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Author Note

Most young women dream of finding a perfect mate. In reality, the quest for “the one” is rarely easy, and never more so than in Regency England’s polite society, where etiquette and social class presented barriers to ill-starred lovers.

In A Date with Dishonor, Elise Dewey would sooner forgo marriage than endure the sort of mésalliance that caused her warring parents such unhappiness. But she is persuaded to move to town to assist her sister’s search for a husband despite her misgivings that Beatrice is going about things in a hazardous way. When her sister’s unorthodox methods of attracting a man cause a calamity to befall them, it is innocent Elise who bears the brunt of the disgrace. Alex Blackthorne is a womanizing rogue—just the sort of fellow Elise has tried to avoid—yet now she is at his mercy, sensually enslaved by the charismatic viscount, despite their families having tangled tragically in the past.…

The second novel in the series will feature Beatrice as the heroine. She has been unlucky in love, and has been taught a hard lesson about taking risks with her reputation and virtue. At the age of twenty-five, she seems content to live quietly in the countryside with her beloved papa. Then an old flame turns up out of the blue, reigniting in Beatrice a yearning she believed she’d conquered long ago.

I hope you enjoy reading about the Dewey sisters’ tears and laughter while looking for love as much as I have liked writing the stories for you.