Historical Regency Amateur Sleuths

Beatrice Steele has none of the accomplishments of a true lady: she is terrible at needlework, has no musical ability, and her artwork is so bad it frightens people. Little does anyone know that Beatrice also harbours a dark secret: an obsession with the true crime cases she reads about in the newspaper. For her family's sake, she's vowed to put this most unladylike obsession behind her. Eligible bachelor Edmund Croaksworth is set to attend the autumnal ball, and the Steele family hopes that Louisa will steal his heart.

The Dowager Duchess of Ashby is proudly hosting the coming out ball for her beloved ward, Miss Rose O’Mara. But a con man is planning a scheme that will sweep Rose and her young friends into a plot that could cost them more than just their reputations. As Owen Kennedy is drawn into a case of a missing footman and stolen jewels, his sister attempts to protect a willful debutant and expose a criminal. But everyone has secrets that must be protested, no more so than Owen, Rose and the Dowager Duchess. As those secrets come pouring into the light of day, everyone will pay a steep price and ...

Miss Caroline has doubts when she receives an urgent invitation from a London law firm to discuss her late father's estate. After all, the dishonored Earl of Morton died without a pound sterling to pass on to his two daughters. But while immersing herself in helping Mrs. Frogerton's capricious daughter navigate the high social season, Caroline meets with a cagey lawyer, Mr. Smith, who shares life-altering news—the earl composed a second will, leaving behind an undisclosed fortune. Mrs. Frogerton, however, is thoroughly unimpressed with the firm's conduct and suspicious of their true motives.