.…
#5 – A Wallflower Christmas
The original Wallflowers reunite for Christmas and turn their attention to Hannah Appleton and Rafe Bowman. Rafe arrives prepared to make a socially advantageous match, but Hannah’s independence and dislike of his cynicism disrupt both family plans and the Wallflowers’ matchmaking. This long novella revisits the…