The Education of Lady Fr ances (Signet Regency Romance)

Overview: Even before studying eighteenth-century literature in graduate school, Evelyn Richardson decided she would prefer to have lived between 1775 and 1830. Now living in Boston, she enjoys access to the primary sources that allow her to explore the specific details of the period and immerse herself in the same journals that her heroines enjoyed. THE MASTERFUL MARQUESS Lord Julian Mainwaring, Marquess of Camberly, was the very opposite of Lady Frances Cresswell's ideal. Mainwaring was the dazzling star of a London society that Frances scorned. He treated females as sensual playthings, while Frances believed women should be informed and independent. Frances had no wish to have anything to do with this arrogant lord. But when he ordered his niece and Frances's friend, Kitty, to London for the Season, Frances had to come along to protect the young innocent from his influence. There was no one, though, to protect Frances, as she learned how strong love's power was, and how frail her defenses.