Sons of Barons Series by Jane Shoup

American sisters, Alice and Jocelyn Weatherly have longed to experience their father’s native London. In the spring of 1820, they get the opportunity in time for the Season. Unbeknownst to them, their father is in league with a nobleman in financial distress, Lord Merton, to possibly marry their children. The trade is simple, a title for Alice in exchange for an influx of capital... moreAmerican sisters, Alice and Jocelyn Weatherly have longed to experience their father’s native London. In the spring of 1820, they get the opportunity in time for the Season. Unbeknownst to them, their father is in league with a nobleman in financial distress, Lord Merton, to possibly marry their children. The trade is simple, a title for Alice in exchange for an influx of capital.For Nigel Walston, the future baron of Merton, family obligation is everything, but he resents having an arranged marriage foisted upon him …until he meets Alice, a beauty with two different colored eyes, a sharp mind and a fiery spirit. In Alice’s opinion, love and business should never mix, which does not mean she dislikes Nigel Walston. He is handsome, considerate, protective and he makes her feel yearnings she did not know she was capable of. If only their fathers had not made them into a business transaction! less

In the fourth book of the Sons of Barons series, friends, family, and guests gather at Manoria, a country estate in Gloucestershire, the recently inherited home of Joel Stewart and his new wife, Jane. Lord and Lady Larrowford. Amongst the guests is Hugh Pritchett, the only one of his closeknit group of friends to have not found love. Not only that, but his long-cherished dream of being a professor at Cambridge has turned to ash in the wake of a tragedy.Also in attendance is Charlotte Richards... moreIn the fourth book of the Sons of Barons series, friends, family, and guests gather at Manoria, a country estate in Gloucestershire, the recently inherited home of Joel Stewart and his new wife, Jane. Lord and Lady Larrowford. Amongst the guests is Hugh Pritchett, the only one of his closeknit group of friends to have not found love. Not only that, but his long-cherished dream of being a professor at Cambridge has turned to ash in the wake of a tragedy.Also in attendance is Charlotte Richards. By all accounts, Charlotte is reliable, trustworthy, genial, and gracious. Her description of herself is ‘tall and plain as milk.’ She is not, she maintains, a lady that desirable men fall for, but is that reason enough to accept the wealthy distant cousin pursuing her?Since being inhabited by the newest Lord and Lady Larrowford, Manoria has garnered a reputation of enchantment. In the snowy winter of 1821, amidst life altering changes, it does not disappoint. less