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The Marstone Series: Box Set Books 1-4
(2021)(A book in the Marstone series)
An omnibus of novels by Jayne Davis
If you like spirited heroines confronting their difficulties with intelligence and courage, you’ll love this series of four full-length Georgian Romances.
Sauce for the Gander
A duel. An ultimatum. An arranged marriage.
England, 1777: Will, Viscount Wingrave, whiles away his time gambling and bedding married women, thwarted in his wish to serve his country by his controlling father, the Earl of Marstone. When Will is almost killed in a duel, Lord Marstone decrees he must marry.
Connie Charters acts as an unpaid housekeeper for her poor but socially ambitions father. When her conniving father forces the match, she has no choice but to agree.
Will and Connie meet for the first time at the altar. As they settle into their new home on the wild coast of Devonshire, the young couple find they have more in common than they thought. But there are dangerous secrets that threaten both them and the nation.
A Suitable Match
Both are seeking a suitable match. Just not with each other.
England 1782: Lady Isabella is bound for London, to be introduced into society and marry someone who will benefit her father’s ambitions for status and political influence. Will would help her, but he is called away on urgent business and asks Nick Carterton to stand in for him.
Nick, a reserved scholar who relishes the quiet life, is finally giving in to his father’s request that he seek out a bride. Instead of looking for a wife, he finds himself trying to keep Bella out of trouble. It seems neither is set for matrimony any time soon.
A more than suitable match is right in front of them… if only they could see it.
Playing with Fire
Phoebe yearns for a love match like her parents’. Revolutionary France is not where she expected to find it.
France 1793: Phoebe yearns for a useful life, and a love match like her parents’, if such a thing could ever be possible for an unwanted, poor relation. But she is travelling with her aunt and cousin in revolutionary, and her aunt’s actions soon put them into mortal danger.
Alex uses many names and is used to working alone. A small act of kindness leads him to assist Phoebe’s party, even though it might come at the expense of his own mission in France.
As he and Phoebe face many dangers together, he finds his affections growing towards the quick-witted red-head, despite their hopeless social differences. Alex dismisses the possibility of a match between them, not realizing that she feels the same way about him.
The Fourth Marchioness
He’s looking for a suitable wife. She’s looking for a traitor. It could be a most unusual courtship.
England, 1794: James, Marquess of Harlford, wants to be left alone with his scientific research, but his mother is determined that he marry and provide an heir. Faced with a house party of her candidates, he finds himself drawn towards the least likely─and most thoroughly unsuitable─of the guests.
Alice Bryant is sensible, kind and intelligent. Although he knows little else about her, James decides that Alice would do nicely as his wife.
Alice, an out-of-work governess, would be happy in her position as a lady's companion—if that was all the post entailed. Espionage, no matter how righteous the cause, sits ill on her conscience.
Alice does not wish to think ill of the seemingly honourable and increasingly attentive Lord Harlford, but it’s her duty to find out if he really is selling secrets to the enemy.
They could make an ideal match… if not for the espionage. Can love prosper, or will deceit and subterfuge carry the day?
Genre: Historical Romance
Sauce for the Gander
A duel. An ultimatum. An arranged marriage.
England, 1777: Will, Viscount Wingrave, whiles away his time gambling and bedding married women, thwarted in his wish to serve his country by his controlling father, the Earl of Marstone. When Will is almost killed in a duel, Lord Marstone decrees he must marry.
Connie Charters acts as an unpaid housekeeper for her poor but socially ambitions father. When her conniving father forces the match, she has no choice but to agree.
Will and Connie meet for the first time at the altar. As they settle into their new home on the wild coast of Devonshire, the young couple find they have more in common than they thought. But there are dangerous secrets that threaten both them and the nation.
A Suitable Match
Both are seeking a suitable match. Just not with each other.
England 1782: Lady Isabella is bound for London, to be introduced into society and marry someone who will benefit her father’s ambitions for status and political influence. Will would help her, but he is called away on urgent business and asks Nick Carterton to stand in for him.
Nick, a reserved scholar who relishes the quiet life, is finally giving in to his father’s request that he seek out a bride. Instead of looking for a wife, he finds himself trying to keep Bella out of trouble. It seems neither is set for matrimony any time soon.
A more than suitable match is right in front of them… if only they could see it.
Playing with Fire
Phoebe yearns for a love match like her parents’. Revolutionary France is not where she expected to find it.
France 1793: Phoebe yearns for a useful life, and a love match like her parents’, if such a thing could ever be possible for an unwanted, poor relation. But she is travelling with her aunt and cousin in revolutionary, and her aunt’s actions soon put them into mortal danger.
Alex uses many names and is used to working alone. A small act of kindness leads him to assist Phoebe’s party, even though it might come at the expense of his own mission in France.
As he and Phoebe face many dangers together, he finds his affections growing towards the quick-witted red-head, despite their hopeless social differences. Alex dismisses the possibility of a match between them, not realizing that she feels the same way about him.
The Fourth Marchioness
He’s looking for a suitable wife. She’s looking for a traitor. It could be a most unusual courtship.
England, 1794: James, Marquess of Harlford, wants to be left alone with his scientific research, but his mother is determined that he marry and provide an heir. Faced with a house party of her candidates, he finds himself drawn towards the least likely─and most thoroughly unsuitable─of the guests.
Alice Bryant is sensible, kind and intelligent. Although he knows little else about her, James decides that Alice would do nicely as his wife.
Alice, an out-of-work governess, would be happy in her position as a lady's companion—if that was all the post entailed. Espionage, no matter how righteous the cause, sits ill on her conscience.
Alice does not wish to think ill of the seemingly honourable and increasingly attentive Lord Harlford, but it’s her duty to find out if he really is selling secrets to the enemy.
They could make an ideal match… if not for the espionage. Can love prosper, or will deceit and subterfuge carry the day?
Genre: Historical Romance
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