More Courtesan Chronicles Series by Claudia Dain

The Marquis of Dutton didn't pay the slightest bit of attention to Anne Warren until he found out that she was the daughter of a courtesan. His careless, confident, ill-considered pursuit of her began upon that lurid foundation. Anne had been smitten by the dashing Lord Dutton from her first encounter with him. But to be pursued because her mother was a woman of the demi-monde? No. That was unacceptable... moreThe Marquis of Dutton didn't pay the slightest bit of attention to Anne Warren until he found out that she was the daughter of a courtesan. His careless, confident, ill-considered pursuit of her began upon that lurid foundation. Anne had been smitten by the dashing Lord Dutton from her first encounter with him. But to be pursued because her mother was a woman of the demi-monde? No. That was unacceptable. Anne was not going to make the mistakes her mother had made, each decision taking her further down the social ladder. Anne meant to improve her station, not hobble it with an amorous encounter with the nearly irresistible Lord Dutton. Over the course of the London Season of 1802, Dutton pursued and lost Anne again and again. He became something of a drunken sot about it all, even a laughingstock. When Anne married Lord Staverton, his fall was complete. Anne married wisely, and Dutton was befuddled by it. Two years later, in the 1804 Season, Anne is a widow and Dutton is sober. Lady Staverton and Lord Dutton, both available and both still interested, continue the seductive dance they began when she was his social inferior. She is no longer his inferior, and because of that, the tables have turned and Dutton is at her mercy. Or perhaps Anne is at Dutton's mercy. It all depends upon whom you ask. less

Elena and Elizabeth are identical twins. Elizabeth has captured Horatio, Lord Redding and Elena has not. Elizabeth doesn't seem to want Lord Redding and Elena does. Somehow, Lord Redding has chosen the wrong heiress. There isn't much Elena can do about that, except anticipate life as a bitter spinster, something not likely to improve her disposition, until Elizabeth meets Jamie Caversham in the British Museum... moreElena and Elizabeth are identical twins. Elizabeth has captured Horatio, Lord Redding and Elena has not. Elizabeth doesn't seem to want Lord Redding and Elena does. Somehow, Lord Redding has chosen the wrong heiress. There isn't much Elena can do about that, except anticipate life as a bitter spinster, something not likely to improve her disposition, until Elizabeth meets Jamie Caversham in the British Museum. Jamie sweeps Elizabeth off her feet, Horatio is left adrift, and Elena decides to swoop in and entice him to carry her off to the altar. All Horatio has to do is cooperate and let Elena fall into his lap. Will he or won't he? A short story set in the Courtesan Chronicles in which Sophia plays a small part. less

Miss Emeline Harlow has loved Kit Culley all her life and is going to marry him. Unfortunately, Kit doesn't know that. Growing up together in Wiltshire has given Kit the odd idea that he and Emeline are practically siblings. They are not. Now that they are both in London for the 1804 Season, Emeline is going to prove it to him... moreMiss Emeline Harlow has loved Kit Culley all her life and is going to marry him. Unfortunately, Kit doesn't know that. Growing up together in Wiltshire has given Kit the odd idea that he and Emeline are practically siblings. They are not. Now that they are both in London for the 1804 Season, Emeline is going to prove it to him. Emeline and Kit both have mothers who are determined that they marry into the peerage, but that isn't going to stop Emeline from using every ploy she can think of to get Kit to realize that he loves her. What Emeline quickly realizes is that growing up in Wiltshire has not prepared her to have "ploys." She does, however, have Lady Eleanor Kirkland as a new London friend and Eleanor is very sophisticated for a girl just Out, and she has very sophisticated Town connections, one of them being Sophia Dalby, ex-courtesan and widowed countess. Between Eleanor and Emeline, Kit and Lord Raithby, Emeline's mother and Kit's mother, Emeline's three younger brothers, and with a final push from Sophia Dalby, there are ploys aplenty. Find out how Kit falls accidentally in love in this lighthearted Regency romp, a novella in the More Courtesan Chronicles series. less