Penny House Novel (Miranda Jarrett) Books in Order

The Penny House novels are Miranda Jarrett's Regency romance series about three sisters who inherit an unexpected business: a gentlemen's gaming club in St. James's. Amariah, Bethany, and Cassia Penny are the daughters of a vicar, and their late father's legacy leaves them with a choice. They can sell the club, or they can run it themselves and risk their reputations in a society that expects women to stay far away from gambling rooms.

They choose to run it.

Penny House becomes both their livelihood and their shared project. The sisters want the club to be respectable on its own terms, and they quietly channel some of its profits into charitable work. That creates a useful tension throughout the series. They have to deal with wealthy, powerful men while protecting their independence and trying to help people who have far less protection than they do.

Rake's Wager gives Cassia Penny her turn in the spotlight. Cassia has an eye for style and a talent for making things work, but a lost wager ties her to Richard Blackley, a self-made millionaire with a decaying estate. Their story takes the series beyond London and into the work of rebuilding a house, while both characters must reconsider what they think they want from a partner.

In The Lady's Hazard, Bethany's charitable work pulls her into a much more dangerous situation. When former soldiers are poisoned, she becomes a suspect, and Major William Callaway is drawn into the investigation. The mystery gives their romance added urgency, while Bethany's generosity is tested by people willing to take advantage of it.

The final full novel, The Duke's Gamble, centers on Amariah, the most controlled and strategic of the sisters. Accusations of cheating threaten Penny House just as Duke Eliot Fitzharding enters the picture. Their alliance starts with a practical need to protect the club, but the pressure of gossip and the pull of mutual respect make it personal.

The gaming house is the series' lively center. It brings together aristocrats, military men, gamblers, servants, reformers, and people in trouble. That lets the stories move between polished drawing rooms and the less comfortable corners of Regency London. There is romance, but there are also business problems, social risks, and the question of how much freedom a woman can claim without being punished for it.

Read the books in order, beginning with Rake's Wager. Each sister gets a complete romance, yet the changing fortunes of Penny House and the sisters' close relationship are what make the series feel like one connected story.