Marriage Mart Books in Order

Marriage Mart is Amanda Forester's light, adventurous Regency romance series, set among London society, country estates, and the people trying to arrange the right match. Each book follows a different couple, but matchmaking, reputation, and the limits placed on women in the ton tie the stories together.

The series begins with A Wedding in Springtime. Miss Eugenia Talbot's first presentation at court goes badly when she laughs at exactly the wrong moment. Her family treats the mishap as a social disaster, and suddenly a quick, respectable marriage seems like the only solution. William Grant, the charming man partly responsible for the scandal, is not the husband anyone has in mind. Naturally, he becomes impossible for Eugenia to ignore.

A laugh can cause a lot of trouble in London.

In A Midsummer Bride, American heiress Harriet Redgrave is brought to England after a wartime disruption at sea. Her grandfather wants her married to a titled Englishman, but Harriet is more interested in pursuing scientific experiments than fitting into a ballroom. Duncan Maclachlan, the Earl of Thornton, needs money but doesn't want a marriage built only on money. Their country house setting gives the series room for awkward social encounters, unexpected sparks, and a few complications involving spies and thieves.

A Winter Wedding puts the matchmaker at the center of the story. Miss Penelope Rose knows London's marriage business inside and out, even if her own romantic life has not gone as planned. The Duke of Marchford hires her to find him a suitable bride, but his work for the Foreign Office brings danger into the arrangement. Penelope's knowledge of society turns out to be useful for more than pairing people off.

The series enjoys the rules of the Regency world without treating them as simple decoration. A ruined debut, a missing fortune, an inheritance, or a careless rumor can shape a character's choices. Forester's couples often begin with practical reasons to keep their distance, then discover that the person who unsettles them may also be the one who understands them best.

Expect drawing-room wit, determined heroines, reluctant marriage candidates, and a touch of suspense. The romances are connected by recurring people and social circles rather than one continuing mystery, so each novel offers a complete central love story. Still, start with A Wedding in Springtime to meet the broader cast and the matchmaking energy that carries through the series.

For readers who like Regency settings with a little more movement than a ballroom waltz, these books mix courtship with travel, investigation, family pressure, and the occasional very inconvenient secret.