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Trevor, Marquess of Tavistock

**Trevor Vincent, Marquess of Tavistock** has recently returned from traveling around the continent and avoiding his responsibilities at home. His father was a martinet who remarried when Trevor was eight years old. He was lovingly raised by his young stepmother, Jeanette.

As a young teen, Trevor got inveigled into gambling on more than one occasion. At a house party, he had to apply to Jeanette for funds. A year later, his cousin Jerome (his heir) was dragging him around town, plying him with drink and urging deeper play. Jeanette refused to bail him out, and Sycamore Dorning allowed him to work off his debt, giving him perspective.

### Relationships

* Wife - Amaryllis DeWitt
* Step-mother - Jeanette Goddard Vincent, Marchioness of Tavistock
* Father - Marquess of Tavistock, deceased
* Brother - Phillip Vincent
* Uncle and aunt - Beardsley and Viola Vincent
* Cousin - Jerome, Diana and Hera Vincent
* In-laws include - Diana, Caroline and Gavin DeWitt

### Books

* Main character in Miss Determined
* Secondary character and events in
	+ My Heart's True Delight (age 17)
	+ The Last True Gentleman (age 18)
* Referenced in Miss Dashing

## References

1. ↑ My Heart's True Delight
2. ↑ The Last True Gentleman
Eve Windham

Eve Windham is a main character in Lady Eve's Indiscretion, the seventh book of the Windham Series. Once a dedicated horsewoman, a traumatic ordeal and a bad fall seven years ago have kept her from handling or riding horses ever since. Since her ordeal, she has decided not to marry.

## Relationships

* Husband - Lucas Denning, Marquis of Deene
* Father - Percival Windham, Duke of Moreland
* Mother - Esther Windham, Duchess of Moreland
* Siblings - see The Windham Siblings
* Aunts, Uncles, Grandparents - see Senior Windhams

## Books

* Main character in Lady Eve's Indiscretion
* Secondary character in Lady Sophie's Christmas Wish
Thomas Jennings, Baron Sutcliffe

**Thomas Jennings, Baron Sutcliffe** worked for years as right-hand man to David Holbrook Worthington, Viscount Fairly. They did business overseas, travelling extensively.

He is a wealthy businessman in his own right. When he left Fairly's employ, he bought Linden, an estate in Sussex, from Andrew Alexander, Earl of Greymoor.

After their parents died, he and his older sister Theresa were left in the care of their elderly grandfather at Sutcliffe Keep in Sussex. Thomas was lovingly raised by his sister, but their degenerate twin cousins bullied him and tried to lure him into drinking, gambling and other vices. Thomas left to go to university and never went back. Seven years later, his cousins killed each other in a duel. Because his grandfather had already died, the title passed to Thomas.

## Relationships

* Wife - Loris Tanner
* Sister - Theresa Jennings
* Niece - Priscilla Jennings, illegitimate
* Friend and former employer - David Worthington, Viscount Fairly
* Employees - "Wee Nick" (Nicholas Haddonfield, Viscount Reston, working incognito as a stablehand) and his brother "Beck" (Beckman Haddonfield)
* Cousins - Bertrand and Rothschild (both deceased)

## Books

* Main character in Thomas, Jaded Gentlemen book 1
* Major character in Matthew, Jaded Gentlemen book 2
* Minor character in
	+ Gareth, Lord of Rakes (first appearance)
	+ David, Lord of Honor
* Mentioned in
	+ Douglas, Lord of Heartache
	+ Nicholas, Lord of Secrets
	+ Beckman, Lord of Sins
	+ Axel, Jaded Gentlemen book 3

## References

1. ↑ Thomas' love story is told in Thomas, Jaded Gentlemen book 1.
2. ↑ Thomas discovers much more about his separation from his sister in Matthew, Jaded Gentlemen book 2.
Compeating

## Lyrics

Keepsakes are for leaving

Because I wanna make a brand new life

Kids they wipe my sleeve

Because they just want a kiss goodbye

Because you need

I won't compete all my life

Friends are always leaving

Because they wanna lead a different life

And kids they wipe my sleeve

Because they just want a kiss goodnight

Because you need

I won't compete all my life

Because you need

I won't compete all my life

Because you need

I won't compete all my life

Because you need

I won't compete all my life

...I will
Hart Collins

Baron Hartley "Hart" Collins was an unrepentant serial rapist who found and assaulted victims wherever he went.

He was sent down from every decent school, and his parents then sent him to disreputable schools which also sent him down. Everywhere he went, he collected a gang to support his bullying and raping his victims. He brought them home on breaks, and his mother "put them in a guest wing, kept the maids out of sight, and made sure the firearms were locked up."

Although some local girls of the gentry found him interesting, their parents knew better. However, a young earl failed to see through Collins, and permitted an engagement to the earl's sister. She began to have doubts, and was on the verge of breaking up with him. He sexually assaulted her, thinking she would have no choice but to marry him. Instead, a friend of the family beat Collins within an inch of his life, and told him to leave England and stay out, on pain of death.

After his father died in a curricle race, Collins inherited the title and occasionally skulked home to pester his lawyers and his mother for additional funds. While travelling south, he happened by the home of one of his school victims, and decided to seize the man's son for ransom. When confronted, he rode away on an ungovernable horse. The horse ran under a tree branch to knock him off, which killed Collins.

## Spoilers: Victims

(Click expand to see spoilers.)

* Ethan Grey was one of Hart's many school victims.
* Avis Portmaine was Hart's fiancee.

## References

1. ↑ Hadrian, Lord of Hope
2. ↑ Ethan, Lord of Scandals
Hecate Brompton

**Hecate Brompton** is an heiress spinster. Although she invests well and grows her wealth, she also spends much of her time keeping her scheming relatives afloat.

### Relationships

* Husband -Phillip Vincent
* Father - Isaac Brompton
* Biological father - Edward Ross
* Cousins - Johnny, Emeril, Charles, Eglantine, Portia, and Flavia Brompton
* Great-uncle - Nunn Brompton
* Aunt - Edna Brompton

### Books

* Main character in Miss Dashing
* Minor character in Miss Determined
Darius, Lord of Pleasures

Darius, Lord of Pleasures is the first book in the Regency set The Lonely Lords Series, and was published in 2013.

Grace Burrowes has stated that the chronological events in this book span events in several other books. Some brief events are in this book and in Nicholas, Lord of Secrets, told from the other viewpoint. They intersect several other times. Although Darius was released first, it only mentions the intersecting events, whereas they are much more thoroughly experienced in Nicholas. Later in Chapter 14, Darius mentions that he left town and spent time with his brother Trenton Lindsey, as well as Valentine Windham. Those experiences are in The Virtuoso and in Trenton, Lord of Loss. Nothing in the other books pertains to Darius' story - it's just where he happens to be when he's not "here." It makes more sense to read those after Darius, as his sudden exits from those book appearances are his return to this book's important events. Grace's recommended reading order (interspersed with other books) has The Virtuoso first, several other books, then this book, Nicholas, and later Trenton.

### Back Cover Summary

Though there are lines he will not cross, Darius Lindsey has become the favored plaything of bored, wealthy society ladies. He contracts one final engagement with the pretty, sweet, Lady Vivian Longstreet, in hopes that meeting his obligations to Vivian will free him from the financial constraints making his life hell. Darius finds that the bargain he thought would cost him the last of his self-respect instead resurrects both his honor and his heart.

## Characters

### Main Characters

* Darius Lindsey
* Vivian Longstreet

### Major characters

* William Longstreet, fourth Viscount Longstreet - Vivian's elderly husband
* Thurgood Ainsworthy - Vivian's unscrupulous stepfather
* Able Springer - steward at Longchamps and William's illegitimate son
* Portia Springer - Able's horrible wife

### Minor characters

* Trenton Lindsey, Viscount Amherst - Darius' brother
* Angela Ventnor - Vivian's sister
* Jared Ventnor - Vivian's brother-in-law
* Lady Blanche Cowell - sadistic woman
* Lucy Templeton, Lady Milne - sadistic woman
* Leah Lindsey - Darius' beleaguered sister
* Valentine Windham
* Nicholas Haddonfield, Earl of Bellefonte

### Mentioned characters

* Aldous Longstreet - died at Waterloo
* Algernon Longstreet - died in a duel
* Muriel Longstreet - deceased
* Hellerington - Leah's objectionable suitor
* Jenny Windham
* Wilhelm Fordham Zacharias Josef Longstreet, Baron Longchamps

## Reviews

Publisher's Weekly wrote "Burrowes’s skillful balancing act makes this unconventional redemption-and-reward story work, and the role-reversal adds a fresh twist to the “hooker with a heart of gold” trope."

## References

1. ↑  Darius in Publisher's Weekly

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The Soldier

The Soldier is the second book in a trilogy called The Duke's Obsession, part of The Windham Series.
The book was a New York Times and USA Today best seller.  It was published by Sourcebooks in June of 2011.

### Back Cover Summary

Colonel Devlin St. Just's torn spirit calls to Emmaline Farnum, and in good conscience she cannot refuse his offer to provide a home for the little girl so dear to Emmie's heart.  As the adults forge a path to a better life for young Winnie, Emmie finds herself unable to resist the allure of a deeper attraction to Devlin.  But resist she must, because decisions made years in her past are forcing her inexorably away from Devlin's side.

## Characters

* Colonel Devlin St. Just, Earl of Rosecroft
* Emmaline Farnum
* Bronwyn "Winnie" Farnum
* Valentine Windham
* Hadrian Bothwell
* Douglas Allen, Viscount Amery

### Mentioned characters

* Wilberforce James, Earl of Helmsley - Bronwyn's father, deceased. He was brother to Anna Seaton James and Morgan James.
* Estelle Farnum, Emma's aunt, deceased
* Rose

### Reviews

Publisher's Weekly called the book "captivating" and "sweetly domestic" and said "Burrowes's straightforward, sensual love story is intelligent and tender, rising above the crowd with deft dialogue and delightful characters."

## Spoilers

(Click expand to see spoilers.)
At the end of The Soldier, St. Just realizes that Emma is Winnie's actual mother. She had a teenage affair with Helmsley, and when it ended she found herself pregnant. Emma's aunt Estelle sent her away and started a liason with young Helmsley 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. ↑ The Heir
2. ↑ Review of The Soldier in Publisher's Weekly
Avis Portmaine

**Avis Seraphina Portmaine** is the sister of Benjamin Portmaine, Earl of Hazelton (aka Benjamin Hazlit), Alexandra Portmaine (aka Alice Portman), and Vim Charpentier. She suffered a tragedy when she was 17 that hangs over her for years and years.

As a young woman she was engaged to Hart Collins, but started to feel uneasy about him. Sensing that she was planning to break it off, he kidnapped her and her sister and sexually assaulted her. He'd hoped that her family would force the marriage to avoid a scandal, but they did not. Instead, her brothers and her neighbors chased him from the country.

Twelve years later, Avis lives in near-seclusion in Cumbria at Blessings, the Portmaine family seat.

## Relationships

* Husband - Hadrian Bothwell
* Brother - Benjamin Hazlit, alias of Benjamin Portmaine, Earl of Hazelton
* Half-brother - Vim Charpentier, Baron Sindal
* Sister - Alexandra Portmaine, aka Alice Portman
* Neighbor and friend - Harold Bothwell
* Companion - Lily Prentiss
* Steward and friend - Ashton Fenwick

## Books

* First mentioned in Ethan, Lord of Scandals
* Main character in Hadrian, Lord of Hope
* Mentioned in:
	+ Ethan, Lord of Scandals (Alexandra's story)
	+ Lady Sophie's Christmas Wish (Vim's story)
	+ Lady Maggie's Secret Scandal (Benjamin's story)
	+ Ashton, Lord of Truth

## Secrets

(Click expand to see spoilers.)
One of the reasons that Avis wanted to call off her engagement is that she wanted to marry her neighber, 18-year-old, Hadrian Bothwell.
When her sister Alexandra went off to be a governess, Benjamin suggested that Avis hire a companion to keep her company. Unfortunately, her companion, Lily, was convinced that the best way to protect Avis was to spread nasty rumors about her and keep her socially isolated.

Avis is aware that the steward at Blessings, Ashton Fenwick, was part of the group that kidnapped her, though he ran off before she was assaulted. He is Hart Collins' cousin and had tried to get help.
Noah Winters, Duke of Anselm

**Noah Winters** is the eighth **Duke of Anselm**. He was "in leading strings" (a toddler) when Sophie Windham was born.

His parents died just before he reached his majority, leaving him to manage the dukedom and raise his young siblings. His personality changed due to his heavy responsibilities.

## Relationships

* Wife - Thea Collins
* Half-brother - Harlan
* Uncle - Earnest Meecham "Meech" Winters Dunholm
* Cousins - Evelyn, Janine
* Half-sisters - Patience, Prudence, Penelope
* Brothers-in-law - James Heckendorn, Baron Deardorff; Wilson; Heath Carruthers

## Books

* Main character in The Duke's Disaster
* Minor character in My Own True Duchess
* Mentioned in
	+ "The Duke and His Duchess" novella (unnamed)
	+ Too Scot to Handle
The Appeal of Christmas

## "The Appeal of Christmas" in *Christmas Treats*

**The Appeal of Christmas** is a novella. It was originally published October 2015 in the *Christmas on Duke Street* anthology. Grace Burrowes reissued it (along with "Knight Before Christmas") in her *Christmas Treats* duet available on her website here.↗️

## Publisher's description

Hazel Hooper is the daughter of barrister Gervaise Stoneleigh’s old mentor, and over the years has become Gervaise’s reliable sounding board, conscience, and chess opponent. While Gervaise abhors the Yuletide holidays, he most assuredly does not abhor Hazel, though lately he’s been distracted by an unsigned love letter he came across at their favorite bookshop…

## Characters

* Gervaise Stoneleigh
* Hazel Hooper

### Mentioned characters

* Letitia - Gervaise's sister, married
* Peter - Gervaise's nephew
* Daisy - Gervaise's niece
* Phineas Hooper - Gervaise's mentor, Hazel's father, deceased
* Nanette Dingle - Hazel's mother, deceased

## Note

This story takes place explicitly a year after "Knight Before Christmas"; it mentions Gervaise haring off to Yorkshire, and muttering about rabbits when he returned.
Lady Warne

**Lady Della, Dowager Marchioness of Warne** is grandmother to the Haddonfield Siblings. Her daughter, Sara Harper, actually gave birth to only one child before her death: Nicholas Haddonfield. The other Haddonfields had different mothers, but Lady Warne acts as grandmother to all and is willing to help or meddle as she sees fit.

She owns the Three Springs estate, where she employs several people who needed to escape from the world for one reason or another.

## Relationships

* Daughter - Sara Harper, deceased
* Grandson - Nicholas Haddonfield, Earl of Bellefonte
* Other "grandchildren" - The Haddonfield Siblings

## Books

Minor character in

* Nicholas, Lord of Secrets
* Beckman, Lord of Sins
* Gabriel, Lord of Regrets
Peter Windham, Marquess of Pembroke

**Peter Louis Hannibal Windham** became the heir to the Moreland Dukedom as a small child, when his slightly older brother Eustace fell off a horse and died. His courtesy title was the Marquess of Pembroke.

Peter married Arabella, who bore him two daughters in the first ten years of their marriage.

Peter suffered from a progressively weakening illness, likely due to his heart. Three years after his younger brothers married, Peter became unable to make love to his wife. Fortunately, his brother Percy and his wife Esther had already produced several sons who secured the ducal succession. Two years later, a mere walk to the stables would send Peter to bed for the rest of the day. When his father tried to send Peter to London, his brothers Percy and Tony stepped up and went in his place.

In his last years, a dose of foxglove aided his condition. Peter and his father doted on Sophie, Percy and Esther's first daughter. After the elderly George Windham died, Peter was briefly the Duke of Moreland before he passed away.

Percy inherited the title, and he and Esther named their next daughter Louisa, to honor Peter's middle name.

## Relationships

* Wife - Arabella Windham, Marchioness of Pembroke
* Daughters - unnamed
* Father - George Windham, the old Duke of Moreland
* Mother - Agatha Drysdale Windham
* Uncle - Bartholomew Drysdale
* Brothers - Eustace, Percy, and Anthony
* Nieces and nephews - The Windham Siblings and the Windham Brides

## Books

* Introduced in "The Courtship" novella
* Appeared in "The Duke and His Duchess" novella

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "The Courtship" novella
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "The Duke and His Duchess" novella.
3. ↑ Foxglove is the equivalent of digitalis, a modern heart medication.
Madeline Hennessey

**Madeline Aphrodite Hennessey** is a maid working at Candlewick for Axel Belmont. She is very competent, and trusted with tasks across the entire house, including involvement with the children. She uses her wages to help two great aunts who are eking out an existence in their smallholdings nearby. When Abigail Stoneleigh came to stay at Candlewick after the murder of her husband, Madeline was assigned as her lady's maid. A year later, when Sir Jack asked her employers (his neighbors) for help with the forthcoming visit from his mother, Madeline was sent to help as a companion to Sir Jack's mother.

## Relationships

* Husband - Sir John Dewey Fanning
* Great Aunts - Hattie Hennessey, Theodosia Hickman
* Employers - Axel Belmont, Abigail Stoneleigh

## Books

* Main character in Jack, Jaded Gentlemen book 4
* Minor character in Axel, Jaded Gentlemen book 3

## Spoilers

(Click expand to see spoilers.)Madeline grew up wealthy, but her father spent beyond his means and ended up dying in debtor's prison. At the age of 14, her mother died, and Madeline was sent to stay with her great aunts Hattie and Theodosia.
Hattie was the housekeeper to a coal merchant, and she vouched for Madeline to get her a job as a maid there at the age of 15. Within a few weeks of her employment, the son of the house owner tried to sexually assault her. Hattie intervened, but in retaliation, she was framed for stealing and turned off without a character reference. Madeline worked there another year, but was often beaten and mistreated.

## References

1. ↑ Axel, Jaded Gentlemen book 3
2. ↑ Jack, Jaded Gentlemen book 4
No Other Duke Will Do

No Other Duke Will Do is the third book of The Windham Brides series.  It was published by Hachette in November of 2017.

### Back Cover Summary

Julian, Duke of Haverford, is barely keeping his handsome head above water amid a sea of inherited debts. His sister, Lady Glenys, decides to throw a house party Julian can ill afford in hopes of finding an heiress for him to marry. Julian tries to turn this disaster into opportunity by inviting every well-heeled bachelor in the realm, because Lady Glenys is also in want of a spouse.
Elizabeth Windham is among the guests at the Haverford house party, though her goal is to elude matchmaking from any quarter. Julian and Elizabeth are attracted, however, despite meddling siblings, financial woes, and gossips lurking behind every potted palm. Just as Julian and Elizabeth realize that they can snatch true love from the jaws of duty, Julian’s difficulties become ruinous. Which will it be? True love or true disaster?

### Main Characters

* Julian St. David, Duke of Haverford
* Elizabeth Windham
* Lucas Sherbourne
* Griffin St. David
* Glenys St. David
* Cedric, Marquess of Radnor

#### Other characters

* Charlotte Windham
* Arabella Windham, Lady Pembroke
* Delphine St. David
* Hugh St. David
* Bridget "Biddy" Bowen
* Benedict Andover
* Percy Windham, Duke of Moreland
* Ester Windham, Duchess of Moreland

#### Referenced characters

* Devlin St. Just, Earl of Rosecroft
* Megan Windham MacHugh
* Anwen Windham MacHugh
* Hamish MacHugh, Duke of Murdoch
* Colin MacHugh
Felicity Worthington

**Felicity Hemmings Worthington** is the daughter of a viscount. Unfortunately for her and her sister, her father died without an apparent heir, sending the title into escheat. This left them struggling to maintain their household with no income. When their cousin, Callista Hemmings died, she left her brothel to Felicity in her will, with the stipulation that the executor of the will show her how to manage it, as well as teach her about the prostitute's trade.

## Relationships

* Husband - Gareth Alexander, Marquess of Heathgate
* Sister - Astrid Worthington
* Brother-in-law - Andrew Alexander, Earl of Greymoor
* Cousin - Callista Hemmings

## Books

* Main character in Gareth, Lord of Rakes
* Major character in
	+ Andrew, Lord of Despair
* Minor character in:
	+ Douglas, Lord of Heartache
* Cameo in:
	+ David, Lord of Honor
	+ Ethan, Lord of Scandals
* Referenced in
	+ Will's True Wish
	+ Trenton, Lord of Loss

## Secrets

(Click expand to see spoilers.)\*Brother - David Worthington, Viscount Fairly
Before his arranged marriage, Felicity's father Fredrick had quietly married and impregnated Beverly Holbrook. Thus, their child David Holbrook is legitimate, and Astrid and Felicity are not. David stayed out of the country so that their legitimacy would not be questioned.

Callista knew her cousin David well. She had always intended that her will refer to David rather than Fellicity as the heir, as it only named "the eldest sibling" and not Felicity. Unscrupulous lawyers lied when they told Felicity that the instructions that she was to receive from the executor, Gareth Alexander, Marquess of Heathgate, were required to include sexual instruction and ruination, or she would not inherit.
Lily Ferguson

Lily Ferguson keeps many secrets that are not revealed until much later in her book, which is the best place to learn it. However, the collected and collated information is hidden in the Spoilers section of this page.

## Relationships

* Husband - Hessian Kettering, Earl of Grampion
* Mother - Lady Nadine Leggett Ferguson, deceased
* Uncle - Walter Leggett
* Cousin - Oscar Leggett
* Friend - Emmaline Farnum St. Just, Countess of Rosecroft

### Additional relationship

* Half-sister - Lillian Ann "Annie" Ferguson, legitimate

Lily Ferguson is actually Lilith Ann Ferguson, and is illegitimate.
Her mother Nadine was married to an Irish Duke's spare, and she gave birth to Annie. Over a year after he died, Nadine got pregnant and gave birth to Lilith. Nadine did not tell Lilith who her biological father was ... only that they "could not" marry.

Lilith was placed and raised in a vicar's household, but she received support, letters and occasional visits from her mother and legitimate older sister Annie.

Nadine died, leaving money for "her offspring" in her will. But her brother, Walter Leggett, deliberately did not tell the Chancery court of Lilith's existence. When Lilith was nine, the vicar died, and she was sent to work at the local inn. By the time she was fourteen, she was poor, hungry, and her personal safety was at risk from male employees and guests.

In town, Walter asked his steward, Lawrence Delmar, to misappropriate some of Annie's funds. He resigned and left, and Annie went with him. There was a coaching accident in which Annie was injured; the pair decided to send word to Walter that she had died.

Walter suddenly appeared at the inn and took Lilith away. He offered her pretty clothing, an education, and a come-out. When he sent her to finishing school in Switzerland, he informed her that she could only keep this lifestyle if she agreed to impersonate Annie. Her incentive was basic: a roof over her head, food, clothing, and most importantly, safety from assault. She agreed.

Lillian's governess, Ephrata "Tippy" Tipton, helped Lilith learn to emulate her older sister.

Walter controlled every aspect of Lilith's life, and made her cultivate specific people to get information for his business investments. In the long term, though, he needed control of the girls' money.

Hessian investigated, and discovered that Lillian/Annie was still alive and married to Delmar.

Annie revealed that Lilith's father was the Irish Duke of Clarendon. He was the brother of Annie's father, Nadine's dead husband. A man could not marry his brother's widow, and thus he could not wed Nadine.

## Books

* Main character in His Lordship's True Lady
Next Time Around

## Next Time Around

### Appears on:

*Goodbyes Are Sad**Easy Come Easy Go*

*Gold* Extended Edition

## Lyrics

Kissing the boys when I wasn't around

Feeding the mess by the word of mouth

Could you feel the same way I feel?

Next time around

With my feet in a hole by

Your word of mouth

And cope in a world when

She's got me down

Could you feel the same way I feel?
Jeanette, Marchioness of Tavistock

**Jeanette Goddard Vincent, Marchioness of Tavistock** is a widow. Her father essentially sold her into marriage with the old Marquess. Part of the deal included buying a military commission for her brother Orion Goddard.

Her marriage was a nightmare, but she formed a good relationship with her young stepson Trevor, who inherited the title when his father died.

## Relationships

* Husband - Sycamore Dorning (previous husband, Marquess of Tavistock, deceased)
* Stepson - Trevor, Marquess of Tavistock
* In-laws through the Marquess - Beardsley and Viola Vincent
* Nephew and nieces - Jerome, Diana and Hera
* Brother - Orion Goddard

## Books

* Main character in The Last True Gentleman
* Introduced and events in My Heart's True Delight
* Mentioned in
	+ Miss Desirable
	+ Miss Determined ? (Trevor's story)
The Duke's Disaster

**The Duke's Disaster** is grouped in The Lonely Lords Series on the author's website.

## Publisher's description

Noah Winters, Duke of Anselm, exercises the pragmatism for which he’s infamous when his preferred choice of bride cries off, and her companion, Lady Thea Collins, becomes his next choice for his duchess. Lady Thea is mature, sensible and even rather attractive—what could possibly go wrong?

As a lady fallen on hard times, Thea doesn’t expect tender sentiments from His Grace, but she does wish Noah had courted her trust, lest her past turn their hastily arranged marriage into a life of shared regrets. Is His Grace courting a convenient wife, or a ducal disaster?

## Characters

### Main characters

* Noah Winters, Duke of Anselm
* Thea Collins

### Major characters

* Earnest Meecham "Meech" Winters Dunholm - Noah's uncle
* Harlan - Noah's half-brother
* Benjamin Erikson - botanist
* Timotheus (Tim) Collins, Earl of Grantley - Thea's brother
* Corbett Hallowell - Viscount Edmon's son

### Minor characters

* Marliss Hallowell - Thea was her companion
* Antoinette (Nonie) Collins - Thea's sister
* Henrietta Whitlow - Noah's former mistress
* Giles Pemberton - Meech's friend
* Patience, Prudence, Penelope - Noah's sisters
* James Heckendorn, Baron Deardorff; Wilson; Heath Carruthers- Noah's brothers-in-law
* Evelyn, Janine - Noah's young cousins

### Referenced characters

* Viscount Endmon - Thea's former employer
* Baron Cowper - Marliss Hallowell's intended
* Duchess of Moreland
* Eve Windham (unnamed) - Moreland's youngest daughter
* Duke of Quimbey
* Andrew Alexander, Earl of Greymoor
* Astrid Worthington Alexander, Countess Graymoor
* Gareth Alexander, Marquess of Heathgate
* Gayle Windham, Earl of Westhaven - Moreland's heir
Henrietta Whitlow

**Henrietta Whitlow** was a famous courtesan, with men vying for her favors. She was very selective, and refused married men.

Her final protector was Noah Winters, Duke of Anselm. She decided to retire and return to her family in Yorkshire. On the road she met Michael Brenner (former secretary to Gareth Alexander, Marquess of Heathgate), Baron Angelford. He is heading to an estate he purchased, but also has another agenda.

## Relationships

* Husband - Michael Brenner, Baron Angelford
* Last protector - Noah Winters, Duke of Anselm
* First protector
* Companion -
* Coachman -
* Father -
* Brothers -
* Sisters-in-law -

## Books

* Introduced in The Duke's Disaster
* Main character in "Respect for Christmas" novella

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Duke's Disaster
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Respect for Christmas" novella
Miss Dashing

**Miss Dashing** is the eighth book in the Mischief in Mayfair series by Grace Burrowes.  It is a regency romance published in 2023.

### Back Cover Summary

**She’s learned to ask for nothing…**

**Miss Hecate Brompton** is on the shelf and relieved to finally be there with her personal wealth in tact. She faces enough challenges keeping her rackety family from scandal and ruin without the added bother of marriage. When **Phillip Vincent** approaches her with a request to become his de facto finishing governess, she’s both appalled by and sympathetic to his plan. She was once the awkward outsider, and knows exactly how treacherous the waters of the Beau Monde can be for the unsuspecting.

**To win her love, he will sacrifice everything.**

Phillip is mere gentry at heart, and the glittering ballrooms of Mayfair leave him frankly bored. For the sake of his family he must nonetheless learn to do the pretty. Miss Hecate Brompton, is anything but glittering. She’s quiet, proper, plain, and–to Phillip–utterly fascinating. He sees what society does not: Behind Hecate’s demure facade lurks a fierce heart and a brilliant mind.

Hecate’s family has no quarrel with Phillip stealing her heart, but her fortune and her hand in marriage are quite another matter. Can the squire and spinster find a happily ever after when all of polite society intends to deny them exactly that?

### Characters

#### Main Characters

* Phillip Vincent
* Hecate Brompton

#### Major Characters

* Gavin DeWitt
* Portia and Flavia Brompton
* Johnny Brompton
* Great uncle Nunn, Earl of Nunn

#### Minor Characters

* Rose Roberts
* Isaac Brompton
* Edna Brompton
* Eglantine Brompton
* Charles Brompton
* Edward Ross

#### Referenced Characters

* Trevor, Marquess of Tavistock
* Amaryllis DeWitt
Ellen FitzEngle Markham

**Ellen FitzEngle Markham** is a main character in The Virtuoso, the third book of the Windham Series. She is a widow who lives in a small cottage and sells the produce from her garden.

### Relationships

* Husbands - Francis Markham, Baron Roxbury (deceased); Valentine Windham
* Cousin by marriage - Frederick Markham, Baron Roxbury
* Friends - Axel and Abby Belmont

### Books

* Main character in The Virtuoso.
* Minor character in
	+ David, Lord of Honor (first chronological appearance)
	+ Morgan and Archer (novella)
	+ Lady Louisa's Christmas Knight

## Additional information

Grace Burrowes' official website includes a Deleted scene from The Virtuoso↗️ describing Valentine's first visit to Little Weldon and meeting Ellen.
Gwen Hollister

**Guinevere"Gwen" Hollister** is a cousin of Gareth Alexander, Marquess of Heathgate and Andrew Alexander, Earl of Greymoor.

Gwen was raised by her neglectful father before coming to her grandfather's estate, Enfield, when she was eleven years old. She had one Season, but retired from polite society back to Enfield. She gradually assumed the duties of steward there while quietly raising her illegitimate daughter, Rose. She kept her cousins in the dark about Rose's existence until she was already four years old, and they did not dare ask Gwen who the father was or the circumstances of her conception.

The matchmaking Alexander brothers and their Worthington wives sent their former brother-in-law, Douglas Allen, Viscount Amery, to Gwen for advice. He wanted to buy an estate, and needed Gwen's experience to evaluate the potential investment.

## Relationships

* Husband - Douglas Allen, Viscount Amery
* Daughter - Rose Hollister
* Cousins - Gareth Alexander, Marquess of Heathgate and Andrew Alexander, Earl of Greymoor
* In-laws include - Astrid and Felicity Worthington

## Books

* Main character in Douglas, Lord of Heartache
* Supporting character in
	+ Andrew, Lord of Despair (first chronological appearance)
	+ Trenton, Lord of Loss
	+ David, Lord of Honor
* Referenced in
	+ Thomas, Jaded Gentlemen book 1

## Spoilers

(Click expand to see spoilers.)

* Rose's father is Victor Windham, who married her in a small chapel. Under pressure from his brother, along with guilt for exposing her to consumption, Victor claimed that it was a sham ceremony and hid the evidence that it was real.
* Gwen was briefly engaged to marry Gayle Windham, under pressure from the Duke of Moreland. However, Douglas stepped in and prevented the wedding at the last minute.
* More spoilers for Gwen are in the spoilers section of Douglas, Lord of Heartache.
Miss Delightful

Miss Delightful is the second book in the Mischief in Mayfair series by Grace Burrowes.  It is a regency romance published in 2021.

### Back Cover Summary

Miss Dorcas Delancey, vicar’s daughter and advocate for the less fortunate, has been  guarding her heart from fortune hunters and fashionable fribbles for years. She’s completely unprepared for Alasdhair MacKay, former officer and all around grouch, to steal that heart. But when Alasdhair takes on responsibility for a motherless infant whom Dorcas’s family won’t acknowledge, she sees the honor lurking beneath his gruff mannerisms.

Alasdhair MacKay did not storm hell with Wellington’s army just so he could drink, swive, and flirt his way through life after Waterloo. He’s serious, intelligent, and passionate about his causes–also passionate in his regard for Dorcas. He’s the man of her dreams and a paragon in plaid, but looming scandal means Dorcas will have to choose between love and the honor Alasdhair so relentlessly values.

### Characters

#### Main Characters

* Alasdhair MacKay
* Dorcas Delancey
Christopher Belmont

**Christopher Belmont** is the oldest son of Matthew Belmont. He is a student at Oxford.

## Relationships

* Father - Matthew Belmont
* Mother - Matilda
* Uncle and Aunt - Emmanuel and Agatha Capshaw
* Brothers - Remington and Richard Belmont
* Step-Mother - Theresa Jennings
* Step-sister - Priscilla Jennings

## Books

* Major character in
	+ Matthew, Jaded Gentlemen book 2
	+ Axel, Jaded Gentlemen book 3

## Spoilers

(Click expand to see spoilers.)Christopher's actual father was his mother's brother-in-law, Emmanuel. She was pregnant with him already before she married Matthew.
My Own True Duchess

**My Own True Duchess** is the fifth book in The True Gentlemen Series and was published in 2018.

## Publisher's description

Jonathan Tresham, heir to the Duke of Quimbey, needs a discreet ally to help him choose a wife from the mob of young ladies eager to become his duchess. When proper widow Theodosia Haviland rescues him from a compromising situation, he knows he's found an advisor he can trust. Theo's first marriage taught her the folly of indulging in romantic notions, and she's determined that Jonathan Tresham's intended be an ideal match for him, not some smitten ninnyhammer.

When Jonathan suggests Theo should be at the top of his list of possible duchesses, she protests, though she knows that Jonathan is kind and honorable despite his gruff exterior. The last person Theo can allow Jonathan to marry is a widow guarding scandalous secrets, even if she does also harbor an entirely inappropriate attraction to the one man she can never have.

## Characters

### Main characters

* Jonathan Tresham
* Theodosia Haviland

### Supporting characters

* Noah Winters, Duke of Anselm
* Della Haddonfield
* Diana Haviland
* Seraphina
* Beatitude, Lady Canmore
* Sycamore Dorning
* Moira Jones

### Minor characters

* Nicholas Haddonfield, Earl of Bellefonte
* Dora Louise Compton - scheming debutante
* Lord Davington
* Grey Dorning, Earl of Casriel
* Quinn Wentworth - banker
* Maximus Adolphus Haddonfield

### Mentioned characters

* Thea Collins, Duchess of Anselm
* Archimedes Haviland - Theodosia's late husband
* Fabianus Haviland, Viscount Penweather - Archimedes' cousin
* Leah Lindsey, Countess of Bellefonte
* Ash Dorning
* Duke of Quimbey
* Duchess of Quimbey
* Gayle Windham, Earl of Westhaven
* Antonia Mainwaring
* Marquess and Marchioness of Tyne
* Penelope Bainbridge - debutante
* Clytemnestra Islington - debutante

## References

1. ↑ The story of Darien, Marquess of Tyne, and governess Lucy Fletcher is told in "The Governess and the Norse God" novella, April 2018.
The Jaded Gentlemen Series

The Jaded Gentlemen Series consists of four novels.  Like The Lonely Lords Series they are named after their male protagonist and some characters cross over between them. All center around a mystery to be solved.

1. Thomas, Jaded Gentlemen book 1
2. Matthew, Jaded Gentlemen book 2
3. Axel, Jaded Gentlemen book 3
4. Jack, Jaded Gentlemen book 4
Wrongtime

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## Wrongtime

 ### First released:

 2016

 ### Appears on:

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## Lyrics

I can tell that something's gone

That something feels like it should be here

Something stopped, and I missed it

And I can't get it back no more

I can tell by this feeling

That I've been here before

Like something moved, and I missed it

And it won't come back no more

Your death is on my list

The many things that I'd like to fix

But I can't go back, can't go home

I can't see you anymore

But I'm not well

Is that you

Pressing on my door?

You know I miss you, I miss you

I love you, wrongtime

I still see you in the night

When all the lights are off

You glow in the dark

I still see you in the night

When all the lights are off

You glow in the dark

When all the lights are off

You glow in the dark
Hessian Kettering, Earl of Grampion

**Hessian Pierpont Kettering, Earl of Grampion** is Worth Kettering's older brother. The brothers were estranged for a decade. Hessian inherited the faltering earldom and is trying to keep it afloat.

He sired a daughter during an affair with Lady Evers, tacitly encouraged by her elderly husband.

## Relationships

* Wife - Lily Ferguson
* Daughter - Amy Marguerite "Daisy" Evers
* Wards - Lord and Lady Evers' heir Lucas and unnamed spare
* Brother - Worth Kettering
* Half-sister - Yolanda "Lannie" Kettering
* Sister - Moira, deceased
* Niece - Avery, Moira's daughter
* Former neighbors - Lady Belinda Turner Evers and her aging husband Lord Evers

## Books

* Introduced, with substantial history, in Worth, Lord of Reckoning
* Main character in His Lordship's True Lady
Hadrian, Lord of Hope

**Hadrian, Lord of Hope**, is the twelfth book in The Lonely Lords Series by Grace Burrowes. It was published in 2014.

## Back Cover

**Hadrian Bothwell** was never an excellent fit with a religious calling, so when his brother bids him come to learn how to run the family estate, Hadrian gives up vicaring and returns to his boyhood home. He’s spent years thinking of **Lady Avis Portmaine** as the woman he should have fought for, but he finds Avis has become a recluse on the neighboring estate, socially shunned, and more unavailable than ever. If Hadrian wants to win the lady’s heart, he must first win her freedom from a past that will not leave her in peace.

## Characters

### Main characters

* Hadrian Bothwell
* Avis Portmaine

### Major characters

* Harold Bothwell, Viscount Landover - Hadrian's brother
* Ashton "Fen" Fenwick - steward at Blessings
* Lily Prentiss - Companion to Avis

### Minor characters

* Gran Carruthers
* Baroness Collins - Hart's mother
* James Anderson "Andy" Finch - Harold's significant other
* Devlin St. Just - Hadrian's former rival, now a friend

### Mentioned characters

* Wilhelm (Vim) Charpentier - half-brother of Avis
* Hart Collins - a villain
* Bronwyn "Winnie" Farnum - St. Just's adopted daughter
* Emmie St. Just, neé Farnum - Hadrian's former love interest
* Alexandra Portmaine (aka Alice Portman) - sister of Avis
* Benjamin Portmaine, Earl of Hazelton (aka Benjamin Hazlit) - brother of Avis
* Mary - Hadrian's former sister-in-law
* Rue - Hadrian's first wife, deceased
* Sara Bennett - Fenwick's cousin
* Louise Finch - Andy's wife
* Tansy Bilford - abigail to Baroness Collins
* Valentine Windham
* Duke and Duchess of Moreland
* Theresa Jennings
* Priscilla Jennings
Brenna MacLogan Brodie

**Brenna Maureen MacLogan Brodie, Baroness Strathdee** moved to castle Brodie at the age of eight, when she became betrothed to the 13-year-old Michael Brodie. They were married when she was 16, but he went off to war the morning after the wedding, leaving her alone to manage the castle for nine years without him there.

## Relationships

* Husband - Michael Brodie
* Cousins - Hugh, Neil, and Dantry MacLogan
* Cousin's children - Lachlan and Annie MacLogan
* Steward - Angus Brodie

## Spoilers

(Click expand to see spoilers.)
When Brenna came to castle Brodie, she was groomed and abused by Michael's uncle Angus.

Two years after Michael left, she negotiated the sale of the wool harvest for the entire village. However, on her way home, she was set upon by thieves and the money was lost. Although Angus Brodie took the money, he convinced people that she had stolen the money, making her a village pariah.

Angus frequently pushed tenants off the land so that he could raise more sheep. Brenna would pay for their passage to the new world, which further alienated her from the people left behind in the village

In the years when they were apart, Angus kept Brenna and Michael's letters from reaching them.
Will's True Wish

**Will's True Wish** is the third book in the True Gentlemen series by Grace Burrowes.  It is a regency romance published in 2016.

## Back cover description

It's a dog's life...
Will Dorning, as an earl's spare, has accepted the thankless duty of managing his rambunctious younger siblings, though Will's only true companions are the dogs he's treasured since boyhood. When aristocratic London is plagued with a series of dognappings, Will's brothers are convinced that he's the only person who can save the stolen canines from an awful fate.

But the lady's choice...
Shy, bookish Lady Susannah Haddonfield has no patience with loud, smelly beasts of any species, but must appear to like dogs so as not to offend her sister's only marital prospect. Susannah turns to Will, an acquaintance from her most awkward adolescent years, to teach her how to impersonate a dog fancier. Will has long admired Susannah, though he lacks the means to offer for her, and yet as they work together to rescue the purloined pets, it's loyal, dashing Will who steals Susannah's heart.

## Characters

### Main characters

* Willow Grove Dorning
* Susannah Haddonfield

### Other characters

* Sycamore "Cam" Dorning (age 17)
* Ash Dorning
* Frankincense Godwin Emeritus Effington, Eighth Viscount Effington - dog fancier, Della's suitor
* Grey Dorning, Earl of Casriel
* Della Haddonfield (age 17)
* Fenwick
* Nicholas Haddonfield, Earl of Bellefonte
* Worth Kettering
* Jacaranda Dorning Kettering
* Duke of Quimbey
* Lyle Mannering - Effington's toady
* Annabella, Dowager Duchess of Ambrose - dog owner
* Lady Ernestine March - dog owner
* Jonathan Tresham

### Mentioned characters

* Nita Haddonfield
* Kirsten Haddonfield
* Duchess of Moreland
* Felicity Worthington, Lady Heathgate
* Letty Banks, Lady Fairly
* Bethan Windham (Elizabeth Windham?)
* Megan Windham
* Eve Windham, Lady Deane
* Daisy Dorning
* Trudy Mannering and her twin - bullies
* Andrew Alexander, Earl of Greymoor
* Leah Lindsey Haddonfield, Countess of Bellefonte
* Hawthorne Dorning - apparently illegitimate
* Edward Nash - Susannah's former suitor
* Earl of Hunterton - dog owner
* Earl MacHugh
* Ethan Grey - Della's illegitimate half-brother
* Gayle Windham, Earl of Westhaven
* Benjamin 'Hazlit' Portmaine, Earl of Hazelton

### Dogs

* Yorick, pug (Effington)
* Alexander (Lady March)
* Georgette, mastiff (Willow Dorning)
* Comus, young mastiff (Duke of Quimbey, by way of his late brother Harold)
* Andromeda "Meda", Alsatian (Worth Kettering)
* Hector (rescued by Willow)
* Samson, mongrel (rescued by Willow)
* Caesar, mastiff (Duchess of Ambrose)
* Castor and Pollux, dachsunds (Henrietta and Helen Holderby)
* unnamed, Alsatian (Earl of Hunterton)

## Notes

1. ↑ Fenwick is "said to be connected to one of the northern earls." Might be Ashton Fenwick? This book takes place after Ashton left his steward role in Hadrian, Lord of Hope.
2. ↑ Earl MacHugh is Scottish. He might be Hamish MacHugh, Duke of Murdoch before he became duke?
Joseph Carrington

**Joseph Carrington** is a main character in Lady Louisa's Christmas Knight, the sixth book of the Windham Series. A pig farmer and wounded veteran, he has been knighted for his service, and is in line for a barony. He is a widower with two small daughters. Awkward at small talk, he prefers to talk to his pig and horse than to people. Eventually, he becomes the Earl of Kesmore.

## Relationships

* Wife - Louisa Windham
* First wife - Cynthia Carrington, deceased
* Daughters - Fleur and Amanda Carrington
* Friend - Elijah Harrison
* Cousin - Sixtus Hargrave Carrington

### Served with:

* Devlin St. Just
* Bartholomew Windham

## Books

* Main character in Lady Louisa's Christmas Knight
* Appears in The Trouble with Dukes

## References

1. ↑ Note: Due to a continuity error, he is called "Earl of Keswick" in The Trouble with Dukes.
2. ↑ "Knight Before Christmas" (novella). Joseph and his distant, elderly cousin Sixtus were both eligible to petition for a barony in abeyance. Neither man had a son, nor wanted the barony, so they both held back to give each other a chance.
César

**Ahora:** ??

**Sexo:**Macho.

**Tamaño:**Mediano.

**Raza:** Mestizo Podenco.

**Carácter:** .

**Hogar:** Cualquiera.

**En el coche:** No ha montado en coche.

**Gatos:** Va bien.

**Características:** Tiene un pelaje marrón y blanco.

**Enfermedades:** No.

**Castrado:** Sí.

**Nacimiento:** 10 de Diciembre de 2014.

**Entrada al refugio:**.

**Chenil:**Estuvo en el chenil A2, luego en el A3.

**Adopción:**27 de Julio de 2017.

**Altura:** 49 cm.

## **Galería**

***Sociedad Protectora de Cachorros***tiene una colección de imágenes y media relacionada con**César**.

## *Descripción web*

César llegó al refugio cedido por el zoosanitario, allí era invisible, uno más de entre tantos, sin futuro…

Ahora está en la protectora, no es uno más, es César, nuestro simpático y divertido podenco. Es un perro alegre, sólo con verle jugar con los demás perros te alegra el día. A los voluntarios nos encanta pasar rato con él, es un perro muy agradecido.

Es un perrito sociable, se lleva bien con todos, da besitos a todo el que se cruza con él. Cuando entra un perro nuevo en el chenil es el primero que va a saludar, a todos intenta tranquilizar e invitar al juego. Es puro amor.

Con las personas reacciona muy bien, no guarda rencor ninguno a pesar de haber sido abandonado. Él sólo quiere mimos y caricias, ser un ratito el centro de atención para después volver a jugar con sus compis.

Es muy curioso, está atento a todo, le queda mucho mundo por descubrir y tiene ganas de vivir, de descubrir olores nuevos, conocer sitios en los que corretear y jugar con otros perros.

Cesar está preparado para formar parte de tu familia, quiere ser esa pieza que alegra todos los días, que encaja perfectamente. Por su buen carácter y su tamaño es apto para vivir en cualquier hogar y se adaptaría perfectamente a cualquier familia.

***No lo dudes, ven a conocer a Cesar, no dudamos en que te enamorarás de él.***
Amaryllis DeWitt

**Amaryllis DeWitt** is a country lady with financial troubles. Her brother has left, and the family has no way to access their funds.

### Relationships

* Husband - Trevor, Marquess of Tavistock
* Siblings - Caroline, Diana, and Gavin DeWitt
* Friend and neighbor - Phillip Heyward

### Books

Main character in Miss Determined

Referenced in Miss Dashing