george iii, 1760-1820

A biography of Britain's King George III, the king from whom Americans won their independence and known as "the mad king," discussing his family and their flaws, and his aspirations to be a moral example by staying faithful to his wife, Queen Charlotte, and raising loving, educated children.

Ignored by his father and sent to Derbyshire for the weekend, twelve-year-old Peter and his new friend, Kate, are accidentally transported back in time to 1763 England where they are befriended by a reformed cutpurse.

Lord Sheringham, rejected by the incomparable Miss Milbourne, vows to marry the next woman he sees in order to gain control of his inheritance, and happens upon Hero Wantage, a penniless, childhood playmate who has always loved him, and while she is delighted to be his wife, Hero's lack of sophistication gets her into one scrape after another until a near scandal makes Sheringham realize he loves her too.

Modest Horatia Winwood offers to sacrifice her heart and marry the Earl of Rule in the place of her sister Lizzie, who loves another, except little does Horatia know, but the Earl is enamored with her; and meanwhile, the Earl's nemesis, Sir Robert, attempts to ruin Horatia's reputation.

Chronicles the life of Lady Georgiana Spencer, the great-great-great-great-aunt of Diana, Princess of Wales, discussing her success as a leader of fashionable society and hostess of an important political salon, and looking at her unhappy marriage, gambling addiction, and other less savory details of her private life.

In 1814 London, Gretchen must put aside annoyance at the constant buzzing caused by being a Whisperer, concern about her twin brother, her growing feelings for a member of the Order of Iron Nail, and the boredom of being a debutante when a new menace threatens Mayfair.

When three cousins in 1814 London discover their magical powers and family lineage of witchcraft, they accidentally open the gates to the underworld, allowing the spirits of dark witches known as the Greymalkin Sisters to hunt and kill young debutante witches for their powers.

In London in 1815, sixteen-year-old Lady Emily Southwell, who aspires to be an artist, enlists the aid of her three best friends from the Barnsley School for Young Ladies, in helping her out of an unwanted betrothal to a man she suspects of evil intentions, even as she is drawn to a mysterious stranger.