The Edevane Family is one full of secrets, turmoil and, quite ironically, love. Not from the father, nay, but a caring mother and insufferable siblings. And Emma, our dear Emma, is child number three, a lady that in the eyes of society is everything she is supposed to be. That is, until you meet what lies underneath a well-secured wall. Being raised with two older brothers, and no girls around to play, Emma has become quite the tomboy and, unfortunately, the always desired friend, and never a marriage prospect. However, even though her eyes might get caught in beauty, her heart is never easily won.
Ciel Fitzroy
A lot has changed from Ciel’s position as a Dowager Baroness in London earlier this year. Married to the Duke of Grafton, whom she was always so very close with, Ciel emerges into the new year as a new image of herself. If only marriage could make her so happy, and if only the decision had not been made in the hope of saving herself from a threat to her life! Though one must wonder why such a prestigious man would take her as a second wife at all.
Adella Sturridge
The Countess of Ripon is a fast friend of anyone who will suffer her company and an annoyance of those of the in-crowd who would rather she keep to herself.
Tansy Robarts
The daughter of a wealthy gentry banker and bright in every sense of the word, Tansy skewered her own reputation to save her younger sister’s and embarked upon a chapter she never could have fathomed. After traveling the world as a companion and being encouraged toward independent thinking, she finds herself now back in the mire of polite society. Well over the bridge into spinsterhood, her family refuses to allow her to live alone. Is the answer to find a man desperate enough to marry her, remain with her parents, or some other, less-obvious option?
Philippa Carrington
The lucky bride in a love match that lasted over ten years, Philippa now finds herself a single mother to two girls and adrift without the steadying influence of her husband. The strictures of society and reality of their circumstances have placed her and her girls back in London, where Pippa will try to find her footing and discover herself anew.
Hepzibah Innes-Ker
A bluestocking through and through, Her Grace the Duchess of Roxburghe is considered an eccentric by some, and a disgrace by others. Married to her father’s best friend, who rescued her from a life of obscurity and destitution, she’s never had a lover of any kind, including the man she married. He wishes she would find one, thinks it would make her happy in a way Eppie has never fathomed, but with talents that lie more in the realm of science and medicine than social savvy, it remains to be seen if she shall ever catch the eye of someone she can care about in turn.