Christina Dudley

Somerset, England, 1808. Alice Hapgood is obsessed with studying flora and fauna. With upper-class standards taking a dim view of a lady dirtying her hands, she wears boys' clothing to pursue her passion. And when an assistant position for a handsome member of the Royal Society crops up, she...

All's fair in love and peace… 1774. In the decade-long respite from war with France, the English flooded the Continent. And like a siren, Ancien Régime Paris beckoned, promising elegance, adventure, and love. From kitchens to ballrooms, delight your palate with Georgians in Paris, four clean...

She’s a reluctant tourist. His future does not allow for detours. Will they find each other in the terra incognita of love? England, 1814. Coaxed by family members to the seaside, Beatrice Ellsworth nearly loses her life in a bathing-machine mishap, only to be rescued by a quick-thinking young...

Scandal makes its own rules . . . Harriet Hapgood has always delighted in arranging the lives of others, while generally doing as she pleased. And after having thwarted her cousin Caroline's engagement, what better way to pass a dull winter than in helping Caroline to a new husband? Her cousin...

She lives for her art. He has adored her as long as he's known her. When her masterpiece goes missing, can love take its place? England, 1814. Edith Hapgood only has eyes for art. As the darling pride of her family, she has been encouraged in her passion for painting, making it easy for her to...

The only thing standing in the way of her winning Mr. Wright was Mr. Entirely Wrong. Out of all the swains she collected, Miss Lily Ellsworth knew Mr. Gilbert Wright was the one she would choose in the end. Rich, well-connected, dashing, daring, he was exactly the sort of man to turn heads, even...

She's beautiful but practical. He's charismatic and disreputable. When duty conflicts with love, will their hearts win? Somerset, England, 1808. Elfrida Hapgood keeps her eyes on the prize. Born to a penniless squire, she's determined to follow common sense and marry an upstanding and steadfast...

Book 4 in the award-winning series called "enchanting" and "sparkling" by Austenprose and Austenesque Reviews With her two older sisters married, managing family affairs has fallen to capable Miss Margaret Hapgood, leaving little time for thoughts of marriage. But a trip to Bath to find her...

The most important things in life can only be learned in the School for Love. At age thirty, the kindly and helpful Miss Rosemary DeWitt assists the vicar with the parish school, burying her disappointment that life seems to promise nothing more. But a chance encounter with an unknown, brooding...

She craves respectability. He’s honorable to a fault. When their hearts harmonize, can they avoid a scandal to form a perfect pairing? Florence Ellsworth reluctantly lives in the shadow of her family’s notoriety. Mortified that her widower father is on the hunt for his fourth wife, she...

A wary widow. A dashing gentleman. When their sons cross paths, two lone parents discover love needn’t be sought to be found. Winchester, England, 1812. Unexpected widowhood leaves Miranda Ellsworth a wealthy woman in the prime of life, but she is too busy with her son and stepdaughter and too...

What if your first husband chose your second? The formerly spirited—and even wild—naval man Horace Langworthy returns to England, having lost his best friend and two years of his life as a prisoner of war, only to find his childhood sweetheart engaged to another man. And though the promises...

She’s determined to learn from her mistakes. He’s determined to marry a girl who’s never made any. What if love has lessons for them both? Jane Merritt’s impulsive first marriage was a thoroughgoing disaster, so much so that she vowed she would never marry again. But when a young man in...

An unladylike young lady. A young man with something to prove. Let the games begin. Tomboy Miss Araminta Ellsworth and her dearest friend Aggie were the most backward graduates Mrs. Turcotte’s Seminary for Young Ladies ever produced, more interested in batting and bowling than sewing and...

She would do anything to save her family, if she could only ignore her heart. Oxfordshire, 1800. When a series of disasters strikes the Barstows, oldest daughter Adela devises a secret plan for their salvation: she will marry their elderly benefactor, Lord Dere of Perryfield. But her pursuit...

He’s paid to make promises he’ll never keep. She dreads nothing so much as empty words. But when he’s hired to win her for another, will feigned fondness become literal love? Tyrone Ellsworth’s career as a literary lover-in-lieu began at university, where he found amusement and steady...