Second Chance Manor
You are cordially invited to the country house party of the summer…
Five years ago, six exceptional ladies graduated from Twittingham Academy and successfully nabbed themselves the most sought-after matrimonial prizes in London. Actually, they didn’t. Not one of them. But the Countess of Fangfoss, formerly known as Miss Julia Twittingham, has a plan to see each of her past charges happily wed after all. Welcome to Second Chance Manor.
This is a series written with Scarlett Scott and Merry Farmer. All the books are listed here. Caroline's are #3 and #6.
Five years ago, six exceptional ladies graduated from Twittingham Academy and successfully nabbed themselves the most sought-after matrimonial prizes in London. Actually, they didn’t. Not one of them. But the Countess of Fangfoss, formerly known as Miss Julia Twittingham, has a plan to see each of her past charges happily wed after all. Welcome to Second Chance Manor.
This is a series written with Scarlett Scott and Merry Farmer. All the books are listed here. Caroline's are #3 and #6.
The Matchmaker and the Marquess
Five years ago, six exceptional ladies graduated from Twittingham Academy and successfully nabbed themselves the most sought-after matrimonial prizes in London. Actually, they didn’t. Not one of them. But the Countess of Fangfoss, formerly known as Miss Julia Twittingham, has a plan to see each of her past charges happily wed after all. Welcome to Second Chance Manor.
Lady Clementine Hammond has earned her reputation as society’s most notorious matchmaker by catching couples in compromising positions. She’s perfectly happy remaining unwed herself. One small misstep at a country house party, however, leaves her with no choice but to become engaged to the most odious rogue she has ever met. Also, the most handsome.
After losing the woman he loved to a romantic rival, the Marquess of Dorset has devoted himself to cultivating his reputation as a rakehell of the first order. When the unlikeable Lady Clementine quite literally gets a bee up her skirts, he reluctantly plays the gallant, only to find himself having to offer her marriage.
Clementine loathes rakes. Dorset despises prim and proper ladies. Each is desperate to escape an unwanted union to the other. They agree to maintain a pretense for the house party’s duration with plans to discreetly break their engagement when they return to London.
Everything is unfolding according to plan. Until their temporary betrothal starts to feel far too real and one kiss leads to another…
Steam level: Scorching hot! Don't say you weren't warned...
Lady Clementine Hammond has earned her reputation as society’s most notorious matchmaker by catching couples in compromising positions. She’s perfectly happy remaining unwed herself. One small misstep at a country house party, however, leaves her with no choice but to become engaged to the most odious rogue she has ever met. Also, the most handsome.
After losing the woman he loved to a romantic rival, the Marquess of Dorset has devoted himself to cultivating his reputation as a rakehell of the first order. When the unlikeable Lady Clementine quite literally gets a bee up her skirts, he reluctantly plays the gallant, only to find himself having to offer her marriage.
Clementine loathes rakes. Dorset despises prim and proper ladies. Each is desperate to escape an unwanted union to the other. They agree to maintain a pretense for the house party’s duration with plans to discreetly break their engagement when they return to London.
Everything is unfolding according to plan. Until their temporary betrothal starts to feel far too real and one kiss leads to another…
Steam level: Scorching hot! Don't say you weren't warned...
The Angel and the Aristocrat
Lady Angeline O’Shea was certain she would find a husband right out of finishing school, but instead, she was called back to Ireland to nurse her sick father through his final years. Now, slightly older, slightly wiser, but still as sweet and innocent as she was in school, she is determined to do her duty to her family by finding the perfect and most suitable husband…
…who is not Lord Rafe McAllister, Marquess of Rothbury.
Fresh off of a broken engagement in which his reputation was raked through the mud, Rafe wants nothing more than to hide away in Yorkshire for the summer, licking his wounds. He supposes he’ll have to marry eventually, but the last woman on earth that he could see as his marchioness is cheerful, angelic, innocent Angeline. Angeline has other ideas, though. What starts as her bid to get the curmudgeonly Rafe to smile turns into a passion that neither she nor Rafe can deny… …until Rafe’s former fiancée shows up at the house party.
PLEASE BE ADVISED – Steam level: Very Hot!
…who is not Lord Rafe McAllister, Marquess of Rothbury.
Fresh off of a broken engagement in which his reputation was raked through the mud, Rafe wants nothing more than to hide away in Yorkshire for the summer, licking his wounds. He supposes he’ll have to marry eventually, but the last woman on earth that he could see as his marchioness is cheerful, angelic, innocent Angeline. Angeline has other ideas, though. What starts as her bid to get the curmudgeonly Rafe to smile turns into a passion that neither she nor Rafe can deny… …until Rafe’s former fiancée shows up at the house party.
PLEASE BE ADVISED – Steam level: Very Hot!
The Scholar and the Scot
Olive L'arbre has a brilliant mind but poor vision, mostly of herself. While at Fangfoss Manor with her dearest friends, and a batch of eligible (if not entirely desirable) gentlemen, Olive believes none of them could ever be as interested in her, or her recent paper on Roman architecture, as she is in the latest edition of Journal of the Society of Archaeology. Certainly, none of them could possibly hold her attention better than the daring exploits of her favorite (and likely fictitious) explorer.
But then she meets a man who seems much too interesting--and even more interested in her--to be true. Is it possible he's the real-world equivalent of her long-time obsession?
Phineas Prince is an adventurer with a fascination for exploring history in far-flung locales. When his sister insists he accompany her to Fangfoss Manor for the summer, his only hope for excitement is the possibility of finding the match to the artifact previously obtained from the Roman ruins located there…or so he thinks.
But before he can start digging, he meets a beautiful scholar...one who just might be his perfect match.
Beware: This Victorian RomCom is full of plenty of naughty bits and laugh-out-loud moments! You’re going to love revisiting the house party of the summer at Fangfoss Manor!
But then she meets a man who seems much too interesting--and even more interested in her--to be true. Is it possible he's the real-world equivalent of her long-time obsession?
Phineas Prince is an adventurer with a fascination for exploring history in far-flung locales. When his sister insists he accompany her to Fangfoss Manor for the summer, his only hope for excitement is the possibility of finding the match to the artifact previously obtained from the Roman ruins located there…or so he thinks.
But before he can start digging, he meets a beautiful scholar...one who just might be his perfect match.
Beware: This Victorian RomCom is full of plenty of naughty bits and laugh-out-loud moments! You’re going to love revisiting the house party of the summer at Fangfoss Manor!
The Venus and the Viscount
A hellion. A hoyden. Scandalously flawed.
Flouting convention and shocking society has become the primary source of entertainment for Lady Charity Manners. She makes no apologies for her wild ways, nor does she have any intention of changing.
As for marriage? No, thank you. She would far prefer to live an independent life on the Continent. Before she leaves England behind for good, she attends one last country house party for a reunion with her old finishing school chums.
A bore. A killjoy. Seriously staid.
When Neville Astley, Viscount Wilton, overhears Lady Charity describing him in unflattering terms to the lady he hoped to make his viscountess, he is outraged. How dare she attempt to meddle in his affairs and ruin his chances of gaining a bride? He is determined to deliver a stinging rebuttal and prove just how excellent a husband he would make.
Except, an odd thing happens when the man who has spent his life following all the rules confronts the lady who has gleefully ignored them. An attraction he never could have predicted sparks into flame. To his dismay, he discovers his inconvenient heart has chosen its allegiance to the most unsuitable lady at the house party.
But can Neville persuade Charity to pursue her dreams as his wife, or will he lose her forever?
Steam level: Scorching hot! Don't say you weren't warned...
Flouting convention and shocking society has become the primary source of entertainment for Lady Charity Manners. She makes no apologies for her wild ways, nor does she have any intention of changing.
As for marriage? No, thank you. She would far prefer to live an independent life on the Continent. Before she leaves England behind for good, she attends one last country house party for a reunion with her old finishing school chums.
A bore. A killjoy. Seriously staid.
When Neville Astley, Viscount Wilton, overhears Lady Charity describing him in unflattering terms to the lady he hoped to make his viscountess, he is outraged. How dare she attempt to meddle in his affairs and ruin his chances of gaining a bride? He is determined to deliver a stinging rebuttal and prove just how excellent a husband he would make.
Except, an odd thing happens when the man who has spent his life following all the rules confronts the lady who has gleefully ignored them. An attraction he never could have predicted sparks into flame. To his dismay, he discovers his inconvenient heart has chosen its allegiance to the most unsuitable lady at the house party.
But can Neville persuade Charity to pursue her dreams as his wife, or will he lose her forever?
Steam level: Scorching hot! Don't say you weren't warned...
The Buccaneer and the Bastard
American dollar princess Melanie Pennypacker has accepted her former teacher’s invitation to join a matchmaking house party for the summer for one reason and one reason only—to find a partner. But not a marriage partner. Melanie is looking for a business partner to invest in her dream of opening a new department store of the sort that are taking London by storm. But no man wants to invest in a business-minded woman.
Sometimes the right man comes along in what seems like the wrong package….
Anyone with eyes can see that valet Frank Crymble is the illegitimate first-cousin of his employer, Lord Avery O’Shea, and like the rest of the O’Shea family, Frank has ambitions above his station and a penchant for scandal. When he catches Melanie behaving badly away from the other house party guests, the two of them instantly come up with a scheme that will get them both what they want.
Sometimes making the wrong decision turns out to be the right way to fall in love….
But a marriage of convenience might be harder to pull off than Melanie and Frank suspect when every one of their friends is against the match. And when Melanie’s father shows up at the house party to drag her home, both her and Frank’s dreams hang in the balance. Until they hatch a plan to convince everyone they are deeply in love…including themselves.
PLEASE BE ADVISED – Steam level: Very Hot!
Sometimes the right man comes along in what seems like the wrong package….
Anyone with eyes can see that valet Frank Crymble is the illegitimate first-cousin of his employer, Lord Avery O’Shea, and like the rest of the O’Shea family, Frank has ambitions above his station and a penchant for scandal. When he catches Melanie behaving badly away from the other house party guests, the two of them instantly come up with a scheme that will get them both what they want.
Sometimes making the wrong decision turns out to be the right way to fall in love….
But a marriage of convenience might be harder to pull off than Melanie and Frank suspect when every one of their friends is against the match. And when Melanie’s father shows up at the house party to drag her home, both her and Frank’s dreams hang in the balance. Until they hatch a plan to convince everyone they are deeply in love…including themselves.
PLEASE BE ADVISED – Steam level: Very Hot!
The Doxy and the Duke
Lady Raina Prince might be the daughter of a powerful Highland earl, but polite society wants nothing to do with her, thanks to the illegitimate son she bore five years ago. She wouldn’t trade wee Ewan for all the parties and musicales in the world, but when her old teacher, the Countess of Fangfoss, invites her and her five dearest friends to a summer house party, Raina can’t resist the chance to see her chums again. She brings Ewan along, as a reminder to herself and everyone else that she’s not going to play their silly matchmaking games… And it works.
Until the day she takes her son swimming and meets a handsome and mysterious stranger, enjoying the water with his son. What harm could there be in having some fun with the man who refuses to tell her his full name or rank? And if he thinks the worst of her…well, that could be fun too!
The Duke of Cashingham has no time for frivolities, but he’s given his heir, Matthew, his word that he’ll make an effort to find a second wife. Thus, he has made a point of attending the Fangfoss affair to meet each eligible lady, and has been disappointed. But when he meets an intriguing—and obviously easy-virtued—Scottish lady by the river, he sees no harm in suggesting an informal liaison.
But the more time Cash spends with her, the more he realizes Raina is exactly the sort of woman he wants for a wife. Too bad a Duke can’t marry his doxy…
It’s up to mischievous Ewan and studious Matthew to convince their parents not only are they in love, but they have a chance at a Happily Ever After…before the end of the house party!
Until the day she takes her son swimming and meets a handsome and mysterious stranger, enjoying the water with his son. What harm could there be in having some fun with the man who refuses to tell her his full name or rank? And if he thinks the worst of her…well, that could be fun too!
The Duke of Cashingham has no time for frivolities, but he’s given his heir, Matthew, his word that he’ll make an effort to find a second wife. Thus, he has made a point of attending the Fangfoss affair to meet each eligible lady, and has been disappointed. But when he meets an intriguing—and obviously easy-virtued—Scottish lady by the river, he sees no harm in suggesting an informal liaison.
But the more time Cash spends with her, the more he realizes Raina is exactly the sort of woman he wants for a wife. Too bad a Duke can’t marry his doxy…
It’s up to mischievous Ewan and studious Matthew to convince their parents not only are they in love, but they have a chance at a Happily Ever After…before the end of the house party!
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