Families of Dorset Books in Order

Cecilia pursues a prestigious marriage until a blunt Frenchman challenges the image she presents to society. Jacques is concealing his own humble identity, and their attraction brings both mounting family expectations and a powerful enemy determined to expose him.

When her father loses her hand in a card game, Isabel proposes a scheme to help her reluctant fiancé regain another woman’s love. Their arrangement grows increasingly tangled as scandal and shared experiences challenge what each believes they want.

Phoebe returns from her London season expecting to marry the man she loves, only to face a bewildering romantic misunderstanding. With a soldier’s unexpected arrival and George’s planned departure for France approaching, they must untangle their conflicting accounts and loyalties.

Facing an uncertain inheritance and two unwelcome futures, Kate visits a childhood friend and falls for the man her friend hopes to marry. His secrets and local smuggling entangle her feelings with loyalty and a promise to avenge her father.

After a humiliating annulment, Lady Anne accepts a marriage of convenience with independent-minded Tobias Cosgrove. Both hope for a peaceful arrangement without emotional demands, but the return of her past forces them to reconsider what they want from their marriage.