Mary Nichols

Lady Esme Vernley's two elder sisters are married, one to an industrialist and the other to a member of the aristocracy, now she's having her come out directed by her sister Rosemary who is quite snobbish.
Then she happens on Felix, Lord Pendlebury, who might be a lord but is also an industrialist and artist in glass and while she's attracted there are rumours about him that are discouraging, what she doesn't know is that he has worked for the Duke of Wellington a couple of times and some of his past has come back to haunt him. Including his cousin who had attacked her sister, not that she knows a lot about that.
Interesting complications. Interesting to see a Victorian era read. I thought a lot of the complications were quite realistic for the period and the way a girl would have been educated in the era.… (more)

Sophie Cavenhurst wants a husband to love and she is determined to find one despite her feckless brother and her own inability to stay out of trouble, when the Viscount Kimberley rescues her there is a mutual attraction despite him not wanting to marry again and her not wanting to be a second wife.
It was interesting to see a businessman deal with some of the Peterloo issues, even if he came off quite badly from the experience and the two of them are just charming together. Fun read with two characters I liked and I felt they grew during the story.… (more)