ARMED WITH LACE, RUFFLES, rice powder, a hint of rouge, and a pistol in her pocket, Henry stepped into the smoky pub. The strange bounce of her heat-pressed curls caught the edge of her vision, distracting her. Her stomach churned mightily as she scanned the taproom for her prey. He was there. Her breath escaped, […]

Mary Martha Hamilton had barely entered through the front door of the Boston mansion she’d called home all of her twenty-six years when her younger sister Suzanna raced down the stairs. Suzanna was younger by seven years, but at times it felt twice that or more. “Oh, good, you’re back. You have to start planning […]

London, 1806 Lady Susanah ducked down a corridor and slid into a darkened alcove furtively looking around. She wanted to scream. But ladies didn’t scream. They didn’t bemoan their fates. And they most certainly didn’t try to escape a function where eligible bachelors were present. Especially not when they were five and twenty and very […]