Proper romance

"Amelie Hampton is a hopeless romantic who offers relationship advice to individuals who place 'lonely hearts' ads in The Marriage Gazette. She is swept up in mystery, intrigue, and romance when a handsome detective requests her help to catch a killer who may be using the newspaper to find his next victim"--Provided by publisher.

Presents an historical novel starring Harriet Beecher Stowe, imagining her life in the first years of her marriage to Calvin Stowe. Harriet thought she could be both a wife and a writer and imagined her marriage to Calvin as one filled with romance and, in due time, a family. Two months after their wedding, Harriet finds she is pregnant, and Calvin is about to leave for a business trip in Europe. Nothing turns out as she had expected.

When Marianne receives an invitation to spend the summer with her twin sister in Edenbrooke, she has no idea of the romance and adventure that await her once she meets the dashing Sir Philip.

Having decided she will never marry, Kate Worthington plans to escape her meddlesome family by travelling to India. Her mother agrees on the condition that she gets--and rejects--three marriage proposals. To fulfill her end of the bargain Kate travels to the manor of Blackmoore in northern England, where her plans go awry.