Tag: Lord Dere’s Dependents

Frances Barstow has been biding her time, increasing her social cachet with Mrs. Markham Dere by waiting upon the tyrannical lady’s every whim. And now, at the age of twenty, it is Frances’s time to shine. Mrs. Dere is determined to bring Frances “out” at the same time as her erstwhile rival’s daughter and make…

The premise of this book is a fun one: Mrs. Sebastian Barstow’s husband was wounded in a naval battle and subsequently died, but in his final letter, Sebastian asked his best friend to take care of his widow…and marry her if the opportunity presents itself….