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Daniel Banks

**Daniel Banks** is a vicar following in his father's footsteps, but with a kind and understanding spirit. Daniel took over the pulpit in Little Weldon, Oxfordshire, when his father died. A young relative got pregnant out of wedlock, and his wife Olivia went away with the girl to have the baby and bring it back as her own. Daniel was a loving father to young Danny.

Daniel met Valentine Windham when he came down from London, trying to find out more about Letty for David Worthington, Viscount Fairly.

Olivia was a mean-spirited woman who laced every encouraging phrase or good deed with criticism and condescension. Daniel was in denial about this until parishioner Ellen FitzEngle Markham told him what Olivia was like behind his back, and that everyone saw it. Further information about Olivia's misdeeds broke the marriage completely.

Divorce was not an option, as it would destroy his future and bring scandal on his family, but he sent Olivia away, and had to leave his position in Little Weldon. At Valentine's suggestion, Nicholas Haddonfield, Earl of Bellefonte offered Daniel the living near his estate in Kent. There he met Kirsten Haddonfield.

## Relationships

* Wife - Kirsten Haddonfield
* Son - Danny Banks
* Sister - Letty Banks

## Books

* Introduced and significant events in David, Lord of Honor (book 4 in Chronological Order of books)
* Mentioned in Tremaine's True Love
* Main character in Daniel's True Desire

## References

1. ↑ David, Lord of Honor
2. ↑ Tremaine's True Love
3. ↑ Daniel's True Desire
Anna Seaton

**Anna Seaton James** is a main character in The Heir, the first book of the Windham Series. She meets Gayle Windham, Earl of Westhaven, while working as his housekeeper.

## Relationships

* Husband - Gayle Windham, Earl of Westhaven
* Sister - Morgan James
* Brother - Wilberforce Hammond James, Earl of Helmsley
* Niece - Bronwyn "Winnie" Farnum
* Father - Vaughn Hammond James, deceased
* Mother - Elva James neé Seaton, deceased
* Cousin - Abigail Stoneleigh

## Books

* Main character in The Heir
* Minor character in
	+ Morgan and Archer (novella)
	+ The Christmas Carriage (post-series Windham novella)
* Mentioned in
	+ The Soldier
	+ Axel, Jaded Gentlemen book 3

## Spoilers

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For two years, Anna and her sister Morgan were on the run from their brother and his revolting crony, Hedley Arbuthnot, eighth Baron Stull. The spendthrift Wilberforce had betrothed Anna to Stull in exchange for money.
## References

1. ↑ The Soldier
2. ↑ Axel, Jaded Gentlemen book 3
Letty Banks

**Elizabeth Temperance Banks,** also known as **Leticia "Letty" Banks**, was once the mistress of Herbert Allen, Viscount Amery.

When he died, her income ceased. Relatives of his widow (Astrid Worthington) settled a portion on Letty, giving her a small income. However, when they checked on her, they found she was getting poorer, selling her belongings rather than finding a new protector.

## Relationships

* Husband -David Worthington, Viscount Fairly
* Brother - Daniel Banks
* Nephew - Danny Banks
* Sister-in-law - Olivia Banks
* Housekeeper - Fanny Newcomb
* Friend - Valentine Windham

## Books

* Main character in David, Lord of Honor
* Minor Character in
	+ Andrew, Lord of Despair (first appearance)

## Spoilers

(Click expand to see spoilers.)Letty is the daughter of a strict-minded vicar in Little Weldon, Oxfordshire. When Letty was 15, she had a relationship with her father's curate, Uriah Smith. When she discovered she was pregnant, she and her barren sister-in-law Olivia left town together and then brought the child, Danny, back as Olivia's.
Olivia was jealous of Letty's relationship with her son, and blackmailed her into going to London and sending money back. Although she found work as a governess at first, she wasn't able to maintain her position and soon turned to Herbert Amery to pay for both her living and the blackmail payments.

After his death, she was unwilling to be a kept woman to another man, though Olivia's spy in her household, Fanny Newcomb, urged her to. When her money was running out, she agreed to be the Madam at the brothel owned by David Worthington, Viscount Fairly.
The Windham Series

The **Windham Series** contains Grace Burrowes first published works. They are centered on the Windham siblings, children of the Duke of Moreland and his Duchess Esther

The Windham Series consists of three subsets: The Duke's Obsession, The Duke's Daughters, and A Duke & His Duchess. There are four related novellas.

Characters from this series appear in many of her other books, notably the Lonely Lords series and the sequel series Windham Brides.

## The Duke's Obsession

Patriarch Percival Windham, Duke of Moreland, is desperate to ensure the succession to the title, because his brothers sired only daughters. He wants to get his sons to the altar.

1. The Heir (Gayle Windham, Earl of Westhaven)
2. The Soldier (Devlin St. Just)
3. The Virtuoso (Valentine Windham)

## The Duke's Daughters

1. Lady Sophie's Christmas Wish
2. Lady Maggie's Secret Scandal
3. Lady Louisa's Christmas Knight
4. Lady Eve's Indiscretion
5. Lady Jenny's Christmas Portrait

## A Duke & His Duchess

These are "prequel" stories. One tells of Percival's courtship of Esther Himmelfarb. The second story begins five years and four sons into their marriage, when critical events shape the future of their family.

1. The Courtship
2. The Duke and His Duchess

## Related Novellas

* Morgan and Archer
* Jonathan and Amy
* The Ducal Gift
* The Christmas Carriage

## Note

The Windham novels are peppered with mentions of a child, Rose, who was five years old when the Windhams learned that she was the daughter of terminally-ill Victor Windham. That story is revealed in Douglas, Lord of Heartache, Lonely Lords Book 8. The book publisher opted to release the books in a different order than they were originally written.

## First publication dates

(See Chronological Order for all related books in approximately chronological order)
Daniel's True Desire

**Daniel’s True Desire** is the second book in the Regency set The True Gentlemen, and was published in 2015.

## Back Cover Summary

**Daniel Banks** is a man of the cloth whose vocation is the last comfort he has left. In an attempt to start his life over, Daniel accepts the post of vicar in Haddondale, a position supported by the Earl of Bellefonte. There Daniel meets **Lady Kirsten Haddonfield**, to whom life has also dealt multiple unkind blows. Daniel’s interest is piqued by Kirsten’s unsentimental attitude toward her misfortunes, and by the kind-heartedness the lady keeps well hidden. Kirsten is much taken with Mr. Banks and his genuine compassion for others, despite his own troubles. When Providence intervenes, and Daniel and Kirsten can become engaged, their happiness seems complete…. though every garden has at least one nasty, sly, determined serpent.

## Characters

### Main characters

* Vicar Daniel Banks
* Kirsten Haddonfield

### Major characters

* Nicholas Haddonfield, Earl of Bellefonte
* David Worthington, Viscount Fairly
* George Haddonfield
* Letty Banks, Viscountess Fairly
* Olivia Maitland Banks

### Minor characters

* Leah Lindsey, Countess of Bellefonte
* Danny Banks
* Della Haddonfield
* Susannah Haddonfield
* Bertrand Carmichael - Olivia's cousin
* Digby Nash - George's stepson
* Thomas Webber - young scholar
* Matthias Webber - young scholar
* Frederick Blumenthal - young scholar
* Frank Blumenthal - young scholar
* Bishop Reimer
* Greymoor - Andrew Alexander, Earl of Greymoor
* Vicar Patrick Warwick

### Mentioned characters

* Lady Warne
* Ethan Grey
* Addy Chalmers
* Elsie Nash Haddonfield - George's wife
* Beckman Haddonfield
* Adolphus Haddonfield
* Nita Haddonfield
* Tremaine St. Michael - the "sheep count"
* Christopher Sedgewick - a faithless suitor
* Arthur Morton - a faithless suitor
* Duchess of Moreland
* Louisa Windham
* Mr. Darrow - an investigator

## Locations

* Kent
* Belle Maison, Haddonfield family seat
* Haddondale - nearby village
* London
Ethan Grey

Ethan Grey is the oldest child of Colonel Lord Harcourt Haddonfield, fourteenth Earl of Bellefonte's affair with Naomi Grey.

He was raised with the Earl's other children, and was particularly close friends with the eldest legitimate son, Nicholas Haddonfield.

When he was fourteen years old, the Earl sent Ethan off to a boarding school. He became estranged from the family until the Earl's impending death.

## Relationships

* Wives - Barbara (deceased); Alexandra Portmaine, alias Alice Portman
* Parents -Old Earl of Bellefonte and Naomi Grey
* Sons - Jeremiah and Joshua Grey
* Half-siblings - The Haddonfield Siblings
* Friend - Gareth Alexander

## Books

* Main character in Ethan, Lord of Scandals (Lonely Lords 3)
* Secondary character in
	+ Nicholas, Lord of Secrets (Lonely Lords 2)
	+ Beckman, Lord of Sins (Lonely Lords 4)
* Mentioned in
	+ "Kisses and Catnip" novella

## Secrets

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When he was fourteen years old, the Earl found Ethan in bed with Nicholas so they could whisper without waking the other boys. Assuming they had an "unnatural" relationship, the Earl angrily sent Ethan off to a boarding school for delinquents. There he was sexually assaulted by a group of boys led by Hart Collins. Young Gareth Alexander, future Marquess of Heathgate, happened upon the scene and helped fight them off, but the emotional damage permanently changed Ethan.

He had very few sexual relationships, and when his tempestuous mistress Barbara got pregnant he decided to just marry her. She gave birth to Jeremiah Haddonfield, but their relationship turned from bad to worse as time went by. She was extremely unlikable and thus their neighbors did not invite them to socialize. When Barbara began cheating on Ethan, he refused to escort her around town or sleep with her. She got her revenge by sleeping with his unknowing brother Nicholas and getting pregnant. She gave birth to Joshua Haddonfield, who Ethan raised as his own. Barbara died a few years later.

Investigator Benjamin Hazlit discovered that Ethan's mother, Naomi Grey, was married at the time of his birth. A baby born to a married woman is considered a child of the husband, regardless of biological paternity. Thus, Ethan was a legitimate child.
The Lady Violet Mysteries

The **Lady Violet Mysteries** series consists of eight novellas.

## Publisher's description

Lady Violet Belmaine has completed mourning for her late husband, but has only begun to fashion the life she wants for herself with the people she enjoys. To her surprise, she’s very good at solving socially awkward puzzles, and in the Lady Violet Mystery series, puzzles abound!

1. Lady Violet Investigates
2. Lady Violet Attends a Wedding
3. Lady Violet Finds a Bridegroom
4. Lady Violet Enjoys a Frolic
5. Lady Violet Holds a Baby
6. Lady Violet Goes for a Gallop
7. Lady Violet Pays a Call
8. Lady Violet Says I Do
Odd Balls

Odd Balls is a compilation by Pony Express. The tracklist is made up of tracks from their EPs, singles, and compilation appearances.

## Tracklisting

#### *Haunted Hearts* 10"

1. East of Phoenix
2. The Regrets That Hold Us Together
3. Pure at Night
4. Bass X
5. D.B. Cooper
6. The Come Down

#### *Monkey Hearts* CDEP

1. Before You Were Everyones
2. Pockets of Pearls
3. All the Headaches that Asprins Couldn’t Cure
4. Monkey Hearts
5. In Cold Blood
6. Monkey Hearts (Docs mix)
Griffin St. David

Griffen St. David is brother to the Duke of Haverford. He has an intellectual disability, has a tendency to wander, and his siblings worry about him. They have set him up with his own household, but he is a bit of a family secret. Although he tends to be overly forthright, he has an extremely good knowledge of his farm.

### Relationships

* Wife - Bridget "Biddy" Bowen
* Siblings -Glenys St. David and Julian St. David, Duke of Haverford
* In-laws include - Cedric, Marquess of Radnor, Elizabeth Windham
* Daughter - Charity St. David
* Other family - Hugh and Delphine St. David

### Books

Secondary character in: No Other Duke Will Do.

Appears in: A Rogue of Her Own.
Gillian, Countess Greendale

**Gillian, Countess Greendale** is recently widowed after seven years of marriage. She was suspected of poisoning her much older husband, and had to endure an inquest. She is worried about her cousin's daughter, Lucille Severn, who has stopped speaking since her mother died.

## Relationships

* Husbands - Greendale (deceased) and Christian Severn, Duke of Mercia
* Cousin - Helene Severn (deceased)
* Cousin by marriage- Marcus Easterbrook
* Barrister - Gervaise Stoneleigh

## Spoilers

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Gillian was originally going to be married to Christian, but her cousin Helene married him instead, and Gillian was married to his relative, Greendale, a old, mean, man. Greendale not only beat and whipped her, but continually belittled her and limited her access to pleasures like gardening.
Sebastian St. Clair

**Sebastian Robert Girard, Baron St. Clair** had an English father and French mother. Visiting relatives in France at the age of eight, he was trapped when Napoleon's war with England restarted. St. Clair was forced to join the French military. He became an interrogator of captured English officers, and had to torture them to satisfy his bloodthirsty superior, Henri Anduvoir. His psychological methods of mostly non-physical torment were so successful that he became well known. The prisoners only knew him by his last name, Girard.

Upon his return to England to care for his aunt, Frederica, Baroness St Clair, the government made an arrangement that his role for the French was to be forgotten. However, this did not inspire forgiveness in the men who had been interrogated and tortured.

When Sebastian returned to England, his most famous captive Christian Severn challenged him to a duel. This inspired others to challenge him, and he knew it was only a matter of time before he would be killed.

## Relationships

* Wife - Milly Danforth
* Aunt - Frederica "Freddy", Baroness St. Clair
* Aide and bodyguard - Michael Brodie
* Superior officer - Henri Anduvoir
* Captives included - Christian Severn, Duke of Mercia; Hamish MacHugh; Prentice Anderson; Lord Julian Caldecott

## Books

* Main character in The Traitor
* Major character in The Captive
* Minor character in
	+ The Laird
	+ A Gentleman in Challenging Circumstances
* Referenced in The Trouble with Dukes

## Spoilers

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Sebastian had dual goals while interrogating the English prisoners. First, he wanted to save their lives. His tortures protected them from Henri Anduvoir, the sadistic and bloodthirsty man in charge. No one died under Sebastian's attentions. Second, he wanted to limit the amount of damage that the French would do based on the information he obtained. For example, a small conflict was avoided which would have killed many on both sides. For most prisoners, he was able to get them home before the end of the war, sometimes using his own money as a ransom.

At each duel he quietly told the challenger how little information they actually gave.

After he returned to England, he was surprised to hear that the English government had known that he was saving lives, and had sent Michael Brodie to care for him. But the final shock was when Sebastian learned that Aunt Freddy had wanted to ransom him, but the English government told her that he was saving lives, and gave her the choice ... and Aunt Freddy decided she had to leave him there.

## References

1. ↑ The Captive
2. ↑ The Traitor
Windham Brides

The Windham Brides series, published between 2016 and 2018, is a sequel to the original Windham Series. While many of the original Windham characters make an appearance, the series focuses on four Windham cousins:

* Elizabeth Windham
* Charlotte Windham
* Megan Windham
* Anwen Windham

Their mother is Gladys Holsopple Windham and their father is Anthony "Tony" Windham, younger brother of Percival, Duke of Moreland. Part of Percy's obsession with getting his sons to produce grandchildren is that the Moreland title cannot pass down through these girls.

### Books

1. The Trouble with Dukes (Megan Windham)
2. Too Scot to Handle (Anwen Windham)
3. No Other Duke Will Do (Elizabeth Windham)
4. A Rogue of Her Own (Charlotte Windham)
Matilda Bryce

**Maitland "Matilda" Marie Bronson Bellamy Derrick** is running a boarding house under the name **Matilda Bryce**. She tries to be non-descript and keep her head down.

## Relationships

* Husbands - Althorpe Derrick (deceased) and Ashton Fenwick
* Sister - Catherine "Kitty" Marie Kitts Bellamy
* Step-son - Stephen Derrick
* Brother-in-law - Charles Derrick
* "Adopted" daughter - Helen, a street urchin
* Maid - Pippa

## Books

* Main character in Ashton, Lord of Truth

## Secrets

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Matilda is the daughter of the Earl of Kittridge. Her husband, heir to the Earl of Drexel, died in an accident, but her step-son's testimony painted her as a murderer. Matilda fled, and has been hiding from the warrant for her arrest ever since. Her brother-in-law, Charles, is stealing from both Matilda and her sister Catherine's inheritances.
Agatha Drysdale Windham

**Agatha Venetia Drysdale Windham** was the late Duchess of Moreland. She was married to George Windham, the late Duke of Moreland.

Agatha bore four children:

* Eustace Penhaligon Drysdale Fortinbras Windham, deceased
* Peter Louis Hannibal Windham, Marquess of Pembroke
* Percival St. Stephens Tiberius Joachim Windham (future Duke of Moreland and father of The Windham Siblings)
* Anthony "Tony" Tertullian Morehouse Windham (future father of the Windham Brides)

Her firstborn child, Eustace, died from falling off a horse when he was five years old. This spelled the end of Agatha and George's marital happiness. Peter was already born, but Agatha became grimly obsessed with the succession to the Dukedom. After bearing Percival and Tony, her doctor said she could not safely have more children.

Agatha continuously derided Arabella Windham, Peter's wife, for producing two daughters but no sons. After Percy and Tony returned from serving the British army in Canada, she focused her considerable will on getting the two married and producing grandchildren to inherit.

She chose Gladys Holsopple as a likely breeder for Tony, which was a good thing as Tony had already chosen Gladys for himself.

When she saw Percy off to a house party, she expected him to get engaged to the daughter of an earl or marquess. She was not pleased when Percival proposed to commoner Esther Himmelfarb, but when Esther saw that, she refused to accept Percy without his mother's blessing. This took the wind out of Agatha's sails, and the marriage went through.

Agatha's final years were improved by the births of Percival's sons. Tony later told Percy, "He [the Duke] and Her Grace had a few cordial years there toward the end—largely as a function of your success populating the nursery, if you ask me."

## Relationships

* Husband - George Windham, the old Duke of Moreland
* Sons:
	+ Eustace (died in childhood)
	+ Peter Louis Hannibal Windham, Marquess of Pembroke
	+ Percival St. Stephens Tiberius Joachim Windham (future Duke of Moreland and father of The Windham Siblings)
	+ Anthony "Tony" Tertullian Morehouse Windham (future father of the Windham Brides)
* Daughters-in-law:
	+ Arabella Windham - Peter's wife
	+ Esther Himmelfarb Windham - Percy's wife and future Duchess
	+ Gladys Holsopple Windham - Tony's wife and future mother of the Windham Brides
* Brother - Bartholomew Drysdale, her favorite brother, for whom Bartholomew Windham was named
* Grandchildren - The Windham Siblings, the Windham Brides, and two unnamed daughters of Peter and Arabella

## Books

* Minor character in The Courtship (novella)
* Mentioned in The Duke and His Duchess (novella)

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Courtship
2. ↑ The Duke and His Duchess
Under the Milky Way

"**Under the Milky Way**" was originally written and recorded by The Church, and released in 1982 on their album *Starfish.*

## Lyrics

Sometimes when this place gets kind of empty

Sound of their breath fades with the light

I think about the loveless fascination

Under the Milky Way tonight

Lower the curtain down on Memphis

Lower the curtain down all right

I got no time for private consultation

Under the Milky Way tonight

Wish I knew what you were looking for

Might have known what you would find

Wish I knew what you were looking for

Might have known what you would find

And it's something quite peculiar

Something shimmering and white

Leads you here despite your destination

Under the Milky Way tonight

Wish I knew what you were looking for

Might have known what you would find

Wish I knew what you were looking for

Might have known what you would find

Under the Milky way tonight..

Under the Milky Way tonight...
Thomas, Jaded Gentlemen book 1

**Thomas** is the first book in the Regency set The Jaded Gentlemen, and was published in 2015.

### Back Cover Summary

Thomas Jennings, Baron Sutcliffe, relinquishes his position as man of business for David, Lord Fairly, to take up life as a country squire. Thomas’s newly purchased estate, Linden, is managed by Miss Loris Tanner, daughter of the former steward who abandoned his post—and his only child—under a cloud of scandal. Thomas is willing to give Loris a chance to prove her competence in a profession uniformly undertaken by men, but the situation becomes complicated. Will Loris give Thomas a chance to become something more dear and lasting to her than simply her broad-minded employer, or will the scandal in her past come back to ruin her future, too?

### Characters

#### Main characters

* Thomas Jennings, Baron Sutcliffe
* Loris Tanner

#### Major characters

* Matthew Belmont - local magistrate
* Giles Pettigrew - neighbor
* Claudia Pettigrew - discontented widow
* David Worthington, Viscount Fairly - Jennings' former employer
* Nicholas Haddonfield, Earl of Bellefonte alias Wee Nick - stablehand

#### Minor characters

* Alvinus Chesterton - stablemaster
* Beckman Haddonfield aka Beck - stablehand
* Jamie - stablehand
* Lady Fairly
* Micah Tanner - steward of Linden

#### Mentioned characters

* Andrew Alexander, Earl of Greymoor
* Gwen Hollister, Lady Amery
* Douglas Allen, Viscount Amery
* Gareth Alexander, Marquess of Heathgate
* Theresa Jennings
* Priscilla Jennings
* Valentine Windham
* Rose

### Spoilers

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Nicholas and Beck weren't just taking a break from town and allowing Beck to regain his health. Loris Tanner's mother was a relative, and Micah arranged for the Haddonfields to "watch over" Loris while he disappeared. So they knew Micah was alive and let Loris worry and work to support herself.
Bronwyn "Winnie" Farnum

Bronwyn "Winnie" Farnum is the illegitimate daughter of the late Wilberforce James, Earl of Helmsley. Her mother was Estelle Farnum, Emmaline Farnum's aunt (see Spoilers.) Through Wilberforce, Winnie is the niece of Morgan James and Anna James, who wed Gayle Windham, Earl of Westhaven.

When Estelle died, Winnie became part of the Helmsley household. Helmsley had unsavory friends, so for her own safety she stayed out of sight and roamed freely. When Helmsley died, Emmaline took her in. However, she was so accustomed to being on her own that Emma could not keep track of her.

When Devlin St. Just was awarded the Helmsley property, he was informed that Winnie was a dependent, which meant that Devlin would be responsible for her welfare. As one of the ten Windham siblings, he was able to handle Winnie.

When Devlin married Emma, Winnie became his daughter, and thus a Windham grandchild.

## Relationships

* Father - Wilberforce Janes, Earl of Helmsley, deceased
* Mother - Estelle Farnum, deceased (see Spoilers)
* Aunts - Emmaline Farnum (see Spoilers), Anna Seaton James Windham, Morgan James
* Adoptive father - Devlin St. Just
* Adoptive extended family - the Windhams
* Dog - Scout
* Friends - Rose Hollister Allen, Daisy Evers

## Books

* Major character in The Soldier
* Minor character in His Lordship's True Lady

## Spoilers

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Emmaline is actually the one who gave birth to Winnie after a teenage affair with young Helmsley. Her aunt Estelle sent her away and deliberately started a liason with Helmsley, then joined Emmaline. They returned with baby Bronwyn, whom Estelle claimed was her daughter.
## References

1. ↑ Wilberforce met his fate in The Heir.
2. ↑ Winnie meets Daisy in His Lordship's True Lady.
Dorcas Delancy

**Dorcas Delancey** is a main character in Miss Delightful, the second book of Mischief in Mayfair Series. She is the spinster daughter of a London vicar, who ably manages the congregation and crusades for the downtrodden.

### Relationships

* Husband - Major Alasdhair MacKay
* Brother - Michael Delancey
* Father - Thomas Delancey
* Cousin - Melanie Fairchild

### Books

Main character in Miss Delightful.

Secondary character in Miss Dauntless, Miss Devoted.
Megan Windham

Meghan Windham is a niece of the Duke of Moreland. Several years ago, she foolishly gave her heart to a scoundrel and bully. Unfortunately, he plans to use her love letters to force her to marry him, and her meddling Windham relations are all too happy to help get her to the altar. She is nearly blind without her glasses.

## Relationships

* Husband - Hamish MacHugh, Duke of Murdoch
* Siblings - Elizabeth Windham, Charlotte Windham, Anwen Windham
* Parents - Anthony Windham and Gladys Holsopple Windham
* Aunts - Esther Windham, Duchess of Moreland and Arabella Windham, widowed Marchioness of Pembroke
* Uncle - Percival, Duke of Moreland
* In-laws include - Julian St. David, Colin MacHugh, Lucas Sherbourne
* Cousins include - The Windham siblings

## Books

* Main character in The Trouble with Dukes.
* First appearance in "Patience for Christmas" (novella)
* Appears in: Too Scot to Handle
Lucas Sherbourne

Lucas Sherbourne is a main character in A Rogue of Her Own, the fourth book in the Windham Brides series. A wealthy businessman, he hates the aristocracy and hopes to build a coal mine near his home. He has somewhat poor manners, by the standards of the ton. His family bears a grudge against the Duke of Haverford.

### Secrets and Spoilers

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* At the end of No Other Duke Will Do, Lucas is induced to forgive the debts of the Duke of Haverford and fund a system of lending libraries in exchange for support in building a local mine. He is eventually granted a baronetcy for his generosity.
* Sherbourne is very good at pugilism, having been frequently bullied while he was in school.

### Relationships

#### Friend and Neighbor to:

Julian St. David, Duke of Haverford

Cedric, Marquess of Radnor

### Books

Main character in: A Rogue of Her Own.

First Appears in: No Other Duke Will Do.
Underneath

## Lyrics

When you lie

There's a trail where the dead speak

Of things they've done

And how they always won

We know they never won

We know who's number's done

Just when you realize

You go underneath

For on and on

You go underneath

When you realize

You go underneath

There's no light

When you fail

No checks in the mail

Speak of things we've done

And how we never won

I think our number's done
The Sweetest Kisses Series

The Sweetest Kisses Series consists of a trilogy of novels and one prequel novella.  They are contemporary romances set in the small town of Damson Valley, featuring the three Knightley brothers who run a law firm in town.  Themes in the books include alternative or blended families, adoption, and legal battles.

1. A Kiss For Luck (novella)
2. A Single Kiss
3. The First Kiss
4. Kiss Me Hello
Vivian Longstreet

**Vivian Islington Longstreet** is a main character in Darius, Lord of Pleasures, the first book of the Lonely Lords series. She has had to direct her life to avoid betrothals arranged by her unscrupulous stepfather. She became a companion. Before Matilda Longstreet died, she arranged for her husband William Longstreet, an elderly politician, to marry Vivian to protect her. With the end of his life approaching, William arranges for Vivian to meet Darius Lindsey.

### Relationships

#### Married to:

* Husband - Darius Lindsey
* First husband - William Longstreet, deceased
* Sister - Angela Ventnor
* Brothers-in-law - Trenton Lindsey, John Cowperthwaite Lindsey, Jared Ventnor (Angela's husband)
* Sisters-in-law - Leah Lindsey, Emily Lindsey
* Stepfather - Ainsworthy Thurgood

### Books

Main character in Darius, Lord of Pleasures.
The Last True Gentleman

**The Last True Gentleman** is the twelfth book in the Regency set The True Gentlemen, and was published in 2021.

## Back Cover Summary

**Sycamore Dorning** has watched one sibling after another succumb to the blandishments of wedded bliss, while he has grown wealthy and–deuce take it–lonely. He loves the ladies generally, though he waits in vain for the woman who can love *him* in all his contrary, stubborn, outspoken glory.

**Jeanette**, Marchioness of Tavistock, endured six years of wedded purgatory before earning  the independence of widowhood. She’s admittedly attracted to Sycamore. He’s refreshingly  blunt, no slave to convention, and loyal to those he cares about. When trouble stalks her, she turns to Sycamore for help, because she would trust him with her life. But will she trust him with her heart?

## Characters

### Main characters

* Sycamore Dorning
* Jeanette, Marchioness of Tavistock

### Supporting characters

* Ash Dorning
* Trevor, Marquess of Tavistock (age 18)
* Jerome Vincent - Trevor's cousin
* Lord Beardsley Vincent - Trevor's uncle
* Viola Vincent - Trevor's aunt

### Minor characters

* Della Haddonfield Dorning
* Worth Kettering, Lord Trysting
* Orion Goddard

### Cameos

* Grey Dorning, Earl of Casriel
* Hawthorne Dorning
* Valerian Dorning
* Willow Dorning
* Oak Dorning
* Beatitude, Countess of Casriel

### Mentioned characters

* Jonathan Tresham
* Theodosia Haviland Tresham
* Diana and Hera Vincent - Trevor's unmarried female cousins
* Jacaranda Dorning Kettering
* Maribelle, Harriet and Lucinda - Trevor's married female cousins
* Tabitha Ann Dorning - Grey's illegitimate daughter
* Duchess of Quimbey
* Xavier Fournier - champagne merchant for the Coventry
* William Chastain
Polite Society Wikia

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## Grace Burrowes

Grace Burrowes is a prolific romance writer who has created a large and interconnected world of many characters. This wikia is designed to help fans and readers keep track of the many ways that her series and stories intertwine.

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## Related Regency Historical Series

* The Windham Series prequels - A Duke and His Duchess
* The Lord Julian Mysteries
* The Captive Hearts Series
* The Lonely Lords Series
* The Jaded Gentlemen Series
* The Windham Series - The Duke's Obsession
* The True Gentlemen Series
* The Windham Series - The Duke's Daughters
* Windham Brides Series
* Rogues to Riches Series
* Mischief in Mayfair series

## Other Historicals

* The MacGregor Series
* Siren's Retreat Quartet
* The Lady Violet Mysteries
* List of Novellas

## Contemporaries

* The Sweetest Kisses Series
* Trouble Wears Tartan Series

## Reference Pages

* A list of books in chronological order
* A list of estate titles and locations

## Grace Burrowes Website

Note that this wiki is unofficial and created by fans and has no connection to Grace Burrowes.

Her official website is www.graceburrowes.com. In addition to all the goodies, news and information (and her blog!), it has a shop which sells her books at the same price as retailers.
Bartholomew Windham

**Bartholomew Windham** was the eldest legitimate son of the Duke of Moreland and his Duchess, Esther. He joined the military to fight Napoleon, and Devlin St. Just joined to keep an eye on him. Sadly, Bart died in a bar fight.

> "Bart approached a woman he thought was available for his pleasure. His command of the language was so poor he did not understand he was insulting a lady until pistols were drawn. It’s a surpassingly stupid way to die but entirely in keeping with Bart’s nature ... Bart was the oldest, the one groomed for leadership, and he would have made a magnificent patriarch." - Sophie Windham
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Bartholomew is mourned by the whole Windham family.

Lucas Denning, Marquis of Deene brought the circumstances of his death to the family. Gayle Windham, Earl of Westhaven, regretfully became the heir.

Bartholomew was named after his grandmother's favorite brother.

## Relationships

* Siblings - see The Windham Siblings
* Parents, Aunts, Uncles, Grandparents - see the Senior Windhams

## Books

Mentioned in every book in The Windham Series.

* Lady Sophie's Christmas Wish
* Lady Maggie's Secret Scandal

## References

1. ↑ Lady Sophie's Christmas Wish
2. ↑ Lady Maggie's Secret Scandal
The Duke and His Duchess

## The Windham Ducal Novella Duet

**The Duke and His Duchess** is the second prequel novella to The Windham Series, published in April, 2013.

This novella is now packaged along with The Courtship, the first prequel, in *The Windham Ducal Duet*, available at book retailers (and on Grace's website here.↗️)

## Publisher's description

In this second prequel novella to the popular Windham series, Percival and Esther Windham face the tumultuous and bittersweet first years of marriage. Between an aging patriarch, a full nursery, money troubles, and political difficulties, true love is slipping from sight. Then Percival’s past delivers a double helping of trouble at precisely the wrong time, and Percival and Esther must decide whether their marriage becomes an alliance of convenience or an enduring love story.

## Setting

Five years after they married, Percival and Esther have four little boys: Bartholomew, Gayle, Victor and baby Valentine.

## Characters

### Main characters

* Percival Windham (future Duke of Moreland)
* Esther Windham (future Duchess)

### Secondary characters

* Anthony "Tony" Windham
* Kathleen St. Just
* Cecily O'Donnell
* Magdalene O'Donnell (Maggie)

### Minor characters

* George Windham, senior Duke of Moreland
* Peter Windham, Marquess of Pembroke, heir to the Dukedom
* Devlin St. Just
* Bartholomew Windham
* Gayle Windham
* Victor Windham
* Valentine Windham
* Gladys Holsopple Windham - Tony's wife

### Mentioned characters

* Agatha Drysdale Windham - Percy's mother, the late Duchess of Moreland
* Viscount Rothgreb - a Morelands neighbor (grandfather of Vim Charpentier)
* Arabella Windham - Peter's wife
* Duke of Quimbey
* Sophie Windham
* Louisa Windham
* Duke of Anselm
* Viscount Dodd

## References

1. ↑ In Lady Sophie's Christmas Wish, the Duke of Moreland says they once discussed a possible future match between Vim and one of his daughters.
2. ↑ The Duke of Anselm in this story has a son in leading strings, likely Noah Winters, future Duke of Anselm.
David Worthington, Viscount Fairly

**David Holbrook Worthington, Viscount Fairly** is the eldest child of Fredrick Worthington,the third Viscount Fairly, with Beverly Holbrook, daughter of a baron. Fredrick was rebelling against his family who insisted that he marry wealth. They forced Fredrick into an arranged match with Marianne Cleaver.

David grew up without a father. To his aunt's dismay, he refused to attend university and instead apprenticed himself to a ship's surgeon. Traveling the world, he then completed his medical training and became a doctor. He was estranged from his family, as was his distant cousin, courtesan Callista Hemmings. She was also a distant cousin to Fredrick's daughters with Marianne: Felicity Hemmings Worthington and Astrid Worthington. She watched over the girls from a distance, and charged David to watch over his half-sisters as well. However, they were not doing as well as Callista thought, just getting by on money from an aunt. David was out of the country when the girls' income from their aunt ended and Callista died.

David also inherited a brothel, which he manages with his factor, Thomas Jennings. However, Fairly quickly tires of managing the thing, and the women who make a living there.Valentine Windham likes to spend time at the brothel, playing the piano.

David became involved in a curious situation. His half-sister Astrid married Herbert Allen, Viscount Amery who had a mistress known as Leticia "Letty" Banks. When Herbert died, David went to check on Letty, knowing that her income from Herbert had ended.

## Relationships

* Wife - Elizabeth Temperance Banks, aka Leticia "Letty" Banks
* Half-sisters - Felicity Hemmings Worthington and Astrid Worthington
* Brothers-in-law - Gareth Alexander, Marquess of Heathgate; Andrew Alexander, Earl of Greymoor; Douglas Allen, Viscount Amery; and Daniel Banks
* Employee - Thomas Jennings
* Friend - Valentine Windham

## Books

* Main character in David, Lord of Honor
* Major character in
	+ Gareth, Lord of Rakes (first appearance)
	+ Thomas, Jaded Gentlemen book 1
	+ Douglas, Lord of Heartache
	+ Daniel's True Desire
* Supporting character in
	+ Andrew, Lord of Despair
	+ Gareth, Lord of Rakes
* Minor character in many books when a physician is needed, including
	+ The Heir
* Referenced in
	+ Nicholas, Lord of Secrets
	+ Ethan, Lord of Scandals
	+ Tremaine's True Love

## Spoilers

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Before the arranged marriage, Fredrick had quietly married Beverly. Thus, Astrid and Felicity were illegitimate. David stayed out of the country so that their legitimacy would not be questioned.
While establishing himself as a physician in Philadelphia, David had married. Unfortunately, his wife was an alcoholic, and both she and their daughter died in childbirth. This death, and his inability to prevent it, caused David to lose faith in his abilities as a physician.

## References

1. ↑ Gareth, Lord of Rakes
2. ↑ Names from the Lonely Lords Family Tree II.
3. ↑ Douglas, Lord of Heartache
4. ↑ David, Lord of Honor
When You Feel the Mess

## Lyrics

When the worst takes your head

When you feel the mess

You don't know me well enough this way

It's easy when you know

You just don't know me well enough this way

It's easy when you know, easy when you know

Easy when you know

You can take the most

When you fake it some

You don't know me well enough this way

It's easy when you know

You just know know me well enough this way

It's easy when you know, easy when you know

Easy when you know
The Governess and the Norse God

*For the unrelated novella published in 2021, see "Love Disguised"*
*This article is a draft. Please add to it and remove the draft tag.*

## "The Governess and the Norse God" novellain *Love Undisguised*

**The Governess and the Norse God** is a standalone novella unrelated to Grace's major series, although the Tynes attend a party in My Own True Duchess.

It was first published in April, 2018 in an anthology called *Marquesses at the Masquerade*, alongside stories by other authors. That anthology has gone out of print. Grace has reissued this story, packaged with her stories from *Dukes in Disguise* and *Duchesses in Disguise*, in a collection titled *Love Undisguised*. Links to purchase the collection from major retailers or directly from Grace are on her website here.↗️

## Publisher's description

Darien, Marquess of Tyne, dutifully takes up his hammer and dons his trews to impersonate a Viking god for the duration of one interminable masquerade ball. He’s by nature the most reserved and retiring of men, and the only lady to catch his mortal eye is Miss Lucy Fletcher, governess to his two daughters. A gentleman would never importune a lady in his employ–and Tyne is every inch a gentleman–but a Norse god is subject to different, and far more dashing rules!

## Characters

### Main characters

* Darien, Marquess of Tyne
* Lucy Fletcher
Unlucky

## Unlucky

### Appears on:

*Portuguese Blues**I Am the Portuguese Blues*

*Never Play Covers*

## Lyrics

Combing through the trails

I'll meet you by the lake

We just got some time off

So we'll stay out really late

With the lovers and leavers

Who keep on taking off

Now her boyfriend's back

It's no crying shame

Now her boyfriend's back

Now her boyfriend's back

It's no crying shame

How did you get so unlucky

We all know the tricks

We can hide the crease

We've been taking time off

And we're meeting for a need

With the lovers and leavers

Who keep the trickery on
Emmaline Farnum

Emmaline Farnum is a main character in The Soldier, the second book of the Windham Series. She is a baker and caretaker to a small child who is the illegitimate daughter of the late young Earl of Helmsley, Wilberforce James.

## Relationships

* Husband - Devlin St. Just, Earl of Rosecroft
* Aunt - Estelle Farnum, deceased
* Child - Bronwyn "Winnie" Farnum
* Friend and rejected suitor - Hadrian Bothwell
* Friend in London - Lily Ferguson

## Books

* Main character in The Soldier
* Minor character in
	+ Lady Louisa's Christmas Knight
	+ His Lordship's True Lady

## Spoilers and Secrets

(Click expand to see spoilers.)Emma is Winnie's mother, not her cousin. She had a teenage affair with Wilberforce James, and it ended when she got pregnant. Emma's aunt Estelle sent her away and started a liason with young Wilberforce herself. Then she went away also, and they let time pass before they returned with Winnie, allowing people to think she was Estelle's child.
## References

1. ↑ Wilberforce met his fate in The Heir.
Della Haddonfield

**Delilah "Della" Haddonfield** is the youngest Haddonfield sibling. She is the result of an affair between the late Marquess of Tresham and the old Earl of Bellefonte's second wife, Darla Danaher. The old earl acknowledged he was no saint, and he accepted and raised Della as his own child. Due to the marriage she is technically legitimate, but Della's small stature and dark features very clearly set her apart from her tall, blonde half-siblings.

During her first Season in town at age seventeen, her only suitor was the unpleasant Viscount Effington. However, she was finally able to connect with her half-brother, Jonathan Tresham, and she met Ash Dorning. She fell in love with Ash, and he seemed to feel similarly, but he never offered for her.

Della felt overlooked as a child, and was twice left behind at a public place.

## Relationships

* Husband - Ash Dorning
* Biological father - the late Marquess of Tresham
* Legal father - old Earl of Bellefonte
* Mother - Darla Danaher, deceased
* Half-siblings - Jonathan Tresham, The Haddonfield Siblings
* Grandmother - Lady Della Warne
* Viscount Frankincense Godwin Emeritus Effington - first suitor
* William Chastain - partner in failed elopement
* Freddy Throckmorton - Della's first lover

## Books

* Main character in My Heart's True Delight, True Gentlemen book 10
* Supporting character and significant events in Will's True Wish (age 17, Susannah's story), True Gentlemen book 3
* Minor character in
	+ Tremaine's True Love (Nita's story) True Gentlemen book 1
	+ Daniel's True Desire (Kirsten's story) True Gentlemen book 2
	+ My Own True Duchess (age 18, Jonathan's story) True Gentlemen book 5
	+ The Last True Gentleman (Sycamore Dorning's story) True Gentlemen book 12
	+ Miss Desirable (Catherine Dorning's story) Mischief in Mayfair book 4
* Cameo in
	+ Nicholas, Lord of Secrets
	+ Beckman, Lord of Sins
	+ Kisses and Catnip (novella)
* Mentioned in
	+ Ethan, Lord of Scandals
	+ Truly Beloved (Daisy Dorning's story)

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Will's True Wish
2. ↑ My Heart's True Delight
The True Gentlemen Series

The True Gentlemen Series consists of twelve Regency era novels. They include the four Haddonfield sisters and seven of the Dornings.

1. Tremaine's True Love (Aug-2015)
2. Daniel's True Desire (Nov-2015)
3. Will's True Wish (Feb-2016)
4. His Lordship's True Lady (Jun-2017)
5. My Own True Duchess (Jun-2018)
6. A Truly Perfect Gentleman (Sep-2018)
7. A Lady of True Distinction (May-2019)
8. A Woman of True Honor (Feb-2020)
9. A Lady's Dream Come True (Jun-2020)
10. My Heart's True Delight (Sep-2020)
11. Truly Beloved (Jan-2021)
12. The Last True Gentleman (Feb-2021)

## Notes

* Although The Duke's Disaster (Apr-2015) is sometimes included as the first book of this series, Grace Burrowes' website presents it as the last Lonely Lords book.
* "Kisses and Catnip" is not technically part of the True Gentlemen series, but it is in the sequence of Haddonfield/Dorning romance events, taking place a year after Antonia Mainwaring rejected Grey Dorning in The Last True Gentleman.
Louisa Windham

Louisa Windham is a main character in Lady Louisa's Christmas Knight, the sixth book of the Windham Series. A woman with an academic bent, she can do math easily in her head, and is known for helping her brothers with their Latin homework. She loves poetry.

Louisa was named to honor her uncle Peter Louis Hannibal Windham, Marquess of Pembroke, who passed away before her birth.

## Relationships

* Husband - Joseph Carrington, Earl of Kesmore
* Daughters - Fleur and Amanda Carrington
* Father - Percival Windham, current Duke of Moreland
* Mother - Esther Windham, current Duchess of Moreland
* Siblings - see The Windham Siblings
* Aunts, Uncles, Grandparents - see Senior Windhams

## Books

* Main character in Lady Louisa's Christmas Knight
* Secondary character in Lady Sophie's Christmas Wish and Lady Eve's Indiscretion
* Mentioned in Daniel's True Desire
A Lady's Dream Come True

**A Lady’s Dream Come True** is the ninth book in the Regency set The True Gentlemen, and was published in 2020.

## Back Cover Summary

**Oak Dorning** is an artist determined to take his place among London’s most successful portraitists. Town life is expensive, though, so a temporary post restoring a few old paintings for a ruralizing widow strikes Oak as a prudent detour on the way to his brilliant future.

**Verity Channing** was married to a renowned artist, and knows firsthand how spiteful  London sophisticates can be. A quiet life in the country is fine with her–also lonely and rather dull–until Oak finds scandalous treasures lurking in her art collection. When somebody sets out to ruin Verity, Oak must choose between his cherished ambitions and the lady who fills his dreams.

## Characters

### Main characters

* Oak Dorning
* Verity "Vera" Channing

### Major characters

* Jeremy Forester - tutor
* Alexander Channing - Verity's son
* Catherine - Verity's stepdaughter, illegitimate
* Richard Longacre - official at the Royal Academy of Art
* Endymion de Beauharnais - artist, real name Andrew Hackett

### Minor characters

* Bracken - butler of Merlin Hall
* Sissy Banks - maid at Merlin Hall
* Tamsin Diggory - governess
* Grey Dorning, Earl of Casriel
* Valerian Dorning
* Stebbins Holmes
* Sycamore Dorning
* Ash Dorning
* Jonathan Tresham

### Mentioned characters

* Dirk Channing - famous artist, deceased
* Anna Beaumont - Dirk's mistress, Catherine's mother, deceased
* Beatitude, Countess of Casriel
* Emily Pepper Dorning
* Tolliver - a mediocre artist
* Hannah Stoltzfus - model
* Mrs. Finchley - mother who wants a portrait of her twin daughters
* Lady Montclair - hostess
* Jacaranda Dorning Kettering
* Trenton Lindsey, Earl of Wilton
* Worth Kettering
* Unnamed marquess once thought dead - Gabriel Wendover, Marquess Hesketh
* Nicholas Haddonfield, Earl of Bellefonte
* Marchioness of Hesketh - Polly Hunt
* Jonathan Tresham's wife - Theodosia Haviland

## Spoilers

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Anna Beaumont was a cousin of Richard Longacre, whom he intended to marry. He blamed Dirk for stealing her away and "ruining" her - but it was his threat of lawsuit for breach of promise that kept Dirk from marrying Anna and preserving her reputation.