Marion Chesney

When a marriage proposal appears imminent for the beautiful--if rebellious--Lady Rose Summer, her father wants to know if her suitor's intentions are honorable. He calls on Captain Harry Cathcart, the impoverished younger son of a baron, to do some intelligence work on the would-be fiancé, Sir Geoffrey Blandon. But when Harry is caught between his client's desire for discretion and his suspicion that murder may have been committed, he enlists the...

Lady Rose Summer refuses to abide by her parents' insistence that she marry. Even more distressing, she wants to work. On advice from Captain Harry Cathcart--a noble-born private investigator who knows Rose all too well--her parents agree to let Rose work as a typist and live in a women's hostel. But life as a working woman isn't quite what Rose imagined: When a playboy is murdered, Rose will return to high society to follow a trail of deception,...

Spearheaded by Rainbird the butler, the servants of the rakish and hedonistic Lord Guy Carlton set out to find the perfect woman to tame and reform their employer.

Miss Hannah Pym, middle-aged spinster and housekeeper, longs for adventure, though she's attained the pinnacle of a servant's career, running the household of Thornton Hall for her melancholy employer, Mr. Clarence. Thornton Hall has not been the most cheerful abode, however, since Mrs. Clarence ran off with a footman, and when Mr. Clarence dies, Miss Pym wonders what will become of her -- until she learns that her late employer has left her a legacy...

When Henrietta Bascombe opened a confectionary shop, the Earl of Carrisdown was both drawn to and repelled by her shopgirl status. Matters weren't helped at all when rumors began that Henrietta was really working in the oldest profession.

Setting off for York in search of adventure--and leaving painful memories of her unrequited love for George Clarence behind her--Miss Hannah Pym decides to try to find a match for Yvonne Grenier, a charming, young Frenchwoman.

Diana Armitage meets Lord Charles Dantry while hunting and learns that there is another kind of chase that is infinitely more exciting.

A Regency romance on the haughty Beverleys who have only one chance left to regain their ancestral home, marry Lizzie, their youngest sister to the manor's new owner, the Duke of Severnshire. But will Lizzie accept such a stuffy man? Sixth and last volume of The Daughters of Mannerling series.