Victoria Alexander

It is a great book about an 18 year old woman declaring her love and being regected because everyone new that her and Charles were meant to be.  Friends since childhood Nick, Jonathon, & Charles.  So Nick who was in love with Lizzie refused her and went off to seek his fortune.  Lizzie and Charles have a confortable marriage, two children and he is killed in an accident.  Now Lizzie is tak

From www.fantasticfiction.co.uk: Lady Marianne Shelton feels that "The Absolutely True Adventures of a
Country Miss in London" is an excellent title for the work she hopes to
have published as a newspaper serial. Unfortunately, her account of a
perfectly proper visit to the Tower of London was too tame to satisfy
her editor. When Lady Marianne is given one more chance, she's

I just finished this entertaining love story. A perfectly light, engaging read with likable characters and witty dialogue. The heroine was unusual and the hero was very sexy. I also loved the Victorian England setting and the sumptuous parties.

From the back cover: Lady Elizabeth Effington simply could not suitably feel the joy of
the Christmas season. Ten years had passed since she had boldly
declared her love for Sir Nicholas Collingsworth. He rebuffed her and
set out to seek his fortunes, while Elizabeth was left a woman scorned.
Now, she discovers in horror that the inheritance she's managed

From the back cover:  As a poor but proud young lady, Jocelyn Shelton had but one dream: to
marry a prince and bring comfort to herself and her family. Now
circumstances bring her to London, where her charms could make her wish
come true. But her rendezvous with royalty is dangerously interrupted,
and she finds herself rescued—and thoroughly kissed—by Rand, Viscount

The next bachelor to fall in love and lose the marriage wager is Nigel Cavendish.  He meets Lady Felicity Melville, after she wishes for adventure on a star, and he climbs the trellis to her bedroom.  This is after he escapes the furious husband next door.  Even a notorious rake such as Nigel can accept his responsibilities and learn to happily love one woman.