Marilyn Clay Books in Order

Lady Abercorn plans to secure a wealthy husband for her beautiful daughter using a supposedly enchanted wedding dress. When Lord Winterton falls for plain sister Neala instead, Neala must determine whether his feelings are real or the result of magic.

Blackmailed by heiress Alayna, penniless Chelsea impersonates her during a visit to an elderly aunt. The arrival of Lord Rathbone, expecting to claim Alayna as his bride, turns the deception into a romantic dilemma when Chelsea begins falling for him.

Widowed Felicity turns her late husband's estate into a boarding house to gain independence. An earl, eccentric spinsters, and psychics arrive, followed by ghostly disturbances and mysterious digging that lead Felicity and the earl toward a buried secret.

Miranda comes to London hoping to save her family home and discovers that its owner is Viscount Peterbloom, a former rake. His determination to prove he has reformed complicates her feelings for the man who once stole a kiss.

Eliza tries to expose the foolishness of her father's courtship of a much younger woman by encouraging older General Huntley to court her. Discovering her scheme, the experienced military strategist sets out to turn the romantic tables.

Raised in America, Tessa returns to England to escape her stepfather and campaign for child-labor reform. Her hopes of influencing the Earl of Penwyck collide with his dislike of scandal and resistance to the outspoken guest staying with his mother.

This historical study examines women aboard English ships as sex workers, officers' wives, passengers, and sailors disguised as men. Letters, diaries, and autobiographical accounts illuminate their experiences at sea during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

Clay traces the toilet's development from monastery privies to nineteenth-century London's sewer improvements. Chamber pots, toilet furniture, and early mechanical inventions feature alongside the emergence of indoor bathing and domestic plumbing in England and France.

In 1617, Catherine Parke leaves London to escape an arranged marriage and find her childhood sweetheart in Jamestown. The reality of colonial life challenges her hopes as she encounters concealed truths and struggles to discover whom she can trust.

Silly Bear loves dressing in pink but worries that making people laugh is all she can contribute. Wanting to do something important, she learns to look beyond her own shortcomings and notice how kindness can meet other people's needs.

Chelsea agrees under pressure to impersonate school friend Alayna during a country visit near Chester. When Alayna's intended husband arrives unexpectedly, Chelsea's growing attraction to Lord Rathbone threatens to expose the identity swap and the secret behind it.

In this fictional adventure set in Philadelphia in 1776, Betsy Ross questions the explosion that killed her husband. When officials refuse to investigate, her search draws her into competing networks of British and Patriot spies and double agents.

A cat named Sailor must find a different place to sleep after his person develops an allergy to cats. Illustrated with photographs of the real Sailor, the story follows a household change from the pet's perspective.

Catherine secretly sails to Jamestown in 1617 to avoid an arranged marriage and reunite with her childhood sweetheart. What awaits her threatens that dream, prompting a search for truth beneath the colony's outwardly strict moral order.

Tessa Darby's campaign against harsh child-labor laws brings her into conflict with the Earl of Penwyck. He wants to restrain his mother's scandal-prone American guest, yet finds her intelligence and convictions increasingly difficult to dismiss or resist.

Four English women sail to Jamestown aboard a bride ship in 1620, hoping for husbands and new lives. Their private secrets become entangled with older colonial deceptions, and one woman must investigate when someone threatens their safety.

Adopted after her mother abandons her, kitten Daisy Mae narrates her growth and household adventures. More than fifty photographs accompany this account of the author's cat, whose curiosity repeatedly brings new discoveries and occasional trouble in the human world.

Aspiring private investigator and single mother Amanda Mason faces an urgent first challenge when police charge her father with murder. Following the real killer from Texas to Miami, she must decide whether to trust a handsome helper hiding his identity.

In 1620, four young women leave England aboard a bride ship seeking marriage and fresh starts in Jamestown. Instead, concealed histories and threats undermine their hopes, forcing one of them to investigate the secrets beneath the settlement's respectable appearance.

Less than a year into marriage, Jeanne suspects her husband's overnight business trip involves another woman. This novella, based on a true story, follows her uncertainty about uncovering an affair and facing what it could mean for their marriage.

Photographs and descriptions introduce Regency furniture ranging from sofas and writing desks to musical instruments, beds, and specialized household pieces. Articles on English furniture makers, period room settings, and a glossary place the objects within their historical context.

After escaping a cruel stepfather in America, Tessa comes to England determined to improve child-labor laws. Her outspoken behavior alarms the Earl of Penwyck, whose attempts to prevent a family scandal become complicated by his attraction to her.

Catherine Parke travels from England to Jamestown in 1617, hoping to marry her childhood sweetheart. His work as an Indian trader and the colony's hidden conflicts challenge her expectations, leaving her to unravel deceptions in an unfamiliar world.

Juliette Abbott serves as a lady's maid at a country-house party where young women compete for a wealthy heir. When a murder makes her the leading suspect, she must identify the killer to save her position and her life.

Emma Fairfax travels to London to settle her father's will and is pressured to finance look-alike cousin Jemima's social debut. A viscount visiting Jemima meets Emma instead, creating romantic confusion that must be resolved before he proposes.

Juliette's seaside holiday turns into an investigation when a young woman disappears and her maid is found dead below a cliff. Further violence leads Juliette toward a Kentish smuggling ring that poses a direct threat to her own safety.

Juliette and Cathleen are cataloguing Lady Carstairs's valuable artifacts when the dealer they intend to approach is murdered. Unable to afford a Bow Street detective, Juliette investigates the apparently well-liked man's death before the killer can strike again.

Four prospective brides reach Jamestown in 1620 to discover that someone wants them dead. Diana pursues the truth while confronting the colony's expectation that women remain silent, risking disbelief as evidence points toward a highly respected settler.

Clay offers spiritual reflections intended to reassure readers that loving spirit companions guide them through life. The book encourages examining painful memories and limiting beliefs, presenting gentleness, self-understanding, and spiritual connection as paths toward a more peaceful outlook.

Hired to catalogue valuables at Medley Park, Juliette encounters a murdered stable boy, missing jewels, and another killing. Evidence implicating her forces an investigation through a household of secretive relatives and servants to clear her name.

A carriage accident strands Juliette, her maid, and Mr. Sheridan in Middlewych during a psychical fair. When Sheridan discovers a dead village girl and is arrested, Juliette must investigate the crime beneath the village's reputation for witchcraft.

Juliette arrives at Maidstone Manor to find a murdered man whose clothing has been stolen. Other disappearances involving a suitor and the estate's former owners suggest connected secrets, while suspicions of smuggling make her new assignment still more dangerous.

This history places Jane Austen's life alongside the Prince Regent's England, exploring education, literary culture, and the Napoleonic wars. Letters and contemporary circumstances illuminate the world that shaped her writing and the opportunities available to women authors.